When asked, if you had a job title, what would it be? he had to stop and think it through for a moment. If I were to put a title on myself as a job, I'd say pro snowboarder, life-time traveler.
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing legendary shredder Romain de Marchi from his new home in far-off western Canada near Vancouver. With kids in tow, tumbling around in and out of the Skype video frame, Romain talked candidly about life as a father, how that's affected his snowboarding and risk taking, as well as other controversial subject matter like the Natasha Richardson tragic death and his bitter divorce with his old sponsor, Burton.
We also spoke about his new dedication to smaller up-and-coming brands like his new sponsors Shred and Slytech Action Sports Protection with whom he recently signed (yes, having 2 little tykes running around now, he straps on back protection wherever he goes to ride). And then of course, we covered that hot new startup brand YES Snowboards you will want to hear about what he has to say about his new partners and why bigger is not always necessarily better.
His answers are not quite what you would expect from the rather notorious party animal we have read about in the past. His contemplative nature and deep insights paint a picture that is more Obi Wan Kenobi than a young reckless Anakin Skywalker.
I'm looking forward to share the insider look into Romain, the pro snowboarder and life-time traveller's life and will let you know when and where it can be found in its entirety!
Later,
Stephan
Stephan is a writer for
Slytech Action Sports Protection(http://SlytechProtection.com) and
Shred Optics (http://ShredOptics.com). Besides an interest in winter sports, he spends most of his time in Maui, Hawaii where many athletes, including Romain, regularly come through to scratch their tropical itch. Follow his tweets on all things Shred and Slytech at
http://twitter.com/ShredOptics and
http://twitter.com/SlytechProtect respectively.
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