Simon Pircher is one of those riders that is hard to hate. He's a smiley guy, always down for a mission, always sticking his stunts and always happy to celebrate with a cold brew. He got busy slicing and dicing the streets of Austria, Poland, Italy and Finland last season. This kid drops more hammers than a clumsy construction worker! (That's a compliment, by the way.) Here's the video proof from the good peeps at Deeluxe Boots, plus our chat with Simon that was published in issue 14.1 and some extra images from Patrick Steiner. So here's Simon, look out for this young Austrian schnitzel!
I’m Simon Pircher, 21 years old and I’m from Westendorf/Innsbruck, Austria.
Would you describe yourself as a bag of bones or meaty?
I’d say more bony than meaty.
One person's meat is another person's poison. Which are yours?
My meat might be partying. So I guess the day after, partying would be my poison.
What makes you still feel like fresh meat on the scene?
That's pretty hard to answer cuz when I’m hanging with my homies most of us act like a bunch of 15-year olds anyway.
Have you ever been put through the meat grinder?
Yep. Two seasons ago I broke my metatarsal bone at the end of October, so I had to take a break for 2 months. Just when I was starting to ride again I got hit by a car and tore some ligaments in my knee, so I couldn’t ride for another 2 months. That sucked pretty hard but at least I was able to take some slushy laps in the spring.
Once you get past your spring chicken phase, where do you imagine yourself after you beef up and get older?
I’m probably still gonna be somewhere around Austria, because we've got everything you need... But I definitely wanna continue traveling a lot.
What is the meat and potatoes of snowboarding?
For me it’s all about having fun with my homies... and impressing chicks of course, haha!
Who would you consider a fine aged meat?
My dad.
Do you have any bones to pick?
Icy parks. 
When was the last time you thought you were dead meat?
I guess when I got hit by that car.
Who puts the meat on your plate?
Voelkl Snowboards, Volcom, Deeluxe, Union, Coal Headwear, Adidas, Sane!, and Rockwell.
Photos courtesy of Patrick Steiner/Völkl