TPM Episode 260: Mark Abma, Pro Skier-Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Mark Abma isn’t your typical pro skier. If you break him down, he’s part elite athlete, part farm boy, part hippy, part businessman and part dreamer with a work ethic that puts most people to shame. On part 2 of his podcast, we talk about all his different parts, money, sponsors, adrenal fatigue, video parts and a whole lot more.
Mark Abma Show Notes:
3:30: Early filming with PBP, the end of competition, why he left K2, and getting on Salomon and Helly Hanson
11:00: The shift to attainable skiing, Eric Hjorleifson, money, sponsors, negotiating, what happened to Salomon, and investments
19:00: 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
21:30: His Squamish property, island property with Chris Turpin, and his unique Tofino development
32:00: Being ahead of the curve with his Biodiesel vehicle, yoga, and breath work.
40:30: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
42:30: Being an early adopter of hydrotherapy, The Powder Awards, and achieving his goals at 24
47:00: Putting out six parts over 2 years, adrenal fatigue, finding balance, and his darkest video project The Masquerade
52:30: How his video parts come out, music selection, getting almost 100 stitches to his face, and the intimidation and experience of Alaska
63:30: Inappropriate Questions with Josh Dueck
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. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, |
| 0:18.4 | and I'm recording this intro right after the New Year. And I hope everyone had a safe and fun time on New Year's Eve. |
| 0:24.6 | My wife and I celebrated New Year's Eve, which is also our anniversary and my birthday, by seeing Dave Chappelle. |
| 0:30.4 | And seeing that dude, it was a total bucket list event. |
| 0:33.6 | I look at him as the Michael Jordan of comedy, the fucking goat. |
| 0:37.4 | Sure, there have been other amazing comics, but Chappelle is the Jordan. I look at him as the Michael Jordan of comedy, the fucking goat. |
| 0:41.5 | Sure, there have been other amazing comics, but Chappelle is the Jordan. |
| 0:45.9 | And when Jordan played, he left everything on the court every night. |
| 0:49.4 | I saw him play many times, and he never disappointed. |
| 0:54.3 | It didn't matter if he was sick, if his dad was murdered, or if he was playing for a shitty wizards team. |
| 0:55.4 | He always delivered the goods. |
| 0:57.6 | Chappelle was great and really funny, but not the Michael Jordan of comedy funny. |
| 1:02.2 | It seemed like he gave 85% that night, and I wasn't really disappointed. |
| 1:06.7 | It was still awesome and worth every penny. |
| 1:09.4 | And when I say every penny, it was a $160 ticket |
| 1:12.5 | for the front row of the nosebleed level. So it was really expensive. But I'd go see him again |
| 1:17.7 | because it's Chappelle. It was really surreal experiencing a comedic hero, the goat in person like |
| 1:23.9 | that. But the more I think about his life and compare it to the guests that I have |
| 1:28.2 | on the show, I realize that athletes and entertainers are one and the same. It's like Nirvana said, |
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