TPM Episode 163: Julien Regnier, Pro Skier, Visionary
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Julien Regnier is one of the founding fathers of new school skiing. Before there were twin tips there were pockets of bump skiers wanting to get in the snowboard park and land backwards. Julien was in that first group that all quit moguls to invent the sport, product, tricks and culture. On the podcast, we talk about growing up in a ski family of champions, bump skiing, finding a new way to ski, founding Armada, getting fired from Armada, going to Black Crows and more…
Julien Regnier Show Notes:
2:00: Drinking, his mom's ski career, getting lost in the mountain
8:00: The Sports School, mogul skiing, and Olympics
15:00: Who is new school first?
19:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
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22:30: More Olympics, moguls weren't ready, and quitting moguls
30:00: Moving to Canada, Pow Air, starting Armada
38:30: Early Success, business, and changes
44:00: 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
43:30: Trouble at Armada, getting fired, and money
51:30: Black Crows and ski mountaineering
56:00: Content changes, issues or escape, and getting bought and layoffs
48:00: Editor in Chief, gnarly terrain, and being a woman
58:00: Inappropriate Questions with Frank Raymond
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the fucking Powell Movement. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.3 | I'm your host, Mike Powell. |
| 0:15.2 | And when we talk about the new school of skiing, we talk about the new Canadian Air Force, |
| 0:20.5 | those guys that were |
| 0:21.5 | looked at as inventing the modern twin tip. |
| 0:24.3 | My guest today is part of that movement, but much less talked about in North America, |
| 0:29.6 | and that's because he's a Frenchman. |
| 0:31.5 | Julian Rigny was a competitive mogul skier in the mid to late 90s, a time when moguls |
| 0:37.2 | had rules. And like a lot of 90s, a time when moguls had rules. |
| 0:38.2 | And like a lot of others, Julian decided to quit moguls. |
| 0:41.4 | He decided to help invent a new category of skiing that came with its own products, |
| 0:46.2 | lifestyle, and culture, and it took off. |
| 0:49.3 | Julian truly is a new school visionary, and over time he owned brands, designed some amazing skis, |
| 0:55.7 | and on the podcast we talk about his life coming from ski royalty, his mogul career, |
| 1:01.1 | inventing a sport, Armada, Black Crows, and more. Before we get into it, I want to say that if you |
| 1:07.4 | live in Washington State and haven't been to White Pass yet, you are missing out. |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah, it's a little further than Crystal Stevens or the summit, but the extra 45 minutes or so |
| 1:17.5 | are so worth it. I think lift tickets around 60 bucks. The terrain is absolutely amazing. I mean, |
| 1:23.7 | it's so good that the mayor family has never moved away. |
| 1:28.1 | There are no lift lines, and the lodge and bar are like stepping back in time and doing that in a good way. |
| 1:34.1 | It's worth a visit for sure, and I know I'll be back again. |
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