Photos © George Powell
Name - Naomi Edmondson
Age - 25
Years riding -19
Winter home / summer home - Europe (different place each year) / England
Sponsors - Oakley, Line Skis, Full Tilt boots, Black Diamond, Ellis Brigham
Equipment
Skis - Line Pandora, Line Chronic, Line Shadow
Boots - Full Tilt Lady
Bindings - Marker Jester
Binding mounting point - Pandoras- 5cm back from centre. Chronics- centre.
Outerwear - Oakley jacket and pants
Goggles - Oakley Crowbars
Poles - K2 Silencer
Helmet - Giro Shiv
Favourites…
Favourite trick - Big 180s
Favourite ski movie - Candide Kamera
Favourite non-ski movie - Crash
Favourite resort - Val D’Isere
Favourite food/drink - Tuna steak and noodles.
Favourite park - Snowpark NZ
First skiing experience - End of week ski school slalom race (first proper memory anyway).
Favourite ski experience - Skiing epic powder in the trees this season in Mayrhofen on a cloudy and low-vis day. Empty mountain so fresh snow everywhere.
Notable achievements in skiing - 10th US Open, 2nd European Open, 1st British Championships, 1st NZ Open.
Quickfire preference
Park or powder - Used to be park, but got to go for Powder now.
Louie, Danni, Cheryl or Simon - Cheryl
Rails or kickers - Kickers
Poles or no poles - Poles
Skate or surf - Surf
Beanie or helmet - Helmet
Bumps or trees - Trees
Snowblading or jester hats - Ha! Ummm… Snowblading.
Tanner or Seth - Tanner
Steve or Rhys - Rhys
