Connor Cavanagh is a Vermonter with a good head on his shoulders who’s always showing up to throw down at an East Coast event. With the backing of the Rome crew and a Mount Hood summer under his belt, be on the look out for more from Connor this coming winter!

Name: Connor Cavanagh

Age: 21

Social Media Handles: @connorxcavanagh on all platforms (Instagram, TikTok, & YouTube)

Hometown: Winhall, Vermont

Home Mountain: Stratton

Sponsors: Rome Snowboards, Smith, Vans, Darkside, Beyond Medals, and Dominator

Stance: Regular

Setup: Rome Renegade board, Rome Katana bindings, Vans Verse boots, 21 inch stance, and 9,-9 for angles

How did you find snowboarding? My Dad was a pro back in the day so he introduced me to boarding when I was super young. I always thought him and his friends were the coolest people ever and I wanted to be like them.

Years snowboarding? 19

Best Contest Result? 2nd and 3rd at Eastern Boarder’s Last Call at Loon Mountain. On the east coast, that is the most meaningful contest left so I would love to get a win one day.

Favorite Snowboard Video? Beacon

What rider from the new generation is the gonna be the future of snowboarding? Sullivan Platte

Most Underrated Rider? Jake Gaudet (aka @buttpuke)

Favorite Old Head? Lane Knaack

Best style? Alek Oestreng

Favorite filmer? Hayden Rensch

Most cooked homie? Azmi Carlson can be super cooked sometimes

Most talented rider? Rene Rinnekangas

Sketchiest homie? Ben “Turbo” Longley is always hoping on some sketchy spots

Who brings the best energy? Elijah Pyle is always stoked

Biggest fear? Drowning

Is there a time where you should have died but made it out unscathed? Or sketchiest moment? We were tubing down this river in Montana and I got sucked under water and trapped against a concrete wall. I hate the water and can’t swim very well so I thought I was dead for sure.

A moment that you’ll never forget? While we were filming in New Jersey this year, LJ, Wes, Ben and I all got one of our best clips in 24 hours. We stayed out all night long super exhausted but it was worth it and I will remember that day forever.

Steel or Powder? Powder

Worst trick? Swivels

Dream Sponsor (Doesn’t Have to Be Snowboarding-Related)? Toyota, I need a Tundra

Warm up or straight to business? Warm up

When do you ride best? With all of my best friends

When do you ride your worst? When I’m bummed

Best and worst place to snowboard? STRATTON. It’s either super icy and I’m alone, or it’s snowing super hard and it’s the best day ever with the homies.

Interests outside of snowboarding? Traveling, skating, filming, clothes, music

Best advice you ever received? Keep snowboarding fun and never forget why you started.

Words to live by? Be passionate about everything you do and work as hard as possible.

Shout Outs: My family, friends, sponsors and everyone is who is always helping me out <3<3

Describe snowboarding in one word: Life

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