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Yes ladies, Mr. Sell is single and searching for love.             p. Robbie Sell of Robbie Sell
With guns o’ plenty, a mean mustache and an apartment in Reno, Robbie Sell is nothing short of an American badass. After the tragic death of a once prominent snowboard career Robbie has recently [...]

Vote like you mean it

Since we started the Firing Squad, YoBeat’s heated photo battle, in 2008, nine photos and eight photographers have earned a spot in the Champions Gallery. And now, we’re making the pot even sweeter. In addition to fame, glory and a DAKINE camera pack, one photo from each photographer previously inducted into the Champions Gallery will [...]

Johnny has a big mouth.

I still can’t picture Johnny “Lazz” Lazzareschi as anything other than a wound-up stick of a little kid. Time is a heartless beast though, and the lil fella’ is now a man sized 18 year old. This North Tahoe native has been perfecting his park game for years, and his new [...]

Guess who just got a new gun? Robbie Sell that’s who. So for all of you living in the greater Tahoe/Reno area, don’t mess with him. After purchasing a Special Purpose Tactical Shotgun Robbie headed straight to the killing fields. Good ol’ Rob exploded some pumpkins in those fields and is currently strapped with both [...]

Smile!

You may remember the high ollie contest at Northstar. Well the boys at Autumn Line finally got around to putting together a video. Enjoy.

After a brief talk with photographer Robbie Sell about why skiers want to be snowboarders, and so on, I decided that it is imperative we, snowboarders, learn our place in this “extreme” chain of command. Why is this important? Obviously because it is funny, and using stereotypes is fun.
Robbie described the chain of command like this:

Robbie’s Diagram. Skiers represent the [...]

Sometimes friends fight.

Nick Visconti emerged the champ after a heated battle at the 3rd Annual Butterbox Highest Ollie Competition at Northstar, March 21, 2009. All we know about him is he has a fairly enertaining blog, and are more excited that two-time defending champ Robbie Sell lost, but not by much. I mean, we expected him [...]

Ben Rice, a mellow fellow.                                                          Photo: Carey Haider
The first time I met Ben Rice was in a Portland loft party. The guy had a lot of swagger [...]

This week’s battle is Gnar vs Gnar.

Another victor is crowned!

Robbie Sell goes for the gold!

Can Robbie be stopped?

Robbie Sell,TWO WEEKS TWO WINS.