TPM Episode 256: Mike Rogge, Publisher, Journalist

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

While Mike Rogge is a publisher these days, he cut his teeth writing for some of the most important titles in snow and beyond. These days, life is all about changing the print model from a dying, corporate, ad driven business to a thriving, independent, boutique model that caters to what subscribers want. On the show, we talk about finding a home in skiing as a writer, Powder, The Ski Journal, his internet persona and so much more. Rogge has never been afraid to share his opinions which always makes for a great listen.

Mike Rogge Show Notes:

3:30: Twitter, reporting the truth, and summers at Great Escape and winters at West Mountain

10:30: Sports, night skiing, and the X Games at Mt Snow

16:30: Writing, opportunity through skiing, and flipping the script in family history

23:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

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

25:30: Taking advantage of college, Simon Dumont Quarter Pipe, and working for The Meatheads

35:00: The Ski Show, Powder Magazine, and getting hired over others

43:30: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%

Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better

45:30: Having the keys to the magazine, Tunnel Creek, the decline of Powder, and leaving

56:30: The Ski Journal, trying to buy three titles, having the deal fall apart, and telling the world about it

63:00: Mountain Gazette

69:00: Inappropriate Questions with Adam Jaber

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have a seat on your porcelain throne.
0:02.3	It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement.
0:13.5	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:17.1	I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I'm psyched to have a guest on who's a little more like me compared to the pro athlete type that dominates the show usually.
0:25.8	And when I say Mike Rogie is like me, what I mean is that he didn't grow up with the aspirations of being a pro skier.
0:31.8	He loved the sport, he loved the personalities and the stories and the lifestyle, and he found a path to a long career as a
0:38.2	journalist within the ski industry, which is why Mike's story is so relatable to me. I mean, I was a
0:43.7	kid from Virginia who went out west twice a year, and I spent the rest of my ski days at Wintergreen
0:48.1	Resort in Virginia. I grew up with a love of snow, but the difference between me and Mike Rogi
0:53.6	is that he found his
0:54.9	path to ski journalism early, which we talk about. For me, I finished college so confused about
1:01.1	what I wanted to do with my life, and while I had an interview lined up with the Washington
1:05.1	football team, which I eventually totally blew, I realized that if I surrounded myself with my passions, I'd find something that I
1:12.3	wanted to do in life. I mean, my goal has always been to have a job that I love. And while you know
1:17.8	that I love money, it was never the driving factor. So I put my communications major to work in a
1:23.4	ski shop on the East Coast, but that didn't last too long. Before I knew it, I was living in
1:28.9	an incredible ski bomb life in Vale. A blown knee ended the resort life for me, but I was
1:34.2	determined to stay on the same path, and I wasn't going to stop until I had the best job in snow,
1:39.3	and I think I nailed it. I landed a job as a team manager for one of the most important brands in
1:44.0	snow, when they had a team of athletes that was arguably one of the best ever.
1:48.3	Why am I telling you my story?
1:50.2	I'm not really sure, but Mike Rogi's career trajectory is very similar to mine.
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