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The Goose is Loose-Romaniuk's new Ride!
April 25, 2007Published by bruleAt 17 years of age Steve Romaniuk's parents and school let him walk away half way through his grade 12 year to board a bus full of other riders and hit the road. Little did they know that the bus was full of Kokanee and that it would be the catalyst to his career as one of our sports most recognizable riders today. Steve finished his grade 12, but its his riding that gets all the passing grades. From print ads to huge movie parts, Romo as his friends know him is just getting going and with the 2007 season underway he is now on a whole new ride. Enter Mongoose Bicycles, look out the Goose is Loose!
 The early years  The borrowed bikes Imagine getting that sort of kick start to your career? Steve has taken it all in stride and suffered a few hang overs along the way. Season #2 was his first appearance with Drop In and he took it on like a vetean would have. Living on the bus became second nature to him-who wouldn't love a road trip that lasted over 2 months and took you around western B.C.?  After returning home from his first tour of duty on the bus, Steve got a call from Red Bull asking him to attend the Red Bull Rampage in Virgin Utah. Holy Crap! Here was a 17 year old "grom" that just got off a stinky bus and now he was getting the invite to attend the big show for free riders. Steve had only ever seen all these other "pros" in the magazines he bought at 7-11 and now he was to compete against them. In his first Rampage experience Romo ended up in 5th place-not bad for a Dirt Bag! He returned to the Rampage site the next year to make a podium appearance with 3rd place in the final go in Virgin Utah.   The big S picked up the sender from Kelowna and for the next few seasons, Steve was one of a few notable Canadian Freeriders that built that brand in Western Canada. During those years he made another tour of duty with Drop IN for season #3 and a guest appearance in Season #4. Trips over seas to compete in big events like the Adidas Slopestyle in Saalbach are becoming his everyday job now too.     This past season Steve, Mike Kinrade set out to create STUND vision for the masses to view. With Drop IN taking a hiatus for the year, they still had the urge to road trip and show the masses what they were up to and capable of doing. STUND has been viewed in every country that has internet capabilities and was so well received by the masses. The crew took what they've learned from living on the road and applied it to what they themselves wanted to see. The lifestyle and riding showed through in STUND.    After a very successful season with multiple movie appearances, his own web series and more print ads then you can shake a stick at, Steve headed to Interbike with asperations of locking down contracts with all his current sponsors. Most of his trip went according to plans.   At the end of the show Steve was getting love from Sombrio, Syncros, Lizard Skins, Adidas, Dakine, SRAM and Lake Shoes but something was missing. He was heading home with no ride for the 2007 season. Holy crap, after such a stellar year of mass press he was without a ride. So now it was time to buckle down and enter into talks with new prospects-the down side is that Interbike is when you are supposed to get your contracts finalized, not creating talks that could lead to contracts after the show. The great news is that those talks did lead to a contract with Mongoose Bicycles and that Steve will be now flying the Black Goose all over our screens and in the magazines this year.  The Goose is Loose  The Black Goose is gonna fly  Where the magic happens The Sea Otter Classic was Steve's first public appearance with the new ride and with his new team. Mongoose has a really strong race team with the likes of Andrew Neethling and Eric Carter on board, but those of us that don't follow the race scene but rather are into waiting for the next copy of Decline or Mountain Bike and the newest release DVDs that show case freeriding, well then the Mongoose brand is a lesser known steed. This is where our good buddy Steve comes in-Steve has done a lot for his past bike sponsor and you can expect even more from him now with the Goose backing. When asked what color he'd like his bike to be as the race team bikes are white, Steve replied that black would be the color for him then. Can you spot the black goose in the family?  I sat down with Steve for a few minutes at the Sea Otter and we chatted about his new ride and plans for the 2007 season. He and I noted that Mongoose has a real race pedigree going on, but he was quick to point out that these Black Diamond bikes can be sent too. I asked what his first impression on the bike was since he only has a few days on it and the response was "this bike can jump!" Well with that statement coming out first, we can only assume that 2007 will be the year that the Goose opens its wings and flies off hits all over the globe. I haven't seen a Mongoose frame in a non race flick since the late 90's, so I'm stoked to see Steve bring em back out into the freeride market eyes. Here's a look at some of what Steve and his new Goose will be up to this season: Travel plans include-Paris for the Qashqai Finals, Saalbach Austria for the Adidas slopestyle, Are Sweden for the Freeride Festival, Barcelona Spain for the CG Slopestyle as well as Crankworx in Whistler and Colorado. Filming Projects that are confirmed-Kranked 7, CKD 2 and Elemental 2  Steve is looking forward to a great 2007 season. Romo would like to thank everyone supporting his riding for 2007! "Without these great companies this dream of mine would not be possible! Support the people that support us riders! They are the ones putting all the time and effort to bring you a good product! Media sponsors: Radical-films.com pist-n-broke.com rip.tv pinkbike.com/stund Bike Sponsors: Mongoose.com Sombriocartel.com Syncros.com SRAM.com Dakine.com Lakeshoes.com Adidas.com/eyewear Lizard skins.com as well as Gerick Cycle and Sports here in Kelowna B.C. All the best in 2007! |
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cletus44
(April 26, 2007 at 6:42)
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Steve, how could you sell your soul to such a crappy bike company? Come on Steve, you can do better than this.
yeah... steve is better than u... and he's a grown up who rides bikes for a living... so f*ck yeah let him take whoever gives him the most money... are u seriously saying that u wouldnt take more money to ride bikes if u could?? Also u have no idea why steve left specialized... so get off his case and let him do what he does best... shred trails gaps and drops...
Mongoose has never been a crap company, they've just been owned and marketed by crap parent companies just like GT has (cough-PACIFIC-cough). Half of Yeti's product line was designed by Schwinn when they owned them (the Lawwill linkage designs), and part of that was when Pacific owned Schwinn. And I can remember more than one big name to podium a Mongoose in the last 10 years....
Poor business management does not always equal poorly designed or engineered products. Know the difference.
Poor business management does not always equal poorly designed or engineered products. Know the difference.
Steve's gotta eat too. He'll show you that it takes more than a sticker on the side of a bike to throw down!
Congratulation on the new sponsor!!!…Nice ride! Specialized will suffer without you marketing their product. They will see the consequences soon!!!
Best of luck!
Best of luck!
Steve,
Best of luck! Make a website so we can track your adventures. Make another season of stund.
Best of luck! Make a website so we can track your adventures. Make another season of stund.
i feel more sorry for all those kids riding a demo 8 or 9 than for him,he was to expensive for specialized and steve is asking allot of money from specialized to ride.Mongoose has one great rider on the factory team.Steve good look with your'e new sponsor and keep shreddin the trails with your'e new bike and by the way that's a awesome bike you have.
Great biography Tyler. When I see articles with your name attached I know I'm in for a good read. Keep it up.
Good luck Romo........see ya at SS!!!!!!!!!!!
it will be good to see how far roMANIAC can take the BDT. I've got an ecd and i'm loving it for DH.
Hope to see Romo back over on the island for the bearclaw!
steve never got showcased by specialized, so good move steve, to a company that cares.
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are you on crack ? Steve was in more movies than any other rider.
specialized is over rated. Romo man, im was skeptical and yea i laughed at the fact you got mongoose, but i mean, ur gonna make tons of money, and make mongoose a ton fo money, dont matter what u rid,e u can throw down and inspire.
ROCK OUT
ROCK OUT
specialized is not over rated. they kick ass. Steve is a big loss for them though since he was heavily involved in videos. Let's hope that Mongoose has shaped up their line to take what he can dish out cause specialized sure did... That linkage set up is pretty sick but looks overly complicated and that small link near the bottom bracket worries me. But what do i know... im not an engineer.
Good job on the new sponsor steve. ur new bike looks sweet!
I don't know who's wife you slept with a Specialized but good on ya. Specialized has too many Freeriders anyway, at Mongoose Steve is the main show for freeriders, I bet we'll see a lot of changes and improvements to their BD rigs and maybe a signature model like the ECD. What rider wouldn't be stoked on that? Good luck this season.
Congrats on the new sponcers Steve. Remember, "its how u ride, not what u ride" . Same goes for everybody else.
na steve bad move specialized was for u!!!???
I'd take the ECD over the ugly ass, girly looking Demo's. The new design without the "rib cage" is ugly as sin!! I'll bet you the ECD rides just as well as that girly-bike.
ye ye make right move to the goose they treat u beta keep riding hard and get out there and do some hug gaps u should do a nother movie like stund specialized have made realy shit bikes to of 08 so all in all screw u specialized u didnt deserve the romo
ye ye the super goose is on the loose keep er up buddeehh u deserve anything you want with ur style and riding capability goiod luck with the season keep on inspiring
I am sure Mongoose is a great bike really and will see new crazy movies with Romo soon.
Goos luck from DHiller from Poland
Goos luck from DHiller from Poland
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