Name as it appears on your Birth Certificate:
Matthew Jahn van den Heuvel

If you could change your name to anything it would be:
Fillip Sloven

Birthday:
June 10, 1984

Age:
23

Hometown:
Gig Harbor, WA

Favorite Color:
Blonde

Favorite Word:
Pardon?

Favorite Person in History:
McLovin

If you could be any animal, what would it be and why:
A hippie, they are very strange animals found on Frisbee golf courses in Bellingham Washington and closely resemble the elusive KooK, which can only be found deep in the woods in Shelton, Washington. I have just always wanted to be one.

Top 5 favorite movies:
Rad, Superbad, Kingpin, The Departed, The Big Labowski

Worst 5 movies of all time:
Gigli, High school Musical 1 and 2, Track of the moon beast (1976)

Favorite Tunes:
Rebelution, The Hansen Brothers “Mmm Bop”

Who’s hotter: Barbara Streisand, Meryl Streep, Whoopi Goldberg, or Rosie O’Donnel:
Oprah, by far

Favorite Food(s):
Sugar Free Red Bull

Least Favorite Food(s):
A Curry Sandwich

Gnarliest Injury:
Landed one foot on, one off on a wakeskate and got my bum jump kicked. Broke my left femur. Yeesh

Best Accomplishment in Your Sport:
Being part of the WWU collegiate national champion team for two years. And Being a coach and co-owner of Northwest Wakeboard Camp.

If you could travel to one place on Earth, where would it be, why would you go, and if you could only take one person who would it be:
Byron Bay, Australia, with my surfboard.

Couldn’t Live Without:
My Family

Hobbies:
Photography, setting off fireworks, and Boating

What else do you do to pay the bills:
I work for Red Bull as a rep at Western Washington University. I also run Northwest wakeboard camp with my brother Bret V which is the best job in the world.

Other sponsors:
Northwest Snowboards