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TPM Episode 50: Jeff Ament, Bassist, Pearl Jam Jan 01, 2018

Show notes

Jeff Ament is known for being the bassist for Pearl Jam but his story goes much deeper than that. He doesn't do many interviews, and none go this deep. From working on a farm in small town Montana, to turning down football scholarships as an all-state quarterback, to music, to charity, the dude has done a lot in his life and he's remained as humble as they get. Hear it all on the podcast.

Jeff Ament Show Notes

1:35: What has Jeff been up to lately?

3:25: Born and raised in small town Montana in a family of 5 and developing a strong work ethic by working on the farm and how that could have rubbed people the wrong way at times

9:25: Big Sandy High School, skateboarding, team sports and turning down football scholarships.

14:17: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout) and RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)

15:45: What did he see growing up near Indian Reservations that impacts him today, his dad wanting him to become a priest and understanding the poor kid

22:30: Art, getting into guitar, music in the 70's and then Jeff going on a tangent that includes Seattle, Mark Arm, and opening for big bands for the first time.

29:18: Punk rock music during college in Missoula, putting school on the backburner and what his parents thought of moving to Seattle with Sergio.

32:45: 10Barrel Brewery and Sierra At Tahoe

34:46: What are the shitty jobs that he had when he moved to Seattle? Washing dishes and working his way up in the restaurant game

37:30: Playing a distorted bass, jumping really high and what he looked like at the time.

40:46: Green River, being an unofficial investor of Sub Pop, and being a part of the Seattle "scene"

43:04: The end of Green River, how long is he out of a band and the start of being in bands that weren't his best friends….Mother Love Bone and getting a demo deal in a month.

47:52: Is he still poor when Mother Love Bone is signed?

50:00: Andrew Wood dies and Jeff needs a backup plan now that he thinks his shot could be over.

53:00: Music becoming fun again and playing with Stone Gossard again

54:00: Pearl Jam comes together quickly with the best musicians and Dave Kruzen

56:40: Singles movie

60:00: He has everything and nothing. Dealing with being famous

63:00: Money and things he's splurged on

67:00: Fan clubs and building an audience

70:00: Ames Bros

73:00: When things go wrong at shows you do not cancel

1:14: Vitalogy foundation, Montana Pool Service and kids/schools

80:00: Getting into skiing and snowboarding with Doug Coombs

TPM Episode 49: Roy Tuscany, Founder, High Fives Foundation Dec 25, 2017

Show notes

Roy Tuscany was that cocky, aspiring pro skier that I'm sure everyone knew at one point. He had his life together, graduated from college and moved out west to pursue his ski dreams. When Roy overshot a jump and suffered a life altering injury, everything changed. He realized that there was more to life than himself and that it was time to give others the support he received when he had his accident. Through the High Fives Foundation, that punk kid has become a selfless adult who strives to make the world a more fun place, especially for people going through what he did.

Roy Tuscany Show Notes:

2:00: What has Roy been up? Buying a house and engaged

5:02: Born and raised in Vermont and being an only child

6:40: Sports growing up and getting into skiing

8:25 Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

10:10: Is into the ski scene back in the day, who influences him and summer camps?

12:00: What kind of kid was Roy in HS and being known for an unfortunate incident involving vomit and a police officer.

16:00: Going to UNH and UVM and the Budweiser Aerial Assault Tour and what is his personality like at this point.

23:00: Moving out west after college to pursue the ski dream in Tahoe.

26:00: RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack) Click here: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

27:30: The defining moment of his life: The injury

34:00: The hospital and surgery

39:00: The weeks after the injury

41:00: Physical therapy and walking out of the hospital and what's next

45:40: Moving back East, getting botox and finding out that was a very bad decision and dark time in his life

50:00: Moving back to Tahoe and working with Ladd Williams and how long did it take him to get back on snow and what was that process

53:00: The first event and starting The High Fives Foundation

57:38: Drinking and divorce

60:00: Getting healthy

62:00: Amazing experiences

TPM Episode 48: Spencer O'Brien, Pro Snowboarder & Olympian Dec 18, 2017

Show notes

Spencer O'Brien is one of the top slopestyle competitors in the world, which is an amazing feat considering that she suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis. On the podcast, we talk about her decorated snowboarding career, what the Olympics mean to her and how she is still able to compete while suffering from a debilitating disease. Don't' miss it!

Spencer O'Brien Show Notes

1:15: What is Spencer up to now?

3:49: Vancouver sports and growing up in Alert Bay and getting into skiing

6:00: Three girls and how they were raised and working on fishing boats

9:00: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

10:15: Getting into snowboarding at 11 and riding everything at contests

15:00: Riding pipe, Olympic dreams and then getting into slopestyle

19:00: Air awareness and gymnastics backgrounds and where does snowboarding go

23:00: Who was she in high school and what was she like?

24:13: Sponsored sister living in Whistler and how does Spencer make it up there?

26:30: Getting an agent, getting sponsored, and affording Whistler

29:30: The strangest things she's done for money

31:00: What are the big events that made people notice her?

33:00: The Olympics Vs. the X Games

34:30: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

35:55: Contests wins, droughts, and nerves while competing

39:00: Representing Nike as a snowboarder

43:30: Who pays her? And what happened to APO?

46:07: Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis before the Sochi Olympics, taking drugs for it and testing.

51:45: The negatives around the Olympics and what she things of them

58:34: Getting hurt at the X Games

101:00: Qualifying for the Olympics in North Korea

103:00: What's next after this last Olympic experience

TPM Episode 47: Jaimeson Keegan, Sports Agent Dec 11, 2017

Show notes

Jaimeson Keegan's professional life has been one that every high school kid, who's not the best at what they do sports-wise, dreams of. He went from college to the music industry in Seattle when it was on fire and left that world for a company, RedBull, that no-one had really heard of yet. That career choice created countless opportunities, the latest of which is his decade old sports agency, Superheroes Management. For a desk jockey, he has a great story.

Jaimeson Keegan Show Notes

2:29: What does an average week look like for Jaimeson

5:00: Growing up in Rhode Island, sports, skateboarding, punk rock and family

12:43: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

14:00: Indiana University, fraternities and more

19:25: Moving to Seattle, bussing tables and getting into the music business

29:15: RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack. Click here: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

31:40: Getting into Redbull and Lords of the Floor

35:20: Moving to Puerto Rico and becoming a sports marketing manager

42:04: Moving to Canada as the Head of Sports and Culture at RedBull and the athletes he worked with there.

50:14: How did he become an agent and starting Superheroes Management?

58:30: How much time do athletes get?

100:30: Breaking up with athletes

TPM Episode 46: Bobby Brown, Pro Skier, Olympian Dec 04, 2017

Show notes

Bobby Brown didn't start skiing until he was 11 years old and just 7 years later found himself standing on top of the X-Games podium, which he considers more important than the Olympics. Bobby and I talk about coming up, his career, his final shot at Olympic Gold and everything in between.

Bobby Brown Show Notes:

1:17: What is Bobby up to now and what was his summer like

2:25: Watching the Broncos lose the Super Bowl when he was in Sochi

3:50: Getting into skiing at 11 years old, the X-Games and what other sports he was into.

6:41: Is he one of those natural athletes that is good at everything and High School

10:00: Being inspired by Jonny Moseley and skiing everyday 11:30:

13:30: Was there any academy training in his life?

14:00: Skiing for 7 years and then winning X-Games gold and how the progression of tricks worked for Bobby

15:40: Bobby's Sponsors: Smith, Red Bull, GoPro, Lifeproof and Salomon

16:04: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

17:40: Winning his first contest and having Saga as his first sponsor and making sponsor me resume's and getting real sponsors 16

20:00: Being part of the Salomon super team and being involved with his sponsors?

23:05: Not taking advantage of a RedBull opportunity with his first reality show and the RedBull performance side

26:09: His first X-Games experience and getting his first spot from Tanner Hall and then winning medals

28:30: Wrapping his head around the rotations that he's doing

31:05: What skiers was he tight with?

32:17: Deciding to be a real athlete health-wise for the Olympics

33:15: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

36:16: What happened in Sochi? The drama of making the team

38:40: Moving to the Backcountry in Be Water and Roots Lead to Water

40:35: Gearing up for South Korea and the Olympics

42:23: The exposure of big events and the X Games is more important than the Olympics to Bobby

43:45: Slvsh and the excitement around it

44:40: What is the dumbest thing that anyone's ever asked him to do for money?

TPM Episode 45: Kimmy Fasani, Pro Snowboarder Nov 27, 2017

Show notes

Kimmy Fasani has never let the lows of life drag her down and she's been through some painful experiences on her way to and at the peak of her snowboarding career. She also hasn't let the highs of being a top level professional snowboarder get to her head. How long will that career last now that, coming of her best season ever on paper, Kimmy is pregnant with Chris Benchetler's baby and her contracts are set to expire? Hear what Kimmy has to say on the podcast.

Kimmy Fasani Show Notes:

1:11: Chasing Adventure and the ski and snowboard rivalry

5:39: Born and raised in Truckee and having a single mom and a 1-legged dad.

9:00: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

11:29: Skiing at 2 years old and getting her first snowboard at 9 and being an only child

15:32: Her USSA days and competition and gymnastics

17:50: Losing her dad at 14 and how that affects her

22:00 RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

23:30: Getting a call from Shannon Dunn, getting product sponsors, and working at Totally Board

25:18: Moving to Mammoth and going to CC and University of Phoenix

27:31: Getting dropped by Burton and giving it one more year

28:39: Getting sponsored as a woman in snowboarding and expectations?

33:54: DC and getting into filming with Leanne Pelosi and going to AK and filming with Standard

38:30: Getting back on Burton, other sponsors (Zeal, Cliff Bar, Lulu Lemon, SkullCandy) and a huge year for her.

42:58: What's going to happen now that she pregnant and all her contracts are up?

47:50: Giving back to snowboarding with Amusement Mountain

51:03: The firsts for women that she's achieved and what's wrong with the people behind the scenes of media

53:16: Losing her mom to cancer

59:00: More about the baby and choices

TPM Episode 44: Kris "Jaymo" Jamieson, Action Sports Visionary Nov 27, 2017

Show notes

Kris "Jaymo" Jamieson is one of the nicest and unintentionally cool people you will ever meet. He doesn't try to be the man, he just is and his passion is contagious. He's done everything you can do in action sports at the highest level, from being an athlete, media personality, desk jockey and now, to start up partner. He's never done anything soley for money, it's always been about passion and the money has followed.

Kris 'Jaymo' Jamieson Show Notes

2:00: What is Evo Gimbals and traveling to China

6:03: Growing up in Hawaii, getting his first surf board from Gerry Lopez. Skateboarding is the catalyst for everything that he's ever done

10:40: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

12:00: Moving back to OR and getting in to skiing and then snowboarding

14:50: Going to OSU and what kind of dude was he, dropping out and working at Hoodoo Ski bowl

16:45: Meeting Mike Olson and Pete Saari and getting on Gnu

17:50: Riding for Gnu and the riders at the time

22:00: What happened to Gnu and riding race boards

25:15: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

26:33 Joyride and Lib Tech snowboards and the Lib Salomon parody

30:00: Running the first summer camp at Hood and the beginning of High Cascade

33:40: Ski vs. Snowboard and making money

37:33: Jeff Brushie and creative ability

40:40: Being a Journalist, announcing, Sal Masakela

47:11: Radio show and music

53:44: # 30 at Go Pro and the layoffs

TPM Episode 43: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Pro Skier Nov 13, 2017

Show notes

While Sage Cattabriga Alosa had set his goal on being a professional skier, his ski career was made in one shoot and he never looked back. From racing in Wyoming to chasing the Collins Brothers around in Utah, Sage honed his craft and became one of the best skiers of his time. His exploits are legendary, his movie segments many and his outlook on things is a little bit different and that's just one of the things that makes him awesome on and off the hill.

Sage Cattabriga Alosa Show Notes:

1:54: Sage's compound and having twins two months early

5:50: Born in his grandmother's house

9:00: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

10:18: Moving to Alta, Wyoming growing up and how he got into skiing

15:06: Traveling to Oregon, living in a teepee

19:20: Ski racing and skiing at Targhee and what movies is he into in high school?

24:15: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

25:41: Winning a pair of skis from Plake, moving to Bend, going to college, winning Salomon 1080's and meeting the Chris Collins

32:00: Meeting Kris Ostness, Pete O'Brien and Jordan Judd and then moving to Utah, working at the Peruvian and skiing.

36:26: Plake encounters that have had an impact

38:53: What is it like living in employee housing at the Peruvian

41:00: Getting married young

44:08: What's his appearance at this point and sticking out on the mountain

47:46: Pyramid Gap and the making of Sage's career

57:00: TGR helps land Rossignol, Smith and The North Face as sponsors and movies

61:00: Partying with the Jones'

64:21: When and how does he get on Atomic?

71:00: Human powered trips, yoga and health

73:30: Projects he wished he could have been a part of and art

79:00: The changing ski media

82:00: How long can he do it and looking to his peers

TPM Episiode 42: Matt Sterbenz, Founder, 4FRNT Skis Nov 06, 2017

Show notes

When Matt Sterbenz finished at the U of M, he left the Midwest in search of bigger mountains that would help him achieve his goal of becoming a pro skier. When Matt turned his dream into a reality, he could finally peak behind the curtains of the ski industry. When he realized he didn't like what he saw, he decided take matters in own hands. He starts 4FRNT Skis as a vehicle to help evolve the sport he loves and after 15 years of no profit, is forced to sell. On the podcast Matt shares all the details and how the future looks for the Jason Levinthal owned, 4FRNT.

Matt Sterbenz Show Notes

1:15: Matt is at the old office and 4FRNT is moving headquarters. What is the new space for?

3:45: Tinkering and Eric Hjorleifson.

5:45: Growing up and skiing in Chicago.

8:43: Going to three high schools

10:11: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

11:30: Sports and skiing moguls

17:56: Summer camps and being inspired by Whistler and the people

22:44: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

24:10: What happened to Camp of Champions in Matt's opinion

26:40: Getting sponsored by Fischer Skisi and making his skis twin tips

30:41: Graduating from U of M and driving straight to Squaw Valley and working in the parking lot. What do his parents think?

33:31: The state of skiing 17 years ago when he was in Squaw

36:36: Validating skiing in the Midwest and what that scene was like

38:24: How does he make his first pair of 4FRNT Skis?

42:00 Signing an exclusive with a factory in LA and starting the 4FRNT. Working with other factories and brands and making skis in Africa.

45:25: Naming his first ski after himself

47:00: How did the industry react to him launching the brand?

49:20: Building the business, making money, athlete owners and the struggle

54:45: The details around the final days of Sterbenz owned 4FRNT Skis, what's happening to their dealers and the future with Jason Levinthal

TPM Episode 41: Howard Katkov, RED Mountain CEO Oct 30, 2017

Show notes

Howard Katkov is doing something that's never been done in the ski industry with his "Fight the Man, Own the Mountain Campaign." He started as a surfer then became a student, lawyer, developer, manufacturer, corporate executive and for over a decade, he's been the owner of RED Mountain. Now, he's creating the opportunity for everyone to own a piece of what he and many others think is the best skiing in North America. Find out his story and all about owning RED.

Howard Katkov Show Notes:

2:15: Growing up and surfing

5:15: High School without his parents and skiing

6:35: College, Law School

10:00: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

11:34: Starting a Law Firm right out of Law School and then starting a development firm and doing huge deals and then the 1990's hit

14:09: The Makeup business, selling to Estee Lauder and going to work for them

17:40: Skiing and life at that point

19:24: How did he hear about RED Mountain, going there and buying property

20:51: RESQWATER and Sierra At Tahoe

22:00: Rossland and the community and the mountain

25:26: What made him buy RED Mountain? How did the locals react?