Name: Kaya Turski

Age: 20

Hometown: Montreal, Canada

Sponsors: Bula, Salomon, Oakley

Favorite Bula hat: too many to choose!

Quote: I came I saw I conquered, DO IT BIG

Words to Live By: You only live once

When did you start riding? March 05

If you were not a pro, what would you be? I wish I knew!

What is more important to you than riding? Skiing is pretty much my life.. on my mind 24/7.What’s more important is friends and family, but not really anything else.

Best Memory of the Year: Well, since I hurt my knee this season, going to Mammoth with Salomon was super fun and it was so nice to be back doin tricks!

Best Hang (trip of the year): Whistler WSI of course!Party animal or mellow TV on the couch? I’d like to think in between both.

Best story of another team rider: Too many crazy storie

You have the opportunity to be a hit on any of the hit reality TV shows, which one would you choose? Is “Who wants to be a millionaire” a reality TV show? Well, I wouldn’t mind winning that million cause that means you know your stuff. But if I had to choose something else, I wouldn’t mind winning Survivor either.. heh.

Tell us something personal: I have an irrational fear of spiders and stuff under water.

Backcountry, park or urban? Park rattttt. Totally down with the backcountry too tho, I really want to get big into that!

Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint…)? Well when I was a kid I was really into artsy stuff and when I got hurt this year I was doing some again.. stuff like mosaics, sculptures, pottery.

Favorite:
Artist: Lil Wayne and Jay-z will forever be the best!
Films: usual suspects
Books: Non fiction stuff
TV Shows: Where do I start? Grey’s anatomy, sex and the city, seinfeld, and I just started watching Gossip Girl (my guilty pleasure… im soo addicted!)
Drink: Coke, tea
Website: ebay.com
Meal: american styles baby! : chicken waangs, pizza, subway, sushi, greek food

Music Top 5 songs of all time: oh man this is hard.. I wouldn’t say top 5 of all time cuz I tend to change my favs quite often, but I’ll have to say my top 5 now: Jay-z – blueprint 2, dr. dre – still dre, make it rain remix – lil wayne, rick ross, hypnotize – biggie smalls, paper planes – MIA

Name 5 Items you can't live without: skis/skates, laptop, car, shoes, clothes
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I want to be totally on top of my game and have established a good name for myself. I want to be living in BC, stoked on life and just having a good time.

Biggest influence in your life and why? I wouldn’t say I have one particular influence in my life, but I do for sure compare myself to others in the sport and I guess you can call those people my influences. They’re people whom I’d like to follow their lead in the sport and become as influential and successful as they have,  people like Sarah Burke and Sammy C who are constantly motivated to keep going and push the sport.