Tucker Perkins has been one of the young standouts in the pipe circuit the past few seasons, with a Candide-like flow that few have been able to match.  I mean, the boy doesn’t move a muscle during a 12 and seems to land right where he needs to be for the next hit.  Tuck keeps a pretty low-profile and often turns down requests from the media.  But in this case, nepotism has greased the wheels of access to celebrity (Tucker is Dunfee’s cousin).  In anticipation of this weekend’s Dew Tour, we give you an interview with one of the tour’s finest young talents, Tucker Perkins. 

 Let’s see if you can handle the real talk.

Okay, it’s Dew Tour time.  Let’s get right to it.  Congrats on getting a double in the pipe.  What is it like to do two flips 18 feet above a concave ice skating rink?

 It was real scary the first time, I didn’t sleep the night before because I knew I had to go out and do it.  I had two attempts in New Zealand that didn’t work, I had the relearn it the night before at Woodward on the tramp, then go try it in the pipe.  I had been doing doubles on tramps for a while so the feeling was similar.  Once I got the first couple out of the way, it wasn’t that scary to do them anymore.

 Which Dew Tour stop has the hottest chicks?

 None of them.

 Which Dew Tour stop has the worst fans?

 Breckenridge.

 Which Dew Tour stop has the best athlete food?

 Tahoe.  Mt. Snow sucks so I hope Snowbasin gets it together.  I just want plain peanut butter sandwiches with no jelly.

 What’s the hottest thing in skiing right now?

 Walter Wood (in the background): Mouthgaurds.  Tucker: I think matching mouth guards to helmets is lame.  Regular-length poles.

 You’ve had a chance to see the debate going on right now on BroBomb about team videos and the future of ski videos.  Who’s going to win, DVDs or Web-based videos?

 DVDs. 

 Did Louie Vito beat Shaun White in the Grand Prix, yes or no?

 Yes.

 Which sucked more: hurting your knee at X Games or having your hip blow up with 64 oz. of cottage-cheese-like body fluid?

 Mentally, X games.  All that hard work going out the door.  But with the hip, it was like an 85- pound zit.  It hurt a lot.

Which do you enjoy more:  leaving your wallet in the trash at a pizza parlor or leaving your passport in the car under your seat, missing your flight to drive home to look for it, and finding it under your seat in the car?

 Under the seat was the first tragedy in a five-day quest to get to New Zealand.  I suppose I enjoyed that more.

 You’ve been known as not the most enthusiastic traveler.  What’s the worst place you’ve had to travel because of skiing?

 Saas Fe, Switzerland.  My coach and I were the only Americans in the town, and the mountain was closed for 10 days straight because of wind.  We played badminton for 10 days straight and I only won one game.

 Which country’s food was the worst?

 New Zealand and Austria.

 Dumbest thing a sponsor has given you?

 A dozen baby shoes.

 Coolest thing a sponsor has given you?

 Custom skate deck.  Also money.

 Is there any girl you wouldn’t turn down?

 I gotta think.  There’s gotta be someone…  Shakira.

 You used to get flow from World Industries and skate around with no grip tape.  Having been sponsored for multiple extreme sports, which is the coolest sport that EXPN pays bloggers to write about?

 Wakeboarding is the lamest sport ever. 

 At 14, you won the Sports Illustrated for Kids NeXt Snow Search.  Did you get a lifetime subscription to Sports Illustrated for Kids?

 No.

 Do you feel cheated for not getting one?

Yes.

 Three best skiers of all time?

 Candide #1.  Tanner #2.  JP #3.  His mute grabs are pretty sweet.

 You’ve been known to be in high school.  What are the three branches of government?

 Executive, legislative, & judicial.

Writer and phenom

 Like a growing segment of the freeski population, you’ve been known to be bike-curious.  What is the sweetest motorcycle?

 2007 KTM EXC 525 Super Moto.

 Which is the worst motorcycle?

 Harleys.

 Who’s the coolest person in skiing who rides a motorcycle?

 Colby James West.

 You’ve been known to idolize a 40-something man on the Hampton Beach strip known only as Mission Man who has a sweet motorcycle.  Who is Mission Man and why is he so damn cool?

 I recently found out his name was Frank.  He uses lots of tanning oil, rides around with sandals and no shirt, and he is the only one on the Seacoast with a Super Moto.

 Which is cooler:  a double flip in the pipe or Mission Man?

 Tie.

 Surfing or Motorcycles?

 It depends on the day.

 Cruising The Wall (Hampton Beach surf spot) on a sweet bike or surfing The Wall when it’s overhead?

 I think the first week I had a bike it’d be cruising on the bike, but once I got sort of bored of the bike I think I would start surfing.

 Surfing or Mission Man?

 Now that French Canadians are surfing, I think Mission Man is cooler.