Name
Berkley
Specialist Areas
Snowboard
Wakeboard
Waterski
Also knowledgeable in
Waterwear
SUP
Kayak & Canoe
How did you get into your sport
I first found out about snowboarding in 2017 after I was invited on a school ski trip. I booked some lessons at the indoor slope at the Centre Parcs in De Kempervennen and since then I have been hooked. I spent most of my free time at Chill Factore in Manchester and soon after I went on my first snowboard trip to the French Alps.
Wakeboarding was a much more recent addition to my list of sports. Just like snowboarding, I became hooked immediately and would spend every weekend at Sheffield cable pushing myself to learn new tricks.
Favourite location for your sport
Friday nights spent snowboarding at Snozone Yorkshire are always great, especially when I’m riding with the “Cas Vegas” crew but being outside in the French Alps on a sunny spring day cannot be beaten.
I love to wakeboard at Sheffield Cable at Rother Valley Country Park, you’ll find me there almost every weekend during the summer but Box End Park in Bedford has some great features which really make me step up my riding.
Memorable session and why
By far my favourite session was in the summer of 2024 when I convinced most of my ski/snowboard friend group to come and try out wakeboarding, we dodged the typical UK weather and instead had beautiful sunshine all weekend, I spent 2 full days wakeboarding with a big group of friends and spent the evenings relaxing around a campfire. It was great!
Piece of kit that makes you smile
My Lib Tech Off Ramp Snowboard is definitely my favourite piece of kit, I have had the past few generations of this board and it has seen me progress from a novice freestyle snowboarder to a sponsored rider on the Lib Tech UK team.
A special mention is also necessary for all my helmets, these have kept me safe during some pretty nasty situations and allowed me to keep riding and progressing.
Advice to customers for progressing and enjoying your sport.
Develop your own style! I love watching edits from the early 2000s where all the riders have their own unique style and this is what I think sports should be all about, doing tricks that you enjoy and trying something different because it might be fun.
Perseverance is important from snowboarding and wakeboarding, you aren’t going to land everything after 1 try or sometimes even after 100 times but the satisfaction once you finally land that trick will be even greater and make all the crashes and fails worth it.
