TPM Episode 129, Todd Richards, Snowboarder, TV Personality, 2X X-Games Gold Medalist
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2019
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Todd Richards has done everything. He's a two-time X Games Gold Medalist in the halfpipe, he has hardware from slopestyle competition as well, and he's pretty much the voice of board sports. The funny thing is, he never really achieved the dream of being a pro skater and he had to settle for snowboarding. The history, insight, and stories that Todd brings to the table are awesome and it's another entertaining show.
Todd Richards Show Notes:
2:00: Todd and Chris Coté's Podcast and Paxton, MA as an only child
6:00: Getting the nickname Toddler and being shoved in a locker
11:30: Finding punk rock, skateboarding and dropping in on the Putnam Ramp
19:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
20:30: Finding snowboarding through Thrasher, his college scholarship, and getting metal edges
25:00: Funky snowboards, Brushie, and getting on Sims
36:00: The trip when he became a name, traveling and the US Open.
40:00: 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
39:45: Losing his dad, moving to Colorado, and his crew
46:30: Leaving Sims, Morrow, and money
49:00: Contests, Terje, and riding for Todd
53:30: The industry in changing, being worth more, Olympics and X-games
59:35: More Olympics, Rossignol, and breaking his arm
65:00: Getting into the booth at X-Games, being on TV, and Gamers at X
72:00: Other business ventures
76:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chris Coté
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. You're listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I have a familiar voice on the the podcast who happens to be another living legend. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm talking about two-time X-Games gold medalist, Todd Richards. |
| 0:26.8 | Todd's story is one of those that if I were to tell it fully, it would be way too long for this podcast. |
| 0:32.4 | The dude has done so much in his life, and for the most part, it's all been pretty awesome. |
| 0:37.3 | On the show, we're going to figure out how the nerdy, and for the most part, it's all been pretty awesome. On the show, |
| 0:38.2 | we're going to figure out how the nerdy, stranger things, Todd became one of the faces of |
| 0:42.9 | snowboarding. We also talk about how a horrible arm injury created a new career behind the mic |
| 0:48.5 | for Todd and a whole lot more. Before we get into it, I want to ask you to tell somebody about |
| 0:54.0 | the podcast. I don't care who it is. Just tell someone it, I want to ask you to tell somebody about the podcast. |
| 0:54.9 | I don't care who it is. |
| 0:56.2 | Just tell someone. |
| 0:57.9 | I also want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement and shoot me an email if you have any questions or concerns. |
| 1:04.3 | My email is Mike at the Powell Movement and I will get back to you. |
| 1:07.9 | Finally, I need to thank my sponsors who make this thing happen. They are Evo, |
| 1:12.8 | Stanley, Spy Optic, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. Now, let's talk to a guy who does a lot of talking, |
| 1:19.8 | Todd Richards. I guess I'll start it, man. You're a podcaster yourself. Sounds like you and Chris |
| 1:25.1 | Cote have a show that comes out on Monday. It's the Mass. |
| 1:28.4 | And tell me what your show is all about. Well, in a nutshell, our show is pretty much loosely |
| 1:35.3 | frameworked with action sports goings on. But oftentimes that leads to crazy directions of movies and what's going on in the world and |
| 1:48.9 | little idiosyncrasies that I have or that Chris has. |
| 1:52.5 | It just goes in crazy direction. |
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