By the time Jim Rippey made it to high school, his goals were clear, he was going to punt in the NFL. When football didn’t work for Jim, he found snowboarding. Within a couple years on a board, Jim was a sponsored rider with Burton, eventually had 7 pro models, and was the first to back flip a snowmobile. The interesting wrinkle is, one day in Alaska, Jim found god and everything changed for him. Fast forward 15 years and Jim is a man of god, a correctional officer living a completely different life.
Jim Rippey Show Notes:
2:00: April Fool’s and growing up with in Quincey, CA with his dad
8:00: Football, then moving to Tahoe to be a liftie
12:00: The sponsorship process
19:45: Stanley: Get 20% off site wide with the code Stanley20
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21:45: His pro models, the details he thought of and royalties/money
29:00: Being the stereotypical looking snowboarder, being addicted to weed and eventually quitting everything
38:00: Finding god
43:00: 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
44:15: Jim selling me on a Jesus story and how do people react to his new found faith?
50:00: Being the first one to land backflip on a snowmobile, the end of sponsorship and more god stuff?
56:00: BASE, can you make money as a pastor and why he isn’t the head of a Megachurch on tv?
58:00: Becoming a Correctional Officer
64:00: Inappropriate Questions
Colleen Quigley’s life has been a series of dream jobs…. but nothing never really seemed easy for her. Coming up on the East Coast, Colleen was a shop rat who made a B-List pro snowboarding career happen. Her time as a pro shred was nothing flashy but it set her up to shine behind the scenes in the world of snow. On the podcast, we talk about her pro days, her desk jockey days, and being a woman on the office side of snowboarding. It’s the first business episode in a while and it’s a good one.
Colleen Quigley Show Notes:
1:30: Dakine ownership changes
10:00: Growing up, snowboarding, and red hair
14:00: Eastern Boarder, Waterville, and college
18:00: Mammoth
20:30: Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
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21:45: Things happening in snowboarding fast, getting paid and what is expected
28:00: Money, High Cascade, board tests
42:20: 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
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43:45: The transition to desk life, Salomon, and leaving for Dakine
50:00: Director of Digital Marketing, jumping into snow marketing, and letting go of details
55:00: Being a woman in the world of snow and helping other women
60:00: Inappropriate Questions with Leanne Pelosi
Cody Townsend has been at the top of the ski food chain for over a decade but he wasn't supposed to be a skier, he was born into a football family with surfing and skiing habit. Well, Cody bucked the family tradition and chose skiing over team sports. He became one of the best of his time, married another one of the best skiers of our time, has created brands, projects and so much more. Another do not miss episode.
Cody Townsend Show Notes:
2:00: Have you ever had technology failures
4:00: Santa Cruz, Tahoe, and the Mighty Mights
7:00: Football, High School, and leaving racing
18:00: Salomon sale, far east travel and sponsors
21:00: Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
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22:15: Who pays Cody, building his digital presence, and creating his own distribution
35:30: Fame, traditional media, and money
42:00: Time off as a pro skier and starting Arcade Belts
45:00: 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
46:15: The growth of Arcade and being copied
51:00: Filming with MSP, not making the movie, and The Freeride World Tour
57:00: Getting another chance with MSP, The Crack and the controversy
65:00: Conquering the Useless, Risk, and loss
68:00: Ruin and Rose, It’s Called Backcountry Skiing, and comedy
74:00: The Fifty Project
82:00: Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany
Anne-Flore Marxer is a lightning rod for change and the first Euro I’ve had on the show, and she’s super Euro.. She spends her life fighting for equality…being the squeaky wheel is something that she’s really good at and I’m sure every event organizer and Team Manager has heard her polite wrath. On the podcast we talk about her new movie “A Land Shaped by Women, her long snowboard career and her fight for gender equality.
Anne-Flore Marxer Show Notes:
2:00: Movie Tour in Istanbul
7:00: Differences between here and EU and an AFM rant
13:00: Growing up in the Alps, snowboarding, school, and her first contest fiasco
20:30: Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
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22:00: Her career is taking off in EU, heading to the US, and Rookie of the Year
31:00: Sponsorship in Europe and why she left Burton
36:30: Freeride World Tour
42:00: 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
43:30: French Reality Show Accident and death
48:00: Reactions to her fight and “A Land Shaped by Women” movie
65:00: Inappropriate Questions
Shane McConkey was the most influential skier of all time, but he was so much more than that. Husband, father, funniest guy in the room, product visionary, goofball….there are so many words but none of them can truly describe who McConkey was. On the podcast, I head to Squaw Valley for his signature snowlerblade event, take you through what that looks like, and talk to a variety of people to get some funny McConkey stories. If you haven’t seen the movie “McConkey”, go watch it and then listen to the podcast.
Shane McConkey Show Notes:
2:00: Day 1: Travel, Andy Wirth’s House for the High Fives Foundation’s “Military To The Mountains” Dinner.
6:00: My new friend Nau
8:00: Mike Rosen Story
10:00: Cody Townsend Story
13:00: Event Day
14:00: Mike Gutt Story
17:00: Scott Gaffney and Bryce Bennett story
20:00: JT Holmes Story and Update
21:30: Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
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23:00: George Hjelte Story
25:00: Erol Kerr Story
29:00: The Gala
32:00: Flip McCrick Story
35:00: Mike Hattrup Story
37:00: Murray Wais Story
38:00: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
39:30: Nate Abbot Story
50:30: Andy Farrington Story
52:00: Kim Reichelm Story
54:00: Aaron McGovern Story