TPM Episode 225: Damian Sanders, Legendary Snowboarder
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Damian Sanders is arguably the first and last real rockstar in the world of snowboarding. He's one of those riders who had an image that the whole sport could be marketed on. From his look to the way he rode, to how he partied, to his entourage, if you saw Damian out, you wouldn't think he was a snowboarder. He was larger than life and defined 'go big or go home' on and off snow. On the podcast, we talk about coming up punk/new wave, Tahoe, Palmer, Farmer, Plake, cars, money, and more. It's a fun chat with a true living legend.
Damian Sanders Show Notes:
3:00: Monster Stage, growing up in a huge family, and no rules as a BMX kid
10:00: Moving to Tahoe at 16, school with Palmer, Avalanche Snowboards, Soda Springs event, and his sense of fashion.
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
23:45: Hardboots, Glen Plake, Sponsorship, and marrying a Penthouse Pet
34:00: Photo shoots, and Pet of the Year
41:45: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Getting you outside for over 70 years
Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program
43:00: Fall Line Films, hurry up and wait, and wakeboarding
49:00: Farmer, knee injury, milking snowboarding, throwing parties, and the party that sent him to jail
73:00: Inappropriate Questions with Todd Richards and Mark Fawcett
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Mmm, baby, it's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and snow season is finally over for me. |
| 0:19.9 | I can't thank the good folks at the summit at Snow Kwame enough for making me feel safe. |
| 0:24.9 | If you're looking for pass options for next season, the summit is the convenient and |
| 0:29.1 | affordable choice to have some fun. |
| 0:31.2 | They have great terrain and you can be there in an hour from West Seattle, even with our |
| 0:35.2 | shitty bridge closed. |
| 0:36.7 | I also want to thank Josh Luback over at |
| 0:38.8 | Nima. He sent me a bottle of vitamins a few months ago, and while I'm not normally a vitamin guy, |
| 0:44.2 | I took them for 60 days straight, and I didn't know how great I felt and how much energy I had |
| 0:49.2 | until I stopped taking them. The shit works, and I had to get back on the sauce, so I called Josh and ask for another bottle. If you want more energy, head on over to nema brand.com. That's n-I-I-M-A brand.com and you can get the energy kick that I've been feeling for the past 60 days. My final thank you goes out to one of my favorite brands ever, Trigger. Since they sent me my Ironwood 885 grill last week, I've spent 40 hours cooking on it. |
| 1:16.1 | A few different 12-hour pork butt smokes for this pork eating chew, and the food tastes so good. |
| 1:21.8 | There's nothing quite like that feeling of pulling your own meat, or in this case, shredding your own meat. |
| 1:28.4 | If you don't have a Trager, treat yoself this summer. Your family and friends will thank you. But enough time |
| 1:33.5 | talking about meat and how you're going to want it in your mouth. Now it's time to talk about my |
| 1:37.3 | guests this week, and there aren't too many bigger living legends in snowboarding than Damien |
| 1:41.9 | Sanders. Arguably the sports first and last true |
| 1:45.1 | rock star, Damien traveled the world with his penthouse pet of the year wife in tow and blue |
| 1:50.6 | minds with his airs, his style, and his look. He's a total badass who's produced gold on almost |
| 1:56.0 | everything that he's touched, and he's not afraid to work his ass off. While I get a lot of legends on the show, |
| 2:01.8 | this was a rare treat that was years in the making. I really didn't think this one would happen, |
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