TPM Episode 176: James 'Woodsy' Woods, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
James Woods is an X Games gold medalist that hails from England. Let that sit in for a second. Growing up in Sheffield, , Woodsy, as he's known, learned how to shred on carpets that resembled tooth brushes more than they did snow…That never slowed him down as he's proved himself on every level of the sport and has had an impressive career. This is a fun one with one of the only personalities in contest skiing today.
James "Woodsy" Woods Show Notes:
3:00: Injury, working out and being the best he can be
11:00: Sheffield, finding skiing in the newspaper, and dry slopes
15:00: Parental support and the British scene
21:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
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23:00: Who he looked up to, British World Championships and Pat Sharples
29:00: Momentum Camp, London Freeze, Breckenridge, and being a social loner
37:00: X-Games in Tignes
40:00: 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
41:00: X Games Aspen, Sponsors, and money and losing it to a corrupt agent
50:00: Sochi Olympics, The British Team and hurt in practice
57:00: Celebrity, X Games Gold, and triples
64:00: 4th at the Olympics and Gus Kenworthy
74:00: Inappropriate Questions with Paddy Graham
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And now, a show with inappropriate language, the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and man, what a crazy 80 days or so it's been. |
| 0:20.5 | I mean, it's June. Summer is pretty much here, |
| 0:23.4 | and I don't know about everybody else, but I miss hanging out with friends, going places, and doing |
| 0:28.0 | shit. I know, I sound like a broken record, and while this sucks for me, it's really not that |
| 0:34.0 | bad. But for the kids out there who are being robbed of a year of their childhood, |
| 0:38.8 | it really sucks. And for the single people who are stuck at home with no one, that supremely |
| 0:44.5 | sucks. These are the times that even the strongest of us can lose our collective shit, |
| 0:49.5 | and the weakest, well, they're fucked. Mental health issues are real and this situation just throws fuel on that fire. |
| 0:57.3 | If you know someone who is alone or have people that you know may be suffering, |
| 1:01.7 | reach out and make sure they're good. It's the least you can do and you can consider that your good |
| 1:06.1 | deed of the month. My good deed of the month has been giving people something to look forward to, |
| 1:11.1 | getting their asses kicked in competitive drinking by me. It's something I'm doing on Instagram every |
| 1:16.0 | Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at five Pacific time. I'm currently 15 and 0, but I know I'm |
| 1:22.1 | going to get beat soon. I'm not that fast, and if you want to challenge me, let me know on |
| 1:26.7 | Instagram at the Powell Movement or email me at mike at the Powellmovement.com. |
| 1:31.3 | I will get back to you. |
| 1:32.8 | It would also be great if you could subscribe to the podcast and tell a friend about it. |
| 1:36.9 | Speaking of the podcast, I have a great one for you this week. |
| 1:40.1 | It's my first Englishman, his name is James Woods, but everyone in the ski world knows him as Woodsey. |
| 1:46.1 | I'm not going to spoil the podcast too much, but Woodsy story is an incredible one. |
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