KRIS FOSTER
Yeah that Flair in the mountains was
so sick. Did it take many tries to
land it?
Well it started out as a little hip to
get inverted on, then I figured that if I
was gonna flair something that would
be the jump to try it on. So I flipped
it a couple of times, then started to
lean back and crank it to the left. It
definitely took me a handful of times,
but I’m stoked to have ridden out of
that trick in the hills.
Was freeriding a direction you
always wanted to take your riding
in, or did it just kind of turn out that
way?
I’ve always had fun freeriding, and it’s
always been a big part of what I do.
Even when I was racing, most of the
riding I did when I wasn’t at a race was
in the hills. It was when Monster came
on board that it really started to turn
into a career.
Where does your freeride inspiration
come from?
My old man came across some moto
vids that his buddy had. Amongst
them was the Terrafirma series and
some from the Crusty Demons of Dirt
films. From watching those videos, I
took to the old BMX track that was all
run-down and started shovelling jumps
and figuring it out.
How does freeriding in BC compare
to SoCal?
Cali has a lot more jump potential with
the rolling hills and canyons that lack
the trees we have up here. BC seems
to be a lot more rocky as well, so it’s
hard to find good places to dig. We
end up just making things work a lot
of the time.
Your last web edit #limelight went
super viral and really put your name
out there. Did you expect such a
good response?
I knew people would be stoked on
the step-down shot at the end, and
Clayton did a great job putting it all
together, so I figured it would do quite
a bit better than the first one we put
out, but definitely didn’t think it would
blow up like it did. u
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