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.
Simon van Haeken
Nationality: Belgian
Stance: Regular
Birthday: 16/07/1997
Home mountain: Ice Mountain Komen – a Belgian indoor slope
Board: Animila Pro RC
Binding: Imperivm DJ
Boots: Burton
Sponsors: Imperivm, UBX, Horsefeathers
Q & A
What was your first board?
Burton Shaun White collection
Where did you go snowboarding the first time?
Snowbase Terneuzen
Who was your first snowboard hero? And your last?
Anthony Smits, the one and only.
What’s your best trip so far?
I love all the trips to Davos in Switzerland
What are your plans for this winter?
Ride as much as possible, both indoors and in the mountains. Some contests are on my schedule already, and I hope to make it into snowboarding secondary school next year.
If you could choose a trip, where would you go and with whom?
I’d love to go the the Park City terrain park with my friends.
What’s your favorite trick?
Frontside 360 indy.
What are your other passions?
Skateboarding – Playstation 3