Ian Walsh

We are pleased to announce professional surfer Ian Walsh as the newest addition the JHMR athlete team. Ian is talented on the snow and in the water. He started snowboarding in Jackson Hole and it quickly became his go-to mountain. At first, Ian viewed snowboarding as an escape from the routine of riding waves year round, however snowboarding quickly became a new found passion. 

Nickname: IW or Walshy
Hometown: Kuau, Maui.
Sponsors: Red Bull, Patagonia, Pau Maui Vodka, HydroFlask, DaKine, Tudor Watches, Paia Bowls, Kipa Beach, Luxury Card, Deep Relief Peak Performance, MFC Foils, Jones Snowboards, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Christenson Surfboards, and Lost Surfboards.
Favorite Lines at Jackson Hole? First tracks on a big snow morning straight top to bottom through Rendezvous Bowl and the Hobacks.
What inspires you? Progression. 
If you weren't a pro rider, you'd be? A product of whatever environment I ended up in.
What's in the ipod? A big variety of music, playlists that jump from rap to 80’s to country to electronic to rock and everything in-between. 
Words to live by: Happiness is reality minus expectations.