TPM Episode 313: Grete Eliassen, Legendary Skier, Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Grete Eliassen is a true legend of Freeskiing, and in part 2 of her podcast, we dive into how women were treated in skiing back when she was in her prime. Grete is a 6x X Games medalist, a 4x US Open Champion, and a World Champion with many Powder Awards to her credit. On the show, we talk sponsors, money, the Olympics, her movie "Say My Name," being President of the Women's Sports Foundation, and more. Keri Herman asks the Inappropriate Questions
Grete Eliassen Show Notes:
4:00: Happy to be at the 2004 X Games demo and how women are treated both then and now. The X Games is a medal event, the difference in money for men and women and skiing had never been plan A
20:30: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
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Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
23:15: Agents, a house at 19, taking advantage of sponsor opportunities with stars, and her Pro Models
34:00: Ski Porn, respect, and leaving Armada
41:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
43:30: Head, Say My Name, losing her best friend, skiing angry and blowing her knee
57:00: The Olympics and The Women's Sports Foundation
63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Keri Herman
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 I'm happy to say that my tweak knee was just that. |
| 0:21.6 | A tweak with some strange pain and swelling that bothered me for about 10 days and then went away. |
| 0:26.6 | I tested the knee on snow and it's good to go. |
| 0:29.6 | So after making a few more laps in the terrain park where I hurt my knee in the first place, |
| 0:33.6 | my 13 year old came up to me and he's like, Dad, |
| 0:36.6 | you told me to tell you not to |
| 0:38.1 | hit the boxes or jumps because you're old and you will get hurt. But I can't help myself, |
| 0:43.3 | and I'm pretty sure that my next injury will come in the park again. But that's what happens |
| 0:47.7 | when this dad tries to get rad. It doesn't work out pretty. But like I've mentioned, I can't |
| 0:52.7 | get seriously hurt because I'm the primary caregiver to my |
| 0:55.6 | wife and she is doing great all things considered. |
| 0:58.5 | Yeah, when she has chemo, like she did the other day, she has eight really shitty days and |
| 1:03.5 | then she's back to normal for a few days before she repeats that cycle. |
| 1:07.1 | It's no fun, she dreads it, and it sucks to see her so uncomfortable. |
| 1:14.2 | But she's 33% through her treatment, and she's going to live. |
| 1:18.8 | Speaking of living, Greta Eliasson is back for part two on the podcast, |
| 1:21.7 | and she really has lived an incredible life so far. |
| 1:27.4 | This week, Greta and I take a deep dive into gender, sponsors, money, the X games, and more. It's a good one, |
| 1:29.2 | and Greta is such an important athlete in the sport that if the ski and snowboard Hall of Fame |
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