TPM Episode 288: Louie Zamora, Legendary Skater
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Louie Zamora came from nothing to become one of his most influential inline skaters. He was a street skater whose video parts still hold up, a contest skater who podiumed at X and Gravity, an entrepreneur who was responsible for important brands, and a victim of the opioid crisis that's turning his life around. This podcast was a fun and heavy way to catch up with an old friend and relive his past. Eric Schrijn asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Louie Zamora Show Notes
3:30: Revenge of the Nerds, LA life, being small, video games, and moving to San Diego
14:00: Beach culture, inline skates, it's so natural, culture, proving himself to the Esco Zoo
15:30: Product testing with Rollerblade, hammers, and injuries
21:00: 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: Getting flowed Rollerblade skates, Randy Spizer, getting a contract from Rollerblade, and Senate
32:00: His HS life, going to K2, and contests
40:00: 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
42:00: Being too cool for things, Gravity Games, X-Games, and a tour bus ending an era at K2
51:00: Creating a skate brand on an airplane, not seeing eye to eye with Powerslide, and leaving skating for the first time
58:00: Coming back to K2, creating a program together, our falling out and Orien Live
64:00: Getting hit by a car, addiction and isolation, living on the streets, and getting life back together
60:00: Inappropriate Questions with Eric Schrijn
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 finally back from my life-changing Alaska cruise and I didn't get COVID on the trip. |
| 0:23.6 | Did it really change my life? Not even close, but Alaska was amazing. |
| 0:27.6 | So many incredible views. |
| 0:29.6 | One highlight was all the bald eagles we saw. |
| 0:31.6 | A few of them took a huge shit on my father, which was laugh out loud funny. |
| 0:36.6 | He took it like a champ. |
| 0:38.2 | Another highlight was seeing whales, which I've seen in Seattle, but there are so many in Alaska, |
| 0:43.5 | and they are incredible. But really, this was my first cruise, and I have my thoughts. |
| 0:48.8 | Cruising reminds me of RVing on the water. The people on the boat are a cross-section of |
| 0:53.5 | what you would expect at your local |
| 0:54.9 | target. There are rich people and there are people who don't have as much and everyone is separated |
| 0:59.7 | by cabin classes and drink packages. I didn't notice the separation that much, but there was one |
| 1:05.3 | very wealthy family complaining to management from the hot tub and the major complaint that they |
| 1:10.1 | had was that |
| 1:11.1 | the ketchup was empty. Like really, this family from Mexico was complaining that all the ship's |
| 1:16.2 | staff were not American and they couldn't keep the ketchup full. They were being straight |
| 1:20.6 | up racist to the management and thought nothing of it. Fuck rich people like them. Equally |
| 1:25.9 | discussing to me was the gluttony that every cruise ship is known for. |
| 1:29.3 | It's 24-7 all you can eat and drink, and there's a huge variety and everything is free. |
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