The Powell Movement

By The Powell Movement

What's The Powell Movement about?

The Powell Movement is the podcast that pushes the envelope and is designed to be the go-to show for sports enthusiasts who want to know what it takes to achieve success.

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The Powell Movement episodes:

04.22.2024
TPM Episode 379: Jake Hopfinger, Pro Skier
Jake Hopfinger created a name for himself in skiing at the Kings and Queens of Corbet’s in Jackson Hole. The double backflip he threw there for a 3rd instantly made his name known worldwide. While the dollars and travel...
04.15.2024
TPM Episode 378: Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn, Pro Skier, Owner, Points North Adventures
Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn is a lifer in the ski industry. She’s skied more powder than almost anyone on the planet over the past 20 years, which is what you’d expect from the owner of one of Alaska’s premiere heli operations, Points...
04.08.2024
TPM Episode 377: Colter Hinchliffe, Pro Skier
Colter Hinchliffe is living proof that the Aspen rockstar ski bum dream not only exists but it can thrive if your heart is in the right place. Colter spent his life surrounding himself with the only thing that...
04.01.2024
TPM Episode 376: McConkey PMS Recap and Shane Stories
The Pain McShlonkey Classic is arguably the most important event in all of skiing. The coveted Golden Saucer is up for grabs, and this year, 60 ski bladers had KT early ups on a Saturday pow day. The weekend's goal...
03.25.2024
TPM Episode 375: Elyse Saugstad, Pro Skier
Elyse Saugstad is not only a Powder Award-winning skier known for her impressive movie segments over the years, but she’s also a woman who’s put her career on the line to better the treatment of women in big mountain...
03.18.2024
TPM Episode 374: Jess Kimura, Pro Snowboarder
Jess Kimura’s life has never been easy. Yeah, she’s a pro snowboarder who travels the world to ride, which sounds like a dream - But, hearing about the path that led Jess to snowboard superstardom, I doubt many people would...
03.11.2024
TPM Episode 373: Maggie Voisin, Pro Skier, X Games Gold Medalist, 3X Olympian
Maggie Voisin’s life has been defined by skiing, family, and the highs and lows that come with both. A three-time Olympian and 7-time X Games medalist, Maggie knows what it’s like to achieve her goals and experience the highest of...
03.04.2024
TPM Episode 372: Kaitlyn Farrington, Pro Snowboarder, Olympic Gold Medalist
Kaitlyn Farrington grew up on a cattle ranch in Bellevue, Idaho. Life growing up was all about hard work, rodeoing, and, if there was fresh snow, skipping school to head to her home mountain of Sun Valley. Eventually, she...
02.26.2024
TPM Episode 371: Mark Mackay, From Ski Rep to Country Music Star
Mark Mackay is a country music star in the making, but his background as a ski rep makes him the perfect new business episode. His road to Nashville included stints with Rossignol, Dynastar, and Atomic, all by the time he...
02.19.2024
TPM Episode 370: Andy Hetzel, Legendary Snowboarder
Andy Hetzel is the Rick Kane of snowboarding. Hailing from Arizona, Andy’s first love was skateboarding, then punk rock. This eventually led to Andy finding snowboarding and moving his life to Breckenridge. He competed early and often and achieved...
02.12.2024
TPM Episode 369: Greg Stump, Legendary Filmmaker, Aspen Residency, Part 2
Greg Stump, the legendary filmmaker behind ski classics like Blizzard of Aahhh’s, The Maltese Flamingo, Groove Requiem in the Key of Ski, and Legend of Aahhh’s, is back on the podcast. Stumpy is promoting his March Residence at the Isis...
02.05.2024
TPM Episode 368: Nick McNutt, Pro Skier
Nick McNutt’s ski bum story is one of the best. After ten years of dirtbagging it, Nick became a big-name pro skier and one of the faces of TGR movies. When Nick moved to Whistler at 17, he quickly...
01.29.2024
TPM Episode 367: Ross Reid, Nerdy About Nature, Ski Filmmaker
Ross Reid is known these days as the Nerdy About Nature guy, a modern-day Bill Nye, helping educate the digital world about what's happening in nature. But Ross isn't just an internet influencer; he's an award-winning filmmaker who spent...
01.22.2024
TPM Episode 366: Logan Pehota, Pro Skier
Logan Pehota comes from ski royalty bloodlines. His dad, Eric Pehota, is a ski mountaineering pioneer, a badass in the big mountains. Logan's journey to ski stardom took him from racing to slope-style to the Freeride World Tour to...
01.15.2024
TPM Episode 365: Colby West, Pro Skier
Colby West is a big personality in skiing and has been for almost a decade...but didn’t start skiing until he was a teenager. When most people were getting into the sport, Colby lived an isolated life where he spent...
01.08.2024
TPM Episode 364: Parkin Costain, Pro Skier
Parkin Costain is a child prodigy, a kid born to pro level athlete parents, Parkin was in the backcountry before he could walk. He was learning to read lines, manage risk and enjoy adventure at a young age and then,...
01.01.2024
TPM Episode 363: Gerry Lopez, Legendary Surfer, Yogi, Snowboarder
Gerry Lopez may be the most legendary guest I’ve ever had on the podcast, so it’s fitting that I kick off Season 8 with Gerry. This OG surf god single-handedly invented what relaxed style looks like, and it was...
12.25.2023
TPM Episode 362: Chris King and Graham Zimmerman, VP OR Brand, Climber and OR and POW Athlete Director
Chris King and Graham Zimmerman are two of the power players over at Outdoor Research. Chris is OR's VP of Brand, and we discuss his career that took him from behind the lens to behind the curtain. Graham is...
12.18.2023
TPM Episode 361: Ingrid Backstrom Part 2, Pro Skier
Part 2 with Ingrid Backstrom is a much heavier episode. Ingrid and others were changing the face of big mountain skiing, and when you take that kind of risk, there’s bound to be consequences. This week, Ingrid and I...
12.11.2023
TPM Episode 360: Ingrid Backstrom, Pro Skier
Ingrid Backstrom ushered in a new era of women’s big mountain skiing when her award-winning segment in Matchstick Productions’ “Yearbook” set the ski world on fire. While she was her high school valediction, Ingrid parlayed her academic scholarship into a...
12.04.2023
TPM Episode 359: Todd Jones Part 2, Founder, Teton Gravity Research
Todd Jones has defined what action sports looks like to the masses and, more importantly, to the core of these sports in the most authentic way. He’s been doing it for 30 years, and his baby, Teton Gravity Research,...
11.27.2023
TPM Episode 358: Todd Jones, Founder, Teton Gravity Research, Visionary
Todd Jones and the company he helped found Teton Gravity Research, has had a huge impact on Skiing and Snowboarding. This private school-educated kid from Cape Cod became passionate about sliding on snow at Stowe, then became a certified Deadhead...
11.20.2023
TPM Episode 357: Nick Goepper/Steve Stepp, 3x Olympic Medalist, 6x X-Games Medalist and Pro Skier
Nick Goepper won three Olympic medals in slopestyle, then called it a career and retired. Fast forward a year, and Nick is out of retirement, and he has his goals set: rebranding himself and making the Olympic Halfpipe team. On...
11.13.2023
TPM Episode 356: AJ Kitt, 4X Olympian, US Ski Team Legend
AJ Kitt is a US Ski Team Legend and was the face of US Downhill at a time when the US Skiing’s image desperately needed a re-fresh from the Bill Johnson era. AJ’s a 4X Olympian, which is incredible,...
11.03.2023
TPM Episode 355: Cory Côté, Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur
Cory Côté's career has included some of the most interesting jobs with the biggest players in the business. His story starts with a difficult childhood, where he used team sports to take him from Canada to Washington and...
10.30.2023
TPM Episode 354: Dave Moe, Captain Powder, Co-Founder Powder Magazine
Dave Moe is the most unique, eclectic guest I’ve had on the podcast, and he and his brother may have had more of an impact on the sport of skiing than anyone else I’ve had on the show. The Moe’s...
10.23.2023
TPM Episode 353: Tanner Hall, Legendary Pro Skier
Tanner Hall is arguably the greatest all-around skier of our time. He’s a rare athlete who’s found success in the moguls, in the streets, in the parks, in the X Games, in the backcountry, in the movies, and on the...
10.16.2023
TPM Episode 352: Nate Holland, Pro Snowboarder, 8X X Games Gold Medalist, 3X Olympian
Nate Holland is a born and bred Idaho boy who grew up in a log cabin and spent his time hunting, fishing, skateboarding, and skiing and then he found snowboarding, and life changed. Nate was hellbent on making it in...
10.09.2023
TPM Episode 351: Colby Stevenson, Pro Skier, Olympian Part 2
While Colby Stevenson won’t be remembered for the car accident that broke his skull into over 40 pieces, it sure had an impact in steering his life from a middle-of-the-pack pro athlete to absolute dominance. In part two of Colby’s...
10.02.2023
TPM Episode 350: Colby Stevenson, Pro Skier, Olympian
While Colby Stevenson won’t be remembered for the car accident that broke his skull into over 40 pieces, it sure had an impact in steering his life from middle-of-the-pack pro athlete to absolute dominance. In part one of Colby’s podcast,...
09.25.2023
TPM Episode 349: Andrew Alexander King, Climber, Surfer, Humanitarian, Influencer
Andrew is a corporate professional with a sick resume who’s currently manufacturing a climbing and surfing career... complete with travel budgets, retainer, and opportunity. When you look at Andrew, he’s part athlete, part explorer, part humanitarian, part activist, and an...
09.18.2023
TPM Episode 348: Ashley Battersby, Pro Skier
When Ashley Battersby came on the ski scene, a new era of style was unleashed upon the women’s slopestyle and big air. Growing up in Chicago gave Ash the confidence to develop one of the top rail games in the...
09.11.2023
TPM Episode 347: Roy Tuscany, The High Fives Foundation
Roy Tuscany is back, and part 2 with Roy is different than any podcast or interview he’s done before. This episode isn’t about Roy’s story of coming back from a life-altering injury and starting the High Fives Foundation; we did...
09.04.2023
TPM Episode 346: Ben Weis, Tribute Episode
Ben Weis was one of the most exciting, high-risk skaters of his time, and his life outside of skating was just as death-defying…until it wasn’t. Ben recently passed away in a motorcycle accident, right when he was getting his crazy...
08.28.2023
TPM Episode 345: Chad Fleischer, Pro Skier, Olympian
Chad Fleischer is a badass American Downhiller known for his leopard print hair, his huge crash at the Hahnenkamm, and living a life being 100% in control of being 100% out of control. Born and raised in the flatlands...
08.21.2023
TPM Episode 344: Bobby Meeks, Pro Snowboarder
Bobby Meeks makes life look easy, but his early life was anything but that. While he’s known for being one of the nicest guys everyone wants to be around, he was the troublemaking kid before he re-set his life...
08.14.2023
TPM Episode 343: Mike Rosen, Sales Rep
Mike Rosen has arguably one of the most important roles in the ski and snowboard industry: he’s a sales rep. Rosen is the link between the brands and the sales floor, and he spends his time on the road, repping...
08.06.2023
TPM Episode 342: Bob Legasa, Pro Skier, Event Producer, TV Host
Bob Legasa is not only a former US Freestyle Team Member, he’s also the only athlete I’ve ever had on the podcast who’s survived a Grizzly Bear attack. Those two things alone can make a podcast good, throw in that...
07.31.2023
TPM Episode 341: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder, Part 2
Tina Basich is a recent US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee. Her and her BFF Shannon Dun are the first women to get in on the snowboard side. In Part 2 of the podcast, we discuss her insane...
07.24.2023
TPM Episode 340: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder
Tina Basich is one of those living legend, pro snowboarders who helped shape the sport. Known for being one of the pioneering women in halfpipe and big air, Tina also crushed it in Alaska and influenced a whole generation...
07.12.2023
TPM Episode 339: Darian Boyle, Pro Skier, Model
Darian Boyle is one of the pioneering athletes who helped usher the free ski movement to the forefront of the sport, but Darian is so much more than just a champion skier. She’s a model, a lifeguard, a paddleboarder,...
07.07.2023
TPM Episode 338: Joe Johnson, Ski Marketing Guru
Joe Johnson has mastered the desk jockey hustle as he's gone from dream job to dream job. While he spends a lot of time at his Salomon desk, he's not chained to it. He's an industry dark man, a behind-the-scenes...
07.03.2023
TPM Episode 337: Phil Sifferman Part 2, Incredible Stories from the Vault
Phil Sifferman is back and chock full of stories from the past that we won’t get anywhere else. On the podcast, Phil and I jump back in time, talking about the drama behind the IOC and FIS, the party powder...
06.26.2023
TPM Episode 336: Azikiwee Anderson, Pro Skater, Baker for Social Change
Azikiwee Anderson is so much more than the founder of Rize Up Bakery, San Francisco’s only Black-owned artisanal sourdough bakery. Sure, that’s what he does now, and it was born out of the social unrest that was going on...
06.19.2023
TPM Episode 335: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer
Julian Carr is arguably the most interesting person in skiing. Between his gigantic airs that defy what is humanly possible, to his first of its kind in the US trail running events, The Cirque Series, to his Blake’s Bronco...
06.07.2023
TPM Episode 334: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer,
Julian Carr is one of those people with that calm, cool, and collected demeanor, seemingly all the time. And that’s exactly how Julian wants himself to be when he’s sending the world record cliff drops that he’s made a...
06.05.2023
TPM Episode 333: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer, Part 2
Ted Ligety is one of the greatest US ski racers in history. He’s won two Olympic gold medals and is a five-time world champion who’s won 25 World Cup events. He’s a legend, and in part 2 with Ted,...
05.29.2023
TPM Episode 332: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer
Ted Ligety is one of the greatest US ski racers in history. He’s won two Olympic gold medals and is a five-time world champion who’s won 25 World Cup events. He’s a legend… but it wasn’t always easy for...
05.22.2023
TPM Episode 331: Derek Taylor, Former Powder Magazine Editor in Chief and Journalist
Derek Taylor once held the most important job in ski media at a time when magazines dominated the media landscape. Derek was Editor in Chief of Powder Magazine, but before that, he was a “ski bum” in Crested Butte...
05.15.2023
TPM Episode 330: Wiley Miller, Pro Skier, Commercial Pilot
wileymiller ‘s ski career trajectory is so different from most people on the podcast. There was no competing early and often for Wiley. He earned his spot in ski movies by showing up at a film shoot. Then, Wiley was...

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The Powell Movement episodes:

TPM Episode 379: Jake Hopfinger, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 378: Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn, Pro Skier, Owner, Points North Adventures

TPM Episode 377: Colter Hinchliffe, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 376: McConkey PMS Recap and Shane Stories

TPM Episode 375: Elyse Saugstad, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 374: Jess Kimura, Pro Snowboarder

TPM Episode 373: Maggie Voisin, Pro Skier, X Games Gold Medalist, 3X Olympian

TPM Episode 372: Kaitlyn Farrington, Pro Snowboarder, Olympic Gold Medalist

TPM Episode 371: Mark Mackay, From Ski Rep to Country Music Star

TPM Episode 370: Andy Hetzel, Legendary Snowboarder

TPM Episode 369: Greg Stump, Legendary Filmmaker, Aspen Residency, Part 2

TPM Episode 368: Nick McNutt, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 367: Ross Reid, Nerdy About Nature, Ski Filmmaker

TPM Episode 366: Logan Pehota, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 365: Colby West, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 364: Parkin Costain, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 363: Gerry Lopez, Legendary Surfer, Yogi, Snowboarder

TPM Episode 362: Chris King and Graham Zimmerman, VP OR Brand, Climber and OR and POW Athlete Director

TPM Episode 361: Ingrid Backstrom Part 2, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 360: Ingrid Backstrom, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 359: Todd Jones Part 2, Founder, Teton Gravity Research

TPM Episode 358: Todd Jones, Founder, Teton Gravity Research, Visionary

TPM Episode 357: Nick Goepper/Steve Stepp, 3x Olympic Medalist, 6x X-Games Medalist and Pro Skier

TPM Episode 356: AJ Kitt, 4X Olympian, US Ski Team Legend

TPM Episode 355: Cory Côté, Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur

TPM Episode 354: Dave Moe, Captain Powder, Co-Founder Powder Magazine

TPM Episode 353: Tanner Hall, Legendary Pro Skier

TPM Episode 352: Nate Holland, Pro Snowboarder, 8X X Games Gold Medalist, 3X Olympian

TPM Episode 351: Colby Stevenson, Pro Skier, Olympian Part 2

TPM Episode 350: Colby Stevenson, Pro Skier, Olympian

TPM Episode 349: Andrew Alexander King, Climber, Surfer, Humanitarian, Influencer

TPM Episode 348: Ashley Battersby, Pro Skier

TPM Episode 347: Roy Tuscany, The High Fives Foundation

TPM Episode 346: Ben Weis, Tribute Episode

TPM Episode 345: Chad Fleischer, Pro Skier, Olympian

TPM Episode 344: Bobby Meeks, Pro Snowboarder

TPM Episode 343: Mike Rosen, Sales Rep

TPM Episode 342: Bob Legasa, Pro Skier, Event Producer, TV Host

TPM Episode 341: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder, Part 2

TPM Episode 340: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder

TPM Episode 339: Darian Boyle, Pro Skier, Model

TPM Episode 338: Joe Johnson, Ski Marketing Guru

TPM Episode 337: Phil Sifferman Part 2, Incredible Stories from the Vault

TPM Episode 336: Azikiwee Anderson, Pro Skater, Baker for Social Change

TPM Episode 335: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer

TPM Episode 334: Julian Carr, Pro Skier, Entrepreneur, Event Organizer,

TPM Episode 333: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer, Part 2

TPM Episode 332: Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Ski Racer

TPM Episode 331: Derek Taylor, Former Powder Magazine Editor in Chief and Journalist

TPM Episode 330: Wiley Miller, Pro Skier, Commercial Pilot