Rachael Burks may be the most stoked skier on the planet, and that stoke is contagious. Whether she’s sending the biggest cliffs, picking the most technical lines, or doing what she can to promote women and women’s skiing, Rachael is the person everyone wants to be around in the mountains. On the podcast, we talk about how she ended up in Texas, finding a ski career in her 20s, Billy Poole, TGR, paying to play, Going Greenland, mentoring women, and a lot more. Legendary airman Julian Carr asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Rachael Burks Show Notes:
5:00: Going Greenland, growing up in Utah, and being recruited to the church
12:00: Team sports, skiing, mountain biking early on, risk-taking, SMU, and depression
21:00: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
23:00: Dropping out of school and landing a job at Snowbird, shop-life, contests, and the Crested Butte comp
32:00: Finishing school in Oxford, competing on the European Tour with $350 in the bank, one speed in skiing, and getting a sponsor through crashing in Verbier
38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited
43:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
45:00: Getting on the Levitation Project, not knowing how to film on an all-time trip, Powder Awards, sponsorship, and money
49:00: Julian Carr sized cliffs, losing Billy, TGR, paying to play, Angel, Red Bull Cold Rush, McConkey PMS, and mentoring women
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Julian Carr
Stanley Larsen was one of the original Hot Doggers. Known for his loose contest runs that earned him titles like Canadian National Champion, French Freestyle Champion, Swiss Aerial Champion, and European Champion, Stanley was so much more than a contest guy. Fifty years before the Nimbus Crew existed, Stanley Larsen was looked at as the first skier to look at the mountain like a blank canvas and make art with his skiing. And when his skiing was done, Stanley made art in Hollywood, directing Super Bowl commercials and more. On the podcast, we talk about his counterculture roots, Dick Barrymore, Warren Miller, The Marlboro Tour, the death of hotdog skiing, and more. These history lessons are important and not to be missed.
Stanley Larsen Show Notes:
5:00: Saving lives, unbelievable Stanley skills, growing up in Seattle in the bike business.
10 :00: Getting into skiing through a church he never went inside, racing, counterculture Stanley, and he was going to be a pro skier
19:00: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
21:00: Getting on the Allslop Tour, Sun Valley, Vail Gelande, Warren Miller, and Stanley’s patented loose style, earning respect, and creating the IFSA
39:30: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
41:30: Overnight success of freestyle, Scott Megrino’s injury changes everything, keeping the TV contract, all his titles, and the Cervinia story
49:00: Marlboro Tour, going to Iran with Dick Bass and a Rockefeller to solve Utah’s transportation problems, and being a celebrity
56:00: Assignment K2, the Clambin scene, the differences between Dick and Warren, transitioning to being behind the lens
80:00: Inappropriate Questions with Phil Sifferman
While Mike Marolt is a US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Member and a badass ski mountaineer, he never really had a pro ski career. He makes his money as a CPA. Ski-wise, Mike did so many incredible things, at high altitudes-without using oxygen, sherpa, or drugs, but he was always treated like Rodney Dangerfield. He and his crew never got the respect they deserved. On the podcast, we talk about the Marolt family roots in Aspen, his identical twin brother, college baseball, and his incredible resume full of American firsts in ski descents, and more.
Mike Marolt Show Notes:
5:00: Hunter S. Thompson’s rocket, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Jordan, and his dad, the Olympian
12:00: Aspen’s dark event, having an identical twin, Independence Pass in the summer with his dad, and the Aspen School District Outdoor Education Program and trip
22:15: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
24:15: Climbing at Kastle Peak at least 300 times, Jeeps, and being a clean-cut, church-going kid who drank beer
37:00: College baseball, studying accounting, the unwritten rules of climbing from his era, Denali, Logan, and learning how to suffer
38:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
40:00: First trip to Asia with Ed Viesturs, his first time above 20,000 feet, and Ed inspiring him to bring skis on future trips
49:00: Not cool enough for big-time ski or climbing sponsorships, getting enough hate online that there was a betting pool against them living through Shishapangma, and people questioning him (and his group) being the first North American to ski an 8000-meter peak
55:00: Going got Everest with a chip on their shoulder, how not getting it impacted them, climbing, Choy Oyo pure style and Everest not fully pure style, and then his thoughts on supplemental oxygen (which he doesn’t use)
67:00: Not bring his skis on the summit bid, getting stuck in lines, and then getting cold and turning around
The avalanche that recently buried Adam Ü in Japan was a life-changing event for many; lives were lost, and people will never be the same. In part 2 of my podcast with Adam Ü, we talk about marketability and marine biology. Adam then tells the heavy story of the avalanche, being buried, losing Kyle Smaine, and more. This podcast is a must-listen and a reality check for anyone who likes to play in the backcountry.
Adam Ü Show Notes:
4:00: Marketability, production, the switch to marine biology each year, risk on the water, and money in science and skiing
13:00: What to do if you want to ski every day, putting in the effort, and his favorite ski and water trip story
19:30: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, calories, and sugar.
Puffin Drinkwear: Be the hit of every party and gathering with the coolest and cutest drink accessory ever created. Get 20% off with the code powellmovement
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
23:15: Snow safety, losing Carl Skoog, the lead-up in Japan, and Kyle Smaine
31:00: Avalanche and what happens when you’re buried
39:45: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Outdoor Research: The best outerwear ever built just got better get 25% off all OR products with the code POWELL25
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
42:45: Probe strikes him after 20 minutes, getting out, finding out about the others, making the worst calls of his life, dealing with police, and finally, heading home
54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Steve Christie