TPM Episode 232: Kristen Ulmer, Legendary Skier

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Kristen Ulmer is routinely called the best female big mountain skier of her time, maybe ever, and that annoys her, and she’ll let you know it. If you’ve seen Kristen ski, you know her gender doesn’t matter, she’s always been about sending it and most of the time it’s bigger than her male peers. Kristen is a living legend, a unique personality and in part one of the podcast, we talk about her not really falling in love with skiing until HS, being blind as a bat, extreme skiing, injuries, the US Ski Team, and more.

Kristen Ulmer Show Notes:

3:00: Art Cars, New Hampshire, being blind, and sports

12:45: Beauty Pageants, partying at 14, semester abroad, and moving to Utah to ski

18 :30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

20:15: Scott Markewitz, ski modeling, and filming for the first time

24:00: How the other girls reacted to her success, being more competitive against the guys, and being in the US Team

31:00: Squaw Valley, blowing her knee, rehab Kristen style, quitting the team, and more knee problems.

36:00: Winning the US Extreme’s with a blown knee and being mortified for not winning worlds,

38:15: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports

Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program

40:00: Hiding injuries, her peers, and being part of the boy’s club

45:00: The Princess nickname, women’s product, not getting on fat skis, and money

55 :00: Inappropriate Questions with Kent Kreitler

Transcript

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0:00.0	Strap yourselves in and hold on tight.
0:02.8	This is the Power Movement.
0:12.1	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:15.5	I'm your host Mike Powell,
0:17.1	and this week it's all about bringing another legendary athlete on the show.
0:21.7	And it's not another guy. It's a woman. One who has looked at is arguably the best Big Mountain skier of her time.
0:28.0	But Kristen Ulmer wasn't trying to be the best female skier out there. She was trying to be the best
0:32.7	skier, period. And when Kristen eventually replaced her jeans with a real skiing kit, things took off for her,
0:38.8	and she was part of the generation of skiers that ushered in Big Mountain skiing to the masses.
0:43.3	Christian has a unique story and perspective on things, and I'll leave it at that.
0:47.3	Before we get into it, I need to thank Catherine Smith over at Skull Candy for always keeping my headphone game fresh. I've now
0:55.1	replaced my crappy AirPods with some sick new indie earbuds that fit and sound better, and I'm
1:00.5	recording my podcasts like I've done with every single podcast that I've ever recorded on my Crusher
1:05.5	ANCs. So thanks, Catherine. I also want to thank Alpine vans for coming on as a sponsor. If you want
1:11.9	a sprinter van, there's a shortage going on, and if you want to get them, they're going to be hard
1:16.0	to find. But Alpine has eight in stock and they're ready to customize for you. They can have
1:20.7	them in your driveway in 90 days. I also want to thank my other amazing sponsors who make this thing happen. First is 10 barrel, and they now have a Pilsner, a brand new Pilsner out there,
1:30.8	and I should have some sent to my house this week.
1:33.0	I am so excited as I love a good Pilsner,
1:35.7	and I have a feeling it's going to replace profuse juice as my go-to drink from the 10-barrel brewery.
1:41.4	I'm going to be drinking those P pilgrims out of my Stanley pint glasses, and I also want to thank Rollerblade for the sick new skates they sent over.
1:48.7	They're going to help keep me in shape, and finally, I want to thank Peter Glenn Skiin Sports
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