TPM Episode 266: Jackie Paaso, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Jackie Paaso has lived a life full of ups and downs. This once-promising mogul skier turned free ride athlete has battled with her mental health throughout her life as an elite athlete. We talk about depression, suicide, getting help, and death on the podcast. But don't worry, it's not all bad. We also talk about her incredible career, her new movie Artic 12 and having a baby any day now. Mike Wilson asks Inappropriate Questions.
Jackie Paaso Show Notes:
3:30: About to have a baby, what that means to her skiing, her movie "Artic 12" and the drama around it
20:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide 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
23:00: Making the movie successful numbers-wise, having an NFL dad, skiing as a family, Bethel, Maine, and mogul skiing
28:00: The cost of skiing, the end of moguls and college, and going to India for a NOLS course
32:00: Depression, overdose, getting help, another intense bout with depression, another overdose, and time in the psych ward, getting out and figuring out how to manage her depression
40:00: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
42:00: Where is her mental health today, Timy Dutton and death
48:00: Moving to Tahoe, finding a path to big mountain skiing, Big Mountain comps, and winning at Snowbird and the Sickbird Award
52:00: Mentality behind her skiing, her impressive ski resume, finding joy in her skiing, and being a super competitive person
58:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mike Wilson
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 if you're a snow person living in the West like me, you're |
| 0:21.9 | most likely pretty bummed about the lack of snow. |
| 0:25.0 | What I've been doing to make skiing more fun as we wait for the white stuff is I've |
| 0:28.6 | been hitting the terrain park at the summit at Snow Kwame. |
| 0:31.6 | This is the best park that's reliably open in the state of Washington and it's an hour |
| 0:35.7 | from my house. |
| 0:36.9 | So I've been getting back after it |
| 0:38.1 | again, hitting all the jumps and it's taken me back to my youth. But then, on Super Bowl Sunday, |
| 0:43.9 | I hit the last big jump with a little too much speed. As I was coming down, I knew things weren't right, |
| 0:49.9 | and when my feet hit, I threw a ski and went hand and face first into the snow. |
| 0:55.0 | Immediately, I knew I did something to my knee, but my knee is always fucked, |
| 0:59.2 | and I knew right away that I didn't blow it, but it was a jarring impact that I know I'll feel for about a month. |
| 1:05.0 | After I put myself together, I was skiing over to my kid and my friend, |
| 1:08.6 | and I realized my thumb was on fire. |
| 1:10.6 | I get to the lift, I take off my glove, and my thumb looks dislocated and all kinds of disfigured. |
| 1:16.4 | I try to pop it back into place, but realize that it just looks dislocated, but it wasn't. |
| 1:21.5 | What it was doing was swelling. |
| 1:23.4 | So we took a few more runs, and then we headed home to watch the Super Bowl. |
| 1:27.4 | I ice and take ibuprofen, but my thumb is locked straight and I fear for the worst. |
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