Freeskiing Museum

Tag: The Powell Movement

  • 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?

    19:30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

    Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

    686 Technical Apparel:  The best outerwear in the world

    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

    22:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

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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:

    Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

    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

    20:45:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

    Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

    686 Technical Apparel:  The best outerwear in the world

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

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

    42:00  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:  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

    20:45:  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:  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

  • Phil Casabon

    Episode #159

    Release date: February 3, 2020

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    Phil Casabon doesn’t do many interviews…what he’s known for is style on his skis and there aren’t too many in the world today that make skiing look as good as Phil.  While he has two X Games Gold Medals in the Real Snow category and competed, that’s not what Phil is all about.  He’s about edit’s that focus creativity and style.  On the podcast we talk coming up, Henrik, Wu-Tang, plants, fungus, and a lot of skiing and style.  It’s a must listen podcast.

    Phil Casabon Show Notes:

    2:00:  Injury and Helmets

    11:00:  Growing up in Canada, ski racing and quitting

    15:00:  Other sports, ski movies, rollerblading, and the scene

    19:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

    Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

    686 Technical Apparel:  The best outerwear in the world

    21:45:  Urban, being small, and style

    25:00:  Does he have a ski future, sponsors, JP Auclair and being star struck

    33:00:  Trouble with weed at 12, energy drinks, and investing

    39:00:  Meeting Henrik, hip hop and back to weed

    44:15  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

    46:00:  Wu-Tang, Mushrooms, and Level 1

    51:00:  B & E Show, editing, and X-Games

    55:00:  Inspired, Team Canada, and X-Games Real Snow

    65:00:  Pro models, Nuance, and other projects

    72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Eric Iberg

  • Rory Bushfield

    Episode #229

    Release date: June 7, 2021

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    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

  • 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

    Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

    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

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

    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

  • Shane Anderson

    Episode #228

    Release date: May 31, 2021

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    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

    22:30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

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

    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

  • Karl Fostvedt

    Episode #153

    Release date: December 23, 2019

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    Karl Fostvedt has been the skier that other pro skiers have been talking about for a few years now.  He brings a bouncy, playful style to the table that is refreshing,  but he hasn’t had the opportunity for mainstream media exposure until the inaugural King and Queen of Corbet’s contest.  Winning that event put Karl on the global map, then, getting onto K2 created the opportunity to film with MSP and in turn,  win a Powder Award.  The next few seasons are going to be huge for Karl, if he can pay for them…

    Karl Fostvedt Show Notes:

    2:00:  Powder Awards without a tooth, crossing the border, and Ketchum

    8:00:  Flipping a coin to become a skier, getting into the program, and school

    11:00:  Idols, lost in life, Colorado, and getting into Dew Tour the unconventional way

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

    Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

    23:30:  Living through Detroit, and XXX

    22:00:  More school, Clown School, and halfpipe/contests

    29:00:  The Olympics, picking between filming/competing, and distance running

    35:00:  Poor Boyz Productions, SWAT Team called, and being expressive

    38:30:  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

    The Summit at Snoqualmie

    40:30:  2017 The Endless Winter, King of Corbet’s, and Stray Dogs

    54:00:  On3P, on to K2, and needing more sponsors

    64:00:  MSP, asking for money, and first trip to AK and rescue

    75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Collin Collins

  • Alex Hall

    Episode #227

    Release date: May 24, 2021

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    Alex Hall has the world in the palm of his hands.  In only a few years, Alex has gone from an up-and-coming Swiss kid to arguably the best American Slopestyle skier… What’s different about Alex is his basketball player height and the hunger he brings to the table.  The best part about Alex is that he is a throwback…  He’s the X Games Gold winner in Real Ski, in Slopestyle, and in Big Air but he always makes sure that he’s filming for something.  And he’s just getting started.

    Alex Hall Show Notes:

    3:00:  Comparing winning Real Ski to a X Games Slopestyle, who is his top 3 in Real Ski, and the Tanner controversy

    10:00:  Growing up European, dual passports, and his parents

    16:00:  Soccer, skiing and having to pick one, taking trains to ski, and being tall for a skier

    21:00:  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:  Events as a grom, who he looks up to, and the EU vs US parks

    27:00:  Newschoolers, moving to the US, The Winter School, and the US Ski Team

    34:00:  What does the US Team do for him, moving out of the house at 16, and filming

    40:45: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Getting you outside for over 70 years

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

    42:00:  Why urban, what do sponsors care about, contracts, and sponsors

    52:00:  Not doing well his first couple years on the world cup and X games, his first win in Switzerland, and having a healthy career.

    56:00:  The road to the Olympics, the Olympic experience, and 2022

    61:00:  Winning X Games, stadium events,

    65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Joss Christensen