COMUNE snowboarder Billy Mackey is the epitome of a minimalist. Last
week he showed up at my house from Colorado with nothing but the clothes
on his back, a board bag containing one woman’s snowboard, a pair of
snowboard boots with the tongue cut out that could double as hi-tops in
their lack of ankle support, and a Snuggie. When it was time to hit the sack
he wouldn’t sleep on my couch and just curled up on the hard wood floor
with his clothes on and wrapped up in his Snuggie. He definitely takes the
title of dirtiest guy on COMUNE and at the airport his nickname is “random
bag check”. Billy doesn’t care about much, and he doesn’t need much to
get by. As long as he’s snowboarding that’s all he needs.
CS: How’s your trip to SoCal been so far? How’s Bear Mtn. been treating you?
BM: Its pretty nice here, first day I got a ‘’So Cal’’ tan so it was a big hit at
big bear, Bear was real fun goin fast and it was sunny and slushy. I’m flyin
home tonight out of LAX, guess the weather is kinda shitty in Denver so
bummed on that.
CS: Do you prefer a “woman’s” board to a regular board? Do you feel sexier
when you ride it?
BM: Haha! Well, I guess it makes me feel a little sexier. But no I don’t prefer
woman’s boards but they are a lot easier to throw around, when it comes to
goin fast and getting air you gotta have man legs, no bitch legs allowed.
CS: What’s the first thing you’re going to do when you get back to Colorado?
BM: Well go to this burrito place BURRITO EXPRESS, one of the best fast f
ood style Mexican places, then go snowboarding.
CS: Where would your dream vacation be and what would you do?
BM: Shit well my dream vacation would be anywhere outside the good
ol U.S.A never been outside this place. I wanna go to Japan, see Tokyo
drift in real life.
CS: What are your plans for this summer?
BM: There is a chance I might be goin back out to Mt. Hood, tryin to decide
if I wanna hang out with a bunch of ‘’snow-bros’’ other than that gonna skate
a bunch work on my bike and look at El Camino’s.
CS: Thanks man. Hope you can make it back out to CA soon.
BM: Just let me know when. Thanks a lot corey! Good hangin out.
-Corey
