TPM Episode 130: Thomas Vanderham, Pro Mountain Biker
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Thomas Vanderham is a living legend in the world of freeride mountain biking and he's a guy that doesn't do many interviews. Over the past 20 years, he's let his riding do the talking and his riding has said a lot. I was lucky to get an hour with Thomas to walk through his career, that started when he was just 15 years old. We talk about how things came into place for Thomas, sponsor changes, filming and a lot more. It's another do not miss episode.
Thomas Vanderham Show Notes:
2:00: Return to Earth Movie (comes out this week on itunes) and change in movies and social
9:00: Growing up in Edmonton, finding biking, and team sports
12:30: Moving to Vancouver, meeting people, and getting sponsored
18:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
20:00: Starting to film, high school, and travel
26:30: Rampage, leaving Rocky Mountain, and going to Evil
36:30: Product development, and the science of building lines
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
40:30: Building for Seasons, the end of Evil, and racing
47:00: How long can he do this and what's next.
51:00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And now, a show with inappropriate language, the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.3 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week it's back to Mountain Viking, |
| 0:19.1 | and my guest, Thomas Vander Vanderham has been a fixture |
| 0:22.5 | in the world of free ride since he was 15 years old. But Thomas has no has been. Now at 35 years old, |
| 0:29.6 | he still charges as hard as ever and his signature whip only gets better over time. Thomas doesn't |
| 0:35.5 | do that many interviews. He's one of those guys who's always |
| 0:38.4 | let his riding do the talking. So it was a privilege to get an hour of his time. But before we get |
| 0:43.5 | into the podcast, I need to thank Dan and Nick over at Stanley. They brought me in the office the other |
| 0:48.8 | day, showed me around, and then they put me in a room full of everything that Stanley makes and said, |
| 0:54.4 | take what you want. |
| 0:55.5 | We'll be back in five minutes. |
| 0:57.6 | Man, that is the best way to do free stuff. |
| 1:00.3 | I took four pint glasses, two water bottles, and a coffee cup, and felt totally greedy. |
| 1:05.6 | While you're not going to get into that room of free stuff, |
| 1:08.2 | you can get set up with a big discount from Stanley and Spy for |
| 1:11.5 | that matter by using the codes and the ads that you'll find in the podcast. |
| 1:15.1 | I also need to thank my other great sponsors to make the podcast happen, Evo and the 10 Barrel |
| 1:19.8 | brewery. |
| 1:20.7 | Finally, I want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement and subscribe to my |
| 1:25.5 | podcast on whatever platform you listen to me on. |
| 1:28.2 | Now, let's talk with Thomas Vanderham. |
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