Amie Engerbretson is a pro skier who understands the importance of marketing yourself and creating your own brand more than most. Amie started as a dancer and didn’t make it in that world, so after a 4-year break, Amie decided she wanted to become a pro skier… she had a path, she’s been a ski model with a photographer dad since she was a kid, and she got a ton of coverage. But Amie wanted more than just ski modeling, she never took no for an answer and made her dreams happen. It's a cool story.
Amie Engerbretson Show Notes:
4:00: Powder, photography, and her Dad
15:00: Born in Tahoe cookie shop and her mom
18:45: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
21:15: What does her 21-year-old single dad know about parenting, quitting skiing for dance, not making the dance team 8x’s, and college
27:00: Deciding she wanted to be a pro skier, figuring out her value, and becoming her own brand
33:00: Salomon and working with me
38:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports
Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program
39:00: Women’s product, sponsors, and money
48:00: Avalanche, rescue, sharing it with the public and the mental impact of all that
56:30: Warren Miller, making things happen,
62:30: Inappropriate Questions with Alyssa Seemann
Ross Powers had all the chips stacked against him…His life started in leg braces, and things weren't easy. What Ross did have, though, was a strong mom and snowboarding. He strapped in, learned to shred, started winning, and didn't stop until he was an Olympic Gold Medalist and one of the most decorated riders of our time. On this week's podcast, we talk about his journey from Vermont to just about every podium in the world.
Ross Powers Show Notes:
3:00: The Hall of Fame, growing up with a different childhood and finding snowboarding
15:00: Progression, contests, and getting hooked up by Burton
20:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
20:15: Everything starts happening so fast, the IFS and FIS, and starting to dominate the contest scene
42:15: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports
Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program
44:00: Winning slope and pipe at X Games, the first Olympics, Terje, and not maximizing the experience
48:00: The US Open, and Salt Lake Olympics, and winning gold
52:00: Being the alternate in 06, and finding Snowboard Cross.
59:00: Inappropriate Questions with Seth Wescott
Robert Guerrero grew up during the intersection of the internet and inline skating. Meaning he made friends all over the world via AOL chat rooms and lived a double life…Loner student during the weekdays and popular street skater on the weekends. Eventually, Rob G became a legend within the sport, known for both insane rails as well as some of the most creative skating ever seen. Throughout this time, Rob lived a spiritual, nomadic lifestyle that eventually takes him to an Ayahuasca retreat in Peru. This is where he ends up getting shot in the face at point-blank range. Hear all the details in the podcast
Robert Guerrero Show Notes:
3:00: Ben Weis, the Midwest influence, growing up in San Jose, and roller hockey
10:30: HS Football, picking skating, skate culture, and the start of nomadic life
15:00: Influential bladers, AOL chatrooms, and VG Videos
19:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
22:00: The naming of his “JSF” Crew, Rob G is everywhere, and video exposure
25:00: Living a dual life, the energy of the session, contests, street skating, and IMYTA
31:30: 2001 is a huge yeah but he’s still an AM, and money
33:00: Where is home, being nice, people-pleasing, losing all his sponsors, and health insurance
39:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Getting you outside for over 70 years
Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program
41:30: Getting on Rollerblade, retiring from sponsors for spiritual awakening, and his Ayahuasca retreat experience
50:00: Going to a retreat for himself, getting shot in the face, the GoFundMe, and getting out of Peru
59:00: Waking up in the US, karma, the progression of getting better, what he’s doing now
55:00: Woodard investing in the youth, setting a Guinness Record, and winning awards
66:00: Inappropriate Questions with Tom Hyser
Kristen Ulmer is routinely called the best female big mountain skier of her time, maybe ever, and that annoys her, and she’ll let you know it. If you’ve seen Kristen ski, you know her gender doesn’t matter, she’s always been about sending it and most of the time it’s bigger than her male peers. Kristen is a living legend, a unique personality, who doesn’t’ lack confidence…. on part two of the podcast, we talk about ski mountaineering, pioneering AK, gender, and more….
Kristen Ulmer Show Notes Part 2:
3:00: Knee issues from part 1, Nepal Mountaineering with no permits or visas, and crazy solo vacations
15:00: How long was she off the snow over her career, how does she deal with downtime, the relief of injury, and being competitive against all men
20:30: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
20:15: Skiing for cameras only, pioneering in AK, getting left in the mountains, and the Wild Wild West
29:30: She thinks skiing was never not cool, Snowboarders in AK, men putting her in awkward situations, and gender differences
34:00: Creating personas for marketing purposes, making more than the men, selling out, and seeing everything as a business
42:15: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports
Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program
44:00: Becoming a film skier, making pennies in skiing today, and best skiers ever
52:00: Skiing the Grand Teton, manufacturing drama, and 50 near death experiences
59:00: Inappropriate Questions with Aaron McGovern