The Powell Movement

The name Isaac Freeland is not one most people know in skiing, which is a shame. Isaac was named ‘Rookie of the Year’ for the Freeride World Tour in 2020.  What’s more impressive than that is that he…

Before people were talking about women in skiing, Kim Reichhelm was the woman in skiing.  From racing on the US Ski Team, to filming with Greg Stump, to creating the K2 women’s program, Kim has been …

Ross Rebagliati was the first-ever gold medalist in Olympic snowboarding.  He was also the first Olympian to have his medal taken away and given back.  Instead of being a blessing, the Olympic Medal …

Caite Zeliff grew up in a ski town but she wasn’t a skier. She was an only child to a single mom; she didn’t have the easy life of most of my guests.  She found skiing through a school program, found…

Danny Davis is back for round two and he delivers once again.  We pick up from where we left off and talk about the X-Games, the Olympics, music, pro models, image, Simon Dumont, and Mason Aguirre as…

Not too many household names in snowboarding come out of Detroit, and not all snowboarders live the free-spirited life that Danny Davis does.  An all-around fun laid back person, Most of Danny Davis’…

Elena Hight has spent most of her career chasing gold, Olympic Gold, X-Games Gold, and US Open Gold, all until recently.  Elena is now at a crossroads in her career, she’s put contests in the rear-vi…

Mike Hattrup is another living legend. He was part of “The Good Squad”, on the US Freestyle Team, and a star Blizzard of Aahhh’s, and a longtime pro skier who turned telemark and backcountry badass. …

Bob Klein is one of the rare first wavers of snowboarders that I’ve had on the podcast.  He is that first-generation when everything was being figured out—he was an early Burton team rider, he had a …

Episode 200 is a 3-part extravaganza where we revisit some controversial guests and then talk to the best skier of our time.  For this one, I caught back up with John Spriggs to find out about the af…

Dave Downing is a living legend in the snowboard world who is married to another living legend, Shannon Dunn Downing.  But he’s so much more than just a husband.  He’s a surfer shop rat who landed a …

Anthony Boronowski is an artist, an athlete, an entrepreneur, and one of the more underground and influential skiers of the “newschool” movement. On the podcast, we talk about his championship mogul …

Another week, another legendary athlete.  Barrett Christy didn’t start snowboarding until she was 19 years old.  She was a scholarship-level team sports girl who traded her scholarship for a life-cha…

Andy Mahre comes from legendary ski blood.  His dad and his twin brother are Olympic Medalists and were part of the fabric of 80’s Americana.  Andy’s skiing is a totally different direction compared …

Chris Davenport is a legend in the ski world…I call a lot of people legends and Dav is worthy of that title.  On part 2 of the podcast we pick back up in Argentina and meeting Doug Coombs, how Dav’s …

Chris Davenport is a legend in the ski world…I call a lot of people legends, but Dav is worthy of that title.  I mean, he’s the first US Red Bull Athlete.  On part 1 of the Dav podcast, we talk about…

Matty Benedetto owes everything he has today to the ski industry.  This self-described Evil Genius is the master of his domain through his internet property, Unnecessary Inventions but his roots in a…

Scott Ian is the brainchild behind the thrash metal band Anthrax and a snowboarder who was there in the early days and wants to get back.  On the podcast we talk about growing up a little Jewish kid …

Steve Nilsen, better known as Stix to everyone but his family, is a legend in the world of cans.  While his career started with Airwalk in the days when it competed with Nike and Reebok, Steve then w…

Marty Carrigan is a name you may not know but he’s a guy who has so much history in the ski and snowboard world.  While he’s a sales rep extraordinaire these days, he cut his teeth with some of the m…