Gabbing with Gabi

You may not have heard of Burton women's team rider Gabi Viteri, but you will soon enough. The inked up 20-year-old Breck loc will step to many-a-manly-rail, lay down the pow lines with finesse and bake up one hell of a chocolate chip cookie. We caught up with her and teammate Hannah Teter on their recent trip to NYC.

You moved from D-Town to Breck in middle school?
Yeah, I started snowboarding six years ago and realized I loved it. I probably missed three school days a week in fifth grade just to go snowboarding. My mom was like, "Let's move," and that was that. We moved up to the mountains from Highlands Ranch. My mom's always been super supportive.

You get down to D-Town much?
I-70 traffic is disastrous. They might start taxing city people to fix it. I want to buy my own plane. Usually when I'm in Denver, I'm at the airport, flying somewhere, but I did spent the majority of my time this summer with friends at Six Flags. I also like the aquarium, and I skateboard sometimes, but not that much anymore.


So just how into sweets are you?
I recently moved into a new house, and I have this cookbook that's 300 pages of just sweets. I'm on my way to making everything. Bonbons are my favorite, but if I had to live on one baked good, it would be chocolate chip cookies. I want to start a bakery in Breck and call it Gabi's Goodies.

Assuming you already had your cookies with you, describe your ideal day on the mountain.
Any day that I'm out having fun with friends. It can be the crappiest day, and we'll just be out goofing off. I like to ride pretty much everything. I'm not a huge fan of halfpipe, but park, powder, rails—all of it. Snowboarding is the best thing in the world. Because of snowboarding, I get to come to NYC and skateboard down the streets and go to parties. I get to go to Europe in a month. I was probably only in Breckenridge two weeks last season. We went everywhere: California (a lot), Montreal (funnest place ever), Portland, Minnesota, Vermont.

What are your plans for this season?
This season's going to be amazing. I'm getting a sled in a month or two and me and Natasza (Zurek) are going to film, ride powder and do fun stuff all winter.

What's up with you and Lucas Magoon?
He's the goofiest boy in the world and acts like a 3-year-old. It's getting pretty serious, though. We just moved into a house in Breck together. We just got a puppy, too, which is pretty much like having a kid.

What else are you stoked on right now?
On Hannah and I going to Africa to help kids. I think it's going to be a life-changing experience. You think you're grateful for the food in front of you, but I don't think anyone really knows until they see what kids are going through over there.