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TPM Episode 340: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder Jul 24, 2023

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Tina Basich is one of those living legend, pro snowboarders who helped shape the sport. Known for being one of the pioneering women in halfpipe and big air, Tina also crushed it in Alaska and influenced a whole generation of girls with her riding. In Part 1 of her podcast, we talk about gender, her Waldorf-style schooling, living in a teepee, creating the first women's signature products, Shannon Dunn, and much more. Barrett Christy asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Tina Basich Show Notes:

3:00: Gender equality in early snowboarding, the first X Games big air, people supporting her, and creating the first women's specific snowboard gear

21:30: 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.

23:30: Growing up different outside of Sacramento, Waldorf education, gymnastics, Michael's health, and communication issues, living in a teepee and going to a public high school.

42:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

44:30: Finding her tribe in the skateboarders, her mom gets her into snowboarding, when does the tech work, and riding a 2001 board until 2021

56:00: Donner Ski Ranch, seeing the pros, her first contest, 87 World Championships, racing, and is she living a double life?

69:00: Scholarship or Pro and getting boxes from sponsors

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Barrett Christy

TPM Episode 339: Darian Boyle, Pro Skier, Model Jul 12, 2023

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Darian Boyle is one of the pioneering athletes who helped usher the free ski movement to the forefront of the sport, but Darian is so much more than just a champion skier. She's a model, a lifeguard, a paddleboarder, a boat builder, a marina owner, a bartender, a surfer, a Hobie cat racer, a moto rider, and a mom. She hasn't slowed down since she started chasing her brothers when she was little. On the podcast, we talk about her incredible ski career, modeling career, television career, her injuries, and so much more. Roy Tuscany is on point in asking the Inappropriate Questions.

Darian Boyle Show Notes:

3:00: Her nickname, Darian Jr, her parents, and her brothers

14:00: Growing up in NJ, Ford Modeling Agency with Brooke Shields, her Sugarbush ski house, lifeguarding/summering in Sea Girt, NJ, and close calls in the water

23:30: 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.

25:30: Close calls in the mountains, her pro ski plans end before they start, working in television, California to Aspen, moguls, Aspen Extreme, shin problems, and moving to Tahoe

44:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code pmovement

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

46:00: The Performers, sponsors, money, Skier Cross, The Factory Team, CK ad rip-off, and moving on to Head

58:00: MC and the Cadillac story, breaking McConkey's new sled, wearing a helmet, and breaking her neck

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany

TPM Episode 338: Joe Johnson, Ski Marketing Guru Jul 07, 2023

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Joe Johnson has mastered the desk jockey hustle as he's gone from dream job to dream job. While he spends a lot of time at his Salomon desk, he's not chained to it. He's an industry dark man, a behind-the-scenes ideator of some innovative marketing campaigns by some of the biggest resorts and brands out there. On the podcast, we talk about his first passion, basketball, his incredible list of jobs: tourism, resort, agency, and brand gigs, his near-death fall, and a lot more. It's the first business episode in a while, and Digi Dave Amirault asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Joe Johnson Show Notes:

3:00: Sneakerhead, Tonasket, WA, basketball, college scholarship, Internships, and Visit Spokane

14:00: Quitting Visit Spokane during the 2009 recession, being a broke, digital hired gun at Solitude, playing catch up on the mountain, leaving Solitude.

21:30: 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.

23:30: Recruited by The Canyons, The Ultimate Mountain Gig, his life-changing accident, Outside Media, office at Alta

37:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

39:00: His insane Outside Media account list, developing relationships with athletes, competing brands, and leaving Outside

46:00: Sun Valley to Salomon, travel, marketing toolboxes, big picture items, and money

60:00: Inappropriate Questions with Digi Dave Amirault

TPM Episode 337: Phil Sifferman Part 2, Incredible Stories from the Vault Jul 03, 2023

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Phil Sifferman is back and chock full of stories from the past that we won't get anywhere else. On the podcast, Phil and I jump back in time, talking about the drama behind the IOC and FIS, the party powder days of skiing, the gruesome accidents he's witnessed on a royal level, and so much more. It's a different kind of episode, and the stories are true gems.

Phil Sifferman Part 2 Show Notes:

3:00: The Accidents and the greatest save of all time

10:00: Creating the rules for FIS Freestyle over too many beers and the cocaine days of the ski industry

17:30: 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.

20:00: Warren Miller v Dick Barrymore, being the American promoter in a sea of Europeans, buying all the most prestigious European Races, money buys medals, and corruption.

37:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code pmovement

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

39:00: Freestyle skiing saves IOC global financing, what event day looks for Phil, being the person that brought the NFL to Europe, having Roger Goodell as his NFL Assistant, and how can FIS ruin the FWT

50:00: Inappropriate Questions

TPM Episode 336: Azikiwee Anderson, Pro Skater, Baker for Social Change Jun 26, 2023

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Azikiwee Anderson is so much more than the founder of Rize Up Bakery, San Francisco's only Black-owned artisanal sourdough bakery. Sure, that's what he does now, and it was born out of the social unrest that was going on in 2020, and it's growing fast. But before Zeke was the face of the bakery, he was a pro inline skater, a company owner, an event organizer, and a judge at events like the X-Games and Gravity Games. He was the mature voice of reason in a sport that was way too young for its own good. On the podcast, we talk about growing up homeless and on welfare, his many unexpected after-school activities, finding skating, going pro, and so much more.

Azikiwee Anderson Show Notes:

3:00: Our crappy cities, not having a dad, moving to SF homeless, different perspectives, the "I get to do this" mentality, and having a chip on his shoulder.

12:00: Rize Up Bakery, moving to Chico, CA, violence/words, and his plethora of unexpected activities.

20 :00: 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: Eagle Scout, early vegetarian and straight edge (until 35), HS Cheerleader, finding inline skates, and from rec to rails

30:00: The sponsorship process, sponsors, being the older skater, all the travel, being in Batman/Hollywood, and money

41:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

44:00: Investments, he doesn't need as much, and the trials and tribulations of being a skateQ

TPM Episode 335: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer Jun 19, 2023

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Julian Carr is arguably the most interesting person in skiing. Between his gigantic airs that defy what is humanly possible, to his first of its kind in the US trail running events, The Cirque Series, to his Blake's Bronco project, which landed him a deal with Ford, Julian has made a habit of turning his passions into his life's work…both personally and professionally. In part 2 of the podcast, we discuss the details behind big air; the 210-footer in Engelberg, Parker Cook, asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Julian Carr Part 2 Show Notes:

3:00: Things his hair predicts, general big air questions, and BASE and skydiving.

15:00: Fear, sponsor expectations, photo pricing, do you make money from photos,

22:00: 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.

24:30: Winning X Games Gold, current sponsors, the most he's made, not being greedy and that paying off, photo incentive/travel budget, and breaking up with brands.

32:00: Icelantic, selling Discrete, and the 210 cliff in Engelberg

45:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

48:00: His haters, the pandemic impacts his Cirque Series, and Blake's Broncos

60:00: Inappropriate Questions with Parker Cook

TPM Episode 334: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer, Jun 07, 2023

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Julian Carr is one of those people with that calm, cool, and collected demeanor, seemingly all the time. And that's exactly how Julian wants himself to be when he's sending the world record cliff drops that he's made a career out of. But Julian's story isn't what you would expect. On the podcast, we talk about his roof jumping club as a 7-year-old, getting into skiing in 8th grade, sports, fraternities, picking the brains of skiing legends, gigantic cliffs, and so much more. It's another do not miss episode, and Rachael Burks asks the Inappropriate Questions

Julian Carr Show Notes:

3:00: Random Julian things, Salt Lake City, gymnastics, and team sports

10:00: Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, University of Utah, Sigma Chi, and slopestyle contests

20:0 0: 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: Skiing with some absolute legends, picking their brains, shooting photos, building a website, acting, starting Discrete, his crazy busy life, and blowing up his femur

34:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

37:00: Wolverine Cirque in the summer, the story behind his first big cliff, unlocking the code in front of Jamie Pierre

49:00: Warren Miller, Knee injury, crazy rehab, Billy Poole, US Nationals at Snowbird, and Air Jordan

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Rachael Burks

TPM Episode 333: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer, Part 2 Jun 05, 2023

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Ted Ligety is one of the greatest US ski racers in history. He's won two Olympic gold medals and is a five-time world champion who's won 25 World Cup events. He's a legend, and in part 2 with Ted, we talk about Gold Medals, Tom Brady, FIS rule changes, Bode Miller, his Park City Parade, and a whole lot more. It's another do not miss episode.

Ted Ligety Show Notes Part 2:

3:00: Calculator watches, GoPro mounts, ski tech, and traveling with gear

11:00: Torino Gold Medal, the late media tour, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, and Shred Optics

21:30: 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.

24:30: Olympic Rule 40, Vancouver 2010, the mental game, Warren Miller, and exposure

40:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

43:00: Going to Head skis, angry with the FIS rule change, total domination, and winning 3 Gold Medals at World Championships

55:00: His Park City Parade, Bode, the media-built rivalry, and Sochi 2014

63:00: Pyeong Chang 2016 and retirement

70:00: Inappropriate Questions

TPM Episode 332: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer May 29, 2023

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Ted Ligety is one of the greatest US ski racers in history. He's won two Olympic gold medals and is a five-time world champion who's won 25 World Cup events. He's a legend… but it wasn't always easy for the late-blooming Ted. In part 1 of the podcast, we talk about finding skiing, being bullied, growing into his body, Tanner Hall, The Winter School, making the US Ski Team, and much more. World Champion Felix Neureuther asks the Inappropriate Questions

Ted Ligety Show Notes:

3:00: How hard it was to watch racing and what he would do to change ski racing, and NASTAR

14:00: Coming from a non-ski family, finding racing, not making the team, figuring out carving skis, and how that shaped his technique.

20:00: 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: World Cup in Park City, injected courses, confidence, the Newschool movement, being the small kid and being bullied, and how it hardened him.

29:00: The Winter School, Tanner Hall, figuring out speed, his senior year, and the 2002 Olympics

41:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

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

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

43:00: Making the US Ski D Team, his first World Cup, and partying

53:00: Is it cutthroat when you're racing for money, moving up on the US team, bumping people off the team, and hazing

63:00: Beaver Creek dominance, making the Olympic Team, and money

69:00: Inappropriate Questions with Felix Neureuther

TPM Episode 331: Derek Taylor, Former Powder Magazine Editor in Chief and Journalist May 22, 2023

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Derek Taylor once held the most important job in ski media at a time when magazines dominated the media landscape. Derek was Editor in Chief of Powder Magazine, but before that, he was a "ski bum" in Crested Butte right about when Seth Morrison and the US Extremes came to town. In the early days, DT made ends meet by freelance writing for outfits like ESPN The Magazine, The Ski Journal, Freeskier, Outside, Bike Magazine, and more. Then he landed the dream job at Powder. On the podcast, we talk about his journey from college soccer player to dirtbag skier, the early days of Crested Butte, and the rise and fall of Powder Magazine. The Buena Vista Surf Club asks Inappropriate Questions.

Derek Taylor Show Notes:

3:00: Rugby, The Hartford Whalers, soccer, and skiing; growing up

10:00: High School, college soccer, leaving and going to Crested Butte and what the town is like

15:00: Ski v Snowboard rivalry, and all the players of Crested Butte

20:00: 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: Covering the US Extremes for the school paper, ski bumming, is Vail the enemy article, and landing an internship at Bike

32:00: Moving to CA and working for free, making a difference at Bike as an intern, going back to Crested Butte, learning how to freelance through friends, X-Games, and leaving CB

41:00: High Cascade Snowboard Camp: The legendary snowboard camp

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

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

43:00: Getting hired by Powder, Powder Magazine readership, where they make their money, what is lifelike writing at the mag

49:00: Pressure at the magazine, favorites, his writing, passed over and eventually landing the Editor in Chief role, and his vision with Powder

56:00: Crazy expense reports, writing the letter from the editor, managing Powder in the changing landscape of media, and money

63:00: Changes when getting bought, fighting for his team, what happened to Powder, and giving up work to become a stay-at-home dad

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with The Buena Vista Surf Club

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