TPM Episode 132: Chad Otterstrom, Pro Snowboarder

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Sports, Hobbies, Leisure

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

2005 Transworld Snowboarding 'Rider of the Year' Chad Otterstrom is on the podcast. When you win an award like that in 2005 and you're a guest on a podcast, it's usually a 'where are they now'. That's not the case with Chad. His pro shred career is still going and now, he's a brand owner living that desk jockey life, all while remaining a pro rider.

Chad Otterstrom Show Notes:

2:00: How long has he been riding and crazy birthdays

5:31: Minnesota, scars, and ski family

7:25: Switching to snowboarding, high school, and ADD

10:00: Mountains of Midwest and Kingpin Snowboards

17:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

18:30: Moving to Colorado, early snow safety, and contests

23:00: High Cascade shaping his career, video parts v contests, and The Hellcats crew

26:00: The Revival and Technical Difficulties year, and money

31:00: Getting a lot of days, ADD-boarding, and the Olympics

34:30: Doping control

37:30 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

39:00: M3, Forum, and Academy

42:00: The 2005 'Rider of the Year' season, Rossignol, and a desk job at Academy

49:30: Inappropriate Questions with Matt Peterson

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the fucking Powell Movement. You're talking shit with Mike Powell.
0:12.9	Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host Mike Powell and this week I got my guests through a listener request. I received an email
0:22.6	saying hey I really want to see what Chad Ottersstrom is up to and I was like fuck it.
0:27.6	I know it's summer but I'm interviewing Chad Ottersstrom. I've been aware of his career forever.
0:32.6	He's another one of those legendary dudes in the snowboard world but the thing that sets
0:36.6	Chad apart from most others is that he has 30 years of snowboarding history and he is still a pro.
0:44.1	He gets paid to ride and he works on the business end of things as a part owner of Academy Snowboards.
0:49.7	On the podcast, we talk about a whole bunch of shit, from doping control to writer of the year to his life as a desk jockey and everything in between.
0:58.6	Before we get into it, I want to ask you to tell someone about the podcast. I don't care if they're your friends or not.
1:04.0	I also want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement. I'm currently on vacation right now,
1:09.7	and I get back to my desk on August 17th.
1:12.3	I figured that while I was out of office, I might as well have a contest to win some rad, spy,
1:16.5	Flynn, 50-50 shades, and a pair of spy goggles. All you need to do is tag me in your Instagram
1:22.7	story while I'm out of town. And my favorite picture that I'm tagged in, well, that will be the winner of the contest,
1:29.6	and I'll post the reason why they've won in my story on August 12th.
1:33.5	I know that's a whole lot, and the contest doesn't end for a while.
1:36.6	You have a long time to enter, so do it, please.
1:39.2	The glasses and goggles are sick.
1:41.4	That's my spy contest.
1:43.2	Now I want to thank the rest of my sponsors. They are
1:45.7	Evo, Stanley, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. Now, let's talk with Chad Otterstrom. You have a
1:52.4	birthday coming up. How old are you going to be? I will be 43, halfway to 86. One way to think about it.
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