Casual with Ryan Proctor

Madison Perry is my guest on EP #39. Madison is a Whistler local by way of Vancouver and is in the real estate game up here in the mountains. I mean, I guess it is a game, or gig or job... basically she sells homes to people. We talk about all that right out of the gate until the conversation turns to her early years coming to Whistler as a teenager, moto life, old people names, past jobs and othe...

Mark Abma = EP #38. I am going to assume if you are skier who follows skiing,  you know who Mark is, but just in case..  Mark is a professional skier and entrepreneur and seems to love being outside more than inside. His segment in MSP Seven Sunny Days (TV On Radio - Wolf Like Me song) from 2007 is for sure in my top 5 favourite seggies ever! That movie was also the first time I got to work with M...

First off, I need to thank Darren Rayner at Magnafire for helping salvage the file! So... Thanks, Darren! Eric Berger rings in from Gambier Island for EP #37.(Skype) Eric is a professional photographer hailing from Quebec and now lives between Whistler, Gambier Island and his VW camper van. He came to Whistler about 35 years ago and I've known him fo 13 years or something like that. We talk about...

On the line with EP #36 and Smiley Nesbitt. Smiley is currently a realtor in Vancouver, but before that he was a few things including pro skier and could sink a turn better than most. Still can, I am sure. If you are from anywhere in Quebec, you probably have good style and as you can tell in this video his style followed him out west. He's one of the first pro's I met when I landed my first gig i...

Been a while, eh?  This is EP #35 with Tristan Merrick.  Tristan and I met like 15 years ago while working for Whistler Blackcomb.  Over the years we worked more closely during our time with the iconic Crankworx mountain bike festival in Whistler where Tristan was an athlete turned announcer. His career has taken him around the globe announcing action sports events from mountain biking, to motocro...

This is EP #34 and my bro, Kent or Proctor as I call him. It just makes sense. I hope we make this more of a regular thing, because no matter how long we've been brothers for, it is always great to talk shit with my big bro.  We talk about distancing, parenting, comedy and um.... I can't remember. If you care to listen, cool. If not, I'll tell my big brother and he'll come looking for you! Thank f...

Andrew Freedman is the Cannabis Sommelier who is also a Sommelier in the original sense, so he knows a lot about wine and grass. We met about a year ago through contacts in the weed scene. I had the chance to experience a couple of Andrews events, most recently when I attended his "Elevated Dinning Experience" back in early February in Toronto. It was a great experience. This is the second social...

This is Josh Mitchell and EP #32. He works as an Alaskan fishermen working out of Prince William Sound who shares his time been that and working in Antarctica on Research Vessels. We’ll have been friends for like a week by the time this EP goes live. We met while he was visiting Tony Richardson ( my friend and guest who holds the current record for most viewed EP) Anyway, like I said earlier, Josh...

This is my buddy Josh Hill. We met while working for lululemon a few years ago. Josh lives just down the street from me with a wolf in an apt above a bakery. Anyway, he works in the construction biz for a company that does restoration if your home floods or gets F'd up for some other reason. He is chatty AF and is a good dude. We talk about cops, tickets, his work, aliens, insurance and the brutal...

This is EP #29 and my guest is Guy Fattal, an award winning whistler based action sports photographer. Guy grew up in Israel and after 3 years in the military (a mandatory thing there) Guy hit the road with his camera in hand. Eventually ending up in Whistler after winning a photo contest in Italy which included a trip to Whistler and a wild card spot in Whistler's Deep Winter Photo Challenge (An...

EP #28 and I had a great chat with Catherine Mazza the Assistant Manager at WAG (Whistler Animals Galore) here in Whistler. I have been thinking of getting a dog and figured it would be good to talk to an expert on adoption and living with a pet in Whistler. I think we cover most of it: what WAG is, what WAG does, how it operates and how the adoption process works as well as how we can support WAG...

EP #27 with the Certified Rocket Men, Jesse Millen and Craig Gouweloos. No surprise this one is about snowboarding, but we also talk movies, conversation etiquette, social media, phone books, driving ski boots, more snowboarding, good/bad memes and bail humour culture, etc... We almost made it to see the Joker, but then didn't. The first Casual live stream on Instagram took place which as pretty n...

EP #26 and this is Kevin Winter, Founder of Coast Mountain Brewing in Whistler, BC. I see him on a semi regular basis and think the beer he and his team create is pretty darn good. I sat down with Kevin in Coast Mountain's Tap House in Function Junction, just south of Whistler and we talk about how to make great beer, his business, his history in beer making and probably more beer stuff. It's 9am...

This is my good friend Sarah Leishman and this is EP #25, the Silver Anniversary, in podcast years anyway. We met a few years ago and have been making fun of a lot of things since day one. Sarah has worn many hats, probably literally and in terms of her career from snowboard coach, to Ski Patrol, professional EWS mountain biker and now her "office career" as a professional marketer for some pretty...

This is Dr. Kaylee and this is EP #24. Dr. Kaylee is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine who focuses on nutrition, prolotherapy, PRP, medical aesthetics and IV nutrients.(*Fact check: At 1hr 12 mins in I ask about Crohn's disease which is very similar to Colitis and can be mistakenly diagnosed as one or the other as Kaylee explains to me after the show.) We talk about general health, basic nutrition...

Kyle James is an artist, filmmaker, editor, director, producer, Australian, snowboarder, good dude and has won awards for his work. His company Husky Films specializes in animation, stop motion, and real people films. He and his crew won 1st Place at the 72 hr Filmmaker Showdown at the WSSF in April 2019 with his stop motion film "Kevin".  We talk about his work in the film world, the 72hr contest...

This is EP #22 with Tony Richardson. I think Tony has done everything. He is an adventurer, designer and co-owner of Squamish Design Studio (or SQUAD Studio as he prefers) with his girlfriend Trina and his bro. He was nice enough to let me into his studio for this one. We met about 8 years ago while working at Arc'teryx in Vancouver and our chat rolls through our time there, how Tony came to be an...

This is EP 21 with Kevin and Kris or 2/3s of "2 Dontas 1 Proctor Productions". This is the Benched EP where we talk about making our 72 Filmmaker Showdown video. We were very happy to take home People's Choice for our little film and for being able to have our faces on the big screen. I can go on and on about what we talk about, but I won't. We provide commentary while playing the video and I figu...

This is Dano Pendygrasse. He knows a lot. Like tonnes. Especially about snowboarding. Dano plays an important role in snowboard photography and documenting the sport's history. He let me into his home to record this one before he almost went to a Neil Young show that night. Anyway, we talk about his photography and history, his current brand stuff and our career paths, art, life, health and doing...

Chad Chomlack is a really good dude.  I'm not sure how to describe him other than that. He is a husband, a dad, the Photo Editor of SBC Snowboard Mag, he can pronounce you married and is a purveyor of positivity. He's got some serious cred in snowboarding, but we don't spend much time talking about it accept for right out of the gate. Then, we cut into topics like posture, driving, living clean an...

This is the Audio Only EP #18 and it features Greg Hill. I casually rolled into Revelstoke for a chat with Greg and it almost works out perfectly. Audio only is my fault and we'll just leave it at that.  Greg is a skier, mountaineer, adventurer, a family man and cool dude. He has accomplished many great things in the mountains and his goal is to ensure he relies on fossil fuels less and less each...

This is the Catch 22 EP with Todd Lawson. Todd is the Publisher and Photo Editor at Mountain Life Magazine and Mountain Life Annual. He is an adventurer and world traveller who has logged countless miles paddle boarding local whitewater in the Sea to Sky to dirt biking across Africa. He and his family spend their time between Whistler and the Philippines and he sees the impact of cultures collidin...

This is Jamie Drummond and this is the longest podcast yet, but that's a good thing. Jamie has been in Whistler for 17 years. She is a message therapist and has become an expert on 7/11 slurpees. We talk about animal and child etiquette, family stuff, crazy hair, allergies (as I usually do), public bathroom etiquette and who knows what else. #Casual #Proctor #Podcast #Whistler

This is Jenna Mae, one of the friendliest people I know and is high up on the list of talented Whistler singer/songwriters. This is a really fun episode because Janna Mae brought some Filipino food to share with me, so we eat food on-air for the first 15 mins. Feel free skip by that if you aren't into ASMR stuff. We talk about food (I learn about ASMR and MukBang), manifesting your life; visiting...

My guest this week is Arne Gutmann. This guy is a long-time Whistler character and one friendly dude. He kinda shit-talked the Mayor and I for the beer we were drinking during the last podcast which lead to him coming on the show. I've known him for a while and don't know much about him, but our chat for ep 14 was great! He's a DJ who has played big clubs in Toronto back in his day, he's an artist...