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The Powell Movement

TPM Episode 275: Trent Bush, Snowboard Visionary

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9860 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Trent Bush was born into a family of technical outerwear designers at a time when snowboarding didn't exist. Trent grew up learning how to build outerwear and skateboarding. He was a grom before groms existed, and when Wave Rave opened its doors in Boulder, Trent hung out there daily until they hired him and his brother. From there, they grew with the sport of snowboarding, eventually creating the iconic Twist and Analog brands and running design for brands like Burton, Mountain Hardware, Fenix, Fjallraven, Saga, Black Diamond, and more. It's a fun walk through snowboard history with an outerwear visionary

Trent Bush Show Notes:

3:30:  The Boulder skate scene, early snow skating, growing up into outerwear, and skiing

10:00:  Skate culture, seeing snowboarding for the first time, the product, and Wave Rave

21:30:  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

24:00:  The Wave Rave legacy, riding with legends, and 87 World's and skate influence

34:00:  Building a brand when he was really young, SIA, the rise of Twist

41:00:  Rollerblade: 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

42:30:  Early influencer marketing, being 2nd to Burton, and being the youngest member ever elected to the SIA board of directors.

54:00:  Wanting to build product in The North Face Factories, but doing in LA, the rockstar life on the strip, his investors pulling out overnight and losing it all

61:00:  Burton, Analog, other projects, and Artillect,  

71:00:  Inappropriate Questions

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 I'm sad to say that my ski season is officially coming to an end this weekend.

0:23.2

I can't thank the folks at the summit at Snowquami enough for providing another great experience.

0:28.4

While my ski and snowboard friends have been complaining to me about lift lines and traffic and increased cost,

0:34.0

I continue to be happy with my mountain and experience.

0:37.1

I mean, the summit at

0:37.9

snowquami is only 50 minutes from Seattle, and if you're a Seattle skier, buy your summit

0:42.5

passes now before they sell out. So again, thanks to the summit at snowquami, I also want to

0:48.1

thank my friend Kevin for bringing me to my first Seattle Cracken game. I've known Kevin since I

0:53.1

lived in Vale, and when he reached out with a ticket behind the Cracken bench, I've known Kevin since I lived in Vale, and when he reached out

0:55.0

with the ticket behind the Cracken bench, I was like, yes, let's do this. The tickets were Kevin's

1:00.4

buddies, and he has a few seats right behind the Cracken bench, and it's an incredible experience.

1:05.6

The game was great. The Cracken won, but the wildest part of the night was when we were leaving.

1:10.7

The guy who took us to the game, he's a badass Special Forces guy that you want on your

1:15.0

side in all situations.

1:16.9

And yeah, he's a little loud and talk shit, but whatever, he can back it up.

1:21.4

So we're in the bathroom taking a piss before leaving the stadium, and somehow our buddy

1:25.9

and some dude in his stall start talking

1:27.6

shit to each other.

1:29.2

My guy is like, hey pal, you better shut your mouth because even though I can't see you,

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