TPM Episode 265: Pat Milbery, Pro Snowboarder, Artist
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
While Pat Milbery isn't a household name, if you've been to Denver, you've seen his work. Pat is one of the more accomplished artists in the country, but his story is so much more than just art. Growing up in Minnesota, Pat was a team sports guy until politics rubbed him the wrong way…and while his path took him skateboarding and inline skating, his passion was always snowboarding. We talk about the tragedy of his childhood, music, snowboarding, Think Thank, art, and so much more on the podcast. Living legend Jesse Burtner asks Inappropriate Questions.
Pat Milbery Show Notes:
3:30: Talking to kids, growing up in Minnesota, and team sports
9:00: Sports politics, skateboarding, snowboarding, and the universe aligns for rollerblading
15:00: Murder in the family, his creative outlets, being a sponsored skater, music culture, and being an outcast
21:30: 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
23:30: Friends that became famous musicians, bouncing back from death, and college
34:00: Visiting Colorado, graffiti, backyard snowboard parks, and art
40:30: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
41:30: Mt Hood, So Gnar camps, Skullcandy, and Think Thank,
49:30: Scott Stevens, Snowboard on the Rocks, and more Think Thank
56:00: Sharing a podium with Shaun White and Travis Rice, creating with brands, and Ingemar Backman
61:00: How does snowboarding end, focusing on murals, how much do they cost, his style, and working with Jimbo Phillips and Jamie Lynn
70:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jesse Burtner
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, and I'm back from the trade shows, and I'm home for a while. |
| 0:21.2 | I can't thank the great people at OR enough. |
| 0:23.9 | They are always so nice, and this year they hooked me up at the hotel room. |
| 0:27.7 | That was so convenient and cool of them. |
| 0:30.0 | And because of that, I'm not going to talk about the show other than saying that they need |
| 0:33.8 | to move the dates. |
| 0:35.1 | But I don't make those calls. |
| 0:36.4 | I make podcasts. And on the Thursday |
| 0:38.7 | of the trade show, I had former pro-snowboarder and legendary Denver-based artist Pat Millberry |
| 0:44.5 | lined up. And I have to be totally honest with you. I broke my dry January when I interviewed |
| 0:50.0 | Dave Amaralt at the WSM show by having two beers with him. And then I did it all over again |
| 0:56.2 | before I interviewed Pat. And when I say I did it all over again, I broke every rule of dry January |
| 1:02.3 | and then some. Pretty much, I went to the show all day and then I left at around 2.30 to take a hot tub. |
| 1:09.3 | Once I was good and dehydrated, I headed back to the show for beer time. |
| 1:13.5 | I had about four beers at the show, and I was feeling a bus. At about six, it was time for me to step outside, have a few breaths of fresh air, and then I was off to the store to buy a couple more beers to bring them to the hotel for Pat and I to drink during our podcast. |
| 1:28.0 | By the time Pat and I started interviewing, I had had enough to drink, but my dumbass kept |
| 1:32.7 | going. And the combination of not drinking for a month, times being at altitude, without drinking |
| 1:38.1 | much water, and not eating since noon, and whatever else was going on, really caught up with me. |
| 1:43.2 | And I'm super embarrassed to say that an hour into the podcast I was worthless and Pat wasn't impressed |
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