TPM Episode 314: Steven Nyman, World Cup Ski Racer, Olympian

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Steven Nyman is one of the most accomplished ski racers I've had on the podcast. In a sport where racers can go a whole career without making a podium, Steven stood on podiums around the world 11 times and has three world cup wins to his credit. He's had an incredible race career, and at almost 41, Steven is still going. On the podcast, we talk about not having the advantages of everyone else, talking his way out of school and onto the Park City Team, making the US Team, living in Europe, winning, money, and a lot more

Steven Nyman Show Notes:

4:00: Powder day, Sundance, getting by, finding racing through Coca Cola Cup, and the Sundance Ski Team

13:00: Chasing the BYU Ski Team, growing up Mormon, and how he was able to convince everyone to let him go to Park City

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: Other sports, going from K2 to Fischer, and the importance of better equipment

34:00: The mystery of why skis are skis fast, fame, speed, and danger

42:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

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Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

45:30: Coming back from injury, missing the Olympics because of injury, and money

52:00: Days when you aren't feeling it, the risk of it, chemical additions to snow, edges, and the Olympics

66:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chris McCullough

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 I hope everyone has been enjoying some deep powder days.
0:21.3	Based on what I'm seeing in my feed and everyone I talk to, it's really, really good out there.
0:26.3	I've been getting up here and there, not as much as I'd like, but I've had a few good days.
0:31.2	As most of you know, this season is a little bit different for me and my family, but we'll be doing a white pass trip and a Mission Ridge trip in the coming
0:37.9	months, and the summit at Snowquami is always good to us and really, really convenient
0:42.3	compared to almost everywhere else in Washington. If you're a Seattleite, it is 45 minutes
0:47.3	door to door to get to the summit of Snowquami, so you really can't beat that. Another thing I'm doing
0:52.4	much less of this season is drinking. I'm actually doing
0:55.5	zero drinking this month. But the beautiful thing is, I still feel like I'm drinking thanks to the
1:00.2	folks at Best Day Brewing. They sent me some of the new hazy IPA, and that, along with the Colch,
1:05.8	are now my new favorites. So dry January has been great to me, but my celebratory beer drinking challenges haven't gone as
1:12.7	planned. I'm one in one as Mike Doherty beat me last week. While I want to win at everything I do,
1:18.6	I should want to lose at this one, as the goal is to spread the puffin drinkwear love, and Mike will be
1:23.8	getting his puffin in the next day or so, and he's stoked. Congrats to Mike. And guess what? That's all the bullshit I have to talk about this week, which is
1:31.3	nice for a change. Now I can tell you about my guest this week. And it's been so long since I've
1:35.9	had a really successful ski racer on the podcast. But this week, I have a guy who stood on
1:40.3	11 podiums, won three races, and qualified for four Olympics.
1:48.7	Yes, Stephen Nyman is my guest this week, and it's a fun walk through the life of the Sundance kid turned ski racer. Before I get into it, I want to ask you to subscribe wherever you listen,
1:54.0	tell a friend about the show. Podcasts are really hard to find, and you telling a friend really
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