Imperivm Team
Manufacturing good snowboards starts with a solid team testing them and giving feedback in order to improve year after year. These riders allow us to progress winter after winter.
Gilles Mattelin
Nationality: Belgian
Stance: Goofy
Birthday: 01/10/1990
Home mountain: Mayrhofen, right outside of the Shready mansion.
Board: City 150 Rio
Binding: Imperivm DJ
Boots: Vans
Sponsors: Imperivm, Numero 13
Q & A
What was your first board?
It must have been a Generics, or something like that.
Where did you go snowboarding the first time?
Ice Mountain indoor slope in Komen, Belgium. They usually have the best indoor park.
Who was your first snowboard hero? And your last?
Travis Rice and Jamie Nicholls
What’s your best trip so far?
Every trip is awesome
What are your plans for this winter?
Spending five snowy months in Mayrhofen, the capital of the Austrian Zillertal with the rest of the Shready crew. We’ll mostly be filming and shooting creative snowboarding.
If you could choose a trip, where would you go and with whom?
Fishing in Thailand
What’s your favorite trick?
All fliptricks
What are your other passions?
Climbing and tablesoccer.