After my failure as a youth hand model, I was able to finish my schooling and start my pinball style of career building.  Cincinnati was not known for their circus so clown school was out.  Chef, no.  Landscaper, short lived due to allergies, that was out.  Then it dawned on me, bicycles.  Really?  Retail for a stint in my hometown and then the lure of Mary Tyler Moore’s hometown was just to strong.  Real winter, pond hockey, Nordic skiing and a vibrant outdoor lifestyle was what I found and have been in Minneapolis since 1988.  RP Activesports was born.  4 yards and a cloud of camel dust got us to where we are now.   My wife, Lauren and our 2 girls, Gillian and Flynn live quietly off the grid in South Minneapolis waiting for our next time to ice fish, with a good bottle of French chardonnay.