How tough are ya? How much of an East Coaster are you really. These interviews get down to the core of things. Answer the questions, score points and find out how CORE these riders really really are.
Where are you from?
I’m from North Carolina
How many Dunkin stops have you taken this year?
Shiiiiit [laughs], dude I don’t think I’ve been on the east coast enough recently to even have hit one in the last few months. Haven’t even considered it.
How many breakfast sandwiches have you been consuming?
See now that’s a different story
Rough number?
I’m going to go with 15-20 in the last couple months
Not many east coast ones though apparently.
I know. Sad.
What’s your number of East Coast resort days vs West Coast resort days? Told in spliff ratio, please.
[Laughs]
So that means like, 60-40, 50-50, you know. Percentages.
[Laughs again] Yeah, you know I’m not good at spliff ratios, bro.
Yeah, but you understand how percentages work at least.
I’m going to say it’s a pretty even split during the season honestly. I think it's pretty proper. I feel like I’ve been pretty general across the whole USA these days, a fair spread.
Rails or Jumps?
Rails, cause I can make them into a jump.
Goggles or no Goggles
No goggles most of the time, but I highly recommend buying the Ac/Zeb Powell/Evrydy Red Mrr/Strm Rose Flash Squad XL goggle from Smith Optics ;) ( this is not a paid promotion).
What state are you running on your license plate?
North Carolina, bitch
Boston?
What about Boston?
That’s the question.
Boston? Boston?! That’s my city now, I got hella homies there now. Just through Red Bull honestly. I been in Boston with them a lot, and with Chris Grenier. Oh and with the Spotheads crew. We been holding it down in Boston for sure.
Moving on, you going clam chowder or toast with avocado?
I think I’m goin’ to have to hit them with the chowder.
Hell yea, I mean it’s a staple. When it comes to pre season; you hiking or lapping?
Dude, I’m fuckin’ hot lapping for sure. My hiking days are out the window. I put in my hours as a kid [laughs].
What east coast resort should get a rope-tow?
Shit, yo. That’s a good one. Well, I would have Mount Snow in the mix but they have Magic pretty close, so they’ve already got a rope-tow down there. Sugarbush would be the next thought. Either Sugarbush or Loon.
What’s your coldest clip?
I think probably from my days at Carinthia, I know there were some cold days filming those East edits. We could definitely roll through some East edits and I could point out some cold ass clips [laughs]. If not that, I did a Peace Park qualifier in 2017 I think, I remember that day being insanely cold. And still only running two hoodies [laughs again].
Rough temperature guess?
Shiiii, I’d say probably in single digits. Plus some wind chill.
Rain-boarding, yes or no?
Ha, is that even a question?
I mean for some people it is
Rain-boarding? Fuck yes. You’re just showing your true colors if you say no to that. Anyone reading this, remember that.
It really does show your true colors, good to know you haven’t blown up too much yet
[laughs]
Have you ridden powder yet?
Yeah, I’ve ridden powder
Southern Centric: Bojangles or Cook Out?
Hmm.. shit. See, there's two sides to it though. Bojangles has good food, but Cook Out got that bang for your buck and they’re open like, all the time.
You gotta pick one, gun to your head
I think we’re still gonna have to go Bojangles. I think Cook Out is more all around, but Bojangles has held it down for me personally for too long.
What’s your go to XBox game these days?
Go to XBox game right now? Me and the homies have been running this game called Wreck Fest. It’s similar to a demolition derby, but racing. It’s like, if F1 racing was in the South.
Damn, that sounds sick
Like 10x sicker than anything out. You can race buses, you can race porta potties, you can race couches. It’s so fucking fun.
Guess this brings us to our last question. When will you be moving to Salt Lake City?
No!
Nooo [laughs] No. No. No. You can catch me on the EAST COAST.
Right on, right on. Love it
And worst comes to worst, I reside at Stan’s house in Ensenadas with all the other snowboarders [laughs]. But other than that I think I’m staying on the east coast, dog.
After Tallying up the points with our advanced points calculator, Zeb has a Core Score of 21 out of 13. (-1 pt for flagrant promotional goggle plug).
Final Verdict: Dude’s solid.
With
ZEB POWELL
Interview by Iv Stuart
