TPM Episode 135: Todd Barber, Redbull Rampage, H5 Events
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Todd Barber is an events guy. He's spent his life being the man behind the scenes for more than 100 events. And, he's known for being the guy who helped concept and deliver the best action sports event of our time, Red Bull Rampage. On the podcast we talk about coming up on snow, getting into events and of course, a lot of talk about the ins and outs of Rampage. It's a business episode and another good one.
Todd Barber Show Notes:
1:15: Whistler and his Proving Grounds event
9:00: Rampage site options, coming up in California, and music
13:00: University of Colorado, early jobs with the Dali Lama and meeting Red Bull
18:15: 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: Making his way in freeride, Rampage ideation, and planning for pain.
28:00: Rampage Hiatus, finding a new spot, and building featured
33:30: Prize money and H5 Events
38:15: 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
40:00: The Barg Trilogy, The FMB, and money
51 :00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hmm, baby, you listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week it's a mix of biking and business as I chat with Todd Barber, the owner of H5 events. |
| 0:24.3 | Todd is a behind-the-scenes guy, an ideator who makes action sports dreams a reality when it comes to events. |
| 0:31.2 | Todd's career will be defined by the event he helped create the most intense, high-risk, insane event today, the Red Bull rampage. |
| 0:40.1 | Todd and I talk about his signature event, hooking up with Red Bull the day they landed here in the U.S., |
| 0:45.3 | along with how he made his way from snow to dirt. |
| 0:48.3 | Before we get into it all, I want to ask you to tell someone about the podcast. |
| 0:52.7 | I don't care if they're your friends or not. Just tell someone. I also want to ask you to tell someone about the podcast. I don't care if they're your friends or not. |
| 0:54.4 | Just tell someone. I also want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement and review |
| 1:00.2 | me wherever you listen to the show. Finally, I need to thank my great sponsors, which I hope you all |
| 1:06.0 | support. They are Evo, Stanley, Spy Optic, and the 10 Barrowy. |
| 1:11.6 | Now, let's talk with Todd Barber. |
| 1:14.6 | How's things up in Whistler? |
| 1:15.6 | Dreamy. |
| 1:16.6 | It's pretty awesome up here. |
| 1:18.6 | Never a bad time in Whistler. |
| 1:19.6 | Are you getting work done for a rampage? |
| 1:22.6 | Just a whole bunch of stuff. |
| 1:23.6 | It's rampage. |
| 1:24.6 | It's proving grounds. |
| 1:26.6 | It's connecting with partners, it's meeting with |
| 1:29.0 | athletes. It's always most productive week for me, for sure. And then I try and get out and ride my |
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