Greg Lutzka has had a long skateboarding career that has taken him worldwide, but Greg is so much more than just a skateboarder. He's a businessman, an entrepreneur who makes way more money through his investments and businesses than he ever did skateboarding, and he loves to talk about that side of this life. On the podcast, we talk about hockey skateboarding, moving out west to become pro, sponsors, contests, investing, business, and so much more.

Greg Luzka Show Notes:

4:00:  Punk kid, Midwest skateboarding and hockey,

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23:00:  Other sports, his many sponsors, e-mountain biking, and investing  

42:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00:  More sponsors, moving out west, making it, video parts, covers, contests, and photos

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions

McKenna Peterson is a pro skier, that’s rad, but being the captain of the Atlantis and an Alaskan Commercial Fisherman is what separates her badassery from the rest of the pro ski world. Born into a ski bum family, McKenna had early Olympic dreams, but racing never materialized for her. Neither did big mountain contests, but they helped McKenna find her tribe, and she was able to parlay that into a 15-year career of pro skiing in the winter and Captain in the summer. On the podcast, we talk Sun Valley, racing, partying, opportunities, Crazy Karl, and so much more. Amie Engerbretson asks the ‘Inappropriate Questions’.

McKenna Peterson Show Notes:

4:00:  Cell phones, Knee injury, telling sponsors, contracts and money, sexism in the water and on the mountain and her ski bum parents.

21:00:  Insta360 Video Cameras: Buy the X4, at checkout, use the code Powell and get a free ski pole or snowboard split board pole mount

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24:00:  Ballet, ski racing, not being good enough, canyon party, college in Boulder, finding her tribe in Crested Butte, big mountain contests, Ryan Hawks, and getting sponsors    

40:30:  Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non- heated)

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00:  Content opportunities, Warren Miller, John Falkiner, Matchstick Productions, Brap Ski, losing her dad, life on the water, Greenland

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Amie Engerbretson

Kai Jones is only 18, but he’s already on track to becoming the best non-racing skier of our time. This son of TGR founder Todd Jones is taking his famous family DNA to the next level.  His movie, “Falling Into Place” chronicles his career, his huge injury and what’s on tap for his future. On the podcast, we talk about growing up in the TGR shadow, skiers he drew inspiration from, his breakout part, going viral, HS, sponsor, his injury, and more. Tim Durtschi asks the Inappropriate Questions

Kai Jones Show Notes:

4:00:  Vacation, Idaho, daredevil, being a grom, first big lines, and TGR 

21:00:   Insta360 Video Cameras: Buy the X4 at checkout, use the code Powell, and get a free ski pole or snowboard split board pole mount    

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24:00:  Hid breakout part with Jackson Hole, online hate, did he miss out on being a kid, the dead, music, and Dad, the agent

40:30:  Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non-heated)

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research:  The best outerwear is designed and tested in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest

44:00:  fun purchases, Red Bull helmet, Travis Rice, training year-round as a kid, learning tricks, school, and girls

54:00:  Alaska, Loose, different trips, his injury during the best season of his life, training in CA, and back to AK after injury

68:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Tim Durtschi

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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Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non- heated)

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  

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research: the best outerwear is designed and tested in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest

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

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 and sugar.

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

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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.

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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

Lou Dawson is one of the most accomplished ski mountaineers in the US, but he’s so much more than that. While Lou is known for being the first to climb and ski Colorado’s 54 fourteen-thousand-foot peaks, his career included a rock-climbing era, an ice-climbing era, and his mountaineering and ski mountaineering ear. He’s a living legend and is considered to be one of the godfathers of backcountry skiing in the US. On the podcast, we talk about growing up in Texas, moving to Aspen, the counterculture movement, the draft, the mountains, his must-read book, Avalanche Dreams, and much more. Another legendary mountaineer, Andrew McLean, asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Lou Dawson Show Notes:

4:00:  Avalanche, growing up in Texas, his dad, Ashcrofters Mountaineering School, NOLS, and challenging home life

21:00:  Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non- heated)

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Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

24:00:  The draft, Harvey Carter, suffering, and Denali, 

45:00:   Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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45:00:  Ski Mountaineering, best trips, Outward Bounds, climbing 30 peaks in 30 days, climbing and skiing Colorado’s 14ers, and Blizzard of Aahhs

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Andrew McLean

Dana Flahr wasn’t born to be the big mountain slayer he worked so hard to become. Growing up in a single-mom household, things were a struggle, but one thing Dana’s mom figured out was how to get him on the mountain and from there his passion took over. Moving to Whistler at 17, Dana didn’t party; he skied daily, honing his big mountain skills in the winter and building his trick vocabulary in the summer. That combination got him a tryout with TGR, where he sent it harder than almost anyone in their movies then. Over the years, he’s won Powder Awards, earned the respect of the best in the business, and banged out video jaw-dropping TGR segments and more each season. Eventually, burnout got the best of Dana, and he disappeared. We talk about it all and more on the podcast. Ian Macintosh asks the Inappropriate Questions. and that turned into Powder Awards

Dana Flahr Show Notes:

4:00:  Not a risktaker early on, Kamloops, not growing up with money, getting into skiing, and an early avalanche,

13:00:  Poaching the snowboard park, High School, Whistler inspiration, skiers he looked up to, graduating and moving that day,

21:00:  Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non-heated) 

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Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

24:00:  The 604 House, working, sledding, summer camp, big mountain comps, TGR tryout, and how he made an impact with that crew     

41:00:   Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research: The best is designed and tested in the northwest

44:00:  Breakthrough Performance, blowing his knee, Tanner Hall, Alaska, unlimited Heli time, Tom Burt and other guides   

60:00:  Losing people, epic trips, his scariest injury, movie segments, and awards, covers, and burning out and Houdini-ing

72:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Ian Macintosh

 

Gordi Eaton is a legend in the ski industry, and while many people don’t know his name, because he was born in 1939, he’s had a huge impact in the development of modern ski technology. Before he was involved in helping to bring sidecut, shape, top shape, rocker, and so much more tech to the table, Gordi was an Olympian on the first Bob Beattie-created US Ski Teams that featured athletes like Bill Marolt and Buddy Werner. Then, after coaching at the highest level, Gordi became K2’s Race Director, a sales rep, and more. On the podcast, we discuss coming up with no grooming or releasable bindings, putting the Mahre Brothers on K2, and his history with George Torme and Bode Miller. This one’s a history lesson that needs to be told.

Gordi Eaton Show Notes:

4:00: Climate change and snow, skiing in NH, no grooming, gruesome injuries due to gear, college scholarships, and the Olympics

20:30:  Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non-heated)

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Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

23:30:  University of Colorado and NIL, how Bob Beattie changes things, 1964 Olympic injury, losing Buddy Werner (the best American Ski Racer ever), getting fired from the US Team, K2, and The Performers  

42:00:   Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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44:00:  Sleaze, and putting the Mahre Brothers on K2, Goerge Torme, Bode Miller, and rockered skis    

 81:00:  Inappropriate Questions