TPM Episode 209: Isaac Freeland, 2020 Freeride World Tour Champion
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
The name Isaac Freeland is not one most people know in skiing, which is a shame. Isaac was named 'Rookie of the Year' for the Freeride World Tour in 2020. What's more impressive than that is that he's also the overall Freeride World Tour Champion—Holy Crap!! And, between almost not making the tour on his last attempt, his allergies, being an only child, ski racing, and more, it makes for an awesome listen.
Isaac Freeland Show Notes:
3:00: Showing up in Verbier and finding out he won
8:00: Weedmaps.com Weed question and ad
10:00: Growing up in San Diego as an only child, Parkour, allergies, and epi-pens
16:00: Getting into skiing, racing, Sugar Bowl Academy, and quitting race
23:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Glade Optics: Get 10% off with the code TPM10
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
25:00: The freeride program, competing, and who does he look up to
31:00: Rare Injuries, college, and trying to be "pro"
38:00: Almost making the tour, 1 final year to qualify for the FWT, and a life changing win
41:30: COAL Headwear Use the code powell15 for 15% off
43:15: The FWT live stream, what are the changes on this level, and his mentality and panic attacks
45:00: The events, the podiums, prize money and sponsors
53:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jonnie Merrill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There lies a porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.8 | You're listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week there is no huge political news that I need to talk about. |
| 0:21.5 | But it's only Tuesday, and with this country, you never know when shit is going to go down. But right |
| 0:25.9 | now, all that is on my mind is not our messed up country, not the atmospheric river that |
| 0:31.1 | is going to come eat our snow. What I'm thinking about is my new Trager grill that is shipping. |
| 0:36.7 | It should be here in a couple weeks and I can't tell you how stoked I am. If you my new Trager grill that is shipping. It should be here in a couple weeks |
| 0:38.1 | and I can't tell you how stoked I am. If you have a Trager, you know already. It's kind of like |
| 0:43.1 | cheating. And if you don't have one, it's time to step up to the big leagues and impress your |
| 0:48.1 | friends and family with your cooking skills. And the easiest way to do that is with a Trigger. |
| 0:53.8 | Other than looking forward to that, life has slipped back into Groundhog Day again. |
| 0:58.4 | We are just waiting for our turn to take this vaccine and hopefully the stuff works. |
| 1:03.0 | So, well, we can drink a shit ton of 10 barrel out of our Stanley glasses while smoking something you found through the WeedMaps app. |
| 1:10.2 | And if that's not enough, well, hopefully you're staying active in buying your Elon skis |
| 1:14.9 | from Peter Glenn Ski and Sports. |
| 1:16.9 | And while you're at it, you're going to need some goggles and Glade Optics has a deal |
| 1:21.0 | for you in their ad. |
| 1:22.3 | I'm getting creative this morning with a different way to introduce these sponsors. |
| 1:26.0 | But what I haven't done is introduce my guest. |
| 1:29.1 | And Isaac Freeland is the Free Ride World Tour champion, but his career almost didn't happen. |
| 1:34.9 | But Isaac had his M&M moment, he owned it, and the rest is history. |
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