Freeskiing Museum

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  • James Woods

    Episode #176

    Release date: June 1, 2020

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    James Woods is an X Games gold medalist that hails from England.  Let that sit in for a second.  Growing up in Sheffield, , Woodsy, as he’s known, learned how to shred on carpets that resembled tooth brushes more than they did snow…That never slowed him down as he’s proved himself on every level of the sport and has had an impressive career.  This is a fun one with one of the only personalities in contest skiing today.

    James “Woodsy” Woods Show Notes:

    3:00:  Injury, working out and being the best he can be

    11:00:  Sheffield, finding skiing in the newspaper, and dry slopes

    15:00:  Parental support and the British scene

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    23:00:  Who he looked up to, British World Championships and Pat Sharples

    29:00:  Momentum Camp, London Freeze, Breckenridge, and being a social loner

    37:00:  X-Games in Tignes

    40:00:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

    41:00:  X Games Aspen, Sponsors, and money and losing it to a corrupt agent

    50:00:  Sochi Olympics, The British Team and hurt in practice

    57:00:  Celebrity, X Games Gold, and triples

    64:00:  4th at the Olympics and Gus Kenworthy

    74:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Paddy Graham

  • Trennon Paynter

    Episode #245

    Release date: September 27, 2021

    Listen on Spotify HERE!

    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

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    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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    Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

    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

  • Vincent Gagnier

    Episode #167

    Release date: March 30, 2020

    Listen on Spotify HERE!

    Vincent Gagnier is the last in the line of the Gagnier Brothers.  While hos older brothers helped shape the early days of freeskiing, Vinni is doing that now.  On the podcast we talk about his talented family, being a grom with access, what he thinks of judging, the future of skiing, and a whole lot more.  We close it out with “Inappropriate Questions” asked by Olympic Gold Medalist, Joss Christensen.

    Vincent Gagnier Show Notes:

    5:00:  Corona Virus, brothers and sisters, and family business

    10:00:  Other sports, getting into skiing and Antoine

    15:00:  Charles, judging, and real ski winner

    12:00:  High School, dropping out of college and sponsors

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    23:00:  School in Utah, coaching, and his English

    28:00:  Sponsors, money, and contests

    31:00:  Breaking his back, coming back to win X Games, and ACL #1

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

    41:45:  Coming back from injury,  ACL #2 and fear

    45:00:  The Olympics, the state of the sport and filming

    49:00:  Slvsh, internet comments and pro sports

    82:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Joss Christensen

  • Trennon Paynter

    Episode #244

    Release date: September 20, 2021

    Listen on Spotify HERE!

    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

  • Julien Regnier

    Episode #163

    Release date: March 1, 2020

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    Julien Regnier is one of the founding fathers of new school skiing.   Before there were twin tips there were pockets of bump skiers wanting to get in the snowboard park and land backwards.  Julien was in that first group that all quit moguls to invent the sport, product, tricks and culture.  On the podcast, we talk about growing up in a ski family of champions, bump skiing, finding a new way to ski, founding Armada, getting fired from Armada, going to Black Crows and more…

    Julien Regnier Show Notes:

    2:00:  Drinking, his mom’s ski career, getting lost in the mountain

    8:00:  The Sports School, mogul skiing, and Olympics

    15:00:  Who is new school first?

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    22:30:  More Olympics, moguls weren’t ready, and quitting moguls

    30:00:  Moving to Canada, Pow Air, starting Armada

    38:30:  Early Success, business, and changes

    44:00:  Spy Optic:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

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

    43:30:  Trouble at Armada, getting fired, and money

    51:30:  Black Crows and ski mountaineering

    56:00:  Content changes, issues or escape, and getting bought and layoffs

    48:00:  Editor in Chief, gnarly terrain, and being a woman

    58:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Frank Raymond

  • Skogen Sprang

    Episode #239

    Release date: August 16, 2021

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

    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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    Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

    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 Logan

    Episode #161

    Release date: February 17, 2020

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    Chris Logan comes from a family of pro skiers.  His younger sister Devin is an Olympic Silver Medalist and his older brother Sean was the one that motivated the Logan siblings to kill it on the mountain.  While Chris came up as a contest guy, an average one at that, his brother led him and his best friend Parker White into the back country and Chris’s world changed.  These days you’ll find Chris on the hunt for deep powder and cold beers and the podcast is an entertaining one.

    Chris Logan Show Notes:

    4:00:  His girlfriend, his sister, and contests

    10:00:  Growing up in NY with 5 kids, JETS and the ski program

    13:00:  Finding the park, movies, and football

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    22:45:  Ski school, divorce, and Parker White

    30:00:  Mammoth, contests and getting into the backcountry

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

    43:30:  Level 1, Dahrkness, and breaking away from his brother’ s shadow

    53:00:  Starting The Big Picture, back to Level 1, and money

    45:00:  Naturally, injuries, and learning about his body

    48:00:  Disappointed with other movies, body maintenance

    64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Sean Logan

  • Rory Bushfield

    Episode #230

    Release date: June 14, 2021

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    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

  • Chris Benchetler

    Episode #154

    Release date: December 30, 2019

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    Chris Benchetler is a pro skier, an artist, a dad, husband, and one of the hardest working athletes out there.  Over the past 2 decades, Chris has built an amazing career that has a foundation built on style and flow.   On the podcast we talk about skiing, loss, collaborating with the Grateful Dead, and everything in between.  It’s a must listen episode.

    Chris Benchetler Show Notes:

    2:00:  Mammoth, and feedback for me

    9:00:  Re-edit starts:   Family, early days skiing, and Rory Silva

    15:00:  Healthy lifestyle, and losing his father

    21:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

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    23:00:  Injured at Parkasaurus, K2, Atomic, and  getting sponsors to help with projects

    37:00:  2019 starts here:  Sponsors and the details behind how he gets money

    44:00:  Spy Optic:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

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    The Summit at Snoqualmie

    46:30:  Having a child, Nimbus, and Skye Walker

    61:00:  Intro to the Grateful Dead and healing his brain

    70:00:  Being trusted with the Dead’s image, checks and balances, and the crew

    76:00:  The making and challenges of making “Fire on the Mountain”

    88:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Tyler Hamlet

  • Rory Bushfield

    Episode #229

    Release date: June 7, 2021

    Listen on Spotify HERE!

    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

    20:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

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

    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