TPM Episode 156, Glen Plake, Mammoth Ambadassador, Ski Legend
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Glen Plake is a living legend who is known for his skiing, his mohawk, and his amazing personality. He's also the greatest ambassador in sports since Muhammad Ali. He lives and breathes skiing and wants to share it with the world in a way that only Plake can. Glen has been on the podcast before and we cover all new topics that will have you laughing, just not as hard as Glen laughs. We finish off the podcast with some 'Inappropriate Questions' asked by Brad Holmes.
Glen Plake Show Notes:
2:00: Phones, transitions, and early ski season
7:00: Warren Miller, 39th Anniversary of Blizzard, and what else does Glen do?
17:00: His first car, getting shot at, and getting his car back
23:15: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
26:00: Other cars and boats, mailbox baseball, and Truck Night in America
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
41:45: The last of his trouble, Jesus, and marriage
50:00: Glen's frustrations
57:00: Inappropriate Questions with Brad Holmes
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.5 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I have a bona fide ski celebrity on the show. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm talking about the one and only Glenn Plake. |
| 0:24.8 | Now, I have interviewed Plake more than almost anyone, I think. |
| 0:28.7 | And we've talked about so many topics. |
| 0:30.9 | So to make this show interesting, I had to make sure we kept the conversation fresh. |
| 0:35.4 | I mean, I could rehash all the things we've talked about before |
| 0:38.4 | and the way Glenn tells stories it would still make for an entertaining podcast. But what we talk |
| 0:43.5 | about on this episode, for the most part, is totally new information from a dude who is arguably |
| 0:48.6 | the most important skier of our time. My real plan for this podcast was to chat with Glenn for a bit and then talk to his |
| 0:55.9 | ride or die, Kimberly, and get her backstory as Kimberly's is pretty incredible too. I mean, she was |
| 1:01.9 | able to tame the beast known as Glenn Plake. But after two hours of shooting the shit with Glenn on |
| 1:06.9 | Friday night while he was sitting in his RV and his driveway, I realized I would never have |
| 1:11.4 | this edit ready if I recorded for another hour. So Kimberly will be a guest in the future, |
| 1:16.2 | and this week we'll focus on all things Glenn. Before we get into the podcast, I want to ask you |
| 1:21.4 | to do a few things for me. The first is subscribe to the podcast and tell your friends who like |
| 1:26.1 | snow to do the same. |
| 1:30.5 | Next, I want you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement. |
| 1:34.7 | And finally, I'd like you to support my amazing sponsors who make this show happen. |
| 1:40.0 | They are Evo, Stanley, Spy Optics, 686, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. |
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