With raw, powerful style, double-cork ability and a resume that defies convention, John J has tapped into another dimension of backcountry awareness. Beyond the Rider of the Year wins, the cover shots and the jaw-dropping parts, it’s his naturally creative style that keeps expanding our snowboarding consciousness, one sick shot at a time. Last season his reality took the form of an impressive part for X Games Real Snow Backcountry, a 4th at Supernatural with a run that ended in a massive best trick-winning double cork, plus filming a full part for Burton’s newest movie, 13.

Jackson was born a Mammoth local, perfected park at June Mountain and won US Nationals at an early age. He altered our thinking with his opener in Standard’s White Balance, but it was his double-song ender in the 2009 film, Forum Forever, that left our minds completely blown. In 2010 he earned Rider of the Year and Part of the Year honors from both Snowboarder and Transworld, then followed up with an unprecedented repeat of all four titles for his two-part efforts in Forum’s F It. A knee injury slowed him in 2011, but his AK Art of Flight lines gave us a glimpse at freestyle’s future. After taking a hit again this season John J landed on the injured reserve, but he healed quickly and made it to AK to kick off Brothers on the Run, a 15,000-mile fishing, shredding and surfing trip from Alaska to Argentina with his brother Eric.

Età: 29

Città di residenza:
Crowley Lake, California

Località montana:
Mammoth Mountain, California