TPM Episode 206: Caite Zeliff, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Caite Zeliff grew up in a ski town but she wasn't a skier. She was an only child to a single mom; she didn't have the easy life of most of my guests. She found skiing through a school program, found her way into ski racing, and then worked her ass off. She earned scholarships to elite high schools, came close to the US Ski Team, raced in college briefly, got hurt, and gave up on racing forever. With that identity in the past, she's carved out a path in Jackson Hole that has her filming with TGR and Warren Miller. It's a great story.
Caite Zeliff Show Notes:
3:30: The virus and being a pro skier, New Hampshire, and what she did before skiing
8:00: Growing up with a single mom, getting into skiing through a program, and racing
12:00: Getting attention through doing well, Proctor Academy scholarship, and not making the US Team
21:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
Elan Skis: 75 Years of Good Times
24:00: Racing in college, getting hurt, and coming to grips with losing her identity
28:30: Road trip out west, moving to Jackson, partying, and Rahlves Bonsai Tour
34:00: Avalanches, traveling the world to ski, and being an instructor
41:00: COAL Headwear Use the code powell15 for 15% off
43:00: How expensive is Jackson, the ratio, how long can you do it, and the King ad Queen of Jackson Hole
55:00: Still having to work, getting into Warren Miller, and the differences between WM and TGR
62:00: Inappropriate Questions with Taylor Fry
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And now, a show with inappropriate language, the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I'm recovering from an amazing Christmas, |
| 0:20.5 | and I hope you and yours had a very |
| 0:22.1 | merry one. Actually, if you listen to the show enough, you know that I've recorded this intro before |
| 0:27.3 | Christmas. I usually record on Tuesday or Wednesday, so Christmas hasn't happened yet, but it's going to be |
| 0:32.7 | an awesome one. How do I know this? Well, we went the extra mile this year. For my wife and I, we know what we are getting. Why? My wife doesn't like surprises and likes to buy her own gifts. That took a little while to get used to on my end, but whatever. For the two of us, we got a new 58-inch TV, so we are stoked. But the goal this year was to make sure our kid has an amazing Christmas since this year has been such a shit show and bummer for him. |
| 0:59.0 | And what he wants is an Xbox Series X. |
| 1:02.0 | And they are so hard to get in traditional methods. |
| 1:05.0 | I mean, I went to a few game stops on Black Friday at 3 a.m. |
| 1:08.7 | And I had no luck. |
| 1:09.6 | There were tons of people already waiting |
| 1:11.4 | and each store only had five units, so I was pretty much screwed there. I sat waiting online for |
| 1:16.6 | various retail websites to put them on sale just to find out that I was shit out of luck in seconds. |
| 1:21.6 | They sold out so quick. I went to a friend that works at Xbox and while he gave me some |
| 1:26.7 | money can't buy stuff, he still couldn't get me in line to pay friend that works at Xbox, and while he gave me some money can't buy stuff, |
| 1:28.4 | he still couldn't get me in line to pay full price for an Xbox Series X. |
| 1:33.2 | We were screwed, and it was looking like it was going to be a disappointing Christmas. |
| 1:37.3 | And then we did something that goes against everything that I stand for. |
| 1:40.8 | We paid more than retail for this gift. |
| 1:43.6 | While I am notoriously tight with money, |
| 1:45.8 | my wife and I talked about it and we were like, fuck it, we pulled the trigger, and we feel |
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