Name: Mercedes Nicoll
Born: Dec. 05/83
Hometown: Whistler
Currently living in: Whistler
Years riding: 10
Sponsors: Powder room, IS design, Mammoth Mtn, 32, Etnies, Drake, The Circle.

Describe how you first got interested in snowboarding: My family had moved back to the west coast, from Toronto. I had skiied foreve,r but all the girls at school were snowboarding so I decided to try it, I fell in love with is and never turned back!

What keeps you snowboarding today? I get to do what I love and be with friends, why would I stop?

What do you get up to when you aren't snowboarding? These days it seems like I"m always riding! But I do spend some time in the gym, and try to get some beach time in, every now and then!

Describe the perfect day: Winter Blue brid, pow day with friends! Summer being at mt hood, coaching kids, then transporting all my friends to the beach in teh afternoon to whistler! wouldn't that be sweet to transport people!

Have you had any injuries or situations that have made you re-think your lifestyle? I get injured, but I can't stop riding, I gotta get back up and do it again!

Contests and freeriding....describe likes and dislikes of both: I do lots of contests, I do like doing them, but sometimes I wish I didn't have to do as many! but such as life! I love freeriding! I went on this sick cat trip with Dom adn some other girls and had the time of my life, backcountry is amazing, so beautiful and again with friends, love it!

Where do you want to be in 10 years? ew, I'll be 32, umm, I"m trying not to think that ahead, I try to take every day as she comes! yikes 32....Thanks for making me think of that.

Last but not Least:
Last movie: Click
Last meal: I'm eating panda express!mmmm
Last website: Hotmail, and a lil myspace!
Last pizza: The one you get with no cheese, in the grossers freezer!(i'm lactose)
Last book: Reading the little Chinese seamstress
Last TV show: MTV, cant' get enought, hours and hours!
Last trip: Driving to the coast, the oregon coast.
Last party: Last night, at our house in Govy(mt hood)
Last car: Still is my car, Subaru, Forester! I love my Subaru!
Last phone call: To Cody
Last words: Live it, love it!