TPM Episode 284: Louie Vito, Pro Snowboarder Pt. 1

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Louie Vito is a badass snowboarder. He's an Olympian, a US Grand Prix Champion, a Dew Tour Champion, an X Games medalist, and he comes from a 300 vertical foot hill in Ohio. He also seems to know everyone form celebrities to pro athletes, he's competed in Dancing With The Stars, he's been in a Hollywood blockbuster movie and he's pretty humble about it all. On the podcast, we talk being Italian, his crazy work ethic, this influence of his dad, and so much more. Chris Beresford asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Louie Vito Show Notes:

3:30: Competing for Italy, painful citizenship process, speaking the language, and his Olympic history

22:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide 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

24:15: Italian roots, his dad, inspirational quotes, and being competitive

38:00: Team sports and snowboarding

42:00: 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

44:00: Ohio sports and has he met Lebron, Midwest snowboarding, Woodward Gymnastics, Space Camp, and once in a lifetime experience

64:00: Monster v Red Bull, Windell's, Tim Windell, Steven Fox, Jeremy Jones, JP Walker,

77:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chris Beresford

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 this week, for once, I have nothing to bitch or complain about. Actually, while I'm sure I have stuff, I'm going host Mike Powell and this week for once I have nothing to bitch or complain about.
0:22.2	Actually, while I'm sure I have stuff, I'm going to save it for another week because I'm happy today.
0:27.3	The weather says it's going to be 75 degrees and in Seattle, that means it's summer.
0:31.9	Today, when I get done recording, I'm going to bring up my portable AC unit and then head down to the beach with my kid and his friends to go paddleboarding.
0:39.3	And the only reason I can do this is because of podcasting.
0:42.3	I mean, I can work whenever I want.
0:45.3	So when it's summer, I try to work early in the morning and then late at night so I can maximize time with my kid if he feels like hanging out with me.
0:52.3	It's like everyone tells you that having a
0:55.0	kid goes really fast, but no one tells you that there's going to be a day when your kid doesn't
0:59.6	always want to hang out with you, and he's never going to tell you that. It just happens. I've reached
1:04.3	that point with my kid, and I'm happy to say that I have zero regrets in my parenting. I spent as much
1:09.7	time as I possibly could with my son while
1:12.0	he was growing up, but that is nothing compared to the time my guest spent with his dad.
1:16.7	Louis Vito grew up snowboarding with his dad. They traveled together, they competed together,
1:21.6	and Louis' dad instilled a work ethic and taught life lessons all along the way to make Louis
1:26.1	the man that he is today.
1:27.9	And when I say the man he is today, Louis is a badass.
1:31.6	He's won four Grand Prix overall championships, six X-Games medals,
1:36.2	two winner-duthor cup overall championships,
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