TPM Episode 315: Phil Sifferman, Legendary Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Phil Sifferman's life is full of stories you can't make up. From Kenny Loggins to Jimi Hendrix, to hitchhiking to ski, to becoming a pro skier, to traveling the world skiing and making movies, Phil carved out a path for himself in a unique way that included not following the rules. On the podcast, we talk about the beginning and end of hot dog skiing, Phil's pro career, some amazing stories, selling snowboarding to the FIS
Phil Sifferman Show Notes:
4:00: Kenny Loggins, Jimi Hendrix, big family on Capitol Hill, and learning the value of a dollar.
10:00: Getting kicked out of school, getting into Queen Anne, and hitchhiking and hustling to ski
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: The impact of "Ski the Outer Limits" and "The Mobius Flip" movies, ballet skiing, product, and bringing FIS into snowboarding instead of the ISF
35:00: The first Hot Dog events, Vietnam's impact on film class, filming, his ski instructor scam at Crystal Mountain, and partying
42:00: 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
45:00: The first water ramps, sponsorship/money, The Marlboro Tour, media coverage, and the end of freestyle
52:00: Air and Style, Totally Board, his ski crew, and a few incredible ski stories
74:00: Inappropriate Questions with Stanley Larsen
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. |
| 0:17.3 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week it's been a total pain in the ass. |
| 0:21.2 | What I mean by that is that I had my first colonoscopy, and while I usually keep talk about |
| 0:25.6 | anal out of the podcast, I feel like it's important to share the story of having a camera |
| 0:29.9 | stuck up my ass. The good news is I don't have colon cancer. I did have one polyp removed, |
| 0:35.6 | and I should be good to go for another 10 years before I need to |
| 0:38.2 | get my colon checked again. And I highly encourage all of you to schedule a colonoscopy when you're |
| 0:42.9 | eligible by your insurance. While it's not fun and the stuff they make you drink to prep makes it so |
| 0:48.4 | you pee out of your butt for a couple of days that will give you the comfort of knowing that you are healthy. So while a colonoscopy isn't a walk |
| 0:55.4 | in the park, it's better than where I was the next day. I was at chemotherapy with my wife, Ang. And for all of |
| 1:01.6 | you asking and wondering, and just doing well. The first eight days after chemo really suck every time. |
| 1:07.3 | Lots of nausea, painful mouth, tiredness, numb, fingers and toes, just a lot of different |
| 1:12.0 | things going on, none of them pleasant. But by about day nine, she's totally normal for a few days. |
| 1:17.5 | I mean, she still will get tired quickly, but she can pretty much do everything. And it's really |
| 1:21.7 | awesome to see her be happy for a couple of days. She really needs that. And another thing that's |
| 1:26.2 | really made her happy is all the support we've been getting from so many friends. And I do need to thank all of the |
| 1:31.1 | folks that have contributed to our meal train. There are so many people who've been asking |
| 1:35.0 | how they can help. And while I feel like we have our bases covered with this thing, |
| 1:39.0 | Anne's created a meal train for those who kept asking and wondering what they could do for us. Thank you to everyone who was signed up and cook for us. |
| 1:46.0 | I will say that we do grade every meal and everyone has delivered a B plus dish or higher. |
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