How the Ski Bum Was Made

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It’s the ultimate mountain-town caricature: the shaggy semi-athlete who lives in a van (or truck or crowded apartment), works a number of crappy jobs (pizza delivery, barback, liftie), and skis 100 days every winter. This is the ski bum: a hero to some, a loser to others, and an enigma to everyone—until now. In this episode, bona fide ski bum Paddy “Paddy O” O’Connell presents irrefutable evidence that the campy ski flicks of the eighties and nineties—cult classics like Hot Dog, Ski Patrol, and Aspen Extreme—are what inspired so many vulnerable youth to drop everything and head for the hills. He should know. As a young man, Paddy O fell so deeply under the spell of one very special film that, despite never having skied before, he abandoned his life in the Midwest and ran away to the Rockies forever. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by the all-new Ford Bronco Sport, an adventure-ready 4x4 SUV with seven available G.O.A.T. modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain. Learn how you can outfit it to match your lifestyle at Ford.com.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Outside Podcast is brought to you by the 2021 all-new Ford Bronco Sport,
0:06.5	a 4x4 SUV with seven available goat modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain.
0:13.5	But some of the most impressive elements are in the interior.
0:17.0	My full name is Carrie Cannerley and I'm a color materials designer at Ford Motor Company.
0:23.0	I've been here forever.
0:25.0	For Carrie, working on the Bronco Sport was a passion project.
0:29.0	A chance to bring to life a legendary vehicle for a new generation.
0:34.0	I'm born and raised and to try to miss again, so automotive has always been in my family.
0:40.0	Okay, so you are like true blue.
0:43.0	Yes.
0:45.0	Members of Carrie's team went to great lengths to research design elements,
0:49.0	camping out with off-road enthusiasts, and interviewing the kind of people that demand the most from their SUVs.
0:56.0	The result are features like the available moly straps for securing gear,
1:01.0	a concept that was inspired by high end backpacks, hiking boots, and technical jackets.
1:06.0	A guy that was a photographer, he loved the idea of the moly straps on the seat back
1:11.0	because he said he could put his camera inside and then he could connect his lenses with just the hooks.
1:18.0	But simply attaching straps to standard fabric on the back of the seat backs would never do.
1:23.0	So the fabric that is behind the moly straps is actually a police grade fabric that we put in police vehicles.
1:30.0	Climb inside the Bronco Sport and you'll find a range of rugged features,
1:34.0	like a safari-style roof and liftgate flood lamps for easier base camp setup.
1:39.0	Learn more at Ford.com slash Bronco.
1:47.0	From outside magazine and PRX, this is the outside podcast.
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