TPM Episode 272: Tyler Turner, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Double Amputee
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
While Tyler Turner has lived a life of adventure, he almost had it all taken away from him a few years ago when a skydiving accident destroyed his lower limbs. Between amputations, addiction and depression, it would have been easy for Tyler to throw in the towel and feel sorry for himself. And while there may have been a little of that in the beginning, Tyler quickly realized that he wanted to live again….and living is what he's doing these days. On the podcast, we take you through his life before and after his life-altering injury. Complete with Paralympic medals and wingsuit jumps. It's an incredible story. Legend Mark Fawcett asks the Inappropriate Questions
Tyler Turner Show Notes:
3:30: Living on a boat, growing up in Calgary, hockey, surfing, and the mountains
9:00: Photography, Australia trip, skydiving, getting jobs operating heavy machinery, making ends meet, getting his permit to solo skydive, the other Tyler Turner skydiving accident, and Tyler's accident
22:45: 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
25:45: The accident, blacking out for 60 seconds, how close was he to dying, understanding his situation, and depression
31:00: Dating in the hospital, his injury breakdown, the first amputation, phantom pain, and drugs
45:00: http://www.rollerblade.com: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
47:00: The second amputation, the Adaptive Training Foundation, The High Fives Foundation, wheelchair versus walking, and prosthetics in public
60:00: Surfing, skiing, snowboarding, the pain of snowboarding, and his Olympic run
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mark Fawcett
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, |
| 0:18.4 | and I'm back from my annual pilgrimage to the Palisades Tahoe for the most important and more importantly, the most fun event of the year in skiing. |
| 0:27.3 | The Payne McSlunky Invitational, aka the PMS. |
| 0:31.3 | This is the weekend where a collective of Shane's friends, family, and strangers who loved him converge on Palisades Tahoe USA to celebrate |
| 0:39.3 | the life and spirit of Shane Mconki. |
| 0:42.2 | And the best way to do that is to get weird on a day where we crown the king and queen of |
| 0:47.1 | snowblading with the PMS downhill complete with golden saucers, not to be confused with |
| 0:52.7 | showers of the same color. |
| 0:58.6 | And I don't know if it was the pandemic or something, but more people than ever seemed to participate in the madness. There were so many great outfits and so many snowbladers, |
| 1:03.6 | it was a perfect day. And while I had planned on recording a podcast of McConkey stories |
| 1:08.4 | like I did last year, I didn't have time. |
| 1:11.7 | I mean, I was in celebration mode too. |
| 1:14.2 | I can say that I spent way too much time at the slot bar, |
| 1:17.3 | putting back cold ones, meeting podcast listeners, |
| 1:20.3 | and hanging with the amazing local community of the Pali Valley. |
| 1:23.9 | I'll say that in my experience, |
| 1:25.9 | no community likes the party like the local population at a rad |
| 1:29.2 | ski mountain, and there was no shortage of fun guys and girls in Palisades Tahoe. |
| 1:34.1 | There are almost too many people to thank for this weekend, so I'm going to go with my top |
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