Follow Lucas on Instagram. @Lucas_Ouellette
photo by Mike Jones
What's in a name? Well, if you can't pronounce the damn thing, nothing. So let's get it straight, it's pronounced Ew (like "Ew, that's gross")-Let. Yes, Ew-Let = Ouellette.
Lucas grew up in Stouffeville, Ontario, discovered snowboarding, and made the move out west with his then girlfriend, now wife, Ashley. That all sounds normal, but in actuality, Lou lives the Peter Pan lifestyle, but didn't have to go to never never land to avoid 'growing up'. Yes, he's married and now has a 1 year old kid, but that was more of an abstract way to secure long term play mates and best friends. His childhood BMX bike now adorns a 650cc motor that wakes up all the neighbors; his Tonka Trucks have taken on the form of full size snow cats; the sand box is now a mountain; the felt pen that he drew on his arms is now permanent; and the punk rock music that drove his parents crazy, well, he's still driving them nuts with that.
Lucas has persevered in keeping a few weird kid tendencies too. It's only been a few years now that Lou decided salads had an acceptable place in his candy and meat diet. He loves blueberries, blueberry juice and everything else blueberry, but hates the color blue. He loves snowboarding. He hates ACDC. ... and the list goes on. These might not all sound weird (or kid like), but when you meet Lou and add these to the mix it's easy to lump it all under the 'weird' umbrella. All in all, Lou's got it made. Here's a short Q&A. Pay attention and learn how it's done!
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DWD - Halloween just passed... and it's also your wedding anniversary. This is something that will follow you to any interview you ever have... You got married on halloween!? You were carried in to the ceremony in a casket and everyone that attended was dressed up. How fuckin' cool was that?
LO - Hell yea we did! It was fuckin awesome. We went full out. Cemetery, with guests names on tomb stones, taxidermy animals jumping out at people, a pirate was the minister, misfits songs blasting all night. Even our grandparents thought it was rad haha.
DWD - Is your motto to never 'grow up', and/or never to conform to grown up rules?
LO - The only suit I'll wear is a snow suit haha. I've actually only owned one suit and tie in my life, and it's in my closet, all ripped up with fake blood on it from my wedding. Sure, I got a wife, kid, full time job, mortgage, car payments... On paper I'm a grown up. But I think snowboarding and skateboarding keep me from growing up. Plus I still can't even grow a mustache, and I still think dick jokes are hilarious!
DWD - Is it true that you would eat an entire blueberry farm if you could?
LO - Yup. They're delicious!
DWD - ... BUT, it's also true that you hate the color blue. ?? What's up with that?
LO - Yup. It's just a shitty color.
DWD - ... That's weird. Do you think that it's a coincidence that the board that you prefer to ride in the DWD line ends up being the board that is blue?
LO - The first year The Rat came out it was BLUE. I also was given BLUE bindings that year... And a fucking BLUE jacket! That was also the year I BLEW my knee out. See! Fuck BLUE!
DWD - Growing up in Ontario how did you find yourself out west?
LO - I had made a couple of trips out west to shred and knew that's where I'd end up. I came out to ride the glacier the summer before I moved to Whistler. Made some good connections and was back out in the fall. Never looked back.
DWD - Explain your day job, and why it rules.
LO - In the summer, I work for Arena Snowparks. I build and maintain COC June and July. After that I work in our shop and build rails for resorts across North America. Come winter, I shred all day, then jump into a snow cat and build the Whistler Park. It's pretty self explanatory why that rules.
DWD - Do you feel that having this job along side filming during the season provides you with more freedom than if you relied solely on sponsors to make your season happen?
LO - I've never expected snowboarding to pay my bills. I've always had a job since I was 15. I just like to work. Not that filming a part isn't "work". But in my position, to solely rely on sponsors paying me, I don't think I'd be able to afford the things I own today.
DWD - Music among other things is a good way to peer into someone's true personality... Since we know you're never listening to ACDC, enlighten us to what might be found on your most played list.
LO - Most of the same shit I've listened to since high school. Adolescents, Bad Brains, Danzig, Dead Kennedys, Fucked up, Gwar, Hellmouth, Minor Threat, NoFX, Propagandhi, Rancid, Red Fang, Social D, Tom Waits, Wes Makepeace...
DWD - In your opinion... What's the best song ever used in a snowboard video?
LO - Shit... I think a lot of it (your favorite song or part or both) has to do with nostalgia. What we were first introduced to in snowboarding. Hell, every time I hear "Everybody wants to rule the world" makes me think of snowboarding because of Travis Parker and Robot Food... I don't know if I have a "best song", but I'll always remember, I was working at a shop in Ontario for a hot second back in the day. I had Happy Hour playing on the tv and was obsessed with Scotty Wittlake. His part with The Casualties - "For the Punx", was so sick! Some little kid came in when it was on and said "This is the worst song I've ever heard". I thought, to someone who isn't in to punk, yea, this song fucking sucks haha. But I was! I always went to slam dance in the pit at a Casualties show. And the fact that other people hated it, made it way cooler for me to like. So, that one has always been one of my all time favorites.
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Check out Lucas in the new video YEAR OF THE SNAKE, available online soon! and follow Lucas on Instagram. @Lucas_Ouellette
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