TPM Episode 304: Chris Beresford, Snowboarder, Founder, Dang Shades
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Chris Beresford's young life was tough; he lost his mom young, then he's raised by an alcoholic dad, then the family loses everything, and at the age of 13, Chris is responsible for things like his own food. While things could have turned dark, Chris didn't end up dancing on stage 3; he was on the podium at all his moto races and then found family and community through snowboarding. At 20, he landed a gig at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, and from there came sponsorship and the creation of his brand Dang Shades. This one is a rags-to-riches story of perseverance. Scott Stevens asks the Inappropriate Questions
Chris Beresford Show Notes:
5:30: What does he suck at, his family life, losing his mom, and the impact that has on his dad and childhood
12:00: Moto, more about his dad, skiing, and snowboarding
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
24:00: His crew, losing the house, making ends meet, money, and going to the resorts in Vermont
32:00: Meeting Grenier, partying, filming, and getting a life-changing job
38:00: Jesse Burtner, Think Thank, and filming his first video part
41:30: 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
43:00: K2, making it "pro," 32, getting dropped, and his Dang Shades dream and Empire
63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Scott Stevens
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 the season is here. |
| 0:20.6 | People are out shredding and everyone else is frothing as it's going to be go time very soon. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm excited for everyone, but also I'm still figuring out my situation. |
| 0:29.9 | I mean, will I be able to ski? |
| 0:31.9 | I know I can go, but this year's going to be all about taking it easy and watching my kid push it. |
| 0:36.9 | I was planning on snowboarding a shit ton this year, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen all about taking it easy and watching my kid push it. I was planning on snowboarding |
| 0:38.2 | a shit ton this year, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen because I can't get hurt as I have too |
| 0:42.8 | much riding on me being healthy. I mean, I'm always on the go these days. Between laundry, kid rides, |
| 0:48.7 | doctors, meds, dishes, work, dinner, groceries, cleaning, there's just so much to do. And while getting hurt, having fun, won't cut it this year. |
| 0:57.7 | So I'm going to take things slow and easy this year |
| 0:59.7 | all I'm at the summit at Snowquami. |
| 1:01.6 | And this whole cancer thing has been such a wild ride for Anjani. |
| 1:05.2 | And I'm going to give you a peek behind the curtain |
| 1:07.1 | so you can see how bad it sucks to have a wife who's living with cancer. |
| 1:15.1 | My goal with these updates will be not to repeat the same stories. I don't want to bore you with these terrible details. I might make jokes where I shouldn't and I'll apologize those for them now. |
| 1:20.4 | The only thing I'm going to try not to do is make you sad because this can be a sad process, |
| 1:25.0 | but we're just going to talk about the details, the shit that makes us angry, the shit that's funny, everything but the sad stuff hopefully. |
| 1:30.9 | So, this past week, we were looking at having a drain surgically implanted into ANS. |
| 1:36.1 | This would help out from a complication from a surgery a month ago. |
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