TPM Episode 102: Mike Powell, Podcaster
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Mike Powell is me. Strange for me to have myself as a guest on the podcast…..But you’ve been asking and I’m going to deliver. High Fives Foundation Founder and good friend, Roy Tuscany takes my role as host as we walk you through my life from a 30,000-foot view. Roy did his homework and some good stories come out and more of my story will come out in future episodes.
Mike Powell Show Notes:
2:00: My uncle, growing up, and family
5:00: My Ball-Mitzvah, Radford University, and Vail
13:00: Knee injury
16:40: Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)
Outdoor Research: (Get 15% off you’re order with the checkout code POWELL15)
18:40: How I got a job at K2, K2 Skates, and hard to want
26:40: Ben Weis, getting a job in-house, Seattle Hockey
30:00: Being Jewish saved my job, moving over to the ski side, and inclusive, unique, marketing
37:50: Sean Decker , McConkey, and weed
41:00: Meeting Ang
43:00: Spy Optics: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
The 10 Barrel Brewery: My favorite is 'Out of Office' Pilsner
44:30: More on Ang, Kamp K2/Orage Masters, Shotgun wedding
52:00: My bad wardrobe, 50 years of K2, and it’s time to leave K2
59:00: Inappropriate Questions with Ang Powell
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Strap yourselves in and hold on tight. |
| 0:02.8 | This is the Power Movement. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week, my guest is me. |
| 0:20.3 | Yep, I'm doing an interview with myself on my own podcast, |
| 0:23.9 | and I had Roy Tuscany, the founder of the High Fies Foundation, research me and do the show. |
| 0:29.8 | Roy doesn't interview people often, and he does a really amazing job. The heads up that I will |
| 0:34.7 | give you is that while Roy does a great job and get some great stories, this is still just a 30,000 foot interview, like everyone's that I do. |
| 0:42.7 | There's so much more that didn't come out, and I'm sure everyone I podcast with feels that way when they get done. |
| 0:48.5 | And throughout this podcast, I have tried to keep a lot of my stories and frame of reference out of the show as much as possible. |
| 0:55.6 | The show is about other people and you really don't need to hear about me. |
| 0:58.9 | But based on your emails asking, I did this podcast and I'm going to make an effort in the future to share the relevant and funny shit that's happened to me over my life and career in future podcasts. |
| 1:09.7 | So while I'll never make this show about me, other than today's episode, you will get a |
| 1:14.4 | little bit more about Mike Powell in season three. |
| 1:17.6 | Now I want to thank you for listening, ask you to tell your friends about the show, and follow |
| 1:22.1 | me on Instagram at the Powell Movement. |
| 1:24.5 | I also want to thank my amazing sponsors. |
| 1:26.7 | They are Evo, SpyOptic, the 10-barrel |
| 1:29.9 | brewery, outdoor research, and rescue water. If you haven't tried a rescue water yet, do yourself |
| 1:35.2 | a favor and use the code in the ad. Now let's talk to me. I have a quick question for you. |
| 1:42.0 | Before we really dive into your story, your family bloodline |
| 1:45.9 | actually has a famous voice. And who is that? And how has it influenced this career of doing |
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