TPM 432: Khai Krepela, Pro Skier, Marketer
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Khai Krepela is known for his prowess on rails, he made a career out of it, but really, he had a pro ski career because he realized what he was good at and he went all in on that aspect of the sport. But Khai didn't stop at pro athlete, while he still had a little gas left in the tank, Khai found himself behind a desk at K2 for the beginning of his post pro ski career. On the podcast, we talk about inline skating, Park City, Detroit, filming, the X Games and more. Olympic Head Judge Jason Arens asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Khai Krepela Show Notes:
4:00: His name, growing up in Park City, getting sponsored for elementary school, finding blading and skiing through McRae Williams and getting sponsored by Louie Zamora personally for Deshi
13:00: From blading to skiing, rail skiing is easy, Vice Skis, Surface,
20:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com
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22:00: Toy Soldiers, contests, SIA, money, PBP, Detroit, Will Wesson, and Level 1,
40:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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42:30: Line Skis, X-Games, K2,
51:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jason Arens
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.5 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, |
| 0:18.4 | and another week, another hospital stay for my poor wife, Ange. |
| 0:22.5 | This week, she's had two more surgeries that changed life a little more for the worse. |
| 0:27.4 | While I'd love to say we were taking two steps forward and one step back, |
| 0:30.7 | it seems like we're taking one step sideways and then one step back, and that sucks. |
| 0:35.4 | You know, you always hear people say fuck cancer, and I never knew exactly what that meant other than and that sucks. You know, you always hear people say, fuck cancer. And I never knew |
| 0:39.1 | exactly what that meant other than cancer totally sucks. But being on this journey with Ange, |
| 0:44.5 | between the pain, the suffering, the tears, the throwing up, the depression, when it's bad, |
| 0:49.3 | it's beyond comprehensible. And I understand what fuck cancer means means and you just have to really try and keep |
| 0:55.2 | pushing forward. And it's so easy to say, but this is a battle for life and I've never experienced |
| 1:01.1 | emotions or pain or anything even close to this. I hope you never experience anything like it. |
| 1:07.9 | And a ton of you have been asking how you can help. And while no one should feel |
| 1:11.7 | obligated by any means, because I know life is difficult out there and things are hard. But we have |
| 1:17.5 | set up a GoFundMe and I want to thank all the people who have donated, who have shared the GoFundMe |
| 1:22.6 | link. It's really going to help. And while it's really strange and emotional to see all the donations |
| 1:27.4 | rolling in from friends, |
| 1:28.8 | family, and strangers, we really are feeling the love. |
| 1:32.0 | Thank you for that. |
| 1:33.6 | Now it's time to tell you about the podcast this week. |
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