Petey Carmines
Snowboard Pro Forum
Name: Petey Carmines
Nickname: none
Date of birth: 9-3-92
Started riding in what year? 2002
Sponsor/s? Team Wintergreen
What snowboard related business activites are you involved in? None
Where did you grow up? Newport News
Live now? Newport News
Fave places to ride? Wintergreen and Colorado
Do you warm up each day before you ride? If so, what do you do to warm up? Nah
How keep in shape in season? How keep in shape for snowboarding out of season? I don't
Fave riding buddies? Any cool people at wintergreen
Who do you admire in snowboarding or outside and why? Lucas Magoon - Best rail rider and has an original style
Scott Stevens - Most creative snowboarder.
TJ Schneider - Really cool snowboarder and has a good outlook on snowboarding.
Do you ever get bummed out about your riding, and why? Never. I'm very grateful to snowboard on what I have.
How do you fix it? Fix what?
Do you use visualization, and if so, how? Yeah. Just visualize yourself doing it and do it. It's hard for me to do sometimes, but it helps for sure.
What safety equipt. do you wear, use for snowboarding? Helmet
If you're pro, when did you decide to go pro and what happened to get you there? I'm not a "pro." I just want to keep snowboarding and maybe I'll go somewhere.
What have you read, listened to seen that you liked lately? Read-Cosmic Banditos
Watched-Into the Wild
Listened-The Amps "Tipp City"
Where have you traveled to lately that you like? Colorado. In Vail tons of snow.
Any guilty pleasures? Playing xbox
Have you done well in any contests lately that you want to tell us about? Hmm. Made the finals of the freestyle rail jam at wintergreen.
Anything that not many people know about you that you would like to share? I like sushi
Encouraging words for beginners? Don't give up.
Gradually get better
Advice you want to share? Just have fun and go snowboard
posted May 2008