We want to introduce you to this Swiss young gun. Dominik Betschart has been turning up on our radar and his riding is starting to resemble a decent chunk of Emmentaler cheese, except it seems he has no holes. Keep an eye out for this Swiss stylemaster. Dominik Betschart, who are ya?! Who are ya?!...Who are ya?
I am Dominik Betschart, 21 years old, from Switzerland.
Who are your people?
Everybody who enjoys life.
Who are your heroes?
All the powder kiddies & Charlie Sheen.
Who are your enemies?
Skiers.
Who is your leader?
Julian Fürsinger.
Who do you trust?
My grandmother.Who is your favorite?
Homer Simpson.
Who do you shred with?
Shots.tv crew and all my shred buddies from my home valley.
Who is your music?
Bob Dylan, Paul Kalkbrenner, Black Sabbath, Justice, Phantogramm, Scooter and others.
Who are you scared of?
The fat lady who owns the old Rotenfluh tram, in my home valley.
Who does your laundry?
I pay my mother to do it.Who will you be in a decade's time?
The same person, just 10 years older, but still not any smarter than right now.
Who were you in another life?
The frontman from Scooter, HP Baxxter!
Who can you always count on?
My friends.
Who are the best riders right now?
Gigi Rüf, Jeremy Jones and Jake Blauvelt.Who would you be if you were a cartoon character?
Spongebob.
Who is the last person you saw in a dream?
My girlfriend…. hehe.
Who would you be if you were a woman?
I don't wanna be a woman!Who's your favorite historical figure?
Albert Einstein.
Who have you been in Japan with last year and what did you do there?
With the photographer Yves Suter. We traveled around one month from resort to resort and rode powder mountains every day. The reason was to produce a travel journal as a book, which is going to be published this fall.Who else's country did you visit the last season?
The countries of the Russians, the French, the Germans, the Austrians, the Japanese, the Finnish, the Italians and the Americans.
Which countries will you visit this upcoming season?
I don't know exactly yet, but we have some great ideas to travel to faraway countries, :-)Who are you going to travel this season with the most?
My buddy Julian Fürsinger.
Who gives you the ideas for your travels?
I generally think of where I want to go snowboarding, or some of my friends come up with an idea and we make it happen.
Who will join you on your next trip, and where will you go?
I don't know who will join me, but I will go to Slovenia on a team shoot for my sponsor Arc'teryx.
Whose ideas was it to do your own contest?
Our friends ran a big air contest for the last 10 years in our home resort, then my friend Kilian Wiget and I took it over from them but we wanted to develop our own special contest. So we came up with the Back2Style event. It's more of a gathering than a competition. It basically all about style. The tricks are called out and you have to do them with style. The winner gets crowned as King of Style and gets a thousand Swiss francs in cash!
Who are your sponsors?
CAPiTA, Arc'teryx, DC shoes, IS design, Union, KUU, Stoos resort.