How was your summer Jules, did you
get to spend it in Hawaii with the Absinthe
crew?
My summer was fine, I’ve been skating,
playing football, resting, chilling with my
family and friends. I didn’t have the
opportunity to go to Hawaii, first of all
because the Absinthe crew didn’t do
the postprod there and then I’m not
really sure that I could afford it. I’d
rather put my money into heliriding in Alaska.
You’re quite into your skateboarding
aren’t you? Did you skate before you
started snowboarding?
Yeah of course, skateboarding is a main activity
when I don't shred. Skateboarding taught me
about board control, tricks, and a lot of
people tell me that my style is the result
of all these years of skating. This summer
I’ve done a lot downhill with my friends,
but definitively not with a longboard!
Where is home for you?
My home is Vevey, Switzerland during summertime
and for the rest of the year I guess my home
is everywhere where you can find crispy white
powder snow. Basically I live out of my bag
when I ride.
I hear you learnt a lot of snowboarding
from riding with your Dad? That’s pretty
cool. Does he still snowboard now?
That’s not exactly the truth; my dad
does not snowboard, he skis (he is a sport
teacher in High School). I was 8 or 9 when
he started to teach me about freeriding, he
is for sure the one person who gave my that
passion I have for mountains and riding. You
know in Switzerland everybody starts to ski
when they're 4 or 5 years old, it’s
kind of a cultural thing. It’s true
that I'm super lucky though, cause I don't
think every dad is taking his kids to freeride
(when they're 10 or under) to share moments
that you usually do with your friends or ride
mates! I will never be able to thank him enough,
but I think he is pretty proud of what I am
trying to achieve.
The release of ‘Optimistic?’
will be your 3rd appearance in Absinthe movies.
How did you get into filming with those guys
in the beginning?
I got to film with Absinthe because of David
Vladyka, Brusti, and Nico Droz. The freestyle
scene in Switzerland is kinda concentrated
in a couple spots, they saw me riding and
thought that I could make it. What is funny
about this story is that Vlad asked me to
join the crew while we were partying in a
club, we were kinda of drunk and at first
I didn't really believe what he told me. A
couple months later, when I had to shoot for
the first time with those guys I really understood
what was happening.
I am really stoked on all what’s happening
to me, that people such as Justin Hostinek
(the boss of Absinthe with Brusti), Romain
De Marchi, Nico Muller, MFM, and all the others
want to film with me.
... Did being on the Helly Hansen
team help?
Of course, HH is the very first brand to have
believed in me. Droz convinced my Team Manager
Mike Artz. It was kinda risky at that time
for HH to take me in the team, I had to prove
what I was capable of.
Well your first part in Futureproof
was a blinder, and then last year, tell me,
that line in “More”, with the
caption “Jules first AK Line”
is sick… be honest though, how much
of that line was skill and how much was luck?!
You look a little out of control for a moment
there!?
I just managed to stay on my board, that’s
it!
Do you have a plan each season of
the type of footage you want to film, or do
you just see what happens as the season goes
on?
I try to plan my seasons every year but filming
a video part is such a commitment that you
always end up doing stuff totally different
to what was planned.
Absinthe films’ concept is perhaps mostly
responsible of that; their progressive philosophy
makes us all (riders and filmers) live a day
to day life, based on the worldwide snow conditions.
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