Chris Jerard is a mastermind when it comes to building things in the world of sliding on snow. A serial entrepreneur, Chris had a unique inspiration in high school that drove him to pursue his passions instead of opting for a safe law career. On the podcast, we talk about that inspiration, the beginnings of Freeskier Magazine, his perfectly timed pivot to digital, founding start-ups, and his current role as VP of Content Marketing at Outside. It’s a peek behind the curtain of some of the most influential media properties in the business.

Chris Jerard Show Notes:

3:00:  Freeskier parties, growing up in New Hampshire, entrepreneur as a kid, what HS group he was in, his biggest influences early in life. 

13:00:  Taking a year off in a van, University of Colorado, Rock and Ice Magazine, and stalking magazines.

21:30:  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

24:00:  Freeskier Magazine, what is magazine life-like, Alaska, the hot tub photo shoot, and the K2 debacle.

34:00:  Internet hate, Greg Hill and “The Curve of Time” Movie, and skiing in electric cars   

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there JT Holmes (Episode 38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited

45:00:  Chase Jarvis, the lightbulb goes off in his head, working with Travis Rice, sounding Inkwell and Roam

56:00:  Selling to Outside, The Outerverse, NFT’s, Warren Miller, and the focus today

75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Pat Crawford

It's Chris Rubens, everyone's favorite skier, part 2, and another deep dive into the life and times of a guy who makes his money farming snow and food. This week we talk about money, filming, the trip that changed his life, accidents in the mountains, becoming a farmer, and much more. Chris's brother-in-law and Powell Movement alumni, Greg Hill asks the Inappropriate Questions

Chris Rubens Show Notes:

3:00: Pranks, MSP trips, marketing Rubens, late payments that impact his filming career, and seasons that don't work out.

13:00:  The Sherpa's "All I Can," winning awards, JP Auclair, and death in the mountains

20:30:  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

23:00:  Personal favorite year of filming, Blank, Guilt Trip, and starting the journey to reducing his carbon footprint.

34:00:  Internet hate, Greg Hill and "The Curve of Time" Movie, and skiing in electric cars   

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there JT Holmes (Episode 38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited

43:00:  Accidents in the backcountry, tinkering with product, sponsor switching after 19 years

52:00:  Atomic and farming

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Greg Hill

 Chris Rubens is the pro skier that pro skiers want to ski with. A badass in the mountains with a pro ski career that has spanned over 20 years, Chris graduated from the world of helicopters and sleds to totally changing the curve of his carbon footprint. In part 1 of his podcast, we talk about ski racing, growing up with Hoji, finding freeride, sponsorship, the eclipse photo adventure, and his big break with Matchstick Productions. It's another good one with the nicest of Canadians. Ski Legend Mike Douglas asks the Inappropriate Questions

Chris Rubens Show Notes:

3:00:  USA v. Canadian athletes, coming from a British oil family, and ski racing

12:00:  Hjorleifson family, his and his Olympian sister's ski racing careers, going to a sports school, joining the Rocky Mountain Freeride program, and when did he realize he could go further in skiing

20:30:  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:00:  First free pair for skis, being productive, hating contests, is there  a benefit going head to toe with a brand, and money

35:00:  Everyone is replaceable, and moving to an undeveloped Revelstoke

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there JT Holmes (Episode 38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited

41:30:  What development does to Revelstoke, The Eclipse Adventure and photos, and getting cold feet

52:00:  Learning to snowmobile, filming with Matchstick Productions early on, figuring out filming, and movie tours

62:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Douglas 

Shane McConkey was the most influential skier or snowboarder of our time. Not only was he an incredible athlete, but he was also one of those innovators who was always tinkering with products to make the sport better and more fun. Between lobbying for mid-fats in the late 90s and pioneering rocker technology in the 2000s, there is not another athlete I can think of who has done more for progressing. On top of all that, Shane was a funny, laugh-out-loud comedian, and on the podcast this week, I take you through my trip to the McConkey PMS event and get some funny Shane stories from folks like Sherry McConkey, JT Holmes, Scott Gaffney, Mike Douglas, Chris Davenport and many more.

Shane McConkey Tribute Show Notes:

9:00:  Gregory Brown

12:00:  Uncle E (Episode 250-251)

14:00:  Greg Lindsey

15:30:  Sherry McConkey (Episode 6)

19:00  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:00:  Jamie Burge

25:00:  Paul Crandall aka LP (Episode 258)

27:00:  Katie Benty

28:00:  Scott Gaffney (Episode 86)

29:30  Chris Davenport (Episode 194-195)

32:00:  Courtney Knutsen

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there JT Holmes (Episode 38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited

39:30:  JT Holmes (Episode 26)

43:00: Wendy Fisher (Episode 279-280)

53:00: Mike Douglas (Episode 94)

55:00: HP Featherman

 

Rachael Burks may be the most stoked skier on the planet, and that stoke is contagious. Whether she’s sending the biggest cliffs, picking the most technical lines, or doing what she can to promote women and women’s skiing, Rachael is the person everyone wants to be around in the mountains. On the podcast, we talk about how she ended up in Texas, finding a ski career in her 20s, Billy Poole, TGR, paying to play, Going Greenland, mentoring women, and a lot more. Legendary airman Julian Carr asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Rachael Burks Show Notes:

5:00:  Going Greenland, growing up in Utah, and being recruited to the church

12:00:  Team sports, skiing, mountain biking early on, risk-taking, SMU, and depression 

21:00:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:00:  Dropping out of school and landing a job at Snowbird, shop-life, contests, and the Crested Butte comp

32:00:  Finishing school in Oxford, competing on the European Tour with $350 in the bank, one speed in skiing, and getting a sponsor through crashing in Verbier

38:00:  Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited

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45:00:  Getting on the Levitation Project, not knowing how to film on an all-time trip, Powder Awards, sponsorship, and money 

49:00:  Julian Carr sized cliffs, losing Billy, TGR, paying to play, Angel, Red Bull Cold Rush, McConkey PMS, and mentoring women

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Julian Carr

Stanley Larsen was one of the original Hot Doggers. Known for his loose contest runs that earned him titles like Canadian National Champion, French Freestyle Champion, Swiss Aerial Champion, and European Champion, Stanley was so much more than a contest guy. Fifty years before the Nimbus Crew existed, Stanley Larsen was looked at as the first skier to look at the mountain like a blank canvas and make art with his skiing. And when his skiing was done, Stanley made art in Hollywood, directing Super Bowl commercials and more. On the podcast, we talk about his counterculture roots, Dick Barrymore, Warren Miller, The Marlboro Tour, the death of hotdog skiing, and more. These history lessons are important and not to be missed.

Stanley Larsen Show Notes:

5:00:  Saving lives, unbelievable Stanley skills, growing up in Seattle in the bike business.   

10 :00:  Getting into skiing through a church he never went inside, racing, counterculture Stanley, and he was going to be a pro skier

19:00:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

21:00:  Getting on the Allslop Tour,  Sun Valley,  Vail Gelande, Warren Miller, and  Stanley’s patented loose style,  earning respect, and creating the IFSA

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

41:30:  Overnight success of freestyle,  Scott Megrino’s injury changes everything, keeping the TV contract, all his titles, and the Cervinia story

49:00:  Marlboro Tour, going to Iran with Dick Bass and a Rockefeller to solve Utah’s transportation problems, and being a celebrity

56:00:  Assignment K2, the Clambin scene, the differences between Dick and Warren, transitioning to being  behind the lens

80:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Phil Sifferman

While Mike Marolt is a US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Member and a badass ski mountaineer, he never really had a pro ski career. He makes his money as a CPA. Ski-wise, Mike did so many incredible things, at high altitudes-without using oxygen, sherpa, or drugs, but he was always treated like Rodney Dangerfield. He and his crew never got the respect they deserved. On the podcast, we talk about the Marolt family roots in Aspen, his identical twin brother, college baseball, and his incredible resume full of American firsts in ski descents, and more.

Mike Marolt Show Notes:

5:00:  Hunter S. Thompson’s rocket, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Jordan, and his dad, the Olympian   

12:00:  Aspen’s dark event, having an identical twin, Independence Pass in the summer with his dad, and the Aspen School District Outdoor Education Program and trip

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

24:15:  Climbing at Kastle Peak at least 300 times, Jeeps, and being a clean-cut, church-going kid who drank beer

37:00:  College baseball, studying accounting, the unwritten rules of climbing from his era, Denali, Logan, and learning how to suffer

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

40:00:  First trip to Asia with Ed Viesturs, his first time above 20,000 feet, and  Ed inspiring him to bring skis on future trips

49:00:  Not cool enough for big-time ski or climbing sponsorships, getting enough hate online that there was a betting pool against them living through Shishapangma, and people questioning him (and his group) being the first North American to ski an 8000-meter peak

55:00:  Going got Everest with a chip on their shoulder, how not getting it impacted them, climbing, Choy Oyo pure style and Everest not fully pure style, and then his thoughts on supplemental oxygen (which he doesn’t use)

67:00:  Not bring his skis on the summit bid, getting stuck in lines, and then getting cold and turning around

The avalanche that recently buried Adam Ü in Japan was a life-changing event for many; lives were lost, and people will never be the same. In part 2 of my podcast with Adam Ü, we talk about marketability and marine biology. Adam then tells the heavy story of the avalanche, being buried, losing Kyle Smaine, and more. This podcast is a must-listen and a reality check for anyone who likes to play in the backcountry. 

Adam Ü Show Notes:

4:00:  Marketability, production, the switch to marine biology each year, risk on the water, and money in science and skiing  

13:00:  What to do if you want to ski every day, putting in the effort, and his favorite ski and water trip story 

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:15:  Snow safety, losing Carl Skoog, the lead-up in Japan, and Kyle Smaine

31:00:  Avalanche and what happens when you’re buried

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

42:45:  Probe strikes him after 20 minutes, getting out, finding out about the others, making the worst calls of his life, dealing with police, and finally, heading home 

54:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Steve Christie

Adam Ü has received a lot of press recently, all for the wrong reasons. But getting a lot of press is what Adam does. Over the past 20 years, Adam has more covers than any skier I can think of, but his pro career has always been a struggle. It’s a good thing Adam lives a double life as a marine biologist. In part 1 of his podcast, we talk about his passions: the water, climbing, and, much later, telemark skiing. We also discuss Carl Skoog, dropping out of school, Bend, Whistler, and much more. 

Adam Ü Show Notes:

5:00:  His last name, Mill Valley, CA, growing up mixed race, hating skiing, fishing, and being mature for his age. 

12:00:  Climbing becomes a passion, legendary mentors, his nerdery, and Earthwatch

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28:15:  Colorado Rocky Mountain School for climbing,  not being able to climb, and  picking Telemark Racing as his sport without ever trying it

37:00:  His senior project in the Bahamas, music, dropping out for bend and then Whistler to Telemark Race

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

48:45:  Bellingham, Carl Skoog, K2, what was tele all about at that time, and K2 tele is absorbed by K2 alpine

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions

Josh Loubek is a pioneer of the new school freeskiing movement. He had a solid pro career when the sport was developing and will forever be looked at as a true pioneer. In part 1 of the podcast, we discuss what happens when pro skiing ends, the transition to becoming a sales rep, judging, founding the AFP, the Sochi Olympics, and more. Glenn Mittendorfer asks the Inappropriate Questions

Josh Loubek Show Notes Part 2:

4:00: Speaking to the Boise State Football team, contests, and heli-skiing with Plake    

11:00:  The end of being pro, becoming an Oakley rep, the start-up cost, life on the road, money, and awards

21:30: Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

24:15: DTC, Luxottica, Armada, growing the brand and product input.

33:00: When things go wrong, sub reps, judging, legends, becoming the go-to guy in the wild west, and becoming the head judge  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

43:45: Judging range, the hard parts about being a judge, the IFSA, and the F=founding of the AFP

51:00: The FIS, the Sochi Olympics, quitting drinking, and founding Niima

63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Glenn Mittendorfer

 Josh Loubek is a pioneer of the new school freeskiing movement. After graduating from moguls and aerials, Josh quit that path for a new direction in the sport. While people thought he was crazy, it all worked out. In part 1 of the podcast, we talk about a team sports guy in Seattle, the switch to skiing, Freeze Magazine, PBP, MSP, Sponsorship, money, and more. The Jerk, aka Mark Epstein, asks the Inappropriate Questions

Josh Loubek Show Notes:

3:00:  Shredder and The Mighty Ducks, Seattle, competitiveness, and team sports 

10:00:  Grunge, getting serious about skiing  at 17, upright aerials, JR Nationals, Colorado Mountain College, and heading into the park with Spencer    Tamblin 

20:30:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:15:  The traveling circus of skiing, the different tribes, twin tips, fat skis, and quitting moguls and joining the Pro Mogul Tour

33:00:  McConkey, Oakley, Pat Mac, Freeze Magazine, Johan and Marty, and sponsorship/money

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

43:45:  East Coast Movie Tour, living in Whistler, High North, and Camp of Champions 

51:00:  Learning tricks, X-Games, The Snowcore Tour with Holmes, his Boy Band, stadium big air events, and the end of his pro career

60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with The Jerk

Micah Evangelista isn’t a household name in the ski world, almost by choice. Micah is the underground, soul-skier type whose love of being in the mountains comes from growing up in the shadow of Mt Baker in Glacier, WA.  Micah is such a talent; I’ve always wondered why he hasn’t blown up in the ski world. The podcast was the perfect platform to figure out why…we talk about getting into video early, Baker’s deep snowboard history, Lucas DeBari, why bringing a big-name pro isn’t the motivation for him, and a lot more.

Micah Evangelista Show Notes:

7:00:  His tiny home, how the family ended up in Glacier, WA, skiing at six days old, school, and his insane work ethic in the mountains.

19:30:  Challenging days in the mountains, who works harder, and Confluence

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27:30:  Baker community, Lucas DeBari, Patrick McCarthy, and Henrick Harlaut  

37:00:  Not having a terrain park or freeride program, getting into video, what videos and who’s editing was he was into, and sponsoring me tapes

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

45:00:  His lack of self-promotion or care to be pro, holding onto clips, and looking for long-term stability, and he should have been a skier in the 90s

60:00:  Inappropriate Questions (and more) with Sophia Rouches and Mattias Evangelista

Phil Sifferman’s life is full of stories you can’t make up. From Kenny Loggins to Jimi Hendrix, to hitchhiking to ski, to becoming a pro skier, to traveling the world skiing and making movies, Phil carved out a path for himself in a unique way that included not following the rules. On the podcast, we talk about the beginning and end of hot dog skiing, Phil’s pro career, some amazing stories, selling snowboarding to the FIS

Phil Sifferman Show Notes:

4:00:  Kenny Loggins, Jimi Hendrix, big family on Capitol Hill, and learning the value of a dollar.

10:00:  Getting kicked out of school, getting into Queen Anne, and hitchhiking and hustling to ski

20:30:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:15:  The impact of “Ski the Outer Limits” and “The Mobius Flip” movies, ballet skiing, product, and bringing FIS into snowboarding instead of the ISF

35:00:  The first Hot Dog events, Vietnam’s impact on film class, filming, his ski instructor scam at Crystal Mountain, and partying  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

45:00:  The first water ramps, sponsorship/money, The Marlboro Tour, media coverage, and the end of freestyle

52:00:  Air and Style, Totally Board, his ski crew, and a few incredible ski stories

74:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Stanley Larsen

Steven Nyman is one of the most accomplished ski racers I’ve had on the podcast. In a sport where racers can go a whole career without making a podium, Steven stood on podiums around the world 11 times and has three world cup wins to his credit. He’s had an incredible race career, and at almost 41, Steven is still going. On the podcast, we talk about not having the advantages of everyone else, talking his way out of school and onto the Park City Team, making the US Team, living in Europe, winning, money, and a lot more

Steven Nyman Show Notes:

4:00:  Powder day, Sundance, getting by, finding racing through Coca Cola Cup, and the Sundance Ski Team

13:00:  Chasing the BYU Ski Team, growing up Mormon, and how he was able to convince everyone to let him go to Park City

20:30:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:15:  Other sports, going from K2 to Fischer, and the importance of better equipment     

34:00:  The mystery of why skis are skis fast, fame, speed, and danger  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

45:30:  Coming back from injury, missing the Olympics because of injury, and money

52:00:  Days when you aren’t feeling it, the risk of it, chemical additions to snow, edges, and the Olympics   

66:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Chris McCullough

Grete Eliassen is a true legend of Freeskiing, and in part 2 of her podcast, we dive into how women were treated in skiing back when she was in her prime. Grete is a 6x X Games medalist, a 4x US Open Champion, and a World Champion with many Powder Awards to her credit. On the show, we talk sponsors, money, the Olympics, her movie “Say My Name,” being President of the Women’s Sports Foundation, and more. Keri Herman asks the Inappropriate Questions

Grete Eliassen Show Notes:

4:00:  Happy to be at the 2004 X Games demo and how women are treated both then and now. The X Games is a medal event, the difference in money for men and women and skiing had never been plan A

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

23:15:  Agents, a house at 19, taking advantage of sponsor opportunities with stars, and her Pro Models

34:00:  Ski Porn, respect, and leaving Armada

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

43:30:  Head, Say My Name, losing her best friend, skiing angry  and  blowing her knee 

57:00:  The Olympics and The Women’s Sports Foundation  

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Keri Herman

Grete Eliassen is a true legend of Freeskiing. Not only did she win the first ever X Games Gold Medal for a female skier, but she’s also a six-time X Games Medalist and World Champion who started dominating halfpipe podiums before moving on to the slopestyle course. On top of that, Grete’s a two-time winner of the coveted ‘Female Performer of the Year’ at the Powder Awards. When she’s not filming or winning contests, Grete spends her time working for tech startups or serving as the President of the Women’s Sports Foundation. She’s still a pro skier, but she’s also a podcaster, mom, wife, and more these days. Marie France-Roy asks the Inappropriate Questions

Grete Eliassen Show Notes:

4:00:  Girls trip to Retallack, her podcast, moving around as a kid, and skiing

13:00:  Athletes in the family, team sports, learning how to fall, the cold, and ski racing,

11:00:  UC Santa Cruz, a road trip ends in Crested Butte, dating Seth Morrison, state of the industry when she was at CB

22:15:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

Puffin Drinkwear:  Be the hit of every party and gathering with the coolest and cutest drink accessory ever created

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

25:15:  Snowboard  parks, hockey, moving to Norway for skiing, and the family business of construction and trucking

33:00:  Making a name  for herself in Norway, Norwegian Sports School, and  did she miss out on things

33:00:  The forming of the IFSA, becoming the VP, risking it all for the sport, money,

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

44:00:  Race results, Groundhog Day, Lindsay Vonn and other competitions, and making out on podiums

51:00:  Her introduction to the New School, going to SMS camp in Whistler, Oakley, Armada, and making it

59:00: Who is she skiing within Norway, training at Windell’s, being an unknown at the US Open, specialization, and being in awe of Tanner, and Mickael Deschenaux

70:00: Inappropriate Questions with Marie France-Roy

Lhotse Merriam Hawk's huge role in organizing the sport of big mountain skiing and beyond cannot be ignored or understated. As the Vice President of the International Freeskiers Association, an organization she helped co-found with Shane McConkey, she was a 1-woman band creating the infrastructure for the future of ski contests outside of what fell under FIS control. And go figure, this year, the crown jewel of big mountain freeride competitions, FIS, purchased the Freeride World Tour. Lhotse helps break down what this means and shares some stories about Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Tony Hawk, and more.

Lhotse Merriam Hawk Show Notes:

5:00:  Banksy Museum, the name Lhotse, backstage at Dead shows for the food, other hippy experiences, trouble, and skiing

11:00:  UC Santa Cruz, a road trip ends in Crested Butte, dating Seth Morrison, state of the industry when she was at CB

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24:45:  Meeting McConkey, Extreme events, secret meetings, and reasons for creating an athlete association

33:00:  The forming of the IFSA, becoming the VP, risking it all for the sport, money,

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44:30:  How many events fall under the IFSA, losing slope and pipe, and the Dinner Roll

51:00:  Event challenges, leaving the IFSA, Tony Hawk, acting Peak Experience and FIS buys the FWT

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with anonymous

It’s part 2 with me, your host Mike Powell. I’m going to end the year catching you up on my life and times and a lot of industry talk with the founder of the High Fives Foundation, Roy Tuscany. Topics include Tanner Hall, Gus Kenworthy, best podcasts, worst podcasts, what’s happening in snow media, who’s doing it best, and so much more. It’s a fun holiday and birthday episode with a great friend.

Mike Powell Show Notes:

3:30:  Episode 100, 200, 300, podcasts Powell listens to, and word association on other similar podcasts  

12:00:  Numbers, best/worst guests, differentiation, and thoughts on print media    

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24:00:  The Outerverse, Powder, NFTs, and life takes a turn for the worse recently

31:00:  Live events, Peloton, and X Games   

40:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:45:  More X, K2, Liquid Death, Favorites, and 2 Dudes, 1 Mike   

51:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Roy

Adrian Ballinger is a machine for managing risk in the big mountains. Whether he’s leading adventures with his Alpenglow Expeditions, summiting Everest or K2 without supplemental oxygen, or just living his rad Tahoe life, there never seems to be a chill moment in Adrian’s life. On the podcast, we talk about the three critical mentors to his success in the mountains, performance-enhancing drugs in the mountains, what counts when you’re climbing without oxygen, and much more. Adrian’s Everest Base Camp manager, Emily Turner, asks Inappropriate Questions.

Adrian Ballinger Show Notes:

3:30:  Does having a baby scare him, risk moving to the US and his first climbing/skiing mentor

12:00:  Snow camping in HS, first injury in the mountains, books on climbing and performance-enhancing drugs in the mountains  

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24:00:  More drugs and questioning achievements, not being good enough at skiing, who he was in HS, his parents have a plan for him to be a Dr.

29:00:  Going to Georgetown, meeting his second important mentor Chris Warner, and a free trip to Ecuador

35:00:  Getting sick at 19K feet, guiding trips really young, and how the mob was involved in climbing

41:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:45:  Trying to buy into Chris’s business, the breakup, starting Alpenglow, and the importance of becoming a certified mountain guide   

55:00:  The challenge of getting local climbing permits, the hazard of being a ski guide in Colorado, moving to Tahoe, and getting a local permit

61:00: His 3rd important mentor, Russell Brice, experience on 8K meter peaks and the high-altitude gene,

70:00: The letdown of failing at Everest with no oxygen, succeeding the following year, climbing without supplemental oxygen, and being a different type of professional athlete and being an influencer to other professional athletes

80:00: Inappropriate Questions with Emily Turner

Izzy Lynch’s ski career was made by her unique childhood. She was an up-and-coming ski racer who spent her free time at the backcountry lodge her parents built. This combination of racing and time spent in the backcountry created scary experiences and a solid foundation for a skier known for always pinning it. On the podcast, we talk about the above, University, coaching, competing, gender filming for “Into the Mind,” marriage, divorce, sponsors, and much more. Leah Evan’s asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Izzy Lynch Show Notes:

3:30:  Fortress Mountain dirtbags, buying into a land tenure, and building a backcountry lodge

11:00:  Ignorance was bliss in the backcountry; near-death mistakes, and ski racing  

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23:00:  Coaching, finding freeride, opportunities in Revelstoke, and gender in the mountains

31:00:  Sponsorship, her Alaska experience, and understanding of the marketing aspect

40:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:45:  Sherpas Cinema, switching sponsors, and not making enough skiing to quit work

49:00:  Getting married, having a baby, divorce, POW, and her flower shop

60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Leah Evans   

Peter Line is the legendary snowboarder responsible for the iconic Four Square and Forum brands. While these brands had a huge impact, they were rider owned, and having an impact and success, in the long run, isn’t the same thing. Eventually, Burton Saved the brands from going under, ran them for a decade, and then shut them down. Ten years after that, Peter Line, Jeremy Jones, and Mack Dawg are back to re-boot the brand, and Peter and I take a deep dive into all things Forum and much more. Sean Tedore asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Peter Line Show Notes:

5:30:  No alcohol for 3.5 years, partying, the lifestyle, future spins, and good style

15:00:  Bad style, bad posture, Peter the grom, and The Rawl backstory

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23:00:  Building Forum on the World Industries model, creating a super team, and the vision

31:00:  How long until Forum takes off, board numbers, what did they do wrong, and Peter’s money

35:00:  Deals left on the table, what’s going on behind the scenes at Forum, the positives around the Burton years, and the beginning of the end

42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:30:  His feelings when Burton kills Forum, #GiveForumToPeter, and getting Forum back with Jeremy Jones and Mack Dawg

49:00:  Leveraging his relationship with Blue and Capita, distribution, and what differentiates Forum from the rest of the industry

65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Sean Tedore

Pete Moran has been a lot of things: ski instructor, snowshoe mountain marketing manager, 'People Magazine's "Most Eligible Bachelor," Red Bull marketing manager, agent, and entrepreneur. But really, Pete is a people person, and his natural ability to build relationships has helped him create an incredible life. On the podcast, we talk about all of the above and some great athlete stories revolving around Shane McConkey, Kasey Keller, and Marshawn Lynch. Recording episodes with my good friends are always fun.

Pete Moran Show Notes:

5:30:  Judging his Virginia accent, knowing everyone, owning radio stations, skiing, and tennis

15:00:  Ski instructing at Wintergreen in HS, Davis and Elkins College, and Snowshoe Mountain

19:00:  The Intrawest factor, People Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelor of the Year

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23:00:  Spreading the Snowshoe Gospel, meeting McConkey, and getting hired by Red Bull

31:00:  Launching the Mid-Atlantic, The Red Bull Air Force, moving to Seattle to win back the market, and the Seahawks

42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:30:  The NBA, money, big marketing spends, leaving to start his own marketing firm, Josh Brown, Kasey Keller, Marshawn Lynch, and his Caesars Palace Jump that I Emceed

60 :00:  Inappropriate Questions with Bob Snyder

Jeremy Jones is a busy guy: between writing and illustrating his new book, “The Art of Shralpinism,” running Jones Snowboards, being the face and founder of Protect Our Winters, riding 28 days a month, and spending time with his family, it’s amazing he even has time to do things like record this podcast and the Alpenglow Speaker Series. But Jeremy makes it happen, and on the podcast, we talk about all the above with some risks and McConkey sprinkled in. Sherry McConkey asks Inappropriate Questions.

Jeremy Jones Show Notes:

3:30:  Kai Jones, his kids, losing people in the mountains, and close calls

15:00:  Stacking the deck in your favor in the mountains, his limited time, the Art of Shralpinsim

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23:00:  Avalanche education Jones style, media requests, unread emails and texts, and Alpenglow Speaker Series

29:00:  Switching the way he was doing things, Protect Our Winters, McConkey, his role with POW, and the finances

40:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  Why won’t the ski industry influence politics in the name of the planet, Jones Snowboards, actual riding, and money

49:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Sherry McConkey

Chris Beresford’s young life was tough; he lost his mom young, then he’s raised by an alcoholic dad, then the family loses everything, and at the age of 13, Chris is responsible for things like his own food. While things could have turned dark, Chris didn’t end up dancing on stage 3; he was on the podium at all his moto races and then found family and community through snowboarding. At 20, he landed a gig at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, and from there came sponsorship and the creation of his brand Dang Shades. This one is a rags-to-riches story of perseverance. Scott Stevens asks the Inappropriate Questions

Chris Beresford Show Notes:

5:30:  What does he suck at, his family life, losing his mom, and the impact that has on his dad and childhood

12:00:  Moto, more about his dad, skiing, and snowboarding

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24:00:  His crew, losing the house, making ends meet, money, and going to the resorts in Vermont

32:00:  Meeting Grenier, partying, filming, and getting a life-changing job

38:00:  Jesse Burtner, Think Thank, and filming his first video part 

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  K2, making it “pro,” 32, getting dropped, and his Dang Shades dream and Empire

63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Scott Stevens

Connery Lundin’s ski career should be as prolific as he’s manufactured it to be. This is a kid from Oakland who was so burnt out on ski racing that he decided at 18 that he would never ski. That all changed with the right roommates, who got Connery back into skiing on his terms…and once Connery fell back in love with the sport, he went all in on becoming a pro skier. But, to make things harder for himself, he didn’t do much to promote himself off snow…. but that didn’t matter, and it all worked out. Connery graduated to his day job of filming with Warren Miller and MSP, and we talk about it all….

Connery Lundin Show Notes:

5:30:  Random acts of kindness, Oakland, skiing every weekend, JT Holmes, and ski racing   

15:00:  Product of Olympic Valley, moving to Tahoe with his mom and going to Sugar Bowl Academy, money, influential skiers, and being competitive    

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25:00:  Bringing twin tips on trips, race results, when he realizes he’s not going to make it, quitting skiing, University of Colorado and Tony Siebert

32:00:  His first Free Skiing Word Tour event, more contests here and there, and going all in on the pro skier thing

36:00:  Moving to Jackson Hole, Powder days at Palisades,  Powder Days in Jackson, and networking

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  Winning the 2015 Free Skiing World Tour, JT the mentor, filming, it’s who you know, and the momentum is building

50:00:  Injury, does it set his career back, Warren Miller trips, what’s next and

55:00:  Inappropriate Questions with JT Holmes

Davey Smidt is a chameleon; he’s a nice Jewish boy who’s god given gift is being an amazing communicator. Davey is just as comfortable talking to Travis Rice as he is a CEO, a professor, an intern, and a kid at the skatepark. He’s one of those people that gets along with everyone, and while nice guys finish last, that’s not the case with Davey. On the podcast, we talk about his South African roots, his Bar-Mitzvah, his college years, and the dream jobs he’s had at Monster and GoPro. This is a fun business episode, and Jaimeson Keegan asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Davey Smidt Show Notes:

3:30:  Sochi, South Africa, Judaism, sports, and limited skiing and snowboarding growing up

15:00:  Big Bear at 16, action sports culture, college, and Mammoth

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23:00:  His superpower, X Games with Monster, buying podiums and Hansens Energy

34:00:  Guerilla marketing Red Bull Events, working with an agency, taking the marketing in-house, the athletes he inherited, and the travel

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:30:  Selling the logo, money can’t buy experiences, why would he leave, and being given a job with GoPro

54:00:  Athletes become content creators, what’s behind a viral video, advocates vs. athletes, one product launch a year, and who had he befriended over the GoPro years

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jaimeson Keegan

Bruce Edgerly or “Edge” as he’s fondly known is one of the only ski entrepreneurs I know to sell his company, get rich, and still be involved in the day-to-day of the business. I haven’t had anyone on the podcast with that type of story and Edge is also the only Ivy League guy I’ve had on the show. But Edge is just a dirtbag kayaker and skier who parlayed the contacts he made while writing for Powder Magazine and Larry Flint into a guerilla marketing machine that would drive the company he and his partner started, BCA, to the forefront of the industry. This is the ski version of the Steve Jobs story…but with a lot more personality. Steve Christie asks Inappropriate Questions, and they are awesome.

Bruce Edgerly Show Notes:

3:30:  Moving to Miami, Holderness Academy, Hockey at Brown University, and then moving to Utah

8:00:  Graduating from Brown, getting a real job in Basalt, getting fired from that job, and then delivering the newspaper  

12:00:  Miami Vice in Aspen, kayaking, Dean Cummings, the AK Heli Wars, and Powder Magazine

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22:30:  Larry Flint, forerunning extreme comps in AK, and the birthday party that changes his life

31:00:  Creating the BCA market through connections, being a Peruvian hat-wearing Tele skier, road-tripping the Alpine Trekker, financing, and what production look like

35:00:  The idea for the digital transceiver, who built the Tracker, the avalanche that kickstarted the Tracker

41:00:  10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  The Beacon Wars, making bold claims that made people angry, Steve Conger’s advice, winning over Canada and Europe, and validation in the States

54:00:  First live recovery, airbags, putting his house and assets on the line in the name of BCA, and selling to K2

67:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Steve Christie

Gus Kenworthy is so much more than an Olympic and X Games Medalist. He’s more than an AFP or Dew Tour Overall Champion. Really, Gus is so much more than just a skier. He’s a humanitarian who risked everything to ride pipe (and slopestyle) like no-one before him. Gus is also the first professional athlete come out in the prime of his career. This is a story about bravery, feelings, and freedom. It’s a do not miss where we touch on his is amazing ski career, when he knew he had a secret, living with that over the years, the plan to come out and so much more. Michael Spencer and “Digi” Dave Amirault ask the Inappropriate Questions.

Gus Kenworthy Show Notes

3:30:  Not prepping for the season, who he will keep in touch with, Telluride, other brother peer pressure, team sports, and the Fate pants era

11:00:  Is he competitive, crashes, and his really awkward younger years

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23:00:  Losing his BFF at 14, Candide, CoreUPT Skis, Armada, and living with Bobby Brown,

33:00:  Do his secrets impact his success (especially at X Games), not being able to focus, and the freedom of being transparent

39:30:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:00:  Is he living a secret double life, Sochi Olympics, having his halfpipe spot taken away from him, getting the silver and does he overshadow the other medalists

52:00:  Quitting Empire Gloves, the coming out plan and telling the world,

62:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Michael Spencer and “Digi” Dave Amirault

Brant Moles is a living legend, a World Extreme Champion who filmed with all the heavy hitters and is now back for part 2 of his podcast. The second half of his career is way more exciting than the race years; we talk about the extreme comp circuit, his role in forming the IFSA, MSP, TGR WM, IMAX, fat skis, injuries sponsorship, McConkey, and so much more. This is the first time Brant has shared any of this with a podcast, and you won’t want to miss it.

Brant Moles Show Notes:

3:30:  Peruvian, coming back to the US as an unknown, his first Extreme’s and first trip to AK

14:00:  Meeting the MSP crew, sponsorship progression, the SOS nightmare, and money

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21:00:  Not being a good self-promoter, battling for things, his shared vision with McConkey, and getting on fat skis for the first time

33:00:  Founding the IFSA, winning three comps in 1997, does he prepare for 1997 differently, and the vibe of the contests

41:30:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  In the right headspace, Worlds in AK, filming with MSP, TGR, WM, and IMAX

57:00:  X-Games, a string of injuries, the comeback, how the pro career ended, taking care of the legends, and what he is up to now

73:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Keith Carlson

Drew Petersen’s life and times have been defined by highs and lows from the time he was a little kid. On one hand, he lived in Colorado and developed a passion for skiing young. While that passion grows, so does depression and bipolar disorder, which is not diagnosed until much later in life. Combining that with a life of winning ski contests on the weekends and then returning to school as the smart, intense kid wasn’t the best combination. But Drew pushed through, made it as a pro skier, then had terrible accidents in the mountains, with a lot of head trauma and the suicidal thoughts became way stronger than they were at 9 years old. I’ve said enough, this is a heavy podcast, Drew is not afraid to share, and everyone should listen.

Drew Petersen Show Notes:

3:30:  Sunburn, The Quality Film Time Tour, and growing up in Silverthorne

12:00:  Getting into skiing, tantrums, brain injuries impact memories, motional control and the injury mental illness timeline

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Outdoor Research:  The best outerwear ever built just got better

23:00:  Suicidal thoughts at age 9, what type of skiing he was doing, getting his own insurance, and the Telluride accident

35:00:  Faction Skis, Jr big mountain contests, getting into Powder’s top skiers 18 and under, and Lance Armstrong

41:00:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

GoPro:  The only action sports camera that matters

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:30:  Japan at 17, who he competed against, University of Utah, big injury in college, and getting “Ski The Wild West” funded

52:00:  Accident on Hood, Self-Rescue, going into a dark place, coping with booze and weed, and the series of bad events that he thought he was the root of

61:00:  The relief of getting help and public speaking

66:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Todd Ligare

Mike Styskal, aka Styk, has lived his life as a creative force in snowboard design, but Styk is so much more than that. He's one of those people that exudes effortless cool: he always has a different unique look, and his sense of style is always on point. It's a characteristic that helped this Nebraska farm boy go from the small-town USA to the progressive city of Seattle and thrive. On the podcast, we talk about Nebraska, Burning Bush Studios, Ride, China, trouble, Draplin, and so much more. If you like business episodes, don't miss this one.

Mike Styskal Show Notes

3:30:  Growing up in Grant, Nebraska, in the '70s, the art influence of automotive boxes, and skiing

8:30:  Was he a weird art kid, Dazed and Confused, his only time getting his ass kicked at a bar, and Carnie State College

14:00:  Fraternity life, hazing, design by hand in college, commercial art, and his sign-making business

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

Outdoor Research:  The best outerwear ever built just got better

24:30:  The Seattle designer's dress code, becoming part of the Seattle underground scene, and Frank Zepponi,

33:00:  Burning Bush Studios, The Representative in a Box, and landing the K2 skis account

41:45:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

GoPro:  The only action sports camera that matters

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  The K2 Dog Poster, Ride, the Bob Hall years, the K2 acquisition, and hiring a team

60:00:  Muscat, Draplin, China, lawsuits, and  trouble

74:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mark Fankhauser

Brant Moles is one of those legends that have zero ego. While he’s a quiet guy, he’s not afraid to share what happened with his career…and in the first part of his career, he was a Wisconsin-based ski racer who went to an east coast academy with the goal of making the US Ski Team…but with all stories like Brant’s, politics play a role. When that happens, it usually doesn’t work out. The good thing is Brant Moles’ career isn’t remembered for racing; it’s remembered for winning extreme contests, filming with the heavy hitters of his time, and helping lobby the industry to make fat skis. Brant Moles helped change the sport of skiing with product and how he used it in Alaska, and his story is one that should have been told long ago….but this is his first podcast.

Brant Moles Show Notes:

3:30:  Skiers of the Midwest, Racine, Wisconsin, The Playboy Club, and skiing in Wisco

11:30:  Dirt bikes and sleds young, other sports, ski racing, divorce, and rebellion

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23:00:  Green Mountain Valley School, being small, pressure, speed events, and not making the team

33:00:  Post Grad years, and doing all he could to make it all over again only to have politics end his career,  not caring about skiing

40:30:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

GoPro:  The only action sports camera that matters

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  Blizzard of Ahhh’s, Snowboarders in Exile, Filming with Rob Bruce, and Spinal Snap

54:00:  Getting the Golden Ticket to Hollywood and Europe, access to the mountains that no one else had, and sponsored by Nobis

60:00:  Survival skiing, out of his comfort zone, and no tracks anywhere in France

65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jeremy Nobis and Rob Bruce

Michelle Parker has made a name for herself in the big mountains, but her roots go all over the board when it comes to sports and skiing. An elite soccer player with a big future, Michelle was forced to choose between soccer and ski racing at a young age. She chose ski racing, became a Junior Olympic Champion, and then quit racing in favor of the park and skiing powder. While Michelle competed for a bit, injuries made her realize that contests were not her thing and her focus shifted entirely to filming. She’s arguably one of the most important skiers this century. We talk about real issues in this one, and Michelle has a great perspective. Roy Tuscany asks Inappropriate Questions.

Michelle Parker Show Notes:

3:30:  Injuries, what she learns during them, healers all over, and finally, good news  

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23:00:  Dad was a professional tennis player, almost quitting skiing and her thoughts on the new Palisades name

29:00:  Ski town privilege and diversity, experiencing the uprising in Seattle and Portland, and how do we get other people to the mountains

36:00:  Getting into skiing, skiers in Tahoe, her crew, and playing baseball

40:30:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Rollerblade:  Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  Elite Soccer, having to choose between soccer and skiing, Junior Olympic Champion, and quitting racing

51:00:  Does she have girlfriends, women in skiing, her idols at Palisades, and hitting McConkey in the balls

59:00:  Park skiing, getting sponsored by Line, X Games, K2, the lack of support, and getting dropped by her sponsors

70:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany and Trevor Kennison

Ethan Stone Fortier is a force in the world of snowboard media. He’s one of the hosts of the wildly successful Bomb Hole Podcast, he’s been a snowboard photographer for over 20 years, and he’s personally responsible for one of the more iconic brands in snowboard history, Technine. On the podcast, we talk all things Bomb Hole, coming up in Vermont, the VTSP, starting brands, working with investors, the business behind the photography, and much more. Chris Grenier asks the Inappropriate Questions

E Stone Show Notes

4:30:  Naming the Misty Flip, The beginning of The Bomb Hole in the pandemic, and the initial game plan

9:00:  When do you start believing the show is your future, building the empire,  the multiple revenue-generating arms of the show, and the workload breakout

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

Outdoor Research:  The best outerwear ever built just got better

22:30:  YouTube V Podcast traffic, ownership of The Bomb Hole, and money

25:00:  Growing up in Vermont, life changes with divorce, rebellion, weed, and dancehall

30:00:  Colchester Snowboard Club, VTSP, The Green Mountain Series,  moving to Avon with a ton of pros and tinkering with products

41:30:  10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

Rollerblade:  Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  The Technine evolution, how the industry reacted, getting swindled by his dad, and production in China

54:00:  Mistakes, investors, Photography, the business of photos, and the end of Technine for him

66:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Chris Grenier  

Eric Schrijn is a street skater with legendary status and infinite wisdom. He was the winner of the first ever IMYTA street contest, he’s had timeless video sections, magazine covers, pro model products and  X Games hardware. While he was making this happen, he was also dealing with a family suicide, a diagnosis of bi-polar and managing all of that. Throughout it all, Eric has been on the forefront of progression as an athlete and as a person, he’s one of my favorite athletes to travel, hang and podcast with. Some good stories come out of this one.

Eric Schrijn Show Notes

3:30:  California fires, Escondido, blind dad, money, and California kid

14:00: Inline hockey, Chris Edwards, religion, sponsorship, and contests    

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:30: Pioneer of the home study program, X Games, TV, The GAP and money

30:00: Focusing on filming, IMYTA, give and take of skating, losing his brother and cannabis

41:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  More cannabis, Razors, bi-polar diagnosis, K2, and skate milestones  

55:00:  The end of pro, growing cannabis for a living, hos growing ends,

72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Louie Zamora and Mike Powell  

For my last Best of Inappropriate Questions episode, I’m focusing on the snowboard side of things and have some laugh-out-loud questions and answers for you. Think names like John Cardiel, Mike Ranquet, Danny Davis, Mikey LeBlanc, Eric Jackson, the Mitrani Brothers, and many more. It’s a don’t miss episode that has something for everyone.

Best of Inappropriate Questions, The Snowboard Edition:

5:00:  I ask John Cardiel questions

8:00:  Matt Sickels asks Mikey LeBlanc questions

12:00:  Glen Plake asks Mike Ranquet Questions  

16:00:  Jeff Ament asks Joel Gomez questions

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

22:00:  Chris Cote asks Todd Richards questions

25:30:  Matt Peterson asks Chad Otterstrom questions   

29:00:  Shaun McKay asks Patrick McCarthy questions

32:00:  Hana Beaman asks Robin Van Gyn questions

35:30:  Shaun McKay asks Eric Jackson questions

39:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Jaimeson Keegan asks Dan Brisse questions

44:00:  Patrick McCarthy asks Sammy Lubke questions

48:00:  Jody Wachniak asks Matt Belzile questions

51:00:  Mark Fawcett asks Seth Wescott questions

54:30:  Luke Mitrani (and others) asks Danny Davis questions

59:00:  Luke Mitrani (and others) ask Jack Mitrani questions

63:00: E Stone asks Chris Grenier questions

Inappropriate Questions has been a staple of The Powell Movement podcast over the past couple of seasons. But did you know the show pre-dates TPM?  Years ago, I had a podcast with Powder Magazine called “Sponsored,” and to build my own audience off that show, I created Inappropriate Questions as a stand-alone podcast and put it out on the TPM feed. When Powder killed the Sponsored pod, I pulled old IQ episodes off the internet, knowing I would create what you are listening to today. So please enjoy this special two-part episode, Inappropriate Questions from the Vault: The Sponsored Years

IQ From the Vault Show Notes Part 2

5:00:  Karl Fostvedt asks Caroline Gleich 2 questions  

8:00:  Caroline Gleich ask Frank Raymond a question

11:00:  Frank Raymond asks David Lesh a question

16:00:  David Lesh asks Aaron McGovern two questions

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

22:00:  Aaron McGovern asks Lexi DuPont a question

25:30:  I ask Elyse Saugstad two questions  

29:00:  I ask Kristi Leskinen 2 questions

31:00:  I help Kristi Leskinen with 2 questions for Drew Tabke

35:30:  Drew Tabke asks 2 questions to Julian Carr  

39:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Julian Carr asks Pep Fujas a question

44:00:  I help Pep Fujas with questions for Colston VB

48:00:  Colston VB asks Kim Reichhelm 2 questions  

52:00:  I help Kim Reichhelm with questions for Matt Margetts

56:30:  Matt Margetts asks 2 questions with Mike Hattrup

62:00:  I ask Rachel Burks 2 questions

Inappropriate Questions has been a staple of The Powell Movement podcast over the past couple of seasons. But did you know the show pre-dates TPM?  Years ago, I had a podcast with Powder Magazine called “Sponsored.” To build my audience off that show, I created Inappropriate Questions as a stand-alone podcast and put it out on the TPM feed. When Powder killed the Sponsored pod, I pulled old IQ episodes off the internet, knowing I would create what you are listening to today. So please enjoy this special two-part episode, Inappropriate Questions from the Vault: The Sponsored Years

IQ From the Vault Show Notes

6:00:  I ask two questions to Sean Pettit

10:00:  Wayne Wong asks Colby West a question

16:00:  Colby West asks Chris Benchetler a question

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

21:00:  Colby asks Chris a second question

26:30:  Chris Benchetler asks Michelle Parker a question

30:00:  Michelle Parker asks Kent Kreitler a question

34:00:  Sammy Carlsen asks Glen Plake a question  

39:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Glen Plake asks Cody Townsend a question

47:00:  Cody Townsend asks Greg Stump two questions

48:00:  Greg Stump asks Hadley Hammer 3 questions

50:00:  Hadley Hammer asks Mike Douglas a question

55:00:  I ask Skogen Sprang a question

58:30:  Mike Douglas asks Clayton Vila a question

Robin Goomes went from an unknown name to one of the top women in freeride mountain biking, and she did this almost overnight by backflipping her way into the spotlight…But, before this Kiwi’s meteoric rise in the bike world, Robin grew up on a remote island and then entered the military. On Robin’s first podcast, we talk about the wild ride she has been on since 2021 and the road she took to being the first female to land a backflip in competition and jumpstarting her career. Harriet Burbage-Smith asks Inappropriate Questions.

Robin Goomes Show Notes:

3:30:  New to media, her unique upbringing with her mom and sister, and growing up on a dirt bike

14:00:  Hanging with the boys, work ethic, moto, BMX, and high school on the mainland

15:00:  Sharks, joining the army, and military travel

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  Taking orders, riding mountain bikes in the military and leaving the military, and moving to Rotorua to ride

30:00:  Racing DH, peers that push her, Red Bull Formation, Mons Royale “Future Grounds” and being an alternate at the second Red Bull Formation

40:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00:  Does she get star struck, not getting to ride at Formation, and how she gets invited to Crankworks

48:00:  The 6 backflips heard around the world, learning the trick, sponsors, and Megavalanche

55:00:  Audi Nines, is it all a blur, and winning at Crankworks a month ago

50:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Harriet Burbage-Smith

Louie Zamora came from nothing to become one of his most influential inline skaters. He was a street skater whose video parts still hold up, a contest skater who podiumed at X and Gravity, an entrepreneur who was responsible for important brands, and a victim of the opioid crisis that's turning his life around. This podcast was a fun and heavy way to catch up with an old friend and relive his past. Eric Schrijn asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Louie Zamora Show Notes

3:30:  Revenge of the Nerds, LA life, being small, video games, and moving to San Diego

14:00:  Beach culture, inline skates, it's so natural, culture, proving himself to the Esco Zoo

15:30:  Product testing with Rollerblade, hammers, and injuries

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  Getting flowed Rollerblade skates, Randy Spizer, getting a contract from Rollerblade, and Senate

32:00:  His HS life, going to K2, and contests

40:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00:  Being too cool for things, Gravity Games, X-Games, and a tour bus ending an era at K2

51:00:  Creating a skate brand on an airplane, not seeing eye to eye with Powerslide, and leaving skating for the first time

58:00:  Coming back to K2, creating a program together, our falling out and Orien Live

64:00:  Getting hit by a car, addiction and isolation, living on the streets, and getting life back together

60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Eric Schrijn

Mike Adams’s legendary 45-year career in snow business has come to an end. I was able to catch up with the man responsible for some of the most iconic products of our time during his last week in the industry. It’s a history lesson of the business from the man responsible for bringing the shaped ski to North America. The podcast talks about all things Moog, Molnar, Elan, Salomon, and Atomic. It’s another don’t miss business episode with a true snow sports legend.

Mike Adams Show Notes:

3:30:  Salomon inline skates, his childhood and skiing racing   

12:30:  Pranks at Holderness; how does he get his Moog and Molnar jobs, Geze, president of Elan and the Montauk sales group

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

27:15:  Sidecut Extreme, bringing it to the US, the SCX takes over and pitching Salomon on the SCX

31:00:  The X-Scream, the Snow-Blade, and the 1080

39:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

40:30:  Salomon Snowboards, the Amer purchase, and bringing Atomic back to life

56:00:  Overseeing Atomic and Salomon at the same time, new ownership, and going away from a portfolio management system the day Mike leaves

65:00:  Inappropriate Questions

Nick Sargent is the SIA President who moved the business and sold its key revenue generator, the SIA Tradeshow...but he’s so much more than that. Nick came up as a race tech on the World Cup, parlayed that into a gig managing Salomon’s Olympic efforts, then it was on to Burton before taking over at the SIA. These days, Nick is navigating some challenging waters, and we talk about his key moves, the OR Show, consumer shows he’s bought, and a lot more. Industry OG Chris Licata asks the Inappropriate Questions

Nick Sargent Show Notes:

3:30:  OR recap, growing up at Stowe, skiing, snowboarding, racing, and flunking out at Western State

12:30:  Back to Western State, learning ski tuning, Dynastar Race Service, and landing a job at Salomon around the Olympics

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

27:15:  Selling Burton, Jake Burton and his encouragement for the partnerships, and learning to snowboard in a couple of hours

35:00:  Pottery Barn/Burton, digital product, how does the ball get rolling at the SIA, and moving the SIA

43:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

45:30:  Are you the bad guy for moving the SIA, the loss of institutional knowledge, brand consolidation, and selling his revenue generator, the SIA Tradeshow, to OR

56:00:  The pandemic and buying the BEWI Shows, selling his consumer Snowbound Festival before having one, and how does selling SIA to OR benefit Winter Sports?

63:00:  What does the SIA do for paying members, and OR is moving back to SLC

74:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Chris Licata

Louie Vito has done it all: Champion snowboarder, reality TV star on ‘Dancing with the Stars’, playing himself in the sequel to ‘Point Break’, and there is so much more to him. On part 2 with Louie, we dive into sponsors, contests, Danny Kass and the Grenade Crew, the fact that no brand ever put big marketing dollars behind him, and so much more. Louie is not the guy I thought he was going to be, he’s the hardest man working on the game. And a badass in his own right, Toby Miller, asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Louie Vito Show Notes:

3:30: Wanting to be pro at 5, quitting other sports, Sims, and the Rick Kane analogy for Stratton Mountain School

 14:00: Sleeping in his Burton boots, who is he in school with, 2002 Olympics, and his first big injury  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

24:00: Forum, O-Matic, Volcom, not getting sponsor support, snowboarding being too school for school, and Natural Selection

36:00: Podiums, first X Games, Danny Kass, and no pressure but trouble at Aspen X

 42:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:00: Unhealthy sponsors (Energy Drinks and Fast Food), important sponsors (Toyota, G-Shock, Melin, Ethica, Wienerschnitzel), what he spends his money on and is there another Olympic run?

60:00: Inappropriate Questions with Toby Miller  

Louie Vito is a badass snowboarder. He’s an Olympian, a US Grand Prix Champion, a Dew Tour Champion, an X Games medalist, and he comes from a 300 vertical foot hill in Ohio. He also seems to know everyone form celebrities to pro athletes, he’s competed in Dancing With The Stars, he’s been in a Hollywood blockbuster movie and he’s pretty humble about it all. On the podcast, we talk being Italian, his crazy work ethic, this influence of his dad, and so much more. Chris Beresford asks the Inappropriate Questions. 

Louie Vito Show Notes:

3:30: Competing for Italy, painful citizenship process, speaking the language, and his Olympic history  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

24:15: Italian roots, his dad, inspirational quotes, and being competitive    

38:00: Team sports and snowboarding

42:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:00: Ohio sports and has he met Lebron, Midwest snowboarding, Woodward Gymnastics, Space Camp, and once in a lifetime experience   

64:00: Monster v Red Bull, Windell’s, Tim Windell, Steven Fox, Jeremy Jones, JP Walker,

77:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chris Beresford

Tyler Bereman is a badass when it comes to riding his dirkbike but that is only part of what makes Tyler so special. He’s the kid who was born into a motorcycle family and while he didn’t have the same finances as his competitors to make his supercross dreams happen, after some ups and downs, he made it. But Tyler is so much more than that: He’s a 10 time X Games Medalist, a content creator, and an event visionary who’s imagination creates some of the most unique features on the planet. It’s a great story and Ryan Runke asks the Inappropriate Questions. Tyler Bereman Show Notes: 3:30: His people, Captain Ron, and the Bereman family 9:00: Templeton, “The House That Built Me”, Salinas Ramblers, and other sports 13:00: Grom days, from flat track to moto, being at a different level financially, and FMX 21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone 23:00: Why events went away, the vibe between racing and freestyle, and injuries 30:00: Winning Nationals, Supercross, quitting racing, Robbie Madison, Twitch, and the DC Team 41:00: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better 43:00: The stigma of weed, Red Bull, content creation, stunt work, money stuff, and X Games 57:00: Inappropriate Questions with Ryan Runke

Gabe Schroder is the most passionate behind-the-scenes player I know in snow business. While he’s always been a talented marketer, he’s really made his money over the years through building relationships and spreading his stoke for the love of skiing to the masses. Between his jobs with Powder Magazine, Smith Optics, and Dakine, Gabe has made a career out of working with the best athletes in the world, but more importantly, chasing Powder with them.

Gabe Schroder Show Notes:

3:30:  Super G, first performance, riding on the ski train at 6, and going to Vail in HS

12:00:  Whitman College, living in Vail, people he met in town, and the US Extreme’s in 99

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  Winning a Powder Mag essay contest, unpaid internship, and the Powder to the People RV Tour

31:00:  Native American dream stuff, Rossignol, Smith, and the athlete program

39:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:00:  Inundated with emails, signing athletes, POV pioneer, and Smith is moving

50:00:  Losing athletes, managing dog shows, back to the shop floor, and Dakine   

57:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Cody Townsend, Zach Crist, and Mike Powell

Mark Fankhauser has been a creative force in snow for over 20 years. “Fank” grew up worshipping Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, and Mike Hattrup before he found the opportunity that came with snowboarding. From there, Fank chased Peter Line down the mountains of the PNW before landing his gig at Ride Snowboards while still in college. Eventually, Fank created and led the in-house design agency at K2 Sports; he spent time inside the walls of DOE, Mystery Made, and REI. These days Fank is a part-owner and head of design over at J Skis, and his story is a fun business episode.

Mark Fankhauser Show Notes:

3:30:  Embarrassing story, growing up in Woodinville, getting into skiing, and the ski bus

9:00:  Falling in love with surf culture, inline skating, ski culture, being a super grom, and skiing with a mohawk

14:00: Rave life, the Seattle music scene, seeing snowboarding, the opportunity it created, seeing Peter Line, and Art

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  Picking a college, Styk speaks to your class, getting hired to do freelance for Ride, seeing his product in the field, and getting a job offer while he’s still in school

30:00:  What it was like at Ride when he first got there, the cool factor of Ride, the K2 acquisition, ad how did the Ride folks take it

40:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00:  Reinventing the snowboard ad, F the Ferry, going to Department of Energy, getting recruited back to K2, and differentiating brands

58:00:  Planet Earth, J Skis, Mystery Made, REI, and back to J Skis

69:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Styskal

Wendy Fisher is known as one of the pioneering women in the big mountains, and she changed the game, but that’s only part of her story. In part 2 with Wendy, we talk about leaving the race world, depression, eating disorders, extreme contests, filming with MSP, and much more. It’s an open and honest chat with a legend. Murray Wais asks the Inappropriate Questions

Wendy Fisher Part 2 Show Notes:

3:30:  Not caring about college racing, quitting with a letter/fax machine and ghosting, going on her quitting skiing road trip, and her eating disorder

16:00:  Putting on 20 pounds of muscle, collapsing, when help doesn’t help, how long does this last,

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

24:00:  The Performers, taking Reichhelm up on her offer in Crested Butte, the US Extreme Comp, and skiing where the guys are skiing

33:00:  Wining at Squaw, Kirkwood, going to Vegas for SIA, World Championships in Alaska, and partying

41:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  Sponsors and money, Chamonix with MSP, helicopter crash South America, was there ever burnout, and fear

66:00:  Women in the movies, calling it as a pro skier, depression, and being a mom

74:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Murray Wais

Wendy Fisher changed the game as one of the pioneering women in the big mountains, but that’s only part of her story. In part 1 with Wendy, we talk about growing up in Tahoe, losing her brother young, racing with McConkey, going to Burke Mountain Academy, making the US Ski Team at 15, and the problems with the US Ski Team, mental health and more. It’s an open and honest chat with a legend. Lhotse Hawk asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Wendy Fisher Show Notes:

3:30:  Dean Cummings, action sports interventions, weekend warriors, and then moving to Tahoe when she was young

10:00:  Having a weekend dad because of his commute, fires, hanging with her brothers’ ski race team, losing her brother skiing at a young age, and thinking a lot about death

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

23:30:  Not as competitive as you would think that one time she had more confidence than ever at the start of an event, other skiers that she grew up with, and McConkey stories

33:00:  Winning every race one season, work ethic, training with the Sacramento Kings, Burke Mountain Academy doesn’t think she can make it, and moving away from home young

42:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  How did she do with the structure of boarding school, making the US Ski Team, making money in ski racing, finding her confidence, being a head case, and making the Olympic Team

56:00:  The strange dynamic of the US Ski Team, what sucks about it, Olympic crash, crappy A team coaching, what does the end of the US Ski Team look like  

67:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Lhotse Hawk

Marko Shapiro is one of the most legendary action sports photographers of our time. Marko was the captain of Team Clambin, and for 50 years, Marko has called Verbier home and has shot all of the ski legends there. On the podcast, we talk about how he created a timeless style of photography through skiing powder and reading light, shooting with Dick Barrymore, Wayne Wong, Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, John Faulkner, Ace Kvale, and more. It’s a true history lesson with a guy who really owns his nickname “Grumpy”

Marko Shapiro Show Notes:

3:30:  The story behind the most iconic shot, the world he lives in, growing up in Canada, and his first camera

10:00:  Getting into skiing, what does he do after school, going to Verbier, learning the art of photography, and deciding to stay in Verbier

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

22:00:  Hot Doggers, Dick Barrymore, Stanley Larsen, and Marko getting his intro to K2 with Assignment K2

33:00:  Selling images, crashing while shooting, his skill level, Ace Kvale moves to town and the screamer

40:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  The trouble with hooking up with models, his work ethic and being a stickler, and the craziest story ever told on the podcast

46:00:  Quitting all his side jobs and focusing on being a pro photographer, Hattrup, Plake and Schmidt

54:00:  Slide show parties, money, sharing the wealth, what he thinks of print these days, and having no filter  

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Stanley Larsen

Jeremy Nobis is a living legend cwho describes his life and times on skis as often misunderstood. But I believe there is no misunderstanding; Jeremy was a race prodigy, making the US Ski Team at 16 and racing on the World Cup until he was 26 years old. Then, Jeremy transitioned to the big mountains, and singlehandedly changed the way people ski them. In part 2 with Nobis, we talk about Alaska, TGR, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, DUIs, etc. Kristen Ulmer asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Jeremy Nobis Show Notes Part 2:

3:30:  Back to the ski shop, Dynastar, giving skiing another shot, and extreme contests

13:00:  First time in AK, changing the game with his Pyramid line, and what is the crew’s reaction  

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

22:45:  The turn heard around the world, who he likes traveling with (Micah Black), and the après lifestyle and movie tours

28:00:  X-Games, sponsors, money, and Pro Models

39:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:00:  Finding Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, The Crack, and his gnarliest line

48:00:  First DUI, 3rd DUI, what do sponsors say, losing Billy Poole and others, and his 4th DUI

69:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Kristen Ulmer

Jeremy Nobis is a living legend who describes his life and times on skis as often misunderstood. But I believe there is no misunderstanding; Jeremy was a race prodigy, making the US Ski Team at 16 and racing in the World Cup until he was 26 years old. Then, Jeremy transitioned to the big mountains, and singlehandedly changed the way people ski them. In part 1 with Nobis, we discuss coming up in Park City with a chip in his shoulder, ski racing, the US Ski Team, the Olympics, injury, and more. Jeremy speaks his mind without a filter, and you don’t want to miss this podcast

Jeremy Nobis Show Notes:

3:30:  Alter boy in Wisconsin, his family, Park City, being competitive, and fighting

10:00:  Sibling rivalry, racing gets serious, is he cocky, winning JR Worlds, and school in Park City and GMVS

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24:00:  Rahlves, what he got out of GMVS, East Coast Skiing, chemicals in snow, and where does he rank among the racers at GMVS

30:00:  Making the US Team as a high school junior, hazing, racer management, being an American in Europe, and what drove him in the race world

40:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00:  Accomplishing goals young, missing the 92 Olympics, never being the same mentally, injuries, training with Tomba, and athletes who know how to win

47:00:  In it to win it, all things around the 1994 Olympics, and trying to monetize his career and privatize his training

55:00:  The 1994 Team, not hanging out with them off the hill, the highlight of the games, why he quit ski racing, and racers who cheat

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Daron Rahlves

Trent Bush was born into a family of technical outerwear designers at a time when snowboarding didn’t exist. Trent grew up learning how to build outerwear and skateboarding. He was a grom before groms existed, and when Wave Rave opened its doors in Boulder, Trent hung out there daily until they hired him and his brother. From there, they grew with the sport of snowboarding, eventually creating the iconic Twist and Analog brands and running design for brands like Burton, Mountain Hardware, Fenix, Fjallraven, Saga, Black Diamond, and more. It’s a fun walk through snowboard history with an outerwear visionary

Trent Bush Show Notes:

3:30:  The Boulder skate scene, early snow skating, growing up into outerwear, and skiing

10:00:  Skate culture, seeing snowboarding for the first time, the product, and Wave Rave

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24:00:  The Wave Rave legacy, riding with legends, and 87 World’s and skate influence

34:00:  Building a brand when he was really young, SIA, the rise of Twist

41:00:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  Early influencer marketing, being 2nd to Burton, and being the youngest member ever elected to the SIA board of directors.

54:00:  Wanting to build product in The North Face Factories, but doing in LA, the rockstar life on the strip, his investors pulling out overnight and losing it all

61:00:  Burton, Analog, other projects, and Artillect,  

71:00:  Inappropriate Questions

Marco de Santi has the most interesting journey of any athlete I’ve had on the podcast. Born in a less than desirable situation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Marco did what every kid does; he played soccer until he found skateparks. Marco quit team sports and headed to the USA at age 15, with literally nothing, to make his pro skating dream happen. While Marco eventually became a world Champion, inline was dropped by X-Games, and the organizing body of his sport didn’t include Marco in future events. So the first skater to land a triple was forced out of competition and into a life of LOVE, which he performs in every night with the Cirque de Soleil. It doesn’t get more rags to riches than this one.

Marco de Santi Show Notes:

3:30:  Issues around his backyard vert ramp, growing up in Sao Paolo, and family life

10:00:  Soccer, finding skating, stereotypes, roller rink skateparks, how does he pay to get to the US, and how does he stay

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21:00:  Not speaking English, meeting me, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and problems with judging

32:00:  Mountain Dew, other sponsors, never wearing pads, and spending time at Woodward

34:00:  The Yasutoko Brothers, the triple, and what’s cool about X Games

39:30:  Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Nerves, Silver at X Games, losing X Games, and then getting screwed by the ASA

47:00:  Winning World Championships, all things Cirque de Soleil’s LOVE (skating, money, injury, perks), building his Vegas empire, and day trading

54:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Hardcore Brazil,Carlos Pianowski

Paddy Graham wasn’t supposed to be a pro skier wearing a Red Bull helmet. He’s from Sheffield, and everyone knows Brits for their football, not their talent in the mountains. But Paddy changed that school of thought, and it all started on a dry slope. Yep, before Paddy was filming powder segments, he learned how to ski on carpet. And that magic carpet had taken Paddy all over the world in pursuit of deep snow and the biggest jumps ever built. We talk about his interesting journey, the Legs of Steel crew, getting the most airtime ever, and so much more on the podcast. It’s a different road map than most take to becoming a pro skier.  Ahmet Dadali asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Paddy Graham Show Notes:

3:30:  Riding his bike, injury, and growing up in Sheffield  

12:00:  Wanting to go on the school ski trip, skiing the dry slope, and Richard Taylor

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24:45:  Other sports, ski media, Line Skis, moving to France at 16 to film for Discovery Channel, and other video work

32:00:  Meeting Tanner at 16, learning about the mountains, making ends meet, his first Colorado trip

42:30:  http://www.rollerblade.com: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:30:  Contests, Volkl, Red Bull, The Olympics, Legs of Steel, and the 4-second air

78:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Ahmet Dadali

While Tyler Turner has lived a life of adventure, he almost had it all taken away from him a few years ago when a skydiving accident destroyed his lower limbs. Between amputations, addiction and depression, it would have been easy for Tyler to throw in the towel and feel sorry for himself. And while there may have been a little of that in the beginning, Tyler quickly realized that he wanted to live again….and living is what he’s doing these days. On the podcast, we take you through his life before and after his life-altering injury. Complete with Paralympic medals and wingsuit jumps. It’s an incredible story. Legend Mark Fawcett asks the Inappropriate Questions

Tyler Turner Show Notes:

3:30:  Living on a boat, growing up in Calgary, hockey, surfing, and the mountains

9:00:  Photography, Australia trip, skydiving, getting jobs operating heavy machinery, making ends meet, getting his permit to solo skydive, the other Tyler Turner skydiving accident, and Tyler’s accident  

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25:45:  The accident, blacking out for 60 seconds, how close was he to dying, understanding his situation, and depression  

31:00:  Dating in the hospital, his injury breakdown, the first amputation, phantom pain, and drugs

45:00:  http://www.rollerblade.com: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

47:00:  The second amputation, the Adaptive Training Foundation, The High Fives Foundation, wheelchair versus walking, and prosthetics in public

60:00:  Surfing, skiing, snowboarding, the pain of snowboarding, and his Olympic run

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mark Fawcett

Part 2 of Jimbo Morgan’s life and times start with a trip to the Albertville Olympics in 1992. While this should have been the best day of Jimbo’s life, we talk about the good friend that died in his arms that day and how it impacted him. We then talk about the end of filming speed skiing with Plake and Stump, pioneering bungee jumping, inventing skiercross, and getting sponsored as a skier, telemark skier, and snowboarder. We also cover founding the Factory Team and how Powder Magazine set the sport of skiing back a decade by being close-minded. Brad Holmes asks the Inappropriate Questions

Jimbo Morgan - Part 2 Show Notes:

3:30:  US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, sticking out in France, and sponsors

15:00:  The burnt French flag story, making the US Team,  

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23:00:  Excitement around speed skiing, having a friend die in his arms hours before the Olympic Final and his Olympic tattoo

34:00:  His Olympic experience, breaking glasses, filming for Greg Stump’s Groove Requiem, and the end of speed skiing

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

45:00:  Managing Fungus, knowing musicians through Joel from Sessions, and bungee jumping

48:00:  Testing snowboards with K2, getting sponsored for three sports by K2 while drunk at a trade show, stealing the concept of boardercross for skiers, and creating Lord of the Boards

54:00:  Why is Jimbo known as X in EXP Productions, the players of Lord of the Boards, launching the Poacher with Holmes, Kreitler, and Terje in Japan, and fire extinguishers in Japan

60:00:  The creation of the K2 Factory Team, did Seth shop at Hot Topic, new sponsors, who was the first person to grab their skis, and how did Powder Magazine set skiing back seven years

86:00: Inappropriate Questions with Brad Holmes

Jimbo Morgan is arguably one of the most talented athletes to come out of the snow space; he’s also a total badass. From being an Olympian to pioneering bungee jumping to being a sponsored skier, telemark skier, and snowboarder, Jimbo has always been at the top of his game. He does things his way, always telling it like is...whether you like it or not. This is a do not miss podcast with a living legend

Jimbo Morgan Show Notes:

3:30:  Cancer and nerve issues, XC Skiing, and Tomahawk

14:00:  Growing up in Sacramento and Loomis, skiing, skateboarding, Tennis and Golf, and divorce

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24:00:  Rebelling, Skateboarding, Dazed and Confused, and Dyslexia/Agoraphobic,  

32:00:  Skiing with badasses, snowboarding, Mike Chantry’s ramp, and Farmer and Hetzel stories

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45:00:  Palmer, what did skiing look like culturally, finding speed skiing, and localism

52:00: Wanting to go fast, Steve McKinney taking him under his wing, and Steve changing the direction of Jimbo’s life

61:00:  Hopeful for an Olympic opportunity, training with Steve for the Olympics at Slide Mountain, unique things about speed skiing and Michael Skakel

75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Dale Womack

Jenny Taylor has done everything in the ski industry. She started at the bottom in customer service and worked her way to her current role of VP of Marketing for Salomon. On the podcast, we talk about breaking the glass ceiling, managing some of the best athletes in the world, letting them go, and much more. It’s another incredible business episode.

Jenny Taylor Show Notes:

3:30:  Managing athletes, earning respect, being a woman in the old boys club, women’s product, and being the “Salo-Mom.”

10:00:  Growing up in PA, Summer Camp, sports, not liking HS, snowboarding, and working for Inca Snowboards

15:00:  UVM, NZ, CS at Dakine, events, and Cliff Bar

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24:00:  Managing people, Salomon, her teams, Jib Academy, and parents,

31:00:  Losing athletes, dropping them and having a job that is and having a job that is your hobby

39:00:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:00:  The BBR, product, the French, the Chinese, and speaking everyone’s language 

49:00:  Marketing Manager, Trade Marketing, Brand Manager, Brand Director, and VP of Marketing

56:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Rogge

Bill Marolt is not only a ski visionary, but he’s also a living legend known for his Olympic-level ski career, NCAA Championships, and US Ski and Snowboard Teams. When Bill proclaimed that the USA would be the best ski team in the world, the world thought he was crazy, but Bill achieved that goal and many more throughout his career. On the podcast, we talk about the 2022 Olympics, the other games he was a part of and an athlete, coach, and CEO, his NCAA Football Title at the University of Colorado, and much more. It’s an hour with a Hall of Fame member who has had a huge impact on the sports we love

Bill Marolt Show Notes:

3:30:  The 2022 Olympics, the IOC, FIS, China and Russia, the Mikaela story, and the lack of focus on Park and Pipe

15:30:  Aspen in the ’40s and ‘50’s, skiing, HS racing on the national level, and was there sponsorship back then   

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24:00:  Billy Kid, Jimmie Heuga, and more, College racing at Colorado “The American Way,” and the legendary US Team he was part of and who was the most famous

30:00:  His Olympic experience, maintaining amateur status, and getting a job at the University of Colorado coaching the ski team at a young age

36:00:  Winning eight consecutive NCAA Championships, what defines his leadership style, his 10-year philosophy,  leaving Colorado to coach the US Ski Team, and Bill Johnson wins the Downhill

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44:30:  The politics of the team and how it impacts athletes, leaving the US Ski team for the Athletic Director job at the University of Colorado, and learning the business of sports 

51:30:  His famous contract extension for his losing football coach, the risk pays off with a national championship, and more on leadership   

59:00:  Leaving Colorado for the US Ski Team and its CEO position, having athletes like Daron Rahlves, Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Luke Bodensteiner

Michael Spencer is a powerhouse of an agent who represents some of the top athletes in ski and snowboard. I’m talking about Shaun White, Gus Kenworthy, Simon Dumont, Torin Yater-Wallace and more. On the podcast, we talk about deep connections to his athletes, starting brands with them, all things agent and of course, Michael’s backstory. It’s a peek into the life and times of a super-agent. Jossi Wells asks the inappropriate Questions.

 

Michael Spencer Show Notes:

3:30:  Shaun White, his new brands, his image in the world of snowboarding and beyond

14:30:  Mormon, his brother coming out, and coming up in the freestyle world

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23:30:  Competition, college, quitting competition, Law School in California, his girlfriend’s gold and the injury that made his career

35:00:  Grasping for anything, Nike pro models, medals stolen, money, and personal expense

28:00:  Working for the Salt Lake Olympic Committee, starting his agency, the first Olympics, and cutting his teeth early on

32:00:  Depression, overdose, getting help, another intense bout with depression, another overdose, and time in the psych ward, getting out and figuring out how to manage her depression

41:00:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  The courtship of Simon Dumont, the progression of athletes, Sarah Burke, and creating the AFP

51:30:  FIS doesn’t get it, babysitting, explaining things to sponsors, and dealing with athletes when they don’t want to show up at sponsor related contracted events

60:00:  Contract negotiations, creating brands with athletes, and all things Gus Kenworthy

77:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jossi Wells

Jackie Paaso has lived a life full of ups and downs. This once-promising mogul skier turned free ride athlete has battled with her mental health throughout her life as an elite athlete. We talk about depression, suicide, getting help, and death on the podcast. But don’t worry, it’s not all bad. We also talk about her incredible career, her new movie Artic 12 and having a baby any day now. Mike Wilson asks Inappropriate Questions.

Jackie Paaso Show Notes:

3:30:  About to have a baby, what that means to her skiing, her movie “Artic 12” and the drama around it

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23:00:  Making the movie successful numbers-wise, having an NFL dad, skiing as a family, Bethel, Maine, and mogul skiing

28:00:  The cost of skiing, the end of moguls and college, and going to India for a NOLS course

32:00:  Depression, overdose, getting help, another intense bout with depression, another overdose, and time in the psych ward, getting out and figuring out how to manage her depression

40:00:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00:  Where is her mental health today, Timy Dutton and death

48:00:  Moving to Tahoe, finding a path to big mountain skiing, Big Mountain comps, and winning at Snowbird and the Sickbird Award

52:00:  Mentality behind her skiing, her impressive ski resume, finding joy in her skiing, and being a super competitive person

58:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Wilson

While Pat Milbery isn’t a household name, if you’ve been to Denver, you’ve seen his work. Pat is one of the more accomplished artists in the country, but his story is so much more than just art. Growing up in Minnesota, Pat was a team sports guy until politics rubbed him the wrong way…and while his path took him skateboarding and inline skating, his passion was always snowboarding. We talk about the tragedy of his childhood, music, snowboarding, Think Thank, art, and so much more on the podcast. Living legend Jesse Burtner asks Inappropriate Questions.

 

Pat Milbery Show Notes:

3:30:  Talking to kids, growing up in Minnesota, and team sports  

9:00:  Sports politics, skateboarding, snowboarding, and the universe aligns for rollerblading

15:00:  Murder in the family, his creative outlets, being a sponsored skater, music culture, and being an outcast

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23:30:  Friends that became famous musicians, bouncing back from death, and college

34:00:  Visiting Colorado, graffiti, backyard snowboard parks, and art

40:30:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Mt Hood, So Gnar camps, Skullcandy, and Think Thank,

49:30:  Scott Stevens, Snowboard on the Rocks, and more Think Thank

56:00:  Sharing a podium with Shaun White and Travis Rice, creating with brands, and Ingemar Backman

61:00:  How does snowboarding end, focusing on murals, how much do they cost, his style, and working with Jimbo Phillips and Jamie Lynn

70:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jesse Burtner

Benjamin Alexander has only spent four months of his life on Jamaican soil, and yet he’s now representing his father’s birthplace in this week’s Winter Olympic Games. Yes, a Jamaican skier, it’s like “Cool Runnings” on snow, and Benji’s story is an amazing one. While he was a troublemaker of a working-class kid, Benji was smart and always had huge goals: finish university, move to Asia, become a DJ that traveled the world, and eventually, go to the Olympics. It’s a wild story that takes Benji from England to Hong Kong to DJing sex parties, and the happy ending will be found this week during the Beijing Olympics. 

Benjamin Alexander Show Notes:

3:30:  Prepping for the Olympics, sponsors, the coverage he is getting, and racism in England

9:00:  Growing up in England, being a troublemaker, and earning a scholarship to private school

13:00:  Becoming a DJ, focusing on university, moving to Asia, modeling, and becoming a DJ again

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23:00:  Do people think his risks are crazy, The Art of War, big DJ events, and going to Mica Creek

28:00:  Traveling with high rollers, not being into materialistic things, drugs, and dj’ing sex parties

32:00:  Learning how to ski six years ago, the Send It event, and retiring from DJing,

36:00:  Getting the idea for the Olympics in 2018, Cool Runnings inspiration, and time in Revelstoke

39:30:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:30:  Skiing 1.7 vertical feet in 37 days, is he still a kook when he does that, and moving to Jackson Hole

44:00:  Race training, mentors/coaches, time in Jamaica, and making friends Dudley Stokes (The real Cool Runnings Pilot)

51:00:  New FIS rules, Elizabeth Swanney and Steve Nyman

62:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Matt Masson

Dave Amirault, aka “Digi Dave” was a visionary in the ski industry at a time the industry really needed it. Dave got into skiing around the time that websites had digital counters on them and by merging his affinity for tech and sliding on snow, Dave created a snow focused career that took him from Sunday River to Freeskier Magazine, to Aspen, to Sierra, and finally, to Snowbird. On the podcast, we stay away from a lot of the nerd stuff Dave is known for and ask the question, did “coming out” force him out of his most successful position in skiing?

 

Dave Amirault Show Notes:

3:30:  Screwing me over, growing up in Rhode Island, and skiing

9:00:  Taking apart the computer, the AOL days, HS life, and getting a gig at Sunday River and Wachusett

14:00:  College social life, traveling for skiing and meeting his heroes

16:00:  Contributing, digital innovators in skiing, getting a job at Freeskier, and the burnout level at a job like that

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26:00:  Building out micro sites for brand promotions, how he gets to Aspen, the Aspen life, and going to Sierra at Tahoe.    

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45:00:  Laying people off, getting laid off, what he learned at Sierra, and taking a dream job at Snowbird

50:00:  His Rideshare app and his award-winning 1-Star marketing campaign,

58:00:  Coming out on the internet, what happens after he hits send, the internet assholes are out for them, ultimately, losing his job for no reason, and his advice for others in the closet in the industry

75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Taylor Pratt, Mike Rogge, and his siblings

Josh Dueck is an inspiration.  A working-class kid from Kimberley, BC, Josh took skiing as far as he could afford to before becoming a coach.  His coaching career was cut short due to a life-altering injury that put him in a wheelchair and eventually on Paralympic Podiums.  It’s a heavy story, and I ask all the questions that people want the answers to, but were afraid to ask.

Josh Dueck Show Notes:

3:30:  Chef De Mission, Kimberley, BC, and getting into skiing on his own via a paper airplane contest

11:00:  His crew on the freestyle team, his face piercings and look, partying, and the BC Team

14:00:  The end of moguls, coaching, working with the future of skiing, and making them better

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23:30:  Jumps, and how he injured himself, how it impacted Woody, and the immediate aftermath

29:00:  Finding out he will never walk again, the pain, the support of his parents and Lacy, other people’s reactions to the injury, and going to the BC Championships 3 weeks after surgery

39:30:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

41:00:  Everything you were afraid to ask about paralysis, his arms are his legs, retrofitting or not, and the expense of it all

50:00:  Getting back into the mountains,  getting into racing, crashing, and being humbled on the World Cup circuit

57:00:  Paralympics in Whistler, the Paralympic hangover, X-Games and Tom Morello    

67:00:  The Freedom Chair movie, the backflip, going on Ellen and airing over Abma

72:00:  Sochi infrastructure, winning the gold and partying with the Austrians

75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany

 

Birk Irving got his first ski sponsorship at 7 years old and has never looked back.  While he was the small kid throwing 540’s at 7, he’s matured and grown into one of the best halfpipe skiers in the world. On the podcast, we talk about his Academy Award winning grandfather, his upbringing in Winter Park, getting signed really young, making the US Team, the X-Games, Olympics and so much more. Torin Yater-Wallace asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Birk Irving Show Notes:

3:30:  The last Olympic qualifier, Covid, and 2021 X-Games

11:00:  John Irving, his parents, growing up at Winter Park, and 360’s and 540’s at 5 years old

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22:30: Getting on K2 at 7,  no pressure from anyone, and being the little guy        

37:30: Smith, Red Bull, broken leg in 2013, focusing on becoming a pro skier over anything, winning the Junior Olympics on a broken leg, and making the US Team

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:00: Perks of the US Team, getting invited to his first X-Games, and being the annoying grom

48:00: Making the US Team is the hardest part, the Deviate crew and filming  

54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Torin Yater-Wallace

Mark Abma isn’t your typical pro skier.  If you break him down, he’s part elite athlete, part farm boy, part hippy, part businessman and part dreamer with a work ethic that puts most people to shame.  On part 2 of his podcast, we talk about all his different parts, money, sponsors, adrenal fatigue, video parts and a whole lot more.

Mark Abma Show Notes:

3:30:  Early filming with PBP, the end of competition, why he left K2, and getting on Salomon and Helly Hanson

11:00:  The shift to attainable skiing, Eric Hjorleifson, money, sponsors, negotiating, what happened to Salomon, and investments

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

21:30:  His Squamish property, island property with Chris Turpin, and his unique Tofino development

32:00:  Being ahead of the curve with his  Biodiesel vehicle, yoga, and breath work.

40:30:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

42:30:  Being an early adopter of hydrotherapy, The Powder Awards, and achieving his goals at 24

47:00:  Putting out six parts over 2 years, adrenal fatigue, finding balance, and his darkest video project The Masquerade

52:30:  How his video parts come out, music selection, getting almost 100 stitches to his face, and the intimidation and experience of Alaska

63:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Josh Dueck

Mark Abma isn’t your typical pro skier.  If you break him down, he’s part elite athlete, part farm boy, part hippy, part businessman and part dreamer with a work ethic that puts most people to shame.  On part one of his podcast, we talk about the journey from his dad’s welding shop, to the Hemlock Valley Freestyle Team, to the BC Freestyle Team, to the X -Games, to the big mountains, to the big screen and beyond.  Abma is a legend, and his story will surprise you.

Mark Abma Show Notes:

3:30:  Being the young guy on the Yearbook and Focused shoots, mentoring the young guys today, and other guys who teach him about the backcountry

11:00:  Sid sized life, work ethic, what else did he do, skiing at 10, and inspirations

16:30:  Freestyle team at Hemlock Valley, getting into the side country, and not being a great skier form the get go

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

24:30:  Traveling for moguls, how is he doing, almost freezing to death, and getting on the BC Freestyle Team

30:00:  Rex Thomas and other bodybuilding skiers, are the Olympics the dream, seeing the new school of skiing for the first time, and getting into the competitive circuit.

33:00:  What sucks about moguls, declining spot on the Canadian National Team, seeing the path in the park and pipe, and doubters

35:00:  Sid sized goals, struggling with odd jobs, local contests, ski cross, Fisher skis and early Japan trips with Pollard and Mike Nick

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43:30:  What Anthony Borownowski did for his career:  Superpark, shooting with TGR, shooting with MSP, meeting K2 and paying his rent

47:00:  His joke of a Frankensled, high speed crashed on his sled, longlining his sled out of the BC, and not being comfortable with self-promotion

53:00:  Smith, Sessions, the US Open, X Games, being star struck, and finally being accepted by the cool kids

58:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Chris Turpin

Paul Crandell is more connected to radical people than anyone I’ve had on the podcast.  LP, as he’s known, has done everything when it comes to events.  He started as the banner guy, complete with all the zip ties and in just a couple years, he became the puppet master, complete with all the Red Bull budgets.  After a decade of creating and executing the most important events in the world, it was onto the GoPro rocket ship, where he experienced the pain of going public, cashed out and is now all about kindness.

Paul Crandell Show Notes:

3:30:  How he became LP, being tall and volleyball.

10:00:  Tahoe, Shane McConkey, Bikes, and selling art

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

20:30:  Making Red Bull hire him, building Red Bull in the US, and illegal in Canada

30:00:  Creating Rampage with Bender and crew, NYC Events, and being final approval the US and buying a Bentley  as a gift.

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42:30:  Red Bull, athlete risk, why leave, Q and selling planes

59:30:  GoPro, marketing strategy, going public, stock roller coaster, and Kind Humans

62:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Uncle E

Zach Crist may have the most complete ski career of any athlete  I’ve had on the podcast--other than his older brother Reggie. Coming up in Sun Valley, Zach achieved his goal of making the US Team, but it wasn’t all the glory that it sounded like and after a second knee injury and retirement, Zach started collecting X-Games medals.  From there he became a guide, went to AK to film, invested in some ski related real estate and we talk about the high’s the lows, and the tragedies and triumphs on the podcast.

Zach Crist Show Notes:

3:30:  Busy life, kids, and DuPont

9:00:  Moving to Sun Valley at 6, skiing every day, mountain town problems, and his ski crew

13:30:  Skiing gets serious, the path to greatness, being small, making the US Ski Team, not partying, and always being late

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:30:  Breaking down the race world, his race results, the disappointment of being a racer, and getting along with his brother as a racer

28:30:  His worst crash, leaving a loser every week, and chemicals on the course

33:00:  Rahlves, being elite, why ski racing athletes are unique, losing Bret Samus in a ski accident and Retiring from the US Ski Team,  

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43 :00:  An unfair advantage in Skier Cross, X Games medals, and why the sport disappears in the US

47:00:  Money, The Ski Tour, skiing with Jann Winter and Robin Williams, and buying Smiley Creek Lodge

55:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Daron Rahlves

While Mike Rogge is a publisher these days, he cut his teeth writing for some of the most important titles in snow and beyond. These days, life is all about changing the print model from a dying, corporate, ad driven business to a thriving, independent, boutique model that caters to what subscribers want.  On the show, we talk about finding a home in skiing as a writer, Powder, The Ski Journal, his internet persona and so much more.  Rogge has never been afraid to share his opinions which always makes for a great listen.

Mike Rogge Show Notes:

3:30:  Twitter, reporting the truth, and summers at Great Escape and winters at West Mountain

10:30: Sports, night skiing, and the X Games at Mt Snow

16:30:  Writing, opportunity through skiing, and flipping the script in family history

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

25:30:  Taking advantage of college, Simon Dumont Quarter Pipe, and working for The Meatheads

35:00:  The Ski Show, Powder Magazine, and getting hired over others

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

45:30:  Having the keys to the magazine, Tunnel Creek, the decline of Powder, and leaving

56:30:  The Ski Journal, trying to buy three titles, having the deal fall apart, and telling the world about it

63:00:  Mountain Gazette

69:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Adam Jaber

Christina Lustenberger, aka Lusti, is an all-around badass in the mountains.  Before this certified ACMG guide was killing it in the TGR movies, she was a racer out of Canada and paid for it with 5 full knee re-constructions over 10 years.  But even with the injuries, Christina competed in the Olympics and transitioned from race to guide school.  On the show we talk racing, guiding, being a woman in a male dominated world, malfunctioning gear and what it took for Lusti to earn the pro skier dream.

Christina Lustenberger Show Notes:

3:30:  Huge amounts of energy, raised at the mountain by ski bums, and no television

7:00:  Ski racing with Ian Macintosh, moving up the ranks, graduating into the ski team, and having a DNF ski style

14:00:  Injuries, recovery, the Olympics, retiring from racing and becomng a guide

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

21:30:  Black Crows, skiing with strangers, being a more educated woman in a male dominated world, and having a voice in the mountains

29:00:  Children of the Columbia, is there pressure at TGR, traveling far for bad conditions, and then getting hurt

35:00:  Getting fixed fast, first descents, and avalanche

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41:00:  Reacting to the slide, not getting a signal, calling in the cavalry, and the aftermath of the product failure

48:00:  Covid, sponsors, and Mount Nelson

56:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Ian Macintosh

In Jossi Wells part two, we pick up talking about Jossi’s recent wedding in NZ, and then it’s back to his still going, legendary career.  We talk about being the youngest ever competitor at X, the change that comes with a sport entering an Olympic era, his Olympic experience, heading out into the backcountry and a round of ‘Inappropriate Questions’ with Tom Wallisch.

Jossi Wells Part 2 Show Notes:

3:30:  Getting married, pressure to perform, and confidence that comes from standing on a podium

10:00:  Podium at The Ski Tour, god moments, faith, and free will

17:00:  A proud Christian, first X Games, medaling at his second X Games at 17

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

24:30:  Achieving his goals at 17, enjoying the process at contests as he got older, not winning gold for a long time

30:00:  The change that comes with the Olympics, new pressures, and his controversial Olympic run

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:30:  Finally getting X Games Gold and getting hurt leading up to the PyeongChang Olympics

49:00:  Retiring from competition, teaming up with Torin Yater-Wallace or “Deviate” and “Good Luck”, and Sponsors

63:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Tom Wallisch

Jossi Wells became one of skiing’s rockstars in the 2000’s and he wasn’t one of those skiers born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was born into ski patrol, and he was destined to become a skier.  Along the way he and his family made all the right choices and he went from the little kid who shreds anything from Wanaka to an X Games Gold Medalist and an Olympian who became a household name in the global ski world.

Jossi Wells Show Notes:

3:30:  Knee injuries, stem cells, ankle, breaking his back and total time out due to injury

13:00:  Skiing as a job, tricks and breaking into the industry from New Zealand

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

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22:00:  Growing up skiing at Cardrona, homeschooling, and other talents and activities

27:00:  Time on the mountain, size in skiing, racing and then going to the park 

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41:15:  The influence of Pettit and Kye, the Park City days, and living in Italy

45:00:  Quitting racing, getting a travel budget, getting on a loose Atomic crew led by Rex Thomas, and thoughts of college?

50:00:  Skiing 12 hour days in Park City, traveling with Blake Nyman and the Park City Team, and meeting his dad at the US Open

55:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Colby West

Before Dr. Evan Raps, there was no hip hop in skiing, but back in the late 90’s early 2000’s , this New York kid took over the ski world and ushered in a new, fresh style to the sport. On the podcast we talk about his roots in moguls, the season that made him famous, the C-Crew, contests, filming, and too many knee surgeries…It’s a rare chat with a true innovator in the sport.

Evan Raps Show Notes:

3:30:  Growing up in NYC, Hip Hop, skiing, driving to ski, and getting on the Killington Team.

8:00:  School at Killington, moguls, World Cups as a teenager, moving to Colorado and The US Team

12:00:  Influences, getting onto the terrain parks, quitting moguls, moving to The Palisades, and meeting CP

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  The 99-00 Season: The Train Jump, Red Bull Free-Ride Event, X Games SF, filming and a cover

31:30:  Hip Hop style, mentality at contests in the party days, film image, C-Crew and sweeping the podium

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:15:  Sponsors, money and developing skis

48:00:  Knee injury saga (11 surgeries), coming back, CR injury, Tanner injury, and retiring

55:00:  College, coaching the US Team and becoming a Doctor

61:00: Inappropriate Questions with Constantine Papanicolaou

Part 2 with Chris “Uncle E” Ernst picks up where we left off, when Uncle E was on top of the world announcing every event that mattered…but things were not as perfect as they appeared.  On the podcast we talk about the continued success, the partying, the travel, the double life, the corporate life, getting caught, disappearing for 5 years, and slowly but surely, rebuilding a life and career.

Uncle E Show Notes:

3:30:  Red Bull Slackline Event in TN, explain Uncle E, and the difference between Chris and Uncle E

10:00:  The X Games, Live TV, Lord of the Boards and getting more emcee work

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24:00:  Red Bull events, challenging events, and internet comments

30:00:  Highlight events, sour on the Gravity Games, and becoming a ski celebrity

37:00:  Did success change him, Boost Mobile, and corporate partying  

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43:45:  Falling off the face of the earth for 5 years, substances, and problems surfacing

48:00:  Rock Bottom, how does he get better, and pinpointing when his problem started

54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Paul Crandell aka LP

Chris “Uncle E” Ernst is a legend on the microphone and in the ski industry.  Uncle E is known for being that wacky, zany guy on the mic who knows all the athletes, all the history, and brings the excitement of the X Games and many other events into living rooms around the world.  What you don’t know about him is his private school upbringing, cutting his teeth with bungee jumping, how he helped invent a sport and so much more that we talk about on the podcast.

Uncle E Show Notes:

3:30:  The Raiders, High School, Soccer, skiing, and St. Mary’s College,

13:00:  Working with the family, Vertigo Bungee days, and Frank Gambali

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

22:30:  Bungee accidents, The Vertigo/Primal split, the ski bum local lifestyle  

30:00:  The Coors Light Tour, learning events from the ground up, and emceeing bird tours at Sea World

37:00:  Skiing with the best and pioneering AK

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:00:  Snowboarding v Skiing, EXP Productions, Lord of the Boards, and Tele

54:00:  The inventors of Skier Cross, X-Games, where did Uncle E come from,

65:00:  Fast forwarding through medal, the link between depression and head injuries, and living for others

61:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mike Jaquet

Seth Wescott has roots that go back to the 80’s in snowboarding, which means he’s old, but being that he’s won the past two Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom events, he’s now beating his peers and the ids out there…and that’s something he’s done his whole life.  From his CVA roots to Western State, the US Team, to the World Cup, to the Olympics, to riding in the big mountains, Seth has dominated everything but the X- Games and we talk about his storied, double Olympic Gold Medal career, head injuries and more on the podcast.

Seth Wescott Show Notes:

3:30:  The Burton US Open and Baker Banked Slalom

11:00:  Growing up around college athletics, getting into snow, and snowboarding,

15:00:  CVA weekend program, nationals, Western State, and how he was able to ski through school

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

27:30:  Dropping out of school, a podium at his first event, halfpipe in the 98 Olympics and not making that team

34:00:  Specializing in boardercross, Alaska, and Kip Garre

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

44:00:  X Games Silver, getting on to the Olympic Team early, what he did for the lead up to Torino, and video review

55:00:  What do you think about when you win gold, what happens when you win, and losing a friend on course and calling it on the season

65:00:  Fast forwarding through medal, the link between depression and head injuries, and living for others

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mark Fawcett

If everything is based on talent, Lucas Wachs should be a household name in skiing. But in today’s world of professional skiing, talent is expected and for better or worse, self-promotion determines how far a pro will get to some extent.  Lucas Wachs is one of those guys who isn’t comfortable promoting himself, he lets his skiing do the talking and its afforded him a 12-year career.  While Lucas doesn’t make noise about his skiing, he’s the guy the other skiers are talking about and snowboarders recognize his talent too, including Max Warbington who asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Lucas Wachs Show Notes:

3:00:  His pro model ski, treatment by Lib Tech, and his dad skiing with Scot Schmidt, and Doug Coombs

11:00:  The Warbington brothers, snowboarding, being good at everything, and contests

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

22:30:  What he looked like, Salomon, park rat days, the expense of contests and Pete Alport

30:00:  Poor Boyz Productions, Nimbus, the fork in the road, 4bi9, and getting on Lib

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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

43:30:  Sponsors, his first big trip with Benchetler and Igucci, manual labor, agents and energy drinks

51:00:  10 Barrel, filming with huge names, breaking gear, winning a Powder Award for his part in Level 1’s “Romance”, his first trip to Europe in 2020, and MSP

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Max Warbington

Mike Arzt has been behind the scenes in the snowboard industry since he was 16 years old.  He's been a shop grunt, salesman, buyer, Burton factory store employee, RED Sales and Marketing guy, athlete tech, Blue Torch Snow Director, Airwalk employee, freelancer and eventually, entrepreneur.  He’s done everything and you’ve for sure seen some of his work….  Between the Red Bull Cold Rush like events, marketing and branding projects, Arzt has been humbly behind some game changing marketing.

Mike Arzt Show Notes:

3:00:  Silverton takeover, a love for snow early, and curated luck

10:00:  Ryan’s Ski Shop, being the snowboard guy, working with the Bruton Rep, and his first tradeshow

14:00:  Going to NZ after High School, setting goals of UVM and Burton and making both happen

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:00:  RED Helmets, corporate presentations, money, being replaced and then getting the dream Burton job

30:00:  Olympics, leaving Burton for Blue Torch, and Airwalk

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Elan Skis:  They will make you a better skier...no bs

42:15:  T-Bag, the end of Airwalk, Head Snowboards, and Helly Hansen

52:00:  The Public Works, Battery 621, and the pandemic

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Steve “Stix” Nilsen

While Corey Smith is the mastermind behind the shape changing snowboard brand Spring Break Snowboards, it’s not snowboarding that defines him.  Corey is an artist first and foremost and he’s responsible for creating religions, spoof snowboard brands and some of the most popular snowboard graphics of the past decade.  If that’s not enough, he was a also a pro rider who played in bands and lived the rockstar life…..  This all makes for a great podcast.

Corey Smith Show Notes:

3:00:  The Church of Quantum Interconnectedness, no rules at home, and art

8:00:  Snowboarding at 16, Summer at Hood, and aspirations of being pro

14:00:  Neoproto days, his image, his riding style, and being ahead of his time

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

Elan Skis:  Find out why those who "know" are talking about Elan

22:30:  Money, going through boards, making ends meet, Capita, and pushing the limits with graphics

28:00:  Video part involvement, brands, riders he respects, and Love/Hate

34:00:  College, bands Moving to LA, Ambiguous, and Commune

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10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

40:45:  The Commune Movie, moving to Tahoe to get back to snowboarding, and founding Spring Break

45:00:  Getting ripped off by the big brands, partnering with Capita, and the best of both worlds for him

51:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Sean Tedore

Trennon Paynter is a legendary Canadian mogul skier, he’s also an Olympian for Australia, and the Head Coach of the Canadian National Halfpipe Team.  In part 2 of his podcast, we talk about going to the Olympics for another country, shifting to coaching park and pipe, his elite athletes, getting halfpipe into the Olympics, and a whole lot more. The godfather, Mike Douglas, asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Trennon Paynter Show Notes:

3:00:  Getting radical, filming with Poor Boyz, and tagging along with the New School players

8:00:  Coming back from injury, going to another country for the Olympics, and the mixed feelings around making the Australian Team

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

22:45:  Olympic highlights, the end of his mogul career, and the beginning of his coaching career

31:00:  Park and Pipe coaching, Provincial level teams, starting his own team, and raising money to keep it going

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46:00:  Staying out of athlete business, Matt Hayward, politics, and halfpipe finally gets in the Olympics

52:00:  Sarah Burke, the founding of a national team, rules, and working well with Canada

61:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Douglas

Trennon Paynter is a legendary Canadian mogul skier, he’s also an Olympian for Australia, and the Head Coach of the Canadian National Halfpipe Team.  His unbelievable ski story starts with cigarettes, partying, and good times in Banff before Trennon became a self-taught badass in the moguls of Kimberley BC.  From there, Trennon competed against the New Canadian Air Force and beat them, made the National Team, Raced on the World Cup, and got into coaching...This podcast is a fun history lesson.

Trennon Paynter Show Notes:

3:00:  How young are the kids he coaches, what doesn’t he understand about them, and the lack of risk-takers at the highest level the world

8:00:  Being unsafe is not crazy if risk is managed correctly, the super trampoline, and born in Australia to adventure hippies

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:15:  Moving back to Canada, skiing every day in Kimberley, BC, and quitting ski racing to party

28:00:  Banff, seeking out danger, moguls, and living on the Easter Run under the lift

33:00:  Found by the hotdoggers, winning contests, getting invited on to the Canadian Development Team, and potential (age)

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Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

40:45:  Ski School 2, the influence of Shane Szocs, 97-98 he starts doing well on moguls, and getting some World Cup Starts on the Taxi Squad

49:00:  Him being passed over for the World Cup Team because of age, making the team over JF Cusson, doing well, and then breaking his pelvis

54:00:  The regret of not training as hard when he came back, the narrative of the New Canadian Air Force is not true, and don’t talk crap about moguls

64 :00:  Inappropriate Questions with Rory Bushfield

I traveled to Prineville, Oregon for the ultimate in what a big mountain slopestyle event can be, Proving Grounds. I talk to all the players including, Carson Storch, Camila Noguiera, Kyle Strait, Reed Boggs, Jonny Salido, Travis Rice, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Jaxon Riddle, Hanna Bergman, and more...

Proving Grounds Show Notes:

2:00:  Muddy courses, Katie Holden, and Carson Storch

5:30:  Hannah Bergman, Todd Barber, and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

16:00: Josh Bender, and Kyle Jameson, and Brad Holmes

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:30:  Brad Holmes, Brooke Andrews, Jaxon Riddle, and Jonny Salido

31:00:  Todd Barber, Kyle Strait, Nikolai Rogatkin, David Lieb and Hannah Bergmann

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Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

41:45:  Dylan Stark and Travis Rice

49:00:  Carson Storch, David Lieb, Brooke Andrews, Reed Bogs, Ryan Runke, and Carson Storch

Tom Hyser was born into the quad culture of the rinks around Atlanta and went from rink rat to skate rat.  His family's move to the Midwest was life-changing when he first discovered inline skating.  Tom is an original X Gamer, a product visionary whose designs have sold millions of units, an internet pioneer, and through it all he’s lived the struggle of being an inline skater.  On the show, we talk about the love of skate, the hate received for it, and everything in between.

Tom Hyser Show Notes:

4:00:  Covid travel, skateboarding, and Wisconsin

17:00:  Jamie Thomas, skateboard hate, and incidents

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21:45:  The decline of inline, growing up outside of Atlanta, roller skating, and wrestling year-round

26:00:  Getting sponsored, high school, qualifying for the pro tour, and college

33:00:  Hoax 2, blowing his knee at the first X Games, and going in house at K2

41:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:

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43:45:  The Fatty, crazy opportunities, no rules, going to Korea and recalls

51:00:  The end of K2, Skatepile, Fiziks, and the scary future

61:00:  Rollerblade and business is booming

65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Andy Kruse

Griffin Post was born into the ski industry. His dad was an executive with some big brands, ultimately running Smith, and wanting a young Griff to be anything but, a pro skier. That said, there was no special treatment for Griffin and he almost didn’t make it. A chance trip and win at the US Extremes took Griffin away from utilizing his MBA and working his way into the world of TGR. Hear Griffin’s unique path to pro skiing on the podcast.

Griffin Post Show Notes:

6:00:  X-Games Gold Medalist, growing up in Austria, and settling in Sun Valley

11:00:  Ski racing, the new school, powder days, kind of straight edge as a youth, and his first avalanche at 16

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22:00:  Challenges at Bowdoin, transferring to Denver, skier cross, and getting his MBA

31:00:  The life changing US Extremes, does his dad help, and what would the real world have looked like?

39:00:  Subaru events, and meeting me while he was dirtbagging it in Chile

41:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:

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44:00:  The cost of The Freeride World Tour, his role with Kastle, sponsors, and becoming financially stable in life through skiing

51:00:  It’s all work ethic, not marketability, panic at the Verbier event, and being lucky to walk away from it

58:00:  Moving to Jackson to hopefully film with TGR, getting some help from Smith (not his Dad though), and his first day filming with TGR

63:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Todd Ligare

Dan Egan is a Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Member and living legend with a ton of stories to tell. In round two of his podcast, he tells the story that almost killed him, what it took to survive and how it changed his life forever.  There were 15 people that didn’t make it out and Dan tells the tale. We finish things off with my complaints about the Ski and Snowboard HOF that Dan is currently the face of.

Dan Egan Show Notes:

6:00:  OR Show, Dan’s summer, and his book

9:00:  What is Degree7, Patrick Vallecant, why the trip to Mount Elbrus  

14:00:  Arriving in Paris and realizing this is a crazy idea, a massive group, and being watched in Russia

17:00:  The creepy phone call, why so many die on Elbrus, vacation mentality, Allah doesn’t like May Day, the differences between Dan and John, and forgetting gear

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27:00:  Why a short acclimatization process, John and Tom aren’t going to push for the summit, losing his climbing partner, and turnaround time

31:00:  Taking his pack off for the summit push, making it in a blizzard, decision making in altitude, and meeting Sasha

35:00:  Joining the Russians, spending the night on the mountain, his white light moment, Sasha saves the day again, and fighting for rope, and leaving the group

45:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:

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48:00:  Who was Sasha, how many people die on the mountain that day, getting out of Russia, medical issues and fights in France, and the trip that never ends

56:00:  My problems with the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and our discussion about it. (I know Terje is not from the US and should not be in the conversation)

68:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany

While a lot of people know Skogen Sprang as the US Freeski Slopestyle Coach, before he held that title, he was one of the sport's true innovators, bringing new tricks and a snowboard style to the table.  On the podcast we talk about doing every action sport as a kid, turning his pro snowboard dreams into a pro ski career, innovation, his prolific 2000 year, the injury, and what it took to come back.  Don’t miss this one.

Skogen Sprang Show Notes:

3:00:  Olympics, growing up in the bay, soccer, and skateboarding

11:00:  Skiing, snowboarding gear, inline skating, and mountain biking

17:00:  The culture of sport, switching to snowboarding, and quitting soccer

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24:45:  Wanting to be a sponsored snowboarder, his parent’s reaction, and his crew

28:00:  The influence of Troy, switching to skiing, instant progression, Constantine and his Chapter 3 Part

35:00:  Vision of being a pro in both, Line Skis, and Poor Boyz Productions

42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:

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44:00:  MSP, McConkey and the crazy year that 2000 was: Covers, tricks, contests, and the injury that threatens to end it all

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Shane Anderson

Chris Engelsman, aka ETree, is one of the tallest snowboarders of his generation and a master of riding switch.  He was one of those snowboarder entrepreneurs who was always starting brands and projects like Elevation Snowboards and Robot Food.  On the podcast, we talk about his career, QI, Clicker, and inventing the backside Rodeo.  It’s another good one.

Chris Engelsman Show Notes:

3:00:  Photo shoot mishaps, Michigan, Snurfers, and ski family

8:00:  Sports, snowboarding, contests, Hood, and Windell’s,

15:00:  Western State, Crested Butte, evolution of big mountain riding, and his crew

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24:00:  QI Snowboards, Alaska in 94, K2 Clicker, and Standard Films

31:00:  Old video parts, money, dropping out of school, and switch riding

38:00:  Contests, X Games, and the backside rodeo

42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

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44:00:  Leaving K2, starting Elevation Snowboards, and Robot Food

53:00:  The end of being pro, selling printer cartridges, Snowboarder Magazine, TGR, and where is he now

61:00:  Inappropriate Questions

Growing up in Park City, Todd Ligare’s life was based around ski racing and making the US Ski Team.  As a teenager, he started traveling the world and after a decade of racing and travel, Todd got slower and while he still earned a scholarship to ski race in college, his race dream had now turned into the Tangerine Dream, he wanted to ski for the biggest cameras of all over at TGR.  This podcast is another lesson in making things happen for you through hard work and hustle.

Todd Ligare Show Notes:

3:00:  Last name, having older brothers, growing up in Park City, and a family of skiers

8:00:  Ski programs, other sports, when does skiing get serious, and how much did he ski

12:00:  "I Ride Park City", who is his crew, race sponsorship, The Winter Sports School

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24:00:  Tanner Hall, weed, his look, music, Michael Jordan, and The US Team

30:00:  Subsidized by the US Team, traveling the world solo, and dirtbagging it

35:00:  Partying on planes, racing hurt, frustration, and college scholarship

42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

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44:15:  Dynastar, networking, strategies to get noticed, and first shoot with TGR

53:00:  Atomic, Armada, and Amer buys Armada

56:30:  Sponsorship, money, and what’s the future look like

68:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Griffin Post

Amie Engerbretson is a pro skier who understands the importance of marketing yourself and creating your own brand more than most.  Amie started as a dancer and didn’t make it in that world, so after a 4-year break, Amie decided she wanted to become a pro skier… she had a path, she’s been a ski model with a photographer dad since she was a kid, and she got a ton of coverage.  But Amie wanted more than just ski modeling, she never took no for an answer and made her dreams happen. It's a cool story.

Amie Engerbretson Show Notes:

4:00:  Powder, photography, and her Dad

15:00:  Born in Tahoe cookie shop and her mom

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21:15:  What does her 21-year-old single dad know about parenting, quitting skiing for dance, not making the dance team 8x’s, and college

27:00:  Deciding she wanted to be a pro skier, figuring out her value, and becoming her own brand

33:00:  Salomon and working with me

38:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

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39:00:  Women’s product, sponsors, and money

48:00:  Avalanche, rescue, sharing it with the public and the mental impact of all that

56:30:  Warren Miller, making things happen,

62:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Alyssa Seemann

Ross Powers had all the chips stacked against him…His life started in leg braces, and things weren't easy.  What Ross did have, though, was a strong mom and snowboarding.  He strapped in, learned to shred, started winning, and didn't stop until he was an Olympic Gold Medalist and one of the most decorated riders of our time.  On this week's podcast, we talk about his journey from Vermont to just about every podium in the world.

Ross Powers Show Notes:

3:00:  The Hall of Fame, growing up with a different childhood and finding snowboarding

15:00:  Progression, contests, and getting hooked up by Burton

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20:15:  Everything starts happening so fast, the IFS and FIS, and starting to dominate the contest scene

42:15:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

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44:00:  Winning slope and pipe at X Games, the first Olympics, Terje, and not maximizing the experience

48:00:  The US Open, and Salt Lake Olympics, and winning gold

52:00:  Being the alternate in 06, and finding Snowboard Cross.

59:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Seth Wescott

Robert Guerrero grew up during the intersection of the internet and inline skating. Meaning he made friends all over the world via AOL chat rooms and lived a double life…Loner student during the weekdays and popular street skater on the weekends.  Eventually, Rob G became a legend within the sport, known for both insane rails as well as some of the most creative skating ever seen.  Throughout this time, Rob lived a spiritual, nomadic lifestyle that eventually takes him to an Ayahuasca retreat in Peru.  This is where he ends up getting shot in the face at point-blank range.  Hear all the details in the podcast

Robert Guerrero Show Notes:

3:00: Ben Weis, the Midwest influence, growing up in San Jose, and roller hockey

10:30:  HS Football, picking skating, skate culture, and the start of nomadic life

15:00:  Influential bladers, AOL chatrooms, and VG Videos

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22:00:  The naming of his “JSF” Crew, Rob G is everywhere, and video exposure

25:00:  Living a dual life, the energy of the session, contests, street skating, and IMYTA

31:30:  2001 is a huge yeah but he’s still an AM, and money

33:00:  Where is home, being nice, people-pleasing, losing all his sponsors, and health insurance

39:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Getting you outside for over 70 years

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

41:30:  Getting on Rollerblade, retiring from sponsors for spiritual awakening, and his Ayahuasca retreat experience

50:00:  Going to a retreat for himself, getting shot in the face, the GoFundMe, and getting out of Peru

59:00:  Waking up in the US, karma, the progression of getting better, what he’s doing now

55:00:  Woodard investing in the youth, setting a Guinness Record, and winning awards

66:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Tom Hyser

Kristen Ulmer is routinely called the best female big mountain skier of her time, maybe ever, and that annoys her, and she’ll let you know it.  If you’ve seen Kristen ski, you know her gender doesn’t matter, she’s always been about sending it and most of the time it’s bigger than her male peers.  Kristen is a living legend, a unique personality, who doesn’t’ lack confidence…. on part two of the podcast, we talk about ski mountaineering, pioneering AK, gender, and more….

Kristen Ulmer Show Notes Part 2:

3:00:  Knee issues from part 1, Nepal Mountaineering with no permits or visas, and crazy solo vacations

15:00:  How long was she off the snow over her career, how does she deal with downtime, the relief of injury, and being competitive against all men

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20:15: Skiing for cameras only, pioneering in AK, getting left in the mountains, and the Wild Wild West

29:30:  She thinks skiing was never not cool, Snowboarders in AK, men putting her in awkward situations, and gender differences

34:00:  Creating personas for marketing purposes, making more than the men, selling out, and seeing everything as a business 

42:15:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

44:00:  Becoming a film skier, making pennies in skiing today, and best skiers ever

52:00:  Skiing the Grand Teton, manufacturing drama, and 50 near death experiences

59:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Aaron McGovern

Kristen Ulmer is routinely called the best female big mountain skier of her time, maybe ever, and that annoys her, and she’ll let you know it.  If you’ve seen Kristen ski, you know her gender doesn’t matter, she’s always been about sending it and most of the time it’s bigger than her male peers.  Kristen is a living legend, a unique personality and in part one of the podcast, we talk about her not really falling in love with skiing until HS, being blind as a bat, extreme skiing, injuries, the US Ski Team, and more.

Kristen Ulmer Show Notes:

3:00:  Art Cars, New Hampshire, being blind, and sports

12:45:  Beauty Pageants, partying at 14, semester abroad, and moving to Utah to ski

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20:15:  Scott Markewitz, ski modeling, and filming for the first time

24:00:  How the other girls reacted to her success, being more competitive against the guys, and being in the US Team

31:00:  Squaw Valley, blowing her knee, rehab Kristen style, quitting the team, and more knee problems.

36:00:  Winning the US Extreme’s with a blown knee and being mortified for not winning worlds,

38:15:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

40:00:  Hiding injuries, her peers, and being part of the boy’s club

45:00:  The Princess nickname, women’s product, not getting on fat skis, and money

55 :00:  Inappropriate Questions with Kent Kreitler

While Matt Peterson is the current VP of Woodward Tahoe, Boreal and Soda Springs, he’s done it all in the world of snowboarding.  During his pro riding days, he competed in the X Games, filmed with Warren Miller and others, had the sponsors, and did the travel.  He then went on to help start Academy Snowboards and used his marketing genius to help make the brand an instant success.  And while Matt keeps moving up to bigger and better corporate jobs--in his heart, he will always be that passionate rider, fighting to build meaningful community and he’s doing just that—with Woodward budgets.

Matt Peterson Show Notes:

3:00: Vashon, his dad’s ski industry history, 5 kids, and moving to Wisconsin

7:00:  Snowboarding, his crew, Chad Otterstrom, and Rad Air

14:00:  Being sponsored by brands he wanted to, Hood, and getting in trouble on the hill

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23:00:  Music in MN, lone wolf, finishing HS early, and moving to Colorado

33:00:  Winning contests, X Games, Salomon, and Random Snowboards

37:00:  Academy Snowboards

39:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Getting you outside for over 70 years

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

41:00:  Why Academy was successful, talent spotting, and money

48:00:  What snowboarding was, going back to school, and starting an agency

55:00:  Woodard investing in the youth, setting a Guinness Record, and winning awards

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with David Amirault

Rory Bushfield is known for living dangerously.  He’s part reckless, part calculated, and always fun.  Even on this podcast, not many people live a life close to as spontaneous and adventurous as the life of Rory Bushfield.  His risks and adventures have created notoriety, respect, money, and a whole lot of loss.  We talk about it all on Part 2 of Bushy’s Podcast and Trennon Paynter asks the “Inappropriate Questions” to close it out and they don’t disappoint.

Rory Bushfield Show Notes:

3:00: Stunts part 2, Level 1, and how he is portrayed in movies

12:00:  MSP, McConkey, JP Auclair, and what he sucks at

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22:45:  Rossignol, money, blow it if you got it, getting hurt with friends, and more injuries

33:00:  The K2 Back 9, best results, and getting into flying

39:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Getting you outside for over 70 years

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

41:00:  The progression of flight, Sarah Burke, and dealing with loss

49:00: Nitro Circus, Reality TV on Splash, and other shows

59:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Trennon Paynter

Rory Bushfield is known for living dangerously.  Yeah, he’s a pro skier, but the risk factor seems to come from everything else in life that he does.  Rory started out as the kid who was always getting hurt, but he was also the kid who, cast or not, would crush you in the moguls.  He was the JR Olympic Mogul Champion and he quit his Olympic path or the park, pipe, and video parts.  In part 1 of this hilarious podcast, we talk about his stunts, money, LCP, death, pressure, and a lot more.

Rory Bushfield Show Notes:

3:00: Panama Canal, were his parents dangerous, and Balzac, Alberta

12:00:  Is there family money in the Bushfield Family, getting hurt as a kid, always being a little hurt, and skiing

16:00:  Soccer, skiing and having to pick one, taking trains to ski, and being tall for a skier

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22:45:  Freestyle program, internet school through getting beat up by a girl, and backyard set ups

28:00:  Not getting caught, Loose Cannon Playas, CKY2K influence, and stunts

32:30:  Peer influence, does losing people slow you down, Trennon Payner

34:00:  What does the US Team do for him, moving out of the house at 16, and filming

42:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Getting you outside for over 70 years

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

44:00:  Smoking weed and getting a spot to the X Games, and Jr Olympic Champion

52:00: The World Cup, Sponsors, and did he ever have to work?

56:00:  Not making finals at X-Games and pressure

60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mason Mashon

Shane Anderson was a key personality and image when skiing needed it the most, in the mid to late 90’s.  While Shane had the Rockstar look, it was his tricks and the company he kept that thrust him to the forefront of the ski industry.  Part early big mountain guy and part new schooler, Shane rolled with the innovators of the sport until injuries got in the way.  On the podcast, we talk skiing, the Tahoe crew, Hollywood, and making documentary films.

Shane Anderson Show Notes:

3:00:  Getting the Keys to the City of Olympia, growing up in Olympia and finding skiing on his own

9:00: Champion Archer, the Olympia music scene, and being the shy kid

13:00:  When does the Shane look start, College in Tahoe and the Tahoe scene

17:00:  Filming with CP, skiing with legends, progression, and competitiveness

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25:00:  Sponsors, money, contests, and the state of the industry

30:00:  Meeting Skogen Sprang and Evan Raps, CR, and the train jump

39:00:  Chapter 3, Poor Boyz, first X-Games, and the party mentality of back then

43:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

44:30:  His marketability, the 2000 X-Games injury, and blowing his knee over and over

52:00:  Leaving K2, The Real-World Tahoe, becoming an actor

58:00:  Trying to re-find his identity, getting hooked on a fishing trip, leaving LA, going to college to study fish, and making documentaries.

65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Kent Kreitler