Bjorn is a mostly Austrian, partly Swedish radical shred sticker who's been filming incredible parts with the Pirates for a while now. Dude's been killing it under the radar for years and he is one of the nicest guys in snowboarding to boot, so we thought he deserved a little love from us. Here's his 5 Things, read on to find out what makes Bjorn tick.

5 favorite things to put in your mouth? 
- Avocados
- Tacos
- Wienerschnitzel
- Raclette
- Sushi
5 favorite songs on your iPod at the moment? 
- Pete Rock: "Mind Blowin'"
- Blackalicious: "My Pen & Pad"
- Wolfmother: "White Unicorn"
- Lee Perry: "The Upsetter"
- Danzig: "Twist of Cain"

5 favorite tricks to do on your snowboard?
- Switch back 1
- Ollie
- Frontside butter
- Back 5 nose
- Cab 3  

5 favorite things to do off snow?
- Skateboarding
- Surfing
- Painting
- Taking photos with my Lomo
- Printing T-shirts in my basement

5 favorite snowboarders to shred with?
- I can't decide on 5! I guess all shreds who like to laugh! 

 5 favorite places to ride in winter? 
- Home sweet home: Kaprun, Austria
- Logan, UT
- Japan
- Mt. Baker, WA
- Grippenstein

5 things that make you mad?
- Fake people
- Thinking about how we treat our planet
- Looking for my keys
- Racism
- People looking for fights
5 things that helped you become a pro snowboarder?
- Being motivated on snowboarding
- Basti Balser and the PMP crew
- Muck Müller - got me my first sponsor
- Basti Gogl
- My family

5 things you want to achieve this winter? 
- Some sick shots
- More pow riding in natural terrain
- More time to ride with my buddies at home
- A plan for the future
- Prepare the world for the invasion of the stINKy
5 things you learned at snowboard school in Sweden? 
- Riding pipe
- Scraping ice
- Meatballs with pasta and ketchup
- That you don't buy liquor in the store
- That we have better mountains in Austria

5 things you love about Austria? 
- Our mountains
- My friends
- Smoking in the bar
- The nature
- The food
5 things you always take with you on your travels? 
- Too many cables for all my electronic shit
- A camera
- A credit card
- A book (that I always forget somewhere during the trip)  
- Passport

5 things you wished were invented? 
- A beamer that can teleport me to wherever I want to go
- A device that makes instant powder 
- A self-cleaning apartment
- A key that always finds its way back to me
- A wave machine in my local lake
5 things that snowboarding could do without?
- Snowboard company owners that have nothing to do with snowboarding
- FIS
- Climate conditions
- Triple corks 
- Slalom boarders

Thanks to Dominic Zimmerman for the shred pics. Check out more of his rad photos right here!