TPM Episode 271: Jimbo Morgan - Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Part 2 of Jimbo Morgan's life and times start with a trip to the Albertville Olympics in 1992. While this should have been the best day of Jimbo's life, we talk about the good friend that died in his arms that day and how it impacted him. We then talk about the end of filming speed skiing with Plake and Stump, pioneering bungee jumping, inventing skiercross, and getting sponsored as a skier, telemark skier, and snowboarder. We also cover founding the Factory Team and how Powder Magazine set the sport of skiing back a decade by being close-minded. Brad Holmes asks the Inappropriate Questions
Jimbo Morgan - Part 2 Show Notes:
3:30: US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, sticking out in France, and sponsors
15:00: The burnt French flag story, making the US Team,
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: Excitement around speed skiing, having a friend die in his arms hours before the Olympic Final and his Olympic tattoo
34:00: His Olympic experience, breaking glasses, filming for Greg Stump's Groove Requiem, and the end of speed skiing
40:00: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
45:00: Managing Fungus, knowing musicians through Joel from Sessions, and bungee jumping
48:00: Testing snowboards with K2, getting sponsored for three sports by K2 while drunk at a trade show, stealing the concept of boardercross for skiers, and creating Lord of the Boards
54:00: Why is Jimbo known as X in EXP Productions, the players of Lord of the Boards, launching the Poacher with Holmes, Kreitler, and Terje in Japan, and fire extinguishers in Japan
60:00: The creation of the K2 Factory Team, did Seth shop at Hot Topic, new sponsors, who was the first person to grab their skis, and how did Powder Magazine set skiing back seven years
86:00: Inappropriate Questions with Brad Holmes
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, |
| 0:18.6 | and while I'm recording this before my trip, |
| 0:25.8 | you should be listening to this podcast right as I get back from the most important event in skiing. |
| 0:39.0 | The Payne McSlunky, aka the PMS, a.klae, the event that brings a ton of incredible people to Palisades Tahoe to celebrate our amazing dead friend, Shane McConkey, as well as raise money for the Mokonky Eco Challenge. The weekend features the short skis downhill that used to have an |
| 0:44.2 | inappropriate name at a mountain that used to have an inappropriate name and a costume contest where |
| 0:49.1 | the winner usually does something inappropriate. As you should be aware, this weekend is all about being inappropriate in a family-friendly |
| 0:56.8 | way, and everyone channels their inner Mekonki, and it's arguably the funnest day on the |
| 1:01.9 | mountain. |
| 1:02.8 | For those who want to know the origin of this event, Josh Lubek, the dude who sends me the |
| 1:07.4 | incredible Nima vitamins that I take, well, he sent me over an email from |
| 1:11.5 | the late, great Shane Mekonki that I think is worth a read. Here's the email written by Shane |
| 1:16.5 | in 2002. Hey, Lou Beck, I told you in Vegas, but in case you don't remember, I'm putting |
| 1:22.8 | on the Payne-Mkschlunky Open April 27th through 28th at Squaw, inspired of course by the Johnny Mosley |
| 1:29.2 | Invitational. |
| 1:30.7 | Josh, this was originally your idea. |
| 1:33.3 | I remember we laughed about the concept of the Josh Luback Invitational. |
| 1:37.3 | Anyway, I'm making it happen, and since it was originally your idea, I want you to be there. |
| 1:42.7 | Here's the lowdown. |
| 1:43.8 | One, must enter under an |
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