Branden Steineckert was a founding member of The Used and the driving force behind the band until the guitarist kicked him out for being sober in 2006. While that could crush a man, Branden dove onto wakesurfing for a couple of months and came out the other side as the drummer for Rancid, which has been his job for the past 18 years. While that’s worthy of its own podcast, we spend a lot of time talking about his heavy childhood in Utah and using skateboarding as an escape. On the podcast, we talk about Ken Block, Tony Hawk, music, his Ghost Pickleball brand, and much more.
Branden Steineckert Show Notes:
4:00: Ken Block and growing up Mormon
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25:00: Not partying had nothing to do with the church; Dad commits suicide, the hardest childhood, getting into drumming, therapy, and school
44:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com
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46:00: Bad kids school, The Used, lead singers, the lame live music scene in Utah, and song writing
60:00: Courted by labels, Warner Brothers, Warped Tour, Tony Hawk, getting kicked out of The Used, getting into Rancid, and Pickleball
87:00: Inappropriate Questions
Alexi Godbout was born to ski instructor parents and was on his way to a pro skier future from a young age. He did the standard, started with ski racing, graduated to moguls, and then got his master's in park skiing. He went from local kid, following new school legend Philou Poirier, to a pro Salomon contract at 14 and a 20+ year pro ski career that, after years of podiums, shifted to the big mountains where he makes his “Blank Collective” films today. On the podcast, we talk about getting sponsored early, beating Tanner and Henrik at the ISPO Awards, injuries, big mountains, and more. Stan Rey asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Alexi Godbout Show Notes:
4:00: Born into a ski instructor family, ski racing, Philou, blading, and football
16:00: Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non- heated)
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19:00: Winning his first event at 14, was he cocky, English, and his first US Open, Charles Gagnier, and getting his first contract
27:00: Aspen Open, winning awards over Tanner and Henrik, Skimatic, his first knee injury, Kangaroo Flip, and Dew Tour
41:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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42:00: Money, Tall T style, his hair, filming with Jeff Thomas for the first time, and X Games
49:00: Poor Boyz, street skiing, MSP, winning Dew Tour, doing his knee again, coming back to a podium, and the Olympics
60:00: Moving to Pemberton, his new sled fiasco, Blank, learning from Jeff Thomas, too many cooks in the kitchen and Blank favorites
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Stan Rey
Tommy Moe is an absolute legend. This longtime US Ski Teamer is the only Olympic Downhill gold medalist I’ve had on the podcast. While Part 1 took us through what it took for Tommy to make the US Ski Team and ended with frustration in Albertville, Part 2 is all about the glory. We talk about Olympic Gold and Silver, winning a World Cup, Johnny Moseley, Shane McConkey, the Tordrillo Mountains, and more. It’s another amazing conversation, and another one of Tommy's US Ski Team teammates, Chad Fleischer, asks the Inappropriate Questions
Tommy Moe Show Notes Part 2:
4:00: 2nd rock bottom after Albertville, growing into his body, focusing on the tech aspect of skiing, ski techs, and tuning his skis today
12:00: Sports psychologists, Japan, first podium in Whistler, and a change in training style
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22:30: Performance training, killing it in 94, Lillehammer Olympics, bonding with the course, SI crapping on the US Ski Team, the race, waiting in the finish coral, and the awards ceremony
41:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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43:00: Setting the tone for the whole team, sponsorship and money, heli-skiing in AK, the first time being high profile, and the freeskiing movement in AK
53:00: McConkey, hurting his knee, Nagano, Johnny Moseley, retirement from the US Ski Team, the Jeep King of the Mountain Series, and Tordrillo Mountain Lodge
78:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chad Fleischer
Tommy Moe is an absolute legend. This longtime US Ski Teamer is the only Olympic Downhill gold medalist I’ve had on the podcast. But Tommy’s life wasn’t always destined for glory. Between getting kicked off a ski team, to being put on probation by the US Ski Team, the future wasn’t always so promising. In part 1 of the podcast, we talk about ski racing, his issues, moving to Alaska, making the US Ski Team at a young age, the struggles of an athlete on the come up and the Albertville Olympic Games. It is a fun chat, and Tommy's US Ski Team teammate, Reggie Crist, asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Tommy Moe Show Notes:
4:00: Explosion, Tom Sr., Montana, relationship with his mom, living with Grandma, skiing, seeing racing and wanting to do it, podiums, and summer camps
21:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, or sugar.
24:00: Sponsored at 12, caught with weed and kicked off the team, moving to AK, working hard, skateboarding lifestyle, Copper nationals, making the C Team, getting in trouble again, the consequences, and Europe with the A Team.
41:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
Outdoor Research: The best outerwear in the world is designed and tested in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest
43:00: Bill Johnson, World Championships, downhill courses, 12th at Worlds, pressure, getting smoked, mental games, who pays for travel, the team Fraternity, and Albertville Olympics
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Reggie Crist