INTERVIEW. THEO ACWORTH PORTRAIT. RILEY SMOLLER
I MET LYON FARRELL IN WINTER. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ENIGMA’. THIS MADE ME LAUGH. ACCURATE, AND SECONDLY, HOW USE THE WORD ENIGMA? THE OR THING THAT IS MYSTERIOUS OR NOT SURE IF THAT TOTALLY APPLIES HIS SLEEVE. EITHER WAY, I LIKED WHEN HE WAS HOME ON THE ISLAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE MIKE ELEVEN, HIS YEARS ON THE CONTEST SIMULTANEOUS AWARENESS THAT THAT DOESN’T EXIST. I GOT THE QUITE KNOW WHERE TO DIRECT HAVING A GOOD TIME FIGURING IT
SWITZERLAND AT THE END OF LAST I HEARD HIM SAY WAS, ‚I’M AN FIRSTLY, BECAUSE I DON’T THINK IT’S MANY 22-YEAR-OLD SNOWBOARDERS ACTUAL DEFINITION IS ‚A PERSON DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND’, AND I’M TO HIM, AS HE WEARS HIS HEART ON HIM, AND CALLED HIM UP FOR A CHAT OF MAUI, HAWAII. WE DISCUSSED RANQUET AS A CHAPERONE AGED CIRCUIT, A DESIRE TO WIN, AND A HE MIGHT BE CHASING SOMETHING IMPRESSION THAT HE DOESN’T HIS ENERGY, BUT REGARDLESS, HE’S OUT.
AT SOME POINT, HIS MOM ANGELA CHAMPION AND EXTREME WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, AND UNEXPECTED AND ENTERTAINING THESE THINGS, SOMETIMES YOU’VE EXTENT, THAT’S EXACTLY HOW LYON SENSE THAT THE INTERVIEW WENT
[TWO TIME WINDSURF WORLD GAMES 1995 GOLD MEDALIST] THE CONVERSATION TOOK ON AN DYNAMIC. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS PLAN JUST GOT TO ROLL WITH IT. TO SOME MOVES THROUGH LIFE, SO IT MAKES THIS WAY TOO.
What was it like having Mike Ranquet as a skate coach for a short time? Do you ever bounce ideas off of him or talk about where you’re at with your snowboarding? L: Oh yeah. For me, he’s a sounding board. He’s also like the crazy uncle. I wouldn’t be surprised if right now he just kicked down the door and said, ‚What’s up motherfuckers!’. How did you meet him? L: I actually met him before snowboarding was really a thing for me. He was skating my local park. He’d just got his hip replaced and was barely able to skate though. His buddy Steve knew that I had a vert ramp at my house, and he asked if Mike could come and skate it. I was like, dude, I don’t know about this guy. He can barely roll around on a board! I was such a little shit when I was younger.
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So he comes over and just blows my mind, doing huge backside airs. *Lyon’s mom Angela walks into the house* L: Hi mom. Theo, this is my mom Angela. Hi Angela, how’s it going? A: Who’s that? L: It’s Theo, say hi. A: There’s so much pizza here! L: I got two mopsis, because it’s better to have a mopsi on deck. What’s a mopsi? L: It’s a type of pizza that’s so good that everyone wants to eat it, so you get two of them.
Angela, what do you think about your son’s dietary habits while he’s recovering from his knee surgery? A: When I’m in charge, they’re good. When he’s in charge, they’re shit. Lyon, who is this person I’m talking to? L: This is Theo. I work for a snowboard magazine, and I’m interviewing your son. A: Would you like to interview me? Because I’m way more famous than my son. Especially at 11 o’clock at night when I’ve had a few tequilas. For sure. Are you proud of your son? A: Very. He’s phenomenal. He’s an amazing human being. L: Thanks mom. She doesn’t usually drink, though, so this is good timing.
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