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TPM Episode 40: Nate Bozung, Boznutz Oct 23, 2017

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Nate Bozung was once the young buck on Forum Snowboards who oozed style. He fully embraced the rockstar lifestyle and rode with it. Nate created brands, owned companies, traveled the world, blew money, and lived the drinking life to the fullest. Now, Nate is back in Utah, living a life of moderation (for Nate) and figuring out what to do next.

Nate Bozung Show Notes:

1:30: What is Nate up to now, going to a wedding and snowboarding

4:00: Growing up in CA and being Mormon

7:21: Team sports, skiing, and skateboarding

9:38: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

11:31: Moving to Utah and meeting with Jordan Mendenhall

13:02: Getting into snowboarding getting noticed and getting on Forum

15:00: What were the Forum days like?

16:43: How teams and snowboarding has changed

19:00: Super model types that he's into and Hollywood

22:28: How do things end with Forum?

24:34: RESQWATER is Proactive Recovery.

25:00: Nate doing it on his terms

27:53: Nate at contests and video parts: True Life

30:26: TechNine and DC and how much is he making as a pro snowboarder

33:17: Quitting DC and being stuck in Canada

35:27: When does he become Boznutz and Matty Ryan

38:15: Getting robbed in Russia

39:54: Tattoos and Drugs

44:18: The reality tv show that never made it to tv

46:50: Greece, Barcelona, NYC and Alcohol

49:35: What are people's reaction to Nate

51:09: Mental hospitals and losing his house

55:00: His social media persona and how friends and family react?

57:38: Rehab and being judged

61 :23: What is next for Nate?

TPM Episode 39: Scott Stevens, Pro Snowboarder Oct 16, 2017

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Scott Stevens is one of the most creative snowboarders out there and his skills on a trampoline are second to none. He's not a household name but he should be. Instead, he's a blue-collar snowboarder who is comfortable in front of the camera, not crowds. I caught up with Scott at High Cascade Snowboard Camp to talk about his life and career.

Scott Stevens Show Notes

2:27: Scott's history at High Cascade Snowboard Camp and who influenced him

4:00: Who rides like him in snowboarding

6:25: Defenders of Awesome and innovating every year

8:07: Who is he inspired by today: Cole Navin

9:06: Sponsors for Scott today: Capita, Smith, 32, Coal, Union, Magical Gogo, Theory Skateshop

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

11:44: Growing up in Massachusetts and family

12:36: Played baseball year-round through high school

14:00: His dad takes him for lessons at Mt Tom

15:00: The Capita team

16:00: Did he ever ski? And how did snowboarding take over

17:52: Skateboarding and eating habits and working out

18:50: OCD, hockey tempers and using cameras

21:11: RESQWATER is Proactive Recovery.

21:54: Who is Scott in High School? Does he know he wants to be a pro and how often is he riding?

25:54: Mini Shredding and it wasn't looked at as that cool

26:27: When did sponsors happen for him and the growth of social media and being an early adopter to internet videos

29:42: Moving to Utah and now in Portland

32:33: Injuring his shoulder again and beating up your body

34:40: His trampoline skills and self-motivation. Here is an edit

37:25: Money, partying, and the industry

41:01: The nickname Sleepy

42:11: What's to expect this season

TPM Episode 38: Scot Schmidt, Ski Legend Oct 09, 2017

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Scot Schmidt is a legend in mountain towns across the globe. He blazed a trail that inspired generations of skiers and created a way for ski athletes to monetize their talents outside of competition. From learning to ski in Montana to moving to Squaw Valley with the goal of making the US Ski Team…. Skiing was "It" for him. When money became a barrier to making the team, found himself shooting with local photographers and, eventually, traveling the world in the pursuit of good snow.

1:25: What is Scot Schmidt up to in the offseason

3:00: Growing up in Montana and how he got into skiing and skateboarding

5:45: Joining the Bridger Bowl Ski Team, competitiveness, and HS

9:45: What his parents think of him choosing to ski over everything else

11:18: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

12:51: Moving to Squaw Valley with nothing

14:40: Has he always been the quiet guy? Did that impact his ski career?

15:45: Racing in Squaw Valley and being the janitor for the race team

18:00: Quitting racing and transitioning into magazine and Warren Miller films

20:20: Products of the past and how it impacted style in skiing

23:56: RESQWATER

24:40: Getting a letter from Warren Miller that changes his life

26:26: Being broke when he wasn't traveling

29:14: The North Face partnership, Stockli K2 (and how the relationship fell apart) Salomon

34:04: Meeting Greg Stump at events and not really feeling his movies and then agreeing to do Blizzard

35:44: Glen Plake being a liability and his relationship with Plake

39:13: Getting on Good Morning America and being recognized in and out of ski towns

41:16: Is he making good money skiing?

42:50: How did skiing impact his family life?

44:00: Life at the Yellowstone Club, the passion of Justin Timberlake and skiing every day

47:58: Skiers that he keeps up with today and his impact on skiing

TPM Episode 37: John Spriggs, Pro Skier Oct 02, 2017

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John Spriggs is known for many things: Being a professional skier for over a decade, taking his basketball height and making it work in the terrain park and backcountry and, most recently, a high-profile arrest for assault and other charges. Fresh out rehab, John now has 6 months of sobriety under his belt and he's trying to figure out who he really is and learning strategies of how to deal with that person. Between the alcohol and the anger issues, it's not going to be an easy road. And….he hasn't given up on his pro ski career, the question is, have sponsors and fans given up on him?

John Spriggs Show Notes

2:36: What I have known about Spriggs over the years: a little overview of his career

5:02: Born and raised Denver and then moving to Vail and how Vail has changed

7:23: Ski Club Vail and mogul contests and then the transition to Pipe and Slope

9:20: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)10:25: How long does it take to get good?

11:28: Going full time in the world of twin tips: X-Games and starting drinking at 14

15:30: Filming with Poor Boys Productions and a party story that John doesn't remember and more drinking and blackout talk

20:14: RESQWATER

20:40: Transitioning to TGR

21:10: The Denver Big Air win: Booze, money, family and police

23:40: A ballpark on how many nights he's blacked out and how many fights has he been in in his life?

25:15: Hunter Schleper per goes on the record about his differences with Spriggs

30:30: Injuries and other drugs

32:29: Being a professional in the ski industry and having more sponsors than anyone along with a lot of passion for skiing

37:48: Disagreeing on how stars are made in ski movies and his sour view on the ski industry

45:54: Losing friends in skiing and going into a dark place and living in his truck for 3 years

49:38: Drugs and coping and skiing at the highest level

53:40: What happened on March 13? Two days before the arrest

54:48: THE CHARGES and John's recollection of what happened that night

1:02: What happens after Jail? Rehab, treatment, community service and 6 months clean

TPM Episode 36: Glen Plake, Ski Icon Sep 25, 2017

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Glen Plake is the most famous skier ever, in my opinion. While his skiing has always been top level, no matter what type of skiing he was doing at the time, he'll always be remembered as the guy with the Mohhawk. The guy who, along with Scot Schmidt, Mike Hattrup, and Greg Stump, created the overused word Extreme. From arrests to celebrities to his thoughts on the state of skiing, here is the best of Glen Plake

2:00 Plakeisms: Glen's thoughts on global warming, the hotel (ski industry), going out into the back country, traditional skiing, and technique. He keeps it real

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

10:43" Plakeisms: Glen's thoughts on global warming, the hotel (ski industry), going out into the back country, traditional skiing, and technique. He keeps it real

32:57: Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off and RESQWATER

34:15: Getting arrested with 40 pounds of Mushrooms and how Blizzard of AAhhh's saved him

38:00: Being an innovator in Snowboarding in the early days with Shaun Palmer

41:00: Hanging with Coolio, Carl Lewis, Shaun Palmer for a week

47:00: Evander Holyfield

49:00: Meeting Seal and realizing the connection between his music and Stumps films

55:00: The Patrick Duffy Baja 500 story.

Photo Credit: The Glen Plake FB Page

TPM Episode 35: Tim Eddy, Pro Snowboarder Sep 18, 2017

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Tim Eddy is one of the more positive people you'll ever meet and he happens to be a pro snowboarder with an interesting story. He started slaying rails and rocking a persona known as T-Money when he was an up-an-comer on Burton and then he really found his true, wacky, self when he left the brand. We talk about being an am, what it means to go pro, the financial crisis, tiny homes and more...

Tim Eddy Show Notes

2:18: What is the Rat Race all about?

5:00: From Mass to Sacramento to Truckee, getting into skateboarding,

6:00: Finding snowboarding and being inspired and not taking snowboarding serious

9:19: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

10:55: Getting sponsored as a kid by Ground Zero and Burton, who was T-Money?

14:35: Going to a Charter School, being a responsible young kid with a little money

15:41: Leaving Burton on his own accord, getting on Airblaster and struggling for a couple of years to build them, eventually getting on K2

20:31: The difference between being an Am and Pro in snowboarding and having a pizza sponsor

23:06: Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off and RESQWATER

24:50: The financial crisis and many more things change life and make Tim into who he is today

31:28: What happens when he finally goes pro?

33:30: Energy drinks and being positive all the time and donating to charity

35:51: Building the Childerness (his tiny home with concrete skatepark) and then losing it 6 years later.

TPM Episode 34: Hana Beaman, Pro Snowboarder Sep 11, 2017

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Hana Beaman has been a professional snowboarder for half of her life. She has been on the podium at the X Games, shredded powder in Alaska and done everything in between…but her real focus in life is finding fun. On the podcast, we talk about her career, test tube babies, gender inequality in snowboarding, and a lot more…

Hana Beaman Show Notes

2:39: How long has she been coming to High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Windells Camp ?

3:31: Growing up Big Bear Lake, her test tube sister, pirate ships, and ski tote catalogs.

6:50: How did she get into skiing and getting her first snowboard from Tom Simms at age 6.

9:49: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

14:00: Seeing her first snowboard movie, Decade, and seeing Snow Summit as a park.

14:56: Was she a regular high school kid and sports in high school.

16:38: Sierra Nevada College and snowboarding and meeting the right people

17:50: Seeing the path and dropping out of school

19:06: Vans and the Warped Tour , Ride and team managers with crazy hands, Von Zipper, the best team she was ever on, and energy drinks.

25:05: Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off and RESQWATER

26:40: How soon does success happen for her?

28:57: The US Open in Vermont and other contests

30:31: Who did Hana look up to early on in her career?

32:54: Being a woman in snowboarding and difference in treatment and pay

37:50: How was she at contests mentally and meeting celebrities

40:52: Getting frustrated with the scene and going to ride powder with Travis Rice.

45:53: Being a pioneer on content early in her career

48:34: The Full Moon Film

51:26: Snowboarding today and the tricks

52:26: Real estate and where she lives

54:20: What's next for Hana and what people said about her

TPM Episode 33: Matt Vaughan, Owner, Easy Street Records Sep 04, 2017

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In 1987, the (West) Seattle music scene and Easy Street Records were both in their infancy. Both the scene and the store showed a DIY ethos that is still apparent today. The global culture that was created by the scene was cultivated locally by the store. There were a lot of players in Seattle, Matt Vaughan was and still is a very important one…He would never say that but he says a lot on the podcast.

Matt Vaughan Show Notes

2:43: Major developments in the world of Easy Street,

4:30: New Orleans and the Pearl Jam in-store that was the inspiration for Record Store Day

12:27: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

14:08: Growing up in Seattle with the Hattrup Family.

16:00: Matt's grandmother invents the surf short with Hang Ten

18:05: Matt's family growing up

22:12: Matt's mom creates Queensryche and Matt tours the world with them at 16

26:59: Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off and RESQWATER

28:38: Matt was the Senior Class President when he wasn't being suspended

31:45: Working in record stores, college and how he started Easy Street.

36:18: Surviving the first few years, dropping out of Seattle U and going all in in

38:53: Death and music

42:37: West Seattle in the late 80's and the long hours of owning your own business

44:54: What is Matt thinking now about the business, going on the road with Alice in Chains for two tours and managing bands

47:30: Moving Easy Street to the best corner in West Seattle and a lot of music history

53:35: Giving exposure to bands that made it and the ones that had exposure handed to them

58:10: Cowboy Coffee

1:00: Eddie Vedder works at Easy Street to sell Ticketmaster tickets

1:04: Winning the 2016 EV Games

1:05: The Beastie Boys replace their stolen records at Easy Street

1:10: The Easy Street Café opens in '99

1:12: The Queen Anne days and closing the store

1:19: How has the internet impact business?

1:22: The Café experience

1:25: What is next in the record store business? How does he keep Easy Street alive?

1:27: Brands in the airport

1:28: Who's the most talented person he's ever met?

1:30 Who's the biggest asshole he's ever tried to help out /

1:31: What's the nicest thing anyone's done for Matt in his work life?

TPM Episode 32: Andy Parry, Pro Skier Aug 28, 2017

Show notes

Andy Parry is one of the more unique skiers on the planet. He's an innovator, a pioneer of content creation, and the one skier who knows what the kids want….and he delivers it to them via the web on a weekly basis (for 10 seasons) with the wildly successful Line Traveling Circus web series. Find out how Andy relied on creativity more than to talent to make his pro ski dreams come true.

Andy Parry Show Notes:

2:00: Home renovations with Andy and the relevant things that have happened with Andy lately. None are good

5:05: The Line Traveling Circus

7:55: Growing up in Victor, NY with a lot of change

10:00: How was school for Andy as he was a weird kid?

11:25: Evo (listen for special offer) and Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off

12:57: How does Andy get into skiing? The I hate NY Crew and backyard skiing

16:20: Andy's persona on Newschoolers.com and problems with different crews

18:01: Describing the skiing that Andy does

19:50: Comparison to Rodney Mullen

20:15: Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15) and RESQWATER

22:11: Emo Bogart Section outlines who Andy was in High School and what he wishes he realized in High School

24:00: Going to Green Mountain College and meeting the Meatheads, Line and meeting Mike Nick

26:30: Pitching the Traveling Circus to Jason Levinthal, signing with Line and Season 1

30:00: Lots of views little money. Does he need an agent?

33:12: Traveling the world and doing with not as much talent as the rest

35:16: Moving to Colorado and working at Ruby Tuesdays and Pizza Hut

36:02: Working with Shane McFalls

37:05: Blowing his knee jumping a fence and rehab

38:18: Strange fan encounters with The Traveling Circus and getting noticed

39:25: Having a lot more fun than other people

40:28: Getting a Sprinter Van, how gross the van gets and breaking down

42:19: Channeling his inner Plake with the Tell a Friend Tour

45:07: The lifestyle not seen on The Traveling Circus and what he doesn't like about who he travels with .

48:13: Wanting to be remembered as a legend

TPM Episode 31: Brian Aragon, Retired Pro Rollerblader Aug 19, 2017

Show notes

Brian Aragon's life sounded like a dream until he realized it wasn't. He was a world champion pro skater and his video parts were as legendary as his park skills. He's traveled the world many times over, had 6 Pro Model skates, and a skatepark named after him all before the age of 30…. And then he rolled away from it all to become the Inside Account Manager over at Arrow Electronics. Find out why on the podcast

Brian Aragon Show Notes:

2:03: What is a typical Monday for Brian and what does he do?

3:56: Retiring in his prime

5:39: Growing up in Brighton Colorado

7:50: Skateboarding and Rollerblading in 1998ish

9:00: Skating takes over in Colorado and progression

11:30: The impact of the ASA and the pros he's looking up to at the time

14:12: Evo (listen for special offer) and Patrol USA Use TPM10 at checkout on the site and get 10% off

15:30: Getting sponsored by the Skatebarn, traveling to contests

18:12: Trying to get Brian on K2

20:14: Qualifying for the ASA Pro Tour and focusing on skating All-The-Time

23:00: Rookie of the Year and living on ASA checks