Dave Chricton is one of Canada's top up and coming skiers. At the age of 15, he has already entered the D-team (Canadian Development Team, one step below National team and world cup level). Not only is he a great mogul skier, he's also an accomplished aerialist. He proved this at the Canada Winter Games when he stomped a 1080 cross. Able to perform tricks like misties, flares and crazy spins, he will definitely be a known name given a year or two. Here he is interviewed by his bro Mike Chricton:

Mike:You're now 15 years old, soon to be 16. At what age did you start skiing, and how did you get into mogul skiing?

Dave: I started skiing when I was four years old. I started mogul skiing through the Owens Corning Freestyle League.

Mike: What factors were responsible for you taking up new school skiing? Were there any skiers in particular or any other sports that helped kick-start your interest in new school?

Dave: I guess it all started at Le Relais in the terrain park. I can remember about four years ago when I saw some guys at Le Relais doing some amazing things for the first time. They were hitting table tops fakie, doing backflip iron crosses, stylish 360 mute grabs, and not to mention going huge in the halfpipe which happened to be a sheet of ice and was shaped by hand. These guys are best known as the three Phils. Watching them really had a big impact on me. The same goes for watching and competing against Vincent Dorion, JP Auclair and JF Cusson. I can remember how after every competition at Le Relais all the freestylers would tuck to the bottom and go straight to the park. Everyone would go crazy on the table tops and for me this has been what started an interest in new school skiing. In-line skating also helped in that I was interested in doing grabs right from the start.

Mike: Do you ever get scared?

Dave: Anytime I try something new or, to a lesser extent, anytime I do something that I haven't perfected.

Mike: New school skiing is progressing very rapidly in terms of the difficulty of tricks and the creativity of those tricks. What tricks do you think we'll be seeing in the next year or two?

Dave: I think that we will be seeing flat spins, spins to grinds and changing stances when on a rail.

Mike: Of the skiers currently helping in the evolution of new school, would you say that there is a skier in particular who stands out as being a technical and creative leader?

Dave:Candide Thovex.

Mike: You've just been called up to the Canadian National Development Team for moguls. What are your goals this season with respect to both mogul competitions and new school skiing?

Dave: I don't want to let new school interfere with moguls. I hope to make all the finals in the Nor-Am circuit. As far as new school goes, I would like to take some of my inventions on the trampoline and do them on snow.

Mike: Do you do any other sports?

Dave: Surfing (for which I would quit skiing in a second), mountain biking, and two new sports I'm starting: wakeboarding and skateboarding.

Mike: Any sponsors?

Dave: SCOTT USA, Mom and Dad.

Mike: What's your favortite trick?

Dave: 720 safety grab.

You can see Dave Chricton in the movie Ruckus made by Agressive Instincts Productions.