"Whitey" Rob McConnaughy | The Bomb Hole Episode 213

The Bomb Hole

Chris Grenier

Snowboarder, Snowboard, Bomb Hole Podcast, Snowboard Podcast, Action Sports Podcast, Chris Grenier, Action Sports, Snowboarding, Sports, The Bomb Hole

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 208 minutes

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Summary

Snowboard movies and video parts have long been a cornerstone of snowboarding's culture. And as they say, the cream rises to the top. Rob McConnaughy, AKA "Whitey" is one of the few whose movies made it to the top. The brain behind Kingpin Productions, Whitey paved his own lane through snowboarding by creating his own films, in his own style. His filming was different, his music was different, the riders were different. And we loved every second of it. His masterpieces have lasted the test of time, still holding up today as some of the most iconic videos ever created. Now that he has moved on to commercial work, his continues to create and document with his ow unique vision. So buckle up for this week's episode of The Bomb Hole!

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

2:05 Early FIlmmaking

13:16 Progression / Film

34:53 Ads (Bubs Naturals, LAAX Open, Nitro)

37:15 The Revival / Rev Commercial / Music

56:31 NTVP Presented by Turtlebox

1:02:03 The Current State of Snowboarding / Style

1:13:57 Pub Beer / Mammoth / onX

1:16:31 Whiskey Videos / No License

1:30:22 Working With Friends

1:38:35 A Visit From Ali Goulet

1:45:02 Ads (Yeti, Woodward, Autumn)

1:47:11 A Visit From Ali Goulet (Cont'd)

1:58:20 Funny Stories & Acting

2:10:30 Ads (Arc'Teryx, Herschel, Oakley)

2:13:11 Top 5 Video Parts / Summers / Editing / Rivalries

2:32:33 Scotty Wittlake

2:42:01 Leaving Snowboarding / Commercial Work

3:16:05 Hot Takes

3:24:19 What's Next / Thank Yous

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Transcript

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0:00.0	All right, folks, we had the pleasure of interviewing Whitey McCona this week.
0:05.6	And let me tell you something. It was an honor. I grew up on Whitey's films. If you're not
0:10.6	familiar, he's responsible for Kingpin Productions. They made so many great videos. We're talking
0:16.3	the revival, destroyer, brainstorm. The list goes on and on. So many careers were made from these videos.
0:23.4	Mikey LeBlanc, Gigi Ruff, Scotty Whitlake, all my favorite snowboarders filmed for Kingpin,
0:31.3	and they were just incredible. So he tells some great stories about that era. And then he went on to
0:36.8	do some commercial work.
0:38.2	He got into music videos.
0:40.0	He actually shot the only sequence of Tony Hawk's 900,
0:43.1	which he tells a great story about.
0:45.2	It's a really good show.
0:46.6	I think you guys are going to love it.
0:47.6	He's well-spoken.
0:48.9	And before we get into it,
0:49.9	I want to say thanks for everybody that comes on board
0:52.2	to support this thing.
0:53.5	Huge thanks to our Patreon members.
0:55.4	Huge thanks to Woodward, Bubbs, Autumn, Herschel, Pub Beer, Mammoth, Oakley, Yeti,
1:02.7	hippies, Turtle Box, Nitro, Arcterics, and Onex.
1:07.1	So thank you guys for supporting the show.
1:09.6	With that being said, let's get into it, the Whitey episode.
1:12.4	Here we go.
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