BroBomb: What’s your status these days?

Steve Stepp: Currently going to school full time and shreddin’ a ton. Amplid Skis and Saga Outerwear are hooking it up a ton, much appreciation. Same with Josh at Full Tilt!

A lot of people are claiming to have grown up at a shitty park these days. I happen to know a little something about Ski Roundtop and I can vouch that it’s in the running for the shittiest. How did that mountain make Steve Stepp the skier? And you can’t say work ethic, that’s been done.

Well firstly, I’m not about to talk shit on my home mountain…It’s where I learned to ride. When Dave Gruber was running the park, things couldn’t be better. I learned a lot at my home mountain, but I can’t attribute ability to how good the park was. I skied with good friends who all wanted to learn new things, and that’s really what moved my progression. Park features are a key component in learning new stuff, but I think having a crew to learn with is more important.

I remember a particularly shitty day at RT when one of your minions told me you were all working on your right side spins because it was so shitty. Do you still progress in such a methodical way?

I think that day was a rare exception where the current state of the features drove us to learn new tricks. Currently, I just work on a single trick over and over during the entire day until I get it. Then the next day it’s usually burned into my brain and I can improve it.

It’s not exactly trendy to talk about ski racing, but I’m pretty sure you grew up racing at RT right? Do you think as many kids are starting there, or just jumping straight to the park?

I did actually grow up racing, and I would advise anyone interested in trying to ski park to learn moguls or racing. Skiing’s about to become just like snowboarding… Kids see pros doing backflips and jump right into the park without learning any fundamentals. Soon skiers are going to be the ones flying down the hill uncontrollably gunning straight for the park.