Name: Chris Eby
Hometown: Pemberton B.C.
Sponsors: Head/Tyrolia, Columbia, Kombi, Smith, Giro, CFR
Least favourite music artist: Vanilla Ice

Skill Testing Question - What do you have in common with 3 of the other athletes profiled on Doglotion.com?
We all ski!
Well, I was thinkin' that 3 of them went to the same high-school as you. What an insestuous magazine eh.

So you've been one of the big boys in big mountain skiing in Canada for a while now. But unlike a lot of the big guns you're actually from the west coast. So what kind of ski background do you have? Racin' like the Ontarions, bumps like Quebecers, or maybe granola eating hippy parents raising you on cross country skis?
My background is just strait up freeskiing. Powder piggin and solo rippin are my roots. I've also got my twinky level 3.

I've seen you on the ski hill like twice a year max? What are you up to on the other days? Sledding? Yodeling in the mountains?
Funny that cause I never see you either. I'm on the hill all the time but try to ski solo or in small groups. I spend about half the season in the backcountry and traveling.

You're known as more of a big mountian skier, but I've seen shots of you railsliding over man-eating crevasses. Are you batting for both teams?
I guess I am a bit of a switch hitter. Skiing that is.

And you coach for Camp of Champions in the summer, awesome gig or what? Do you get to teach kids how to shred while honing your own skills at the same time, or is it all about paintballs and picnics?
I focus on coaching the kids but learning new tricks is all apart of it. Working for COC rocks!!

What plans do you have for the coming winter? Any big trips lined up, or goals to shoot for?
My goals are to keep progressing and as for big trips they are usually spur of the moment. I go to Europe almost every year when it starts storming. My main focus will be filming with Team 13 and I'll probably do a few comps.

I gotta ask, what was it like autographing your posters at those film premiers we went to in the fall? The chicks must have digged it. Any funny encounters with anyone?
The hardest part is coming up with new things to write. After two or three hundred posters you start to run out of things to say. But ya, chicks totally dig it!

Would you rather spend a day skiing waste deep powder in alaska on snowlerblades, or a day in the coolest superpark ever... on a monoski?
Well they would both kinda suck but I have monoboarded in a park before so I guess I would take snowlerblades in Alaska just to try something new!

Any thanks?... Family, Vancouver crew and my sponsors! P.S. Photos by Blake Jorgenson.