Freeskiing Museum

Tag: The Powell Movement

  • 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

  • LJ Strenio

    Episode #152

    Release date: December 16, 2019

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    LJ Strenio has been a fixture in the ski world for a decade.  He puts out multiple video parts every year, competed for a while, won an X-Games medal and is known for him destroying gnarly urban features.  While skiing is everything to LJ, it’s not his only passion.  Years after earning his first degree, LJ is back in school, studying computer science and currently employed by NASA.  Yes, that NASA.  It’s an awesome podcast

    LJ Strenio Show Notes:

    2:00:  Rollerblading and localism

    5:00:  Growing up in PA and VT, X-Games, and nerdy stuff

    12:15:  Waterville Academy, Young Gun, Open, and his career taking off

    16:00:  Helmets and University of Utah

    20:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

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

    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

    40:30:  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

    Summit at Snoqualmie

    43:10:  Going to Level 1, breaking his kneecap in Finland, and the long, painful aftermath

    51:00:  The Traveling Circus, XXX work, and money

    60:00:  Living in cars, X-Games Real Snow, staying relevant, and working for NASA

    69:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Andy Parry

  • Rory Silva

    Episode #224

    Release date: May 3, 2021

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    Rory Silva was a child prodigy and one of my favorites…. He was this talented kid, who had a really unique style, and was progressive. What he didn’t have was the assertiveness, ambition, and guidance to become a household name in skiing….But he still had a huge impact on the skiers of his era. On the podcast we talk about weed, video parts gone wrong, diabetes, and more…

    Rory Silva Show Notes:

    3:00:  Weed, growing up in Mammoth, tattoos, and his living set up during covid

    15:00: Ski racing, Glen Plake, and getting skis from K2

    17:00: Diabetes and weed

    24:30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

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

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

    26:45:   Bad eating habits, travel, contests, X Games, and nerves

    35:00:   Who was his crew in Mammoth, his WSki-106 part, career guidance, and the K2 Team he was on

    43:30:   Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

    Elan Skis: Making the best ski 75 years

    45:00:  9th Ward Skis, money, and injuries

    49:00:   His look, Deadabetic edits, Kevin Malone question and Superpark

    60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Andy Mahre

  • Nick Martini

    Episode #147

    Release date: November 11, 2019

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    Nick Martini was supposed to be the biggest thing in skiing, and when he was healthy, he was going in that direction, but injuries got the best of Nick’s ski career.  Good thing he was also an award-winning filmmaker who had plenty of downtime to hone his craft.  These days, Nick’s Stept Productions has evolved into Stept Studios and what was a small crew based out of Colorado is now a thriving studio, employing 40+ people and continuing to live the dream.  It’s an awesome conversation.

    Nick Martini Show Notes:

    2:00:  Wallisch Wedding and how things have changed for Stept

    9:00:  Growing up outside of Boston, Ski racing and finding the darkside

    18:45:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

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

    20:45:  His skin condition, other sports, and Holderness Academy

    29:00:  Professional at a young age, DVD’s, and  the tumor

    35:00:  Salomon Jib Academy, people knowing about Stept, and other athletes

    40:45:  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

    42:30:  College, career starts exploding, and being a tall skier

    47:00:  Stept’s group mentality, dealing with cops, and sponsors

    57:00:  First knee injury, focusing on the art of filmmaking, and more injuries

    68:00:  Is it worth it? And regrets

    71:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Clayton Vila

  • Maude Raymond

    Episode #219

    Release date: March 29, 2021

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    Maude Raymond was born to be a champion athlete.  Her dad was a former motocross pro, her uncle part of the Canadian Ski Team, and her brother, one of the innovators when it comes to rails.  Maude’s first chance at athletic greatness was on the Canadian National Diving Team, which she eventually quit to move to Whistler and pursue a skiing career.  Things happened fast, and Maude and I talk everything from being a woman in the industry to helicopter crashes, to over 20 knee surgeries, and so much more.  Don’t miss this one, as Maude has a lot to say.

    Maude Raymond Show Notes:

    3:00:  Dogs, Vans, and born to be a skier

    8:00:  Diving, skiing, lack of results, style, and moving to Whistler

    17:00:  Atomic and blowing both knees

    21:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast

    Glade Optics:  Get 10% off with the code TPM10

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

    23:30:  Getting dropped by Atomic, meeting me, Armada, and her personal brand and style

    32:45:  Weedmaps.com  Weed question and ad

    34:40:  Her JF Cusson Olympic blunder

    41:15:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

    Elan Skis:  Making the best ski 75 years

    42:30:  Money, and injuries, Mexican jails, necrosis, helicopter crashes, and Maude rants

    62:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Anna Segal