Name: Bungle aka Ben Hawker
Age: 22 [Nov' 06]
Years riding: 23
Sponsors: Animal, Faction skis, Ellis Brigham, Prohab
Winter home: anywhere with snow. I tend to go to different resorts each year
Summer home: Bournemouth. Right by the beach. And I still can’t surf
Influences in skiing: I don’t really have influences I kind do what I want when I want. But anyone I ride with influences me really cause we feed ideas off each other. So basically everybody influences me that skis. so I lied in the first bit really
Ideal day on snow: hidden away in the trees in untracked powder droping some sweet rocks trying new stuff off them then taking it to the park later on and laying down. I don’t mean actually laying down there I mean laying the tricks down not my actuall body cause that’s lazy
Skis:Faction Wednesday and 3.zero
Boots: Salomon foil
Outerwear:Animal tech stuff...it’s like bomb proof an’ everything
Helmet: Protec Scotty Arnold, I only got it ‘cause Bennett had it and I wanted to wind him up that I have the same one.
Goggles:Oakley things, they’re a new model
Bindings – Salomon s9 14
Binding mounting point – 2cm back from centre for park 3 for pow pow

First skiing experience – Christchurch ski slope when I was 13. I was the snowplough master! ha
Favourite ski experience – everyday I am on skis. But some of the best have been skiing with the likes of Bennett, Slave, Paddy, Joe, Noddy, Wakey etc etc so pretty much the EB team….ha ha.

Notable achievements in skiing – the fact I am still alive and still skiing all the time.

Who do you admire in skiing – everyone. If you ski you’re a legend in my book. Unless you race of course, then you can just **** off! Ha ha sorry joe. No seriously, oh wait, what?

Funniest thing seen on snow – that kid hiking the pipe in RCP’s three for flinching trailer, Crees showed me it way back in the season. I have never laughed so hard.

If I weren’t skiing, I’d be …a lot fatter and slower than I already am.

Favourite ski movie – joint 1st monkey vision 2 return of the one piece and three for flinching. (oops probably should mention aggressive alpine skiing….ha ha)

Best competition you ever entered – ooooo ur…not really entered that many. I crack under pressure ya see, so maybe something like the national lottery where there is no pressure ya just colour in a couple of boxes. I can cope with that.