Team / AJ Powell

2- What are your buddies calling you?

A.J. Powell

3- Where and when were you born?

4th of July, 1985

4- When did you start riding skateboards?

I was a model for a fashion show in high shool, and had to roll in to the catwalk on a skateboard 

for the skaterboy street-wear theme, I dropped out of the fashion club and became a full-time skater-boy since 1999.

5- When was your first time on a longboard and what setup were you riding?

my Element skateboard with tight Tensor trucks drilled on crooked to the nose and tail.

6- Who were your early downhill influences if any?

Anybody on NBC or ESPN in the Gravity Games & X-Games, then when I got a modem fast enough to see videos off the internet, I got to see Jody Wilcox's footage off of NUAC.ca, I didn't meet any other downhill riders in Montreal until 2003 (the same year I discovered slide gloves had pucks on them).

7- Best spot you skated?

White Pain out of New York City is something I feel is very close to home. 

Fast, steep and tight east coast hairpins. No banks, all cracks.

8- What is your ideal session like?

A session that starts at sunset and ends at sunrise. 

Never have to skate the same spot twice, with enough riders to fit in ONE taxi cab.

9- Who’s your favorite rider to watch on video?

On video? Its a tie between JM Duran and Cassey Morrow...  

but there are alot of rippers that I've seen that have never been filmed.

10- Do you have a blog or website?, shoot the url:

No, but I'll say montrealsessions.forumactif.com if anyone wants to go for a skate.

11- What percentage your Facebook friends you have never met?

0%, But I don't have 300+ friends on facebook...

12- Favorite meal?

a home-cooked meal.

13- Favorite beer?

Ian's Maple Amber, actually he wished I said that, his beer is awful. 

I just help him empty his bottles. My favority beer is Samichlaus Lager.

14- What music makes you want to go skate?

The kind of music that Rookie plays on the radio, I like hip-hop too, but that makes me want to sit in a hammock all day.

15- Any musical guilty pleasure you are ashamed of?

Glee Soundtrack, very ashamed!

16- Can you drop in a vert ramp?

Yes, but I really want to learn how to roll in!

17- What is your favorite setup right now and why?

The PM Big Bugger, because I can do everything on it.

18- What’s that little thing you do to your setups that makes them feel way better?

I face my hangers with a counterbore tool, it gets rid of the noisy slides. The banana cops don't hear me skate their turf.

19- What's the best race you've attended and why?

Madison County Gravity Fest in Munnsville, NY because of how many runs you get done in a day of racing, the chicken, the Legion, the residents are so hospitable and the hill is a great race track too.

20- Anyone you want to thank?

Ian Comishin for teaching me alot of things I didnt know and believing in me. Without him I'd probably still be pushing micro-pipettes and hating my job. 

AND! Marc Seguin for always being there to push my limits at everything and anything...and sometimes skateboarding too.