TPM Episode 273: Paddy Graham, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Paddy Graham wasn't supposed to be a pro skier wearing a Red Bull helmet. He's from Sheffield, and everyone knows Brits for their football, not their talent in the mountains. But Paddy changed that school of thought, and it all started on a dry slope. Yep, before Paddy was filming powder segments, he learned how to ski on carpet. And that magic carpet had taken Paddy all over the world in pursuit of deep snow and the biggest jumps ever built. We talk about his interesting journey, the Legs of Steel crew, getting the most airtime ever, and so much more on the podcast. It's a different road map than most take to becoming a pro skier. Ahmet Dadali asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Paddy Graham Show Notes:
3:30: Riding his bike, injury, and growing up in Sheffield
12:00: Wanting to go on the school ski trip, skiing the dry slope, and Richard Taylor
21:45: 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
24:45: Other sports, ski media, Line Skis, moving to France at 16 to film for Discovery Channel, and other video work
32:00: Meeting Tanner at 16, learning about the mountains, making ends meet, his first Colorado trip
42:30: 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
44:30: Contests, Volkl, Red Bull, The Olympics, Legs of Steel, and the 4-second air
78:30: Inappropriate Questions with Ahmet Dadali
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 you're listening to this as I'm on spring break. |
| 0:21.4 | I did four days in San Diego, and now I'm in Palm Springs for some much-needed heat. |
| 0:26.6 | While I love skiing in the snow, when you live in Seattle, trips to the sun are needed for sanity, |
| 0:32.1 | and I've been looking forward to the sun for a while. |
| 0:34.8 | The sad thing is, ski season is pretty much over for us. We'll get two more |
| 0:39.0 | weekends at the summit at Snowquami, and I think that'll be it for us. And what a season it's been. |
| 0:44.2 | Things seem to be a lot more normal at my mountain, which was refreshing, and that wasn't the case |
| 0:49.1 | for the megapass holders. And you know what? I think it's going to suck for them again next year. |
| 0:54.0 | While some changes are being made, |
| 0:55.8 | it won't be enough to alleviate the pressure that greedy big skiing has created. And you know what? |
| 1:00.9 | I wonder what's going to happen with skiing across the pond, as it looks like Vail has started |
| 1:05.0 | their buying process of resorts over there. And my dumbass had the perfect opportunity to find out |
| 1:10.3 | what was going on over there |
| 1:11.7 | as I interviewed legendary British skier Patty Graham this week. |
| 1:15.5 | While Patty gives us a ton of insight on how to make it from the dry slopes of England |
| 1:19.4 | to sponsorships in the Big Mountains, I wasn't smart enough to ask him what is happening |
| 1:23.5 | over there with the megapasses and the management of ski areas in Europe. |
| 1:27.2 | I'll have to ask my next European about that, which means it won't happen for a while. |
| 1:31.5 | But that's okay. Most of us who are listening are in North America and don't ski over there anyway. |
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