Donnie hails from Scotland & insists “when you can ride there, you can ride anywhere!”

Taking up snowsports at the not so tender age of 18, after a string of early successes, Donnie quickly became one of a handful of young sponsored British boarders.

These successes went hand in hand with his coaching career and in 2008, Donnie was invited to join the Great Britain Snowboard Cross development team for the 2010 Olympics. He finshed 8th at the British Champs in Laax in March that year and 2nd at the Indoor Boardercross Champs in September 2010.

Qualifications
BASI ISIA, SNSC mountain leader, freestyle & Alpine coach & European mountain safety leader, MIAS level 2 mountain bike instructor.

Best thing to do on a snowboard:
Get steep and deep in the trees….having just exited a helicopter!

Equipment for 2012:
RIDE SNOWBOARDS: ARCADE UL 158 Wide, Capo bindings and Hi-Phy boots.

Camber or reverse camber:
RC is great fun but I’ll never be without the power of camber for long. Better still my new board has both!

Stance:
REG +15 and -12 degrees (always changing them though!)

Favourite trick:
BIG OLD SHIFTY BACKSIDE 180…or anything with a nose grab!

If not snowboarding, then what:
probably recovering from a snowboarding injury – it’s been a tough year! Enjoying the Scottish trail centres on my mountain bike or racing on my Time Trial bike…wearing lots of lycra!

Other sports:
Mtbing, Skating, Kite surfing, Time Trial racing and eh…….hill walking (”you’re so cool” – Stava!)