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The Powell Movement

TPM Episode 289: Robin Goomes, Pro Mountain Biker

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9860 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Robin Goomes went from an unknown name to one of the top women in freeride mountain biking, and she did this almost overnight by backflipping her way into the spotlight…But, before this Kiwi's meteoric rise in the bike world, Robin grew up on a remote island and then entered the military. On Robin's first podcast, we talk about the wild ride she has been on since 2021 and the road she took to being the first female to land a backflip in competition and jumpstarting her career. Harriet Burbage-Smith asks Inappropriate Questions.

Robin Goomes Show Notes:

3:30:  New to media, her unique upbringing with her mom and sister, and growing up on a dirt bike

14:00:  Hanging with the boys, work ethic, moto, BMX, and high school on the mainland

15:00:  Sharks, joining the army, and military travel

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:  Taking orders, riding mountain bikes in the military and leaving the military, and moving to Rotorua to ride

30:00:  Racing DH, peers that push her, Red Bull Formation, Mons Royale "Future Grounds" and being an alternate at the second Red Bull Formation

40:30:  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:  Does she get star struck, not getting to ride at Formation, and how she gets invited to Crankworks

48:00:  The 6 backflips heard around the world, learning the trick, sponsors, and Megavalanche

55:00:  Audi Nines, is it all a blur, and winning at Crankworks a month ago

50:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Harriet Burbage-Smith

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.

0:16.9

I'm your host Mike Powell, and if you haven't heard, you can now buy your passport to the Outerverse from Outside magazine.

0:23.7

The passport is an NFT that features 8-bit graphics like a video game out of 1995.

0:30.0

That was a time when magazines mattered, but they don't anymore in Outside's opinion, so they are pivoting to this new money grab.

0:37.4

The passport costs $250,

0:39.7

and there are 10,000 of them. An outside magazine keeps telling us that they will sell out,

0:45.0

while the general public, on the other hand, seems to be laughing at this scam or cash grab

0:49.1

or whatever you want to call it. And to be honest, I don't understand this whole concept.

0:53.9

Pay for an NFT, and what? You get access

0:56.6

to the outdoors or outside is rewarding you for doing stuff? Fuck that shit. In my opinion,

1:02.3

go outside and do whatever you want. You don't need a computer platform rewarding you. And if you do,

1:08.0

that's sad. And what's even sadder is all the money that they're spending on this crap.

1:12.6

They have a ton of influential people on the roster.

1:15.7

And from my experience, the people that they have like to be paid for their time and effort.

1:20.4

So everything that you see on a promoted post by anyone for this, the ads that people are bought.

1:26.3

And the money that could create great events and great

1:28.7

magazines, well, that's being spent on this NFT experiment. And really, the money could help take

1:35.1

care of the outside staff that was so frustrated with their treatment that there was talks

1:39.0

of unionization and mass exodus. But no, outside pretty much laughed and flexed on those employees,

1:45.0

and I believe they've upped their investment into code, not people. To add insult to injury,

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