Graham Itsuta Watanabe
Birthplace – Sun Valley, Idaho
Winter Residence – Park City, Utah
Summer residence – Park City, Utah
Age - 25

What Bern gear are you rocking this winter ?
I’ll sport the Macon and the Baker for racing and freeriding.

What are your plans for this winter?
Kill it 24/7.

Best trip you have taken in your career?
My first year doing snowboard cross, I spent 5 weeks in South America competing and being a tourist.

What would you do if you were not a pro shred?
Be a non-pro shred… and kill it 24/7.

Influences?
My dad, my friends, 80’s sitcom television(i.e. ALF, Step by Step, Saved by the Bell, etc.)

What are your bad habits?
Biting my fingernails and lower lip.

What makes you happy?
Sharing my time with friends and family, kids, making progress towards hard to reach goals, and… 80’s television(see above)

What is your biggest fear?
Never having kids.

What is in your Ipod?
Wires, computer chips, a battery, and little tiny musicians that can play the most amazing music!

Favorite food?
Fresh fruit smoothies.

Favorite Movie of all time?
Too hard. If I must choose one now… Super Bad.

Other Sponsors?
US Snowboarding, Powerbar

Goals in life?
Learn to play an instrument well, learn three languages besides English, have a family of my own, and teach them all how to kill it… 24/7.

Last Words?
Embrace every moment.