TPM Episode 21: Alex Broskow, Pro Skater

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Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Alex Broskow’s life is full of juxtapositions. From dropping out of high school and moving into the dorms of the University of Kansas to being an athlete who is looked at as one of the best to ever participate in his sport…but couldn’t afford groceries. This rare interview dives deep into the world of skating, travel and all that comes with being a pro athlete (minus money).

Alex Broskow Show Notes

:57: how did Alex end up back in Kansas

2:30: Alex works full time at a warehouse. Crazy for one of the best skaters in the world

3:52: Born and raised in Kansas City and growing up playing hockey and getting into inline

8:17: Realizing he was good at inline and being on the Gatorbladers.

9:15: Midwest skating and being taken under the wing of the older crew, not getting caught up in the wrong thing and going on road trips to Eisenbergs

11:29: Alex’s influences in skating

12:40: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

14:19: Moving to Florida and what that was like for him

17:40: Moving back to Kansas (to Brenton Wheeler’s house) and eventually the dorms at the University of Kansas with Adam Johnson and did he finish high school.

21:00: Shooting for the KFC videos

24:00: How does he do in contests and how much is he making?

26:43: Setting trends and is that something that is crazy to him?

28:25: How does he deal with the shit talking that happens to rollerbladers?

31:00: Starting Vibralux and Dead Wheels

33:10: When did he realize skating wouldn’t pay the bills and who had a career that was cut short by alcohol or drugs. And thoughts Aaron Feinberg

36:45: KCMO and what Kelso said on The Mushroom Blading podcast

40:00: Can he still do the hammers that he used to and the Champagne movie in DVD format

42:51: Top skaters of all time

44:20: Does he regret not playing hockey longer?

45:23: Gap to rail with Ben Weis back in the day.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hmm, baby, you listening to the Powell Movement.
0:12.0	Welcome to another episode of the Powell Movement. I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week on the show, we have Alex Broscow. And I'm going to guess that a lot of you haven't heard of Alex Brasgow. He's a professional rollerblader. And when I'm going to guess that a lot of you haven't heard of Alex Brasgow.
0:23.0	He's a professional rollerblader.
0:24.7	And when I say he's a professional rollerblader, he has just decided in the past month or so
0:29.2	that rollerblading is not going to pay the bills and he's got himself a 40 hour a week job.
0:34.4	And that's such a shame because when you look at some of the edits that I'll be
0:37.6	posting of Alex and you hear him talk, he is arguably one of the best skaters to ever lace up
0:42.9	rollerblades. And rollerblading does not pay the bills for Alex. So we're going to talk to him about
0:47.9	his story. He's been a professional for about 15 years. We'll talk about the tours that he's been on.
0:53.4	We'll talk about sponsors and we'll talk
0:55.7	about life in general for Alex Brascoe. And it's an interesting one because in the world of
1:01.2	skating, there are guys that are tech and there are guys that drop hammers. And for the first
1:05.6	eight years of Alex's career, he dropped the biggest hammers in skating. He was the one who
1:10.5	was changing the game. And it's a
1:12.4	shame that he can't continue to be just a professional rollerblader. But that's how the world works.
1:17.5	It's not fair. If Alex started skating in 1992, well, he'd probably have a lot of money in the bank,
1:23.6	but he didn't. We will talk about all of that with Alex. Before we get into it, I want to thank
1:29.2	everyone for listening to the show and ask you to share my posts on social media. Follow me on
1:34.0	Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. It's Powell Movement 1 on Twitter. It's the Powell Movement on
1:39.2	Instagram and Powell Movement on Facebook. So check those out and share all that stuff and we can build the show and build the audience.
1:47.8	And finally, I need to thank my awesome sponsors.
1:50.7	And they are evo.com, dyecut stickers.com, and unofficial networks.com.
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