I have known Derik for about a year now and what can I say… the man is a nutter! You can party all night with him and he will be one of the first up and ready to mission the next day. He has one of the most creative bags of tricks that I have seen for a while, not the regular stuff you see in every magazine where someone is just trying to do something bigger and gnarlier than the guy before on the same rail, ledge or set - he will roll up at a spot and create his own lines and think of tricks your average glory boy wouldn't.
Article and photos by Sam Clark