“Dirty
Curty” is a young shred master on the rise. Sporting
a blonde afro and loving the big hair bands of the decade
he was born in, Curtis is throwback to a time before highback
bindings and baggy clothes. But his outward appearance is
where the similarities cease when it comes to anything that
has to do with his style. Put him on a snowboard and get ready
to witness the next generation in action. The kid is a style
monger with a thick slew of tricks eagerly awaiting his command. Being
raised within an hour’s drive of Donner Summit helped
him create his own identity as a grom, and with that self-knowledge
he is continually progressing his portfolio of maneuvers and
tricks. His commitment to his craft is evident every time
he sets foot on the snow. He will ride all day and night if
he is working on something in particular, and I have seen
him eat shit so hard that I was amazed he could even get up,
let alone get back on his board and try it again. Perhaps
it’s the music he creates in his mind that motivates
him to take on such a hell bent attitude. Songs like ‘Do
You Wanna Die’ and ‘Roll Over You One-Eyed Rat Whore’
is all he needs to get the riding fires well lit. On a recent
Santa Cruz Snowboards road trip to Canada he gave himself
the biggest swellbow I have ever seen. The Canadian medical
authorities thought it would be a great treat to prescribe
him codeine for his pain. What the ingestion of said painkiller
would do to Curtis’ young mind was alarming and hilarious.
Like a victim of Turrets he would unleash these soliloquies
of verbal lashings that would often leave the listener fearing
for their mortal coil. But that was just Codeine Curtis talking.
His alter ego Curtis Mayhem is a more focused and refined
version of the same young man. Once he would snap out of Codeine
Curtis mode he would become the bright-eyed, pleasant, and
hungry ripper that he truly is.
When not on the snow, this 16-year-old shredder can be found
refining his skating style or using one of his many smooth
pick up lines on the dirty Truckee girls. So if you’re
a young hottie and
suddenly hear, “Hey girl, yeah you in the blue pants,
s’up girl” don’t be surprised to look over
your shoulder and find the blonde Afroman in full effect.
Jed
Davis
His
life began like a Country and Western song...
“Born in a cabin in the mountains of Colorado in the
middle of a blizzard. His daddy delivers him while the German
Shepard stands guard by the door. His mama must be a tough
woman, for that’s where some of his strength came from.”
Fast forward 10 or 11 years. Jed discovers skateboarding and
his journey begins. Again, let’s skip more details and
several more years. It’s late ’94 or ’95 when
I met Jed. We were both finishing high school down in St.
Pete, Florida. We started hanging out, and he killed everything
we skated. Moving on a couple more years. Jed starts another
journey. He’s now searching
for the answers to all life’s questions. He spends a
few months in Africa, comes back to St. Pete. He skates harder
than ever. Then he spends a few months traveling around Mexico,
comes back stronger than ever. Skipping a few more years,
we both move to Atlanta. Now his skating is well defined and
very unique; he skates anything and everything. Even though
we both skate the same spots he always skates them in ways
I never thought of. Fast forward to the present. Jed is skating
with more raw talent and style than you’ll know. The
future? Jed’s going to be skating, practicing the form
of martial arts known as Cuong Ngu, break dancing, traveling,
and soul searching.
“Dirty
Curty” is a young shred master on the rise. Sporting
a blonde afro and loving the big hair bands of the decade
he was born in, Curtis is throwback to a time before highback
bindings and baggy clothes. But his outward appearance is
where the similarities cease when it comes to anything that
has to do with his style. Put him on a snowboard and get ready
to witness the next generation in action. The kid is a style
monger with a thick slew of tricks eagerly awaiting his command.
Being
raised within an hour’s drive of Donner Summit helped
him create his own identity as a grom, and with that self-knowledge
he is continually progressing his portfolio of maneuvers and
tricks. His commitment to his craft is evident every time
he sets foot on the snow. He will ride all day and night if
he is working on something in particular, and I have seen
him eat shit so hard that I was amazed he could even get up,
let alone get back on his board and try it again. Perhaps
it’s the music he creates in his mind that motivates
him to take on such a hell bent attitude. Songs like ‘Do
You Wanna Die’ and ‘Roll Over You One-Eyed Rat Whore’
is all he needs to get the riding fires well lit. On a recent
Santa Cruz Snowboards road trip to Canada he gave himself
the biggest swellbow I have ever seen. The Canadian medical
authorities thought it would be a great treat to prescribe
him codeine for his pain. What the ingestion of said painkiller
would do to Curtis’ young mind was alarming and hilarious.
Like a victim of Turrets he would unleash these soliloquies
of verbal lashings that would often leave the listener fearing
for their mortal coil. But that was just Codeine Curtis talking.
His alter ego Curtis Mayhem is a more focused and refined
version of the same young man. Once he would snap out of Codeine
Curtis mode he would become the bright-eyed, pleasant, and
hungry ripper that he truly is. 
His
life began like a Country and Western song...
searching
for the answers to all life’s questions. He spends a
few months in Africa, comes back to St. Pete. He skates harder
than ever. Then he spends a few months traveling around Mexico,
comes back stronger than ever. Skipping a few more years,
we both move to Atlanta. Now his skating is well defined and
very unique; he skates anything and everything. Even though
we both skate the same spots he always skates them in ways
I never thought of. Fast forward to the present. Jed is skating
with more raw talent and style than you’ll know. The
future? Jed’s going to be skating, practicing the form
of martial arts known as Cuong Ngu, break dancing, traveling,
and soul searching.