TPM Episode 131: Tim Durtschi, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It's summertime and in the snow world, that means summer camp. This week I headed down to Windell's Camp in Oregon to catch up with longtime camp veteran and TGR athlete Tim Durtschi. On the podcast, we walk through Tim's life and times. Tim is one of those dudes that has no media training and is not afraid to answer anything which makes for an entertaining show and the "Inappropriate Questions" with Andy Parry may be the best yet.
Tim Durtschi Show Notes:
2:00: Summer Camp, Kai Jones, and big nights
5:41: Ski family, racing, and finding twin tips
13:00: moving, divorce, and competing
15:15: Filming with Rage, Pete Alport, and Poor Boyz
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
20:15: Sponsors, Saga, and money
28:00: Competing, Chad's, and learning tricks
34:00: Phone hack, 2013 Powder Awards, and X Games
38:00 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
39:30: Filming with everyone, what Tim wants to talk about (Fantasy Camp and
48:20: Inappropriate Questions with Andy Parry
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Strap yourselves in and hold on tight. This is the Power Movement. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week I head down to Mount Hood |
| 0:19.3 | and Windell's camp to talk with Tim Durchey over a few ice-cold 10 barrels. |
| 0:24.6 | If you haven't heard about Tim, well, he's known for being the first guy to take doubles into the backcountry, which he did almost a decade ago. |
| 0:33.2 | This feat not only blew minds in the ski world, but it changed the course of the sport. |
| 0:38.5 | And on the podcast, this Alaskan isn't afraid to share. We talk about his long ski career, |
| 0:44.6 | his hacked phone, which is an insane story, the saga saga. And then we close it out with |
| 0:50.7 | arguably the best inappropriate question segment that we've ever had, |
| 0:54.8 | the one and only Andy Perry asks them. |
| 0:57.8 | Before we get into the show, I want to ask you to tell someone about the podcast. |
| 1:02.4 | I don't care if they're your friend or not. |
| 1:04.4 | Just tell them. |
| 1:05.4 | Hopefully they will listen. |
| 1:06.7 | I also want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement. |
| 1:10.2 | And finally, I need to thank my amazing sponsors who make this thing happen. |
| 1:14.7 | They are Evo, Stanley, Spy Optic, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. |
| 1:19.5 | Now, let's talk to Tim Durchey. |
| 1:22.9 | I was skiing up at Wendell's camp. |
| 1:25.9 | What are we on session three now? I don't know. Have you been here for a while? |
| 1:30.3 | I've only been here for a few days. I came up to ski with Kai Jones, a little TGR week. He comes up every year, learn some tricks. |
| 1:39.0 | Kai's always skiing in the backcountry, but likes to get out and get in the park and learn some tricks and stuff |
| 1:45.4 | you can take to cliffs and whatnot. |
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