saucer boy

In Alaska in 1997, Shane blew his ACL while filming. He didn’t have much to do for the rest of the trip, so he invented Saucerboy. It wasn’t a bad plan because Shane might not have been in the movie skiing much, but he was in the movie being Saucerboy. Saucerboy was essentially Shane’s way of taking the piss out of skiers and riders in the industry who take themselves too seriously. “He was a metaphor for every pro skier and snowboarder in the industry.” – Murray Wais Saucerboy was Shane’s “Drunk, Awesome Twin.” […]