Marcin Jekot
- Name:
Marcin Jekot - Date of Birth:
31 May 1978 - Nationality:
Polish / South African - Hometown:
Gliwice, Poland - Profession:
Computer Programmer - Years riding Snowboard:
arout 17-18 - Favorite Trick:
Backside Rodeo - Sponsors:
Volcom, DC, Electric, DaKine - Career highlights:
7 Time SA Snowboard Champ, Final section in TIA, an African Snowboard film - Favorite riding spot:
Afriski, Lesotho. Krasnaya Polyana, Russia - Your most memorable day on the Snowboard last Season, and why?
Bagjump™ at Afriski, was super sweet to try some double back flips, new spins, rodeos, and some switch tricks. - What/Who influenced you the most in Snowboarding?
Nigel Gibb, Barry Tuck, and Aaron Vincent – he went hella fast with socks on his ears in TB2 - What’s on your IPod?
Let me introduce you to my latest playlist…
It Must Have Been Love - Roxette I Want To Know What Love Is -
Foreigner
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Careless Whisper (Extended Mix) - George Michael
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure - You like?
I’ll make you a mixtape, mkay… - Last memorable Party?
Can’t remember … much … it was a Karaoke party, with Russian air hostesses, on an island somewhere in the Indian ocean. There might have been free beer and spirits involved. There might have been some sick surf that day too. So we were super surfed out… boozing and singing with your heart out, falsetto to the max, with mates, nice. - How do you avoid hurting yourself?
- Yoga?
I think… but don’t quote me on that. - How and where do you practice on new tricks?
- Water ramp, Foam pit or BAGJUMP™? And why?
Neither, mostly on slushy days, I just hit the jump and try my best. It’s the only thing that’s available to us. I’ve only hit the BagJump™ on one trip. - New tricks learned on BJ? Any contest-winning tricks?
Nah, not solid enough yet – need some more time on that thing - How much more progression is possible, will double flips be standard next season?
Maybe not standard, but definitely possible. - What else can we expect in the future of snowboarding, where will the progression go?
- Quadruple corks?
Just put the bag further from the tranny and Erroll “Eggroll” Krauss will be stomping that, for shizzie. - Have you ever tried Freedrop®, Freeclimb or your Bike into the Bagjump™? How was it?
Nope, never tried, would love to freedrop®, freedrop®, and freeclimb tho. - What was your highest jump into the Bagjump™?
Not sure. Didn’t measure. - Most memorable Trick into the Bagjump™?
Double back flip. - How did you hear about Bagjump™, when was the first time you tried it?
Afriski, at the Quiksnow 2010. I heard about it from some friends, just before hand. - Any last words?
- Let’s go bigger next year?
