TPM Episode 296: Brant Moles, Legendary Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Brant Moles is one of those legends that have zero ego. While he's a quiet guy, he's not afraid to share what happened with his career…and in the first part of his career, he was a Wisconsin-based ski racer who went to an east coast academy with the goal of making the US Ski Team…but with all stories like Brant's, politics play a role. When that happens, it usually doesn't work out. The good thing is Brant Moles' career isn't remembered for racing; it's remembered for winning extreme contests, filming with the heavy hitters of his time, and helping lobby the industry to make fat skis. Brant Moles helped change the sport of skiing with product and how he used it in Alaska, and his story is one that should have been told long ago….but this is his first podcast.
Brant Moles Show Notes:
3:30: Skiers of the Midwest, Racine, Wisconsin, The Playboy Club, and skiing in Wisco
11:30: Dirt bikes and sleds young, other sports, ski racing, divorce, and rebellion
21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
Outdoor Research: The best outerwear ever built just got better
23:00: Green Mountain Valley School, being small, pressure, speed events, and not making the team
33:00: Post Grad years, and doing all he could to make it all over again only to have politics end his career, not caring about skiing
40:30: 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone
GoPro: The only action sports camera that matters
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
43:00: Blizzard of Ahhh's, Snowboarders in Exile, Filming with Rob Bruce, and Spinal Snap
54:00: Getting the Golden Ticket to Hollywood and Europe, access to the mountains that no one else had, and sponsored by Nobis
60:00: Survival skiing, out of his comfort zone, and no tracks anywhere in France
65:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jeremy Nobis and Rob Bruce
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 shit is finally coming together. |
| 0:21.8 | And like they say, |
| 0:25.0 | things happen in threes and that's what's going on in my world. |
| 0:29.7 | The first great thing that happened is school is back in session so I can focus on my podcast and the schedule again. |
| 0:31.4 | It was hard to keep things in order towards the end of the summer and you're going to notice |
| 0:35.0 | that for the first time in the next couple weeks. |
| 0:37.9 | Like this week, I don't have a Michelle Parker 2 episode. That's coming, but like I said, |
| 0:42.7 | things did get out of order, and in three weeks, everything gets back to normal. The next great |
| 0:47.5 | thing that's happening is the West Seattle Bridge is reopening. This thing has been closed for almost |
| 0:51.9 | a thousand days. Now, it's only going to take me 10 minutes to get downtown instead of 30, |
| 0:57.0 | which means I'm going to save time and money when heading down to Ali Burdos to get my favorite Seattle Burrito |
| 1:02.0 | or when I head over to Zips for 30% off Fridays. |
| 1:05.0 | Everyone should take advantage of that one. |
| 1:07.0 | So now that my work life and personal life are getting back to normal, |
| 1:10.0 | it's time to |
| 1:11.2 | get excited about something. And right now, I'm excited for the weather to change. Get new gear and get |
| 1:16.7 | out on the mountain. And that all starts with a benefit I'm hosting for the Northwest Avalanche Center this |
| 1:21.7 | week at a local shop here in Seattle. You can find out all the details over at NWAC.us, and while I'm excited to get back on the mic |
| 1:29.3 | and talk about things snow-related, what I'm really excited for is movie premiere season. |
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