Electro-Olympian: Ex-snowboarder Trouble Andrew turns to music (VIDEO)

Trouble Andrew lives the best of both worlds.

The former Canadian snowboarder is better known by his real name Trevor Andrew. The snow pro has competed in the Olympics and World Cup Games -- and competed professionally for Burton snowboards.

Andrew now designs boards and ski wear, and gets to perform his original fusion of punk, electro and crunk music under his stage name Trouble Andrew.

The rocker's been hitting Colorado ski towns recently, and storms Boulder's Fox Theatre on Friday.

"I started snowboarding where I grew up in Nova Scotia," Andrew said. "My mom worked at a ski hill, so I started the sport. I've been a professional snowboarder since I was 15, and I've been to the Olympics in Nagano (Japan) and Salt Lake City -- I ended up in ninth place there.

"I've always ridden with headphones on, and I'd listen to music I discovered from snowboarding and ski videos. Music made me feel invincible on the slope."

Unfortunately, a snowboarding injury blew out Andrew's knee in 2004. The accident put an end to his pro days, so the athlete started writing music and designing snowboards.

"I'd never though about what I would do after I was

injured," Andrew said. "I had some music equipment around my house and I started writing songs. I always liked post-punk and electro music.

"My music has a lot of styles, so I call it crunk rock. It's part punk and part electro. It's a bit faster than punk rock."

Andrew decided to put his music on MySpace and iTunes, and that move changed his life.

"The president of Virgin Records was buying a record on iTunes and he checked out the recommendations -- and my name popped up," Andrew said. "He reached out to my MySpace site, heard the music and signed me.

"That was a year ago. I've been mostly working on my new record and it will be out in June. I really have something that has its own sound. It's original and you can't categorize it."

Andrew has also been busy designing snowboards for Burton, working on his CD artwork and creating a line of street wear for Analog.

"I make it point to separate the designing and my music," Andrew said. "But it all comes from the same place."

The artist still has plenty of time to hit the road, so Andrew's band is now on a winter tour of California, Colorado, Utah and Nevada.

"I'm touring with a full band and we have a fair amount of shows under our belt," Andrew said. "Come out to see us live, because we put on a really good party. It's fun music and it definitely has a punk-rock spirit to it."

However, Andrew still hasn't gotten the Olympics out of his blood: The musician and his band will play the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia later this month.

"At the end of the day, punk rock, snowboard and surf cultures have a lot in common," Andrew said. "They came about from the underground where they weren't accepted at first, but they pushed the boundaries of music and style.

"The freedom in non-conformity is what ties them together. To see how these subcultures have influenced mainstream music, fashion and pop culture is really satisfying to watch -- and I want it all represented in my music."