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Tag: The Powell Movement

  • Evan Raps

    Episode #252

    Release date: December 15, 2021

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    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

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

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

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    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

    42:00:  Dragon:  Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%

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    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

  • 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

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    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

    20:45:  Stanley:  Get 30% off sitewide 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

    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

  • Vincent Gagnier

    Episode #167

    Release date: March 30, 2020

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    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

    40:00:  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

    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

  • Aaron Blunk

    Episode #105

    Release date: January 16, 2019

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    Aaron Blunk has been competing since he was 8 years old.  When he was 10, he left the junior division, went to the open class, beat everyone and watched his much older competition leave the competition scene.  He never understood that it was because he was so young and good.  His career progressed to moving away from home to focus on the dream of being a pro skier and he’s made that dream come true.  His story, along with some great Inappropriate Questions from fellow Olympian, Lyman Currier, make this a fun listen.

    Aaron Blunk Show Notes:

    2:00:  He’s on fire this year, Peter Olenick, and Crested Butte

    10:00:  Getting into skiing, competing and his dad

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    21:30:  How did he end up a halfpipe skier, recruited to Ski Club Vail and Junior Olympics

    32:00:  Armada, Head and other sponsors

    40:00:  First X-Games, Willie Borm, and training

    47:00:  The US Ski Team and what they do

    52:00:  Spy Optics:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

    The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is ‘Out of Office’ Pilsner

    53:40:  The Sochi season

    63:00:  2017 is the year of his life, being tough and the Korea Olympics

    64:30:  Inappropriate Questions with Lyman Currier

  • Kye Petersen

    Episode #103

    Release date: January 7, 2019

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    Kye Petersen was born to be a skier.  His father, Trevor Petersen, was the ski mountaineer that all the skiers were talking about and whistler was home.  What looked to be a ski fairy tale of a life for Kye,  all of a sudden wasn’t…Trevor was killed in an avalanche in France.  Kye was six years old.  The podcast is the story of a kid, who once had a lot of attitude, finding his way, for the most part on his own.  Do not miss this one.

    Kye Peterson Show Notes:

    2:00:  Pemberton compound, injury, 4FRNT Skis, and a new sponsor

    9:00:  Growing up in Whistler without his Dad

    15:00:  The new school ski movement

    19:00:  Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

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    21:15:  Moving to Hawaii, The Pettit’s, and sponsorship

    28:00:  Weed and High School

    37:00:  Contests and more

    40:40:  Spy Optics:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

    The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is ‘Out of Office’ Pilsner

    42:00:  2005, The Edge of Never, Chamonix and filming

    55:00:  Money

    61:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Sean Pettit


  • Tanner Hall

    Episode #100

    Release date: December 17, 2018

    Listen on Spotify HERE!

    Tanner Hall is arguably the best skier of all time.   From contests wins to video parts, Tanner has continued to re-invent his game for over 20 years.  This 100th episode is a look into Tanner’s life, career and all the things that make Tanner Hall, Tanner Hall.  It’s not always pretty and his emotions get the best of him sometimes, but Tanner Hall is one of the G.O.A.T.’s and his story is one that everyone should hear.

    Tanner Hall Show Notes:

    2:00:  Oakley

    6:00:  Montana, family skiing, and ski racing

    10:00:  Being cocky, Mom being a super fan,  and his brother

    16:00:  School

    17:00: Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

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    19:30:  Living with coaches, moving out, host families

    23:00:  Partying, getting kicked out of school, winning everything

    30:00:  Mammoth, sponsorship, and Armada

    37:00:  C Crew, Boznutz, and skydiving

    41:00: Contests, emotions, and arrested in Vail

    46:00:  Spy Optics:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

    The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is ‘Out of Office’ Pilsner

    47:30:  Does being popular change him, big injury #1 and the comeback

    52:30:  CR’s injury, special wins, and Simon Dumont

    56:00:  Toys, big injury #2, and opiates

    60:00:  CR passes away, how does he deal with that, and who he hasn’t filmed with

    64:00:  Sober skiing, posting on the internet in capital letters, and the Freeride World Tour

    68:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Eric Iberg

  • Anna Segal

    Episode #99

    Release date: December 8, 2018

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    Anna Segal came to America with a dream of ski greatness.  This determined Aussie had some raw talent, but was never the best skier on the mountain, but she outworked everyone.  The combination of the talent she had and the work she put in to develop that talent even further, took her to the top.  And while there were a lot of tears and breaks along the way,  Anna made her dreams come true.  Now Anna is at a different phase of her career and we talk about it all.

    Anna Segal Show Notes:

    2:00:  Where she is in her ski career, work, and being paid to ski

    5:00:  Warren Miller, being pegged a park skier, and proving things

    12:30: Evo:  The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

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    15:00:  Australia, Jewish and birthday parties

    16:50:  Skiing, getting into park, and work ethic

    21:00:  Getting on K2 for nothing, other sponsors, and Kamp K2

    30:00:  X-Games, injuries, and accidents

    38:00:  FIS and Money

    40:30:  Spy Optic:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

    The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is ‘Out of Office’ Pilsner

    43:00: The Olympic run, Switzerland injury and Dew Tour Injury

    48:00: Filming, Tameshi and Finding the Line

    55:00:  Inappropriate Questions

  • Callum Pettit

    Episode #97

    Release date: November 26, 2018

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    Callum Pettit’s early life was spent in the shadows of his little brother’s pro ski career.  While the brothers were a package deal for sponsors, Sean Pettit was the draw.  Eventually, Cal and Sean’s sponsorship paths went separate ways, which left Cal figuring out what was next…..Which was new sponsors and a blue collar career compared to Sean’s white collar lifestyle.  Throughout it all, there was never any drama between Cal and Sean and it’s cool to hear the story from both sides.  This podcast is Cal’s version.

    Callum Pettit Show Notes:

    2:00:  New Zealand and Sean

    7:30:  Quebec, moving to Whistler, and his parent dynamic, time with dad

    14:00:  The Pettit sponsor package

    16:00:  Evo

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    18:00:  Cutting Cal from K2, The North Face and Orage

    26:00:  TGR, heading out in the backcountry, mentors

    32:00:  Callum’s Hole in One, wet dreams  and The Great Siberian Traverse

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    44:16: Into the Mind, no more Sherpas, and Superproof

    49:00: Numinous and Kye Peterson

    51:00:  Inappropriate Questions

  • Tom Wallisch

    Episode #95

    Release date: November 12, 2018

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    Tom Wallisch is first return guest to The Powell Movement and there’s a reason for that…..He’s Tom Wallisch…..He sits on the board of directors for the US Ski and Snowboard Team, he’s all about giving back to the sport, he’s a living legend, and even as he’s gotten older, he’s kept his finger on the pulse of all ski media while continuing to  create his own. Wallisch always makes for an entertaining podcast.

    Tom Wallisch Show Notes:

    2:00:  His knee injury and the road to recovery

    14:00:  Getting back on snow and his mentality after injury

    18:30:  Evo

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    20:30:  Joss, the Olympic dilemma, and popularity

    26:00:  The 2018 Olympics, the ads, and honesty with brands

    30:30:  Being on the Board of Directors of the US Ski and Snowboard Team

    35:00:  Resigning with Line for 3 more years and social media in contracts

    38:45: Spy Optics:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20.

    The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is ‘Out of Office’ Pilsner

    41:15:  Internet skiers, video projects, creating Good Company, and company plans for next year

    55:00:  Delta’s special treatment of Tom and wedding planning

    57:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Line Skis Josh Malczyk