TPM Episode 320: Adam Ü, Pro Skier, Marine Biologist, Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The avalanche that recently buried Adam Ü in Japan was a life-changing event for many; lives were lost, and people will never be the same. In part 2 of my podcast with Adam Ü, we talk about marketability and marine biology. Adam then tells the heavy story of the avalanche, being buried, losing Kyle Smaine, and more. This podcast is a must-listen and a reality check for anyone who likes to play in the backcountry.
Adam Ü Show Notes:
4:00: Marketability, production, the switch to marine biology each year, risk on the water, and money in science and skiing
13:00: What to do if you want to ski every day, putting in the effort, and his favorite ski and water trip story
19:30: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, calories, and sugar.
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Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
23:15: Snow safety, losing Carl Skoog, the lead-up in Japan, and Kyle Smaine
31:00: Avalanche and what happens when you're buried
39:45: 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
42:45: Probe strikes him after 20 minutes, getting out, finding out about the others, making the worst calls of his life, dealing with police, and finally, heading home
54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Steve Christie
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 if you're like me, you love the mountains, but you also love technology. |
| 0:22.6 | I remember way back to when I first started working for K2 in 2000 when I had a Palm Pilot. |
| 0:28.2 | I mainly used it to make bets on sketchy gambling sites, so I wouldn't be too bored when I went on long drives to ski areas and the Poconos, which I seem to do every week. |
| 0:37.2 | I never cashed in on any of my |
| 0:39.0 | winnings, so I'm guessing I most likely lost a few hundred dollars on that Palm Pilot gambling |
| 0:43.4 | escapades, but that was the start of my technology addiction. Fast forward a few years, and I get a job |
| 0:49.7 | managing the K2 inline skate team. These were the days when to be a team manager, you had to have a portable DVD player, |
| 0:56.8 | as my laptop was too bulky to have to pull out every time I got on an airplane, which seemed |
| 1:00.8 | to be every week. |
| 1:02.2 | And back then, I remember meeting a guy in the inline industry, a guy named Andy Critchlow, |
| 1:07.2 | and Critch told me in a pre-social media world that he was leaving the inline business to take a job in the mobile phone industry. |
| 1:14.1 | And he swore to me that, believe it or not, soon everyone would be watching TV and movies on their phone, people would be shopping. |
| 1:21.6 | In his eyes, the mobile phone was the future. And this was like in 2003, and I hope Critch is rich these days as he |
| 1:28.8 | definitely saw the future before a lot of people. Anyways, I was blown away with his vision, |
| 1:34.3 | and I always tried to make sure that I had the best smartphone out. Eventually, I got the new |
| 1:38.8 | iPhone, and it was game over. I was fully hooked on this tech, just like a lot of you. |
| 1:44.1 | Now, most of us have some sort of phone addiction these days, and I've been pretty good about |
| 1:48.4 | not getting hooked into TikTok, as I've seen how it captivates my wife and son for way |
| 1:53.2 | too many hours. |
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