TPM Episode 312: Grete Eliassen, Legendary Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Grete Eliassen is a true legend of Freeskiing. Not only did she win the first ever X Games Gold Medal for a female skier, but she's also a six-time X Games Medalist and World Champion who started dominating halfpipe podiums before moving on to the slopestyle course. On top of that, Grete's a two-time winner of the coveted 'Female Performer of the Year' at the Powder Awards. When she's not filming or winning contests, Grete spends her time working for tech startups or serving as the President of the Women's Sports Foundation. She's still a pro skier, but she's also a podcaster, mom, wife, and more these days. Marie France-Roy asks the Inappropriate Questions
Grete Eliassen Show Notes:
4:00: Girls trip to Retallack, her podcast, moving around as a kid, and skiing
13:00: Athletes in the family, team sports, learning how to fall, the cold, and ski racing,
11:00: UC Santa Cruz, a road trip ends in Crested Butte, dating Seth Morrison, state of the industry when she was at CB
22:15: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
Puffin Drinkwear: Be the hit of every party and gathering with the coolest and cutest drink accessory ever created
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
25:15: Snowboard parks, hockey, moving to Norway for skiing, and the family business of construction and trucking
33:00: Making a name for herself in Norway, Norwegian Sports School, and did she miss out on things
33:00: The forming of the IFSA, becoming the VP, risking it all for the sport, money,
41:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Outdoor Research: The best outerwear ever built just got better; get 25% off all OR
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
44:00: Race results, Groundhog Day, Lindsay Vonn and other competitions, and making out on podiums
51:00: Her introduction to the New School, going to SMS camp in Whistler, Oakley, Armada, and making it
59:00: Who is she skiing within Norway, training at Windell's, being an unknown at the US Open, specialization, and being in awe of Tanner, and Mickael Deschenaux
70:00: Inappropriate Questions with Marie France-Roy
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 for the first time in forever, I don't have a long drawn-out |
| 0:21.6 | intro for you. |
| 0:22.6 | Well, maybe I do. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm going to take you through my New Year's Eve. |
| 0:26.4 | It's both my anniversary and my birthday, so my wife and I usually do something fun. |
| 0:31.8 | And she booked a hotel room and massages for this big day, and the massage was awesome, and when |
| 0:36.5 | we got back to the room, my wife was tired. |
| 0:39.1 | She had chemo a couple days before, and I kind of expected this. I knew it was going to be kind of a |
| 0:43.7 | lackluster birthday and anniversary and New Year's because chemo takes a toll on your body. So by 6 p.m. |
| 0:50.8 | We've canceled our dinner reservations, and we order in from the cheesecake factory. |
| 0:55.3 | It was very average. And then my wife, well, she was asleep by 7 p.m. And I'm still wide awake, |
| 1:01.2 | and it's my last night drinking before dry January starts, so I want to do something. |
| 1:06.2 | Call it good luck or whatever, but the jets are in town, and because of that, Olympic gold medalist |
| 1:11.5 | snowboarder Caitlin Farrington bought her pro-skier boyfriend Chris Logan tickets to the game. |
| 1:16.7 | Chris is a diehard Jets fan, which means he's had nothing to celebrate his entire fucking life, |
| 1:21.7 | which is very sad for Chris. But I get a text from Chris saying that he's in Seattle and we should |
| 1:26.3 | have some drinks. |
| 1:32.2 | And I love those two. Both are such nice and down-to-earth people and it was cool to hang out with them. |
| 1:39.0 | And when I get Caitlin on the podcast, you're going to be blown away by her story as it keeps adding wrinkles that are just mind-blowing. |
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