CraveOnline: Pat, your new film with Volcom “Mr. Plant” premiers on October 1. Tell us about the concept of the film and what’s the meaning behind the title?
Pat Moore: The title, “Mr. Plant,” came from a funny party night with our group of friends in the film (Mike Rav, Scott Blum and Hunter Wood) and it became my nickname for a while, but we kind of morphed the meaning of it to basically represent the film.
CraveOnline: How is it having legends of the sport like Jamie Lynn and Bryan Iguchi — guys we all look up to — in your film and what is it like working with them?
Pat Moore: It was straight up magical to have them be apart, Bryan put in some serious work for his tricks and at age 40 has a stand out part. Our trip with Jamie, Bryan and Terje to Baldface was where the magic was; just having the opportunity to ride with those guys was so special. They’ve done so much not only in snowboarding but in their lives as well, it was just rad to soak in what they had to say.
Pat Moore: I’d say Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons would play me and it would be called “Cold Red”.
CraveOnline: What do you have planned for the upcoming winter? Any trips/projects?
Pat Moore: I plan on working on Travis Rice’s new film for a chunk of the season, as well as continuing our web series called Blueprint we did with Red Bull last season
CraveOnline: When you got that first sponsor check, what did you do with it?
Pat Moore: Those first checks went right back into traveling and snowboarding. When I first started to make money from my sponsors was when I moved west to chase the dream, so lets just say the money was reinvested.
CraveOnline: If you weren’t a professional snowboarder, what would you be doing?
Pat Moore: I really have no idea, I’ve been snowboarding since I can remember and have been pro since I was about 17 so the idea of doing something else is really just imagining what another life would be like. I’m super grateful for that, and from what I do know is when I’m done as a pro snowboarder I’d like to work for one of the brands I’m sponsored by to try to help the next generation of kids with what they want to do.
CraveOnline: When you’re not snowboarding, what hobbies are keeping you occupied?
Pat Moore: Mostly skateboarding, I surf a little but its more like glorified swimming, but I also really love to travel. Take my skateboard and a tent and cruise around, I’ve done the northwest quite a bit, so I’d like to explore New England some more and the south. I still need to do the European backpacker trip, that’s on the bucket list, I’ve been there a bunch, but never REALLY got to see it.
CraveOnline: What was your most epic experience during your career thus far?
Pat Moore: Probably just meeting my heroes, things like getting invited to Arctic from Terje, getting a painting from Jamie Lynn, being in Travis’ films, things like that mean a lot to me. Also my first pro model board was a huge achievement, that was a while ago now, but I’m still super proud of it.
CraveOnline: How do you think growing up on the east coast influenced your riding style?
Pat Moore: A lot of different ways, but I think most importantly is I can find the fun in riding anything. Being from the east you get all sorts of conditions so you gotta find or make the fun happen, and from that I found that the most important part of snowboarding to me is who’s around. I get frustrated when I hear people say they only ride when its powder and its such of a “me” thing, for myself I’ll ride dogshit if I’m with the right crew.
CraveOnline: Your mom has always been a big supporter of yours. How has your family helped support your career throughout the years?
CraveOnline: We understand you just moved from Venice to Salt Lake City. How did you enjoy that freak show in Venice and are you super psyched to head back to the mountains?
Pat Moore: Yeah, literally buying furniture for my place right now! Venice was awesome, I will always enjoy visiting there but I’m really stoked to be back in Salt Lake where snowboarding is the focus. I was in Venice because Red Bull has their training facility in Santa Monica and that’s where I rehabbed a couple bad injuries, so hopefully I don’t have to go back anytime soon!
CraveOnline: What’s the ultimate goal for Pat Moore? What keeps you motivated?
Pat Moore: A suit and tie, a house, kids, a fancy car… HA! Yeah right. I just want to continue shredding and skating for as long as I can. What keeps me motivated as a pro snowboarder? I’d say my friends and family who are working real jobs, I’m not blind to see how fortunate I am to get paid to snowboard, and I try as hard as I can at this because a lot of people put in a lot of effort to help get me here and I’d be an idiot to let it pass by.
Premier dates for ‘Mr. Plant’
Oct 1st – Plymouth NH
Oct 17th Costa Mesa, CA Volcom HQ
Oct 18th Portland, OR
Oct 20th Seattle, WA
Oct 21st Jackson, WY
Oct 22nd Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 23rd Denver, CO
Oct 26th New York, NY
Nov 7th Squaw Valley, CA
Photos courtesy of Red Bull
Cover: Getty
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