Nick Martini: Shaken, not Stirred

Wednesday, November 14th 2007

You’re a soldier out on the hill, always hiking for one more hit. What drives you to do that?

Well, I just think that skiing is all about practice, the more you do something the better you get at it. And when that work pays off and you stomp the trick you want it the best feeling in the world. That’s why I like skiing so much.

That was a sick jump you built at your high school this past winter. What was the deal with that and what did it take to make that happen

We had been eyeing the site for the jump for a couple years but we never really had the time or snow to really make it happen. Over the past couple years a lot of brush grew on the landing of the site so it was impossible to hit. This Fall we got together a crew with some clippers and saws and went out on a couple separate occasions to clear out the in run and landing. By the time ski season rolled around we were anxious to finally hit it up, but there was just no snow at all for the first couple months,
so when our one big storm rolled in we wasted no time building the jump. And who better to come film an epic east coast BC sesh than the Meatheads? Shea, Tyler, Pat, and I ended up having a super fun sesh and i think we
all get some dope shots. But I guess you would have to buy the movie to see...

Who is the crew that you mainly ride with?

I ski out of Waterville Academy, so i ski with that whole crew a lot - Hathaway, Morrison, Warnick, Pothier, etc... But I also travel a lot so I get to ski with a bunch of different people. I really like riding out in CO with my brother Alex and Matt Walker. But most of my ski friends are from around the east coast, like Shea, Brady Perron and the 4bi9 kids.

Where do you ski mostly?

During the week at school i ski at Waterville Valley, then ill go where ever to film or compete on the weekends. This year i also got to ride alot in CO and made way down to mammoth and out to whistler.

What’s a weakness in your skiing that you hope to dial in this season?

I really wanna work on pipe skiing. There arn't many good ones around here. I am awful and i dont like it that much, but i think it would be super fun to get good at.

What did you think of Heat Harvest II at Sunday River? Did you learn anything new?

Heat Harvest II was hands down one of the sickest "Events/Shoots" of the year. Super Fun crowd and awesome set up. I learned cab 10 true nose, and cab 10 mute to op blunt, which were both cool tricks to get. Also, everyone someday should see the footy of Joe Joe and Richies rap battle that went down one night in the hotel room, so classic.

What have you been up to this summer?

I went to whistler for a while in the begging of the summer, but we got a lot of bad weather so it wasn't really the "ideal" trip, but it ending up being pretty fun until i hit my head. I was coming off a box with a little to much rotation and ending up knocking my dome pretty hard and I had to go to the hospital for part of the night. I lost 15-20 hours of memory and still don’t really know what happened after hit my head.

Don’t you have a brother that rips too?

Yeah for sure! Alex is going to blow up soon or later, he’s just a little lazy when is comes to the whole "competing/getting sponsors" thing. But he is traveling a lot and starting to do some filming so that sick. Alex one of the steeziest kids around and kills it in the park, but his real specialty is urban. Defiantly watch out for him, he’s already better than a lot of the pros out there!

Powder day in the glades or sunny spring park… which is better?

Hahaha, Both, those are my 2 favorite things ever so its hard to pick. A lot of kids who are sick park rippers don’t really like skiing pow or big mountain stuff, but i grew up racing competitively and skiing at Cannon for 12 years and sometimes i get sick of the park and just wanna go shred.