Jess is a very solid rider and someone who just catches your eye for her clean steeze tricks. She also drinks more water then anyone you know...and she just glows of good health, good style, and good vibes!

Name: Jessie Gladish

Home Mountain: Big White

or Lake: Lake Okanagan

Riding Since: 1999, 14 years old

Level of Progression: Intermediate/Advanced

Sponsors: Radgalz represent

Inspired By: Everyone I ride with! Anyone having a good time, seeing a possy
of riders ripping it up on the hill, goofing around...Seeing someone
acheiving their goals and acheiving my own is inspiring to me.

Fav Trick: backside 180's, and backflips in the powder

Riding Goals for 2007: Stomping 360's, backside and frontside...frontside
lip...boardslides...270 onto boxes/rails...going big...overcoming mental
blocks...competing more!

Style Tip: don't flail, it looks terrible, that's what I need to work
on...also a good tip is to keep kleenex in your pocket, runny noses aren't
stylin, plus you end up with frozen boogers on your gloves.

Riding Tunes: Disturbed, In Flames, Pink Floyd, Ben Harper

Food for Radness: Soup is great to eat after a day on the mountain, chicken noodle is my fav...I love to have cereal (cornflakes!) in the morning before riding and a coffee on the drive
up!

Fav Pro or biggest riding influence: I just recently
bought the newest Misschief Films dvd (RoShamBo), and I love Annie
Boulanger's and Leanne Pelosi's sections. They both have sick style and are
solid riders that anyone can look to for inspiration.

Dream Date: Dating? What is that?

Current Board Set-up: 22.5 inch stance, -11 and 15, I am pretty sure..and
that's on a Stepchild Hammerhead

Fav Quote: "Life is not the number of breaths you take, but the number of
moments that take your breath away." another good one is "Don't walk in
front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk
beside me, and just be my friend."
-- Albert Camus

Travel (last rad trip): Last weekend: Kicking Horse, BC. Shred-mates: my bf
Darren, my girl Hayley rockin the two planks, and my grad buds Dave and
Riley. The conditions were amazing and the runs were looong and
steep...Let's just say it's a good thing legs don't talk!

Radgalz Event Experiences: The Billabong Beach Party rocks!

What inspires you to go to events: Prizes are definatly a good incentive, but the people all hanging out having a good time is really what it's all about...

Competitive Results:
I placed 4th in the RadGalz competition at Biggie in 2004, and then 2nd in a
rail jam in 2005.

Latest Claim to fame: Well, I can't say I'm famous, but I do have a part in a small video called "Boy and Gals" from the 2004/2005 season...which has my pelvis-breaking crash on the spine that was built that year at biggie...