TPM Episode 125: Rusty Malinoski, Pro Wakeboarder
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Rusty Malinoski, aka The Bone Crusher, is a World Champion Wakeboarder living the Canadian/American dream. He’s got the house, the truck, the family, the CrossFit business and life is in a good place. But it hasn’t always been that way. On the podcast, we talk about being forced to enter the working world earlier than expected, moving to Florida with nothing more than talent, work ethic and a belief that he would make it, his long pro career, and a crazy road rage incident.
Rusty Malinoski Show Notes:
1:30: Being intimidating and road rage
10:00: Humboldt Canada, wakeboarding, and snow
18:45: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: Seattle, Portland, Denver, Whistler, and the interwebs
20:00: Getting kicked out of HS, working, and confidence
23:30: Going to Florida to make the dream happen
27:00: Getting paid, the best in the sport and Spence Bangaway:15: The younger wilder days,
22:30: The bikes in the 80’s, and Craig Kelly
34:00: Getting on the Burton Team, filming with Christian Begin, and Pulp Traction
38:45: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
44:15: Accessibility of the sport, X-Games, and changing his health in 2012
51:30: Inappropriate Questions with Mike Ennen
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. It's time to talk some shit. You're listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week it's an episode from the world of wakeboarding, |
| 0:21.4 | and my guest is a guy who's been crushing it so hard over the past 15 years he earned the nickname Bone Crusher. |
| 0:28.2 | I'm talking about Rusty Malinowski, a two-time world champion, known for landing the first |
| 0:33.4 | 1080 on a wakeboard and standing on the podium on a weekly basis in the 2000s. |
| 0:38.7 | With this podcast, I switched it up a little bit. I still went through Rusty's life, but not as |
| 0:43.6 | much on a linear timeline. And I start with some topics that maybe I shouldn't have. But that |
| 0:48.6 | doesn't matter. I recovered and Rusty was as cool as he could be. And the podcast is another |
| 0:53.9 | really interesting one. |
| 0:55.5 | Before I get into it, I want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement, |
| 1:00.2 | and please tell someone about the show this week so we can keep it growing. |
| 1:04.1 | Finally, I want to thank my amazing sponsors who make this podcast happen. |
| 1:08.3 | They are Evo, Stanley, Spy Optic, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. Now, we're heading to |
| 1:14.5 | Florida to talk to Rusty Malinowski. I'm going to start the podcast with maybe the two most |
| 1:21.0 | uncomfortable subjects that we'll talk about the whole time. It's always fun to break the ice that way, |
| 1:26.2 | and I guess a lot easier when it's not in person. |
| 1:28.7 | I say that because the first thing I want to bring up is that in the wakeboard world and maybe |
| 1:33.8 | in the world in general, you're a monster of a dude. |
| 1:36.9 | At least you look that way in images. |
| 1:38.7 | Like, how big are you, and how big were you at your biggest? |
| 1:43.6 | I think the biggest I ever was, was 225, 225 pounds. |
| 1:50.1 | Right now I'm like 210. |
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