Ben Weis has lived a rollercoaster of a life so far and he’s not even 40. Ben came up in a dysfunction family in Minnesota, didn’t have the money to play hockey and ended up finding rollerblading. In just three quick years he went pro in a sport where there was no money. So contest winnings went into backing drug deals, they went bad, and Ben found himself a heroin addict/criminal who was in and out of prison. He’s been out for a month, he’s clean, and this tale is a must listen.
Ben Weis Show Notes:
2:00: Austin, MN, no dad, and sports
7:30: Skating, college, and world championships
12:00: The Ben Weis Show style of skating, getting on K2, and pain tolerance
22:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code tpm30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
24:15: Weed, tour, and covers/video parts
29:00: The bottom falling out of the sport, Amsterdam, and traveling broke
36:00: Drugs, getting dropped, and devoting all his time to selling drugs
40:00: 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: Suicide, college, and triggers
45:30: OD'ing on heroin, proposing, and homeless
51:00: Red Bull Crashed Ice, prison, and facing 20 years and having the charges dropped
55:00: What’s next
57:00: Inappropriate Questions