Q & A with Robby

Yeah Robby!  You finally have a little break from shredding!  How are you spending your time now?

Yea dude, it's been insane.  Lots of traveling around competing,  definitely nice to have some time to relax.  I have just been hanging out with friends, golfing, skating, and of course getting some partying done.  Probably taking a trip somewhere super warm with shawna.  Should be amazing

You recently just got back from Superpark 14 at Mammoth.  What did you think for your first time?

Superpark was so much fun.  Everything is so massive but so perfect, hanging with good friends all day and all week, sunshine and sweet food (pulled pork - fuck ya!)

What was your favorite feature?

My favorite feature would be the 90ft. step down jump or the "wack a mole" bmx rhythm line.  you could spend all day on that line.

You had a great year competing this year.  Where did you go and what did you have most fun doing?

This year was pretty crazy, i decided to go contest route and hit up as many contests as i could.  Cruised all over the states and canada hitting up all the ttr events, some dew tour, world cups etc..  The most fun i had would either be at the burton canadian open here at my home town or it would be the trip i took to colorado for the aspen open.  I went with my two buddies jordan and tanner and we were crammed in jordans tiny truck for 22 hours to a contest that wasnt much fun but everything else was rad - good pow, good food, hot babes, wicked time.

Who do you shed with?

I shred a lot with jordan and tanner - friends from alberta.  shred quite a bit with the westbeach guys. belzile, jody, lucas and beau.  the mcmorris brothers and then its always nice to ride with my homies from back home when im back in town.

Who are/were your shred heros?

Growing up and still now my shred heros are for sure devun walsh and kale stephens.  They kill it in the backcountry. sooo steezy its sick.  During grenade games i got to hang with kale and were gonna get something going with airhole.  Pretty stoked!

You got a little filming done this year too.  Its got to be hard to do the comp series and film at the same time.

Yea i was super stoked to be filming with a couple companies.  nuulife cinema from canada and then role model from the states.  With all the competing i didnt get near the amount of footy i wanted but i have enough to make it happen so im super excited to see how it all comes together in the fall!

Whats your plan for the next year?

Ive got lots of plans for next year.  My season is gonna be starting in a few weeks, riding the glacier in whistler and doing the billabong ante up.  Then off to new zealand in august.  Hitting up some more contests there.  Then between then and november im hoping to get a bunch of filming done somewhere before the crazy contest circuits start up again.  Lots of boarding in canada, the states and europe.  And between all that just getting as much filming done as possible and have a fun time doing it all!

posted by CONNOR STOHLGREN on May 24, 2010 at 6:26 PM in MNMNT BLOG

Super Fun

Photo from TWSNOW.

We wake up to our room trashed and two more homies in our posse.  Nic Drago and Mike Casanova seemed to make the trek back to our hotel to continue the party from the night.  We head to Grizzly Manor for some amazing breakfast and forty cups of coffee before the drive down the hill.  Down the hill we go and off to Oceanside to drop off Drago and Nova.  The entire trip was a great experience and I was super proud of Ethan for being a trooper and showing people up at only 17 years old.  Keep an eye out for this kid and check his incredible part in Role Model Productions Think Positive.

posted by CONNOR STOHLGREN on October 05, 2009 at 8:48 PM in MNMNT BLOG

Hot Dawgs Day Two

Day 2

The bikers renting the room under us, started their engines at a crisp 7:00am.  Needless to say, there was not much sleeping going on after, so we packed up and headed to Denny's for some Slams.  What a great way to start the day!  We pulled into the Bear Mountain parking lot around 9am way before anyone else. 

Registration wasn't until after noon, but they let us in early to find out Ethan's name had been taken off the invited pro riders list.  Was not expecting that.  They told us we had to wait until just before the comp to see if we could get him in.  We decided to check out the town for a bit and kill some time and ease the stress.  Although making frantic calls to all of our contacts and hook ups didn't help much with taking our mind off things.



We got a ton of help from friends to convince the directors to let Ethan in and everything worked out great.  The comp started at 2 pm with the first heat with the first 20 plus riders killing the course.  Ethan was in heat 2.  You could tell how rusty a lot of riders were from the summer. 

On top of that, it was a very elaborate setup for the first major contest of the year.  Ethan warmed up a bit from a summer of skating, brand new deck, new bindings, and beat-to-hell boots.  He stuck some solid tricks to get him into the semi-finals round beating out a lot of big name pros. 

Between heats, we shot the shit with friends and even had a movie premier in our van.  Ethan did a great job in the semis and turned some heads.  He also took his fair share of wrecks on the hay bails.  He barely missed out on making the final cut, but it was cool because he was already dead tired from hiking all day. 

We rooted on our friends in the final and stuck around for the other movie premiers when the sun went down.  After a quick stop at McDonalds, we headed back to our room to get our pre-party on.  Then off to the Mandarin Palace to drink off the day and celebrate.

posted by CONNOR STOHLGREN on October 05, 2009 at 8:36 PM in MNMNT BLOG

Hot Dawgs and Handrails

Day 1

We had to start our journeys before the sun came up. Ethan from Minnesota and me from Colorado. The goal, hopefully meeting up in the shit show called LAX. Any body that has flown into LA knows how frustrating that can be. I arrived about 20 minutes earlier than expected and wandered around the different terminals until I accidentally ran into the right one and Ethan. The luck doesn't stop there.

We get our rental whip (a minivan we nickname The Silver Bullet) and instantly get spit out on the exact road we need to get to Big Bear Lake. Driving around aimlessly around LA was definitely my biggest fear! We checked into the luxurious Motel 6 and decided on a Chinese buffet (of course).

With our tummies full, Ethan wanted a sneak peak at the set up that Bear Mountain put together. It was incredible! Two courses, both equally amazing, with perfect looking features. I was very impressed with the amount of work they put into everything. Then back to the hotel to chill and prepare for tomorrow!

 

posted by CONNOR STOHLGREN on October 05, 2009 at 8:21 PM in MNMNT BLOG