With a past world windsurf champion for a mother, and a dad that tows into 40 foot jaws, Lyon Farrell was always going to be a charger…watch this space!

“This half Kiwi, half Hawaiian firecracker has everything going for him. His natural talent on a snowboard only rivals his talent on a skateboard and slashing waves. His bag of tricks include; 9’s in the pipe: in slope, back, cab and front 10’s, a back 12 and has already dabbled in doubles at the ripe old age of 14… Taking podiums left right and centre his list of achievements to date is as big as his personality. He will go far” … Colin Bartlett- Simple Snowboarding NZ

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AGE: 14.

NATIONALITY: NZ/USA.

FIRST TIME SHREDDING: Coronet Peak, New Zealand.

LIVE IN: Haiku, Maui, Hawaii.

LOCAL HILL: Don’t have one in Maui but in New Zealand it would be Snow Park.

FAVOURITE SPOTS TO RIDE: Snow Park and Breckenridge.

MODE OF TRANSPORT: Cars and planes.

BEST TRAVEL ITEM: Pillow.

FUTURE PLANS: Pro snowboarder, XGames, Dew Tour, and Olympics.

BEST CITY: Paia, Hawaii.

BEST BEACH: Tavares Bay.

TASTIEST BEVERAGE: Naked Drinks, Mighty Mango,

LAST TRICK YOU NAILED: Cab tens.

LAST TRICK THAT NAILED YOU: Riding on a cat track not looking where I was going, crashing into a tree.

SOOO HOT RIGHT NOW: Instagram@lyonfarrell.

THE FUTURE OF SNOWBOARDING IS: Hopefully not quad corks.

CREW: Simple Snowboarding.

SAY NO TO: Drugs and alcohol.

INSPIRATION: My family, and Mike Ranquet.

PIPE, PARKS, POWDER AND/OR POOL PARTIES: Both.

SPONSORS: Oakley, DC.

THANKS: The Simple NZ and Canada crew, my mom and my family, Mike Ranquet, Emily Smith from Oakley and Hamish Caunter from DC.

LAST WORDS: A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.