TPM Episode 179: Brad Holmes, Ski icon
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Brad Holmes is one of the last great personalities in the sport of skiing. Attitude, ego, style sense of humor—These are some of the things that made Brad stand out. But his real talent was skiing and on the podcast we talk about "Daddy Rad" and his unique childhood, dominating the world of moguls, becoming the youngest person ever to make the US Ski Team, Plake, Freeze, K2, MSP, and so much more. Do not miss this one.
Brad Holmes Show Notes:
3:00: The Virus, skiing and Daddy Rad
7:00: Utah, freestyle, and scholarship in California
12:00: Punk rock, moguls, aerials and ballet
16:00: Bobby Burns, influences, and Palmer
20:15: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
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22:00: Getting on the US Team, Tanya Harding, and Olympics
27:00: Bud Pro Mogul Tour, money, and the end of moguls
35:00: Natural Born Skier, Freeze Magazine, and Ask Brad
40:15: 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
41:15: K2, The Outlaw, and MSP
47:00: Tours, leaving K2, and making his own movies
57:30: Inappropriate Questions with Glen Plake
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Prick up your earballs. It's time for the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week there is no long, deep intro talking about race or the flu. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm going to acknowledge that the country's a fucked up place, |
| 0:24.8 | encourage everyone to register to vote, and wear a mask. |
| 0:27.8 | But that's all you're going to get on the issues from me this week. |
| 0:31.4 | What I'm excited to talk about is my record in competitive drinking. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm recording this on a Wednesday, but by the time you listen to |
| 0:38.8 | this on Monday, I should be 27 and 1 in these weekly competitions. That is an incredible record, |
| 0:46.2 | and you can watch the replays or request to get in on the best challenge on the internet |
| 0:50.2 | by following me at the Powell Movement over on Instagram. Now, I'm going to jump right into my guest this week, and Brad Holmes is a living legend |
| 0:59.1 | in the world of free skiing. He's one of those dudes that doesn't need an introduction. |
| 1:03.4 | And if you don't know about Brad Holmes, then that makes this a must-listen podcast for you. |
| 1:08.2 | And everyone who does know who Brad Holmes is, well, you should be psyched |
| 1:11.4 | for what's to come. I've been working on getting Brad to do a podcast for the past four years, |
| 1:16.6 | and I finally got him to record. Now there are only two people that have said yes multiple times. |
| 1:22.1 | I've done the research for them, recorded the inappropriate questions for them, but still |
| 1:26.3 | haven't done the interviews. |
| 1:31.3 | I'm still chasing them after four years. While they aren't big names, it's all about principal. And when you say you're going to do something multiple times, well, you should do |
| 1:35.5 | what you said you're going to do. You should keep your word. I'm not going to name names, but |
| 1:39.3 | Kevin and Greg, you know who you are. Sorry, I had to vent there, and kids out there, if you want to go places in the world, |
| 1:46.4 | start with being on time and doing what you say you're going to do. |
| 1:50.2 | But that doesn't always matter, I guess, which is why I'm still chasing these interviews. |
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