Spy Sunglasses Team Rider - Louie Vito
Name: Louie Vito
Nickname: LV, or Veets, as Danny Davis likes to call me. Also, Louie the phone, because I chat on the phone so much.
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Currently Living: Sandy, UT
Years riding: 12 or 13 years
Sponsors: O’Matic Snowboards,
SPY, Monster Energy Drink, 686, Boost Mobile, Kicker Audio, Tech Nine Bindings, Grenade Gloves, Vestal Watches, Skull Candy, Nike Snowboarding, Neff, and Utility Boardshop
Stance: Goofy, 23”, 15 and -12
Why Spy? I just switched over to Spy because I love the product, I like the image, I like the people that work there and they have one of the best optical teams in the game.
Team member since: 2006
After a big fall or injury what motivates you to get up and do it again? Just because I know I can land it…I have to get back up there and show to myself and make it happen. It happens you know? You got to have your down days to have those good days!
Favorite trick: Pipe…probably the cab ten or front seven. Off a jump, probably the back seven.
Describe how you feel when you can't ride due to and injury or travel, etc: When I can’t ride it sucks, you are just sitting there trying to get better as fast as possible. You can only do so much for an injury so you just have to be paitent. It sucks just waiting there when you can’t wait to get back on the snow and get riding again…
Favorite country, spot, hill, park, etc: My favorite park is definitely Park City; it’s my favorite spot to ride because everything is avalibal there.
Describe your perfect day: Riding any sort of terrain, as long as it’s sunny, good snow, good terrain and you have lots of friends to ride with.
Favorite Spy sunglass and/or Goggle and why: I go back and forth between the
Spy Soldier goggles and the new frame, the Zed. I like these goggles because they fit my face really well and I like the styles…all the sick colors. As for glasses…I have just been rocking the
Spy Clash sunglasses.
Contests or Freeride? Describe likes and dislikes: I like contests in the middle of the season. But springtime I like freeriding because I do so many contests and I am over them by spring. It just depends on the time of year because I like both of them them the same.
Most inspired by: Well…two riders. Probably Danny Kass because he rides everything, contests and films. And Marco because he has the best style….ever.
Marco Feichtner is currently sporting the Zed and omega snow goggles, also the Spy blok sunglasses.
Favorite Tunes: Hip-Hop, that’s all I really it.
Where you coming from and what's next: I just got back from Tamarack, Idaho, from the Grand Prix, and now I am off to sunny Vermont for the U.S. Open.
What Videos will you be featured in 2007: I shot a little bit with Finger on the Trigger, the Tech Nine Video ‘Cold World’ and also for Mongo Productions, ‘The Constant Struggle.’
Favorite Photographer and/or Artist: I don’t know man. This is a hard question…I’m not really an artsy guy…haha
Here's
louie Vitos website, check out his news and pictures, then go to his sponsors and see why he chooses SPY.
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