B-Day, Seriously

The other day was Robjn’s birthday. So in celebration of himself, he paid our filmer a little extra gravy on the side, unbeknownst to us, to only film him. While pretending to carry on filming, he would stop recording whenever any of us were riding. Sadly, kids, we were all performing magnificent feats never before maneuvered on a snowboard. But I guess now you’ll never know. When confronted about this, Robjn didn’t even deny it, but instead claimed, “Well, yeah, it’s my birthday.” Because that’s the kind of guy he is.

Touche, Robjn. Touche!

Time Well Wasted Intro

Oh hey! Robjn here…

So last June, Kevin and the Sandbox crew hired me to direct this intro to their current movie “Time Well Wasted”. Maybe you’ve seen this concept used before and maybe you haven’t, but you definitely haven’t seen it used this exhaustively and to such a dynamic extent and with a shirtless Geeves. Filming took up the entire month and everyone involved pulled their shit together like when you’re driving home after a few drinks and (suddenly!) you end up face to face with an Officer of the Law at a roadblock or, perhaps, the scene of your accident.

Either way, it was recently awarded “Best Video Opener” by the kind and good looking people of Future Snowboard Magazine. Since there are no credits for it, here’s a quick rundown:

Produced by Sandbox Films (Kevin Sansalone)
Directed by me (Robjn Taylor)
Edited by Clayton Larsen
Technical Assistance by Brian Hockenstein
Some Invaluable Help from Eric Weber, Johnny Fats, Matthew Morgan, all the riders (obviously), and friends.

The song is called Birdsong, and it’s performed by The Golden Dogs.

Enjoy and so forth!
Robjn.

Also: Higher quality Quicktime file available when you click this.

Grouse Mountain, Vancouver

Thanks to Jeff Silcock at Grouse Mountain for hooking us all up with passes this year. I was just on their website and noticed Manboy himself, Jesse Fox is plastered up there as some sort of poster boy. Since there haven’t been any posts on this site in a while, I’m sure Jessman will be thrilled to find out I’ve posted these photos of him. Flattering! Also, this Wednesday night is Dylan Temple’s “I’m Coming Out” 30th birthday party up at Grouse. We’ll all be up riding and having drinks in their Altitude Bistro after the shred, where Dylan will be found announcing his coming out. Congrats, Dylan! You’re only the first of many, I’m sure. Is Matt Morgan next? Place your bets in the comment area.

Dylan, this is for you:

And one more photo of the Jessman getting radical on Grouse. Wow.