Paul Crandell is more connected to radical people than anyone I’ve had on the podcast. LP, as he’s known, has done everything when it comes to events. He started as the banner guy, complete with all the zip ties and in just a couple years, he became the puppet master, complete with all the Red Bull budgets. After a decade of creating and executing the most important events in the world, it was onto the GoPro rocket ship, where he experienced the pain of going public, cashed out and is now all about kindness.
Paul Crandell Show Notes:
3:30: How he became LP, being tall and volleyball.
10:00: Tahoe, Shane McConkey, Bikes, and selling art
18:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
20:30: Making Red Bull hire him, building Red Bull in the US, and illegal in Canada
30:00: Creating Rampage with Bender and crew, NYC Events, and being final approval the US and buying a Bentley as a gift.
40:00: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%
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Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
42:30: Red Bull, athlete risk, why leave, Q and selling planes
59:30: GoPro, marketing strategy, going public, stock roller coaster, and Kind Humans
62:00: Inappropriate Questions with Uncle E
Zach Crist may have the most complete ski career of any athlete I’ve had on the podcast--other than his older brother Reggie. Coming up in Sun Valley, Zach achieved his goal of making the US Team, but it wasn’t all the glory that it sounded like and after a second knee injury and retirement, Zach started collecting X-Games medals. From there he became a guide, went to AK to film, invested in some ski related real estate and we talk about the high’s the lows, and the tragedies and triumphs on the podcast.
Zach Crist Show Notes:
3:30: Busy life, kids, and DuPont
9:00: Moving to Sun Valley at 6, skiing every day, mountain town problems, and his ski crew
13:30: Skiing gets serious, the path to greatness, being small, making the US Ski Team, not partying, and always being late
21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
23:30: Breaking down the race world, his race results, the disappointment of being a racer, and getting along with his brother as a racer
28:30: His worst crash, leaving a loser every week, and chemicals on the course
33:00: Rahlves, being elite, why ski racing athletes are unique, losing Bret Samus in a ski accident and Retiring from the US Ski Team,
41:00: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%
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Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
43 :00: An unfair advantage in Skier Cross, X Games medals, and why the sport disappears in the US
47:00: Money, The Ski Tour, skiing with Jann Winter and Robin Williams, and buying Smiley Creek Lodge
55:00: Inappropriate Questions with Daron Rahlves
While Mike Rogge is a publisher these days, he cut his teeth writing for some of the most important titles in snow and beyond. These days, life is all about changing the print model from a dying, corporate, ad driven business to a thriving, independent, boutique model that caters to what subscribers want. On the show, we talk about finding a home in skiing as a writer, Powder, The Ski Journal, his internet persona and so much more. Rogge has never been afraid to share his opinions which always makes for a great listen.
Mike Rogge Show Notes:
3:30: Twitter, reporting the truth, and summers at Great Escape and winters at West Mountain
10:30: Sports, night skiing, and the X Games at Mt Snow
16:30: Writing, opportunity through skiing, and flipping the script in family history
23:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
25:30: Taking advantage of college, Simon Dumont Quarter Pipe, and working for The Meatheads
35:00: The Ski Show, Powder Magazine, and getting hired over others
43:30: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
45:30: Having the keys to the magazine, Tunnel Creek, the decline of Powder, and leaving
56:30: The Ski Journal, trying to buy three titles, having the deal fall apart, and telling the world about it
63:00: Mountain Gazette
69:00: Inappropriate Questions with Adam Jaber
Christina Lustenberger, aka Lusti, is an all-around badass in the mountains. Before this certified ACMG guide was killing it in the TGR movies, she was a racer out of Canada and paid for it with 5 full knee re-constructions over 10 years. But even with the injuries, Christina competed in the Olympics and transitioned from race to guide school. On the show we talk racing, guiding, being a woman in a male dominated world, malfunctioning gear and what it took for Lusti to earn the pro skier dream.
Christina Lustenberger Show Notes:
3:30: Huge amounts of energy, raised at the mountain by ski bums, and no television
7:00: Ski racing with Ian Macintosh, moving up the ranks, graduating into the ski team, and having a DNF ski style
14:00: Injuries, recovery, the Olympics, retiring from racing and becomng a guide
19:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
21:30: Black Crows, skiing with strangers, being a more educated woman in a male dominated world, and having a voice in the mountains
29:00: Children of the Columbia, is there pressure at TGR, traveling far for bad conditions, and then getting hurt
35:00: Getting fixed fast, first descents, and avalanche
38:30: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
41:00: Reacting to the slide, not getting a signal, calling in the cavalry, and the aftermath of the product failure
48:00: Covid, sponsors, and Mount Nelson
56:00: Inappropriate Questions with Ian Macintosh