Name: Sam Hurst

Birthday: October 16, 1990

Home Mountain: Solitude

Where you ride now: Park City Mountain Resort / Snowbird / Utah backcountry / Urban

ON3P Quiver: CAYLORS – Just how I like em, fat and playful. VERY easy to ride and maneuver through tight situations. Good backcountry jib ski. BLUE STEELES – Incredibly solid park ski.  Completely symmetrical, light (bamboo!), poppy, and radical graphics!

What’s so great about your mountain?
PCMR – Huge community of freeskiers who all know each other and just have FUN. We don’t train here. If you’re looking to do some of that, you know where to go. I’d give you a hint, but if I make it blatantly obvious all the kids from Colorado will get mad at me. Wait a minute…Snowbird – Steep and deep.

Favorite photographer/filmer?
Photographer – Trevor Woods.  Just look at the picture that is somewhere near these questions.  Not only a skilled photographer, but an outrageously good graphic designer as well.
Filmer – Kevin Steen.  The mastermind behind Clown School media.  Kevin knows how to capture and illustrate the fun aspects of whatever it is he’s filming. If there was someone about to provide a worthy trick for an edit vs. someone smiling off in the distance, he would most likely pan over and film the kid who is smiling. And his long blonde hair is so dreamy.

Favorite thing you enjoy doing on skis?
No matter what size, shape, or form, if I can backflip off it, I’ll enjoy it.

If you could spend a week skiing anywhere, where would it be?
Chamonix.  Willem went there, and it’s all he talks about.  I’m jealous.

Why do you ski so much?
I ski because it is the single, most fun thing, I’ve ever done.  That is why I have kept doing it since my father first took me when I was just three years old.  I love to ski for the moments, and memories it provides on a daily basis, and will continue to do it my whole life.

The Mediocre Edit from Hurty on Vimeo.

Brighton April 3, 2010 from Hurty on Vimeo.

Day In the Park with On3p’s Sam Hurst from Jeffrey Wenzel on Vimeo.