Rob Warner vs. Shaun Palmer

"World's Greatest Action Sports Athlete"

Date: 2012-01-13

As momentum gains for The Miserable Champion documentary – which premiers this Saturday night in Utah – we thought it would be cool to look back at this interview Rob Warner did with Shaun Palmer in 2009. We've dug up two versions, one short and one long. Enjoy!



Palmer is possibly the most successful of multi-sport athletes – and with an attitude that says "Who cares? it's only mountain biking" – his story is a colourful one. What do you think of Palmer's career?

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Posted by IFO at 04:49 PM on 01-13-2012
i cant fucken wait for this film...

hopefully it has alot of epic early footage, and some serious insite into the mind of this guy..
Posted by juan at 08:20 PM on 01-13-2012
I hear ya. I have been a fan of this guy and all the s*** he has done since I was a teenager!
Cannot wait to see this film about him.
Just an awesome interview
Posted by PUNKY at 09:12 PM on 01-13-2012
I expect it to be a documentary filled mostly with friends teammates and competitors talking about him
Posted by Hard Tack at 09:49 PM on 01-13-2012
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Originally Posted by PUNKY (Post 2607514)
I expect it to be a documentary filled mostly with friends teammates and competitors talking about him
Gee, thanks for the hot tip.

I hope its at least 1/2 as good as the Craig Kelly doc. I watched a few nights ago.
Posted by PUNKY at 10:12 PM on 01-13-2012
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Originally Posted by Hard Tack (Post 2607525)
Gee, thanks for the hot tip.

I hope its at least 1/2 as good as the Craig Kelly doc. I watched a few nights ago.
Whats the CK film called?

I just have flashbacks to "Lines" with all the pros from yesteryear talking about days gone by
Posted by Bryan at 10:04 AM on 01-14-2012
I don't ever remember watching that video...thanks for posting it up.
Certainly some good laughs in there.

Sounds like they had some good stories from the day.
Posted by JonnyFrancais at 11:27 AM on 01-14-2012
Craig Kelly's movie is called ''Let it ride''. Can't wait for the documentary to come out as well
Posted by Hard Tack at 11:26 PM on 01-14-2012
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Originally Posted by JonnyFrancais (Post 2607633)
Craig Kelly's movie is called ''Let it ride''.
Yup...tough to watch if you knew him.
Posted by hampstead_bandit at 10:45 AM on 01-16-2012
thoroughly enjoyed this article

took me "back to the day", so to speak

http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb4968961/p4pb4968961.jpg

have raced against, and met Rob Warner on different occasions, funny guy and perfect interviewer for Shaun Palmer
Posted by Mic at 10:51 AM on 01-16-2012
That was great to watch. Back when a bunch of us were skateboarding, a few started to snowboard as well and logically the name Palmer was known - so I was pretty surprised after I had started to ride that he was going off in DH'illing - and he was much needed back then, me thinks.

Glad that he did not go truly over the edge.
Posted by cam@nsmb.com at 09:26 PM on 01-16-2012
Found a link that works for the CK movie

here