Shelly Gotlieb Checks In

Born: Raetihi, look it up

Home Town: Ohakune

Home Mountain: Mt Ruapehu

Rides: What like my Whip? dam got rid of the Tellstar now rocking the Caldina, yeow!  oh wait do you mean boards? or Boys??? 

Sponsors: Burton, Mt Ruapehu, Mt Dew, Snowpark NZ, Grenade, Essa Clothing, DVLP Clothing, Anon, Quest Queenstown, Export Gold and Madwax

Where are you currently residing? Currently.....I am in the A of the K Auckland New Zealand... not long till Im off to Q to T Queenstown for the winter

Songs in your head? Never going back again - Fleetwood Mac. First it Giveth - Queens of the Stone Age. Track 8 Sprout Soundtrack Wish I new the name of that song

What are you new fave things at the moment? Filling out questions, that's number one on the list, mid afternoon red wine sessions, coffee in the morning, skype :)

Sum up your season in three words? fun new tricks

What do you envision yourself doing if you weren't snowboarding? That is a good question, I often ask myself this one, I think....Id be...well Id guess Id be doing some sort of 'normal job' and feeling rather unfulfilled. I dont know what else I could do to live the awesome way I do now. Guess Id just be richer but probably a bunch unhappier.

What comes to your head when I say "SIA trade show in Las Vegas"? Love to hate that place. Best and worst time of my life.

You killed it in comps over in the States, ie. 5th in the Burton US Open. What's your secret? And what do you prescribe to take the edge off competitive pressure? Don't know if you can take my advice in this situation, I knocked myself out in the finals and don't remember the rest of my runs. What I do remember before that tho I was so nervous between runs I'd have to listen to Flight of the Concords songs on me IPod to keep my mind off it. Guess it helped up until concussion.

Next on your agenda? Have a wicked NZ winter, hopefully do well in the NZ Open, Raise enough funds to get back to USA and do well in the Comps there X Games, Dew Tour and the Burton Opens, makes some $$s and have a darn swell time in the process.

Last words? No Season is the same, each year they are better. Even though I go back to the same places with a lot of the same people, I couldn't imagine doing anything else with my time. My friends who I shred with and the ones who I don't, all play a huge part in my life. I'm pretty lucky that I snowboard for a living.