Name:
Robbie Cahill
Jersey #
10
Height:
6’1″
Date of birth:
1 December 1983
Place of birth:
San Francisco, CA
Current city of residence:
San Francisco, CA
Occupation:
New partnerships for SunRun, a leading residential solar company
College team(s):
Stanford Bloodthirsty (2003-2007)
Former teams:
Santa Cruz Kaos (2004)
San Francisco Jam (2005)
Revolver (2006-present)
Accolades:
Northwest All-Region (2005-2007)
4th in Callahan voting (2007; Revolver is full of Callahan top 5’s, but no winners. It keeps us scrappy)
Farricker Award (2009)
How I came to join Revolver:
Nick Handler had a great idea for a team.
1. Chappie’s pigeon story.
2. We hosted a party in Prague. We invited hundreds of people to this party in a cool underground club called Popo Cafe Petl. We expected it to be packed, but to our disappointment it was only medium-full and many of our teammates weren’t even there. At about 11:00p we got a call from a teammate who said, “Where are you?! Why aren’t you at Popo Cafe Petl?” We quickly realized there was more than one Popo Cafe Petl in Prague — four different Popo Cafe Petl’s to be precise. Our teammates and invitees were all ove the city at four different clubs with the SAME NAME.
1. Qualifying for Nationals in 2006 in our first year by beating Rhino on double-game point. There’s a great picture of this somewhere with Rocky, Halverson, and Nat.
2. Worlds in Prague was a once-in-a-lifetime experience staying in those crowded dorms, playing seven days in a row, enjoying the city nightlife, meeting hundreds of people from all over the world who are passionate about Ultimate, competing against the Buzz Bullets, and meeting Senator Arlin Specter at the castle and inviting him to our games (he never showed…).
Favorite game or tournament moment outside of Revolver:
1. Winning Kaimana Klassik in Hawaii in 2008 over Ono on a goal to Halverson.
2. Every tournament with Stanford.
3. Green Lake Goaltimate in Seattle from 2007-2009.
Favorite Ultimate player(s) in formative years:
1. Bart Watson, Shreyas Vijaykumar, and Brandon Hyde — three senior leaders during my freshman year in college. I tried to quit Ultimate in the fall after a few practices and about 15 minutes after I sent the e-mail Shreyas was in my dorm room with a written-out list of reason I should keep playing. Pretty convincing!
2. Mike Payne — He was my coach as a freshman and he kept Revolver together when it struggled in 2007-2008.
Favorite tournament:
Club Worlds
What makes ___ so dangerous?
Two-handed driving-a-bus backhand.
Theme song:
Anything that Taylor likes or Chappie sings along to.
Pre-game ritual:
High-five every player on Revolver. It helps! It’s science! Just ask the Mavericks.
What I like to eat on Saturday night of a tournament:
Everything
If I didn’t play Ultimate, my main pastime outside of work would be:
Coming up with crazy ideas for new companies
Favorite sports team outside of Ultimate:
San Francisco Giants
In terms of Kanners, how tan are you?
0.4
Something unknown about me:
My favorite part of Revolver is watching the young guys develop into great players.