Tricia Byrnes is on the podcast this week…. she’s a wealth of knowledge and a fun interview. Tricia’s known for her competitive days, she was on the contest circuit for 20 years but these days, she’s organizing the contests and making sure she helps pave the way for the future of the sport. We talk about her life and times on and off the podium, the future of the sport and some great old stories.
Tricia Byrnes Show Notes:
2:00: Dick Byrnes, partying, and growing up rich
6:00: Wanting to be an Olympian, skiing, and snowboarding
12:00: All disciplines, The US Open, and high school
16:00: Sims and parents
19:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
21:00: Winning The Open, College, and Rossi
27:00: Sponsors, Olympics, and X Games
33:00: Not making the team, making the team… losing sponsors and her brother
29:00: Plake, Afterglow and, product design
39:00: 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
41:30: Athlete Agent, 2002 Olympics, Octagon, and retirement
50:00: Africa, Go211, USASA, and life after snowboarding
56:00: Inappropriate Questions with Spencer Harkins
Pep Fujas is arguably one of the most influential skiers of our time, I’ve had so many guests bring him up on the show as the person they looked up to. Known for his style, Pep has always seen terrain differently, which has always shown in his skiing. On the podcast we talk about growing up in a yurt, contests, Tanner, Plake, Afterglow, K2, and his new venture WNDR Alpine. It’s a do not miss episode with a legend.
Pep Fujas Show Notes:
2:00: Growing up Pep, getting into skiing and other sports
8:00: Going to a ski academy, mogul skiing, and freeskiing
12:00: Pep’s inspirations, sponsors, and his first pro model
17:15: Nimbus, no poles and X Games
22:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
23:45: 1242, Tanner, and health
29:00: Plake, Afterglow and, product design
39:30: 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
41:15: No more pro models, K2 development, and getting older
48:45: Patagonia, going back to school, and working with the family business
55:00: Leaving K2 and going to WNDR Alpine and what is WNDR Alpine?
96:00: Inappropriate Questions
This week’s podcast is based around two mountain bike events in Prineville, Oregon, Black Sage and Proving Grounds. Some of the best riders in the world converge upon this mecca of jumps and features and destroy them. The podcast is a mix of 15 interviews with athletes and insiders and 10 unforgettable minutes talking to Micah Black at Greg Stump’s house.
Black Sage/Proving Grounds Show Notes:
2:30: Road trip, arrival and Andy Goggins
5:40: Carson Storch
7:30: Ryan Runke
8:45: Andy Parry
10:00: Casey Brown
12:00: Tyler Bereman
14:00: Bas van Steenbergen
16:00: Jordie Lunn
18:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
20:13: My experience with ski film legend, Greg Stump
23:00: Micah Black
34:00: Tyler McCaul, and Dusty Wygle
36:45: Bienvenido Augado
39:00: 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
40:30: Casey Brown
43:00: Nicholi Rogatkin
45:20: Emil Johannsen
46:30: Reed Boggs
48:30: Juan Diego Salido aka Jonny
Jeff Galbraith is a writer stuck in a publisher’s office. He’s also a dude with more history in snowboarding media than almost anyone and he is one of the last independent publishers in the world of snow focused print. On the podcast we talk about his long career, the personalities, the magazines he’s worked for, created, and a lot more good stuff.
Jeff Galbraith Show Notes:
1:30: Nickname the Walrus and growing up in Everett
4:10: Writing, sports, and music
7:00: His intro to snowboarding, college, and interning
15:00: Getting his foot in the door at Snowboarder Magazine and working in WA then CA
21 :45: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
23:30: The Olympics, travel, and what work life is like at Snowboarder
32:00: Jessi Lu, Frequency, and publishing
41:00: 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
42:45: Being in Bellingham, money, and The Ski Journal
50:00: The Recession, The Fly Fish Journal, and which mag does best
55:00: Technology, digital, and what’s his end goal?
44:30: Inappropriate Questions with Matt Wibby
Scotty Bob Morgan is different than most athletes I’ve had on the show. His focus on Proximity Flying, one of the most high-risk activities on the planet, creates a life that is different than your traditional action sports athlete. There are no huge paydays, organized ways to get exposure, or even a good way to learn. You need a heavy dose of sky, BASE, and wingsuit experience combined with huge balls in order to live to tell these tales. With a background as a combat photographer and dude that jumps off of everything, Scotty Bob has both. He’s not a household name, but that doesn’t matter, he’s a badass who does crazy shit and is looked at as an innovator in his sport.
Scotty Bob Show Notes:
1:30: Trip report and getting married
5:00: Growing up a normal military brat, high school, and the marines
9:00: Jump School, Iraq, and coming home to skydive
15:00: 2nd tour of duty and Lauterbrunnen
17:45: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
19:30: Meeting a mentor crew in Europe, ending the military, and injury
25:00: Breaking laws, wingsuit/proximity flying, and death
34:45: 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
36:45: Being nervous, money through teaching, and sponsors
41:30: The haters and The Sheriff Role
44:30: Inappropriate Questions with Mort, Dave, and Matt from Squirrel Wingsuits