TPM Episode 325: Chris Rubens, Pro Skier, Farmer
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Chris Rubens is the pro skier that pro skiers want to ski with. A badass in the mountains with a pro ski career that has spanned over 20 years, Chris graduated from the world of helicopters and sleds to totally changing the curve of his carbon footprint. In part 1 of his podcast, we talk about ski racing, growing up with Hoji, finding freeride, sponsorship, the eclipse photo adventure, and his big break with Matchstick Productions. It's another good one with the nicest of Canadians. Ski Legend Mike Douglas asks the Inappropriate Questions
Chris Rubens Show Notes:
3:00: USA v. Canadian athletes, coming from a British oil family, and ski racing
12:00: Hjorleifson family, his and his Olympian sister's ski racing careers, going to a sports school, joining the Rocky Mountain Freeride program, and when did he realize he could go further in skiing
20:30: Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.
Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
23:00: First free pair for skis, being productive, hating contests, is there a benefit going head to toe with a brand, and money
35:00: Everyone is replaceable, and moving to an undeveloped Revelstoke
39:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there JT Holmes (Episode 38:00: Who was Billy Poole, going on shoots uninvited
41:30: What development does to Revelstoke, The Eclipse Adventure and photos, and getting cold feet
52:00: Learning to snowmobile, filming with Matchstick Productions early on, figuring out filming, and movie tours
62:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mike Douglas
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. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm your host Mike Powell, |
| 0:18.4 | and this week I find myself in a mad scramble to get podcasts recorded and ready to go. |
| 0:23.7 | So there's going to be no long intro for me. |
| 0:26.0 | Basically, I returned home from the Payne-Mkslaunkey event to a week chock full of research and recovery. |
| 0:31.6 | And that was two weeks ago. |
| 0:32.9 | So this week, I've been busy recording three different podcasts, and I need to get one of them edited |
| 0:37.8 | in the next two days, and that's going to be a big challenge because I want to head up to |
| 0:41.8 | the summit at Snow Kwame this weekend for two of my last days of shredding. |
| 0:46.0 | And while I said it's going to be a challenge, it's a challenge that I'll overcome, as |
| 0:49.0 | I don't miss episodes. |
| 0:50.4 | You know this, so it will go up on time. I'll just be working really late on Saturday and Sunday night, but that's part of the game. |
| 0:57.0 | And skiing this weekend isn't the only thing I have to look forward to. |
| 1:00.0 | On Tuesday, if everything goes as planned health-wise with my wife, |
| 1:04.0 | and that's a big maybe right now as she's just out of chemo and feeling terrible, |
| 1:08.0 | but if she feels better by Tuesday, we're heading to Las Vegas to blow a 13-year-old's |
| 1:12.2 | mind. For this trip, I connected with former Powell Movement guest Marco DeSanti, and he's going to give |
| 1:18.0 | us a behind-the-scenes tour of The Beatles Love Show, and he hooked us up with tickets to see |
| 1:22.6 | the Michael Jackson Show. We are pumped. The only negative thing about this trip is that we are going to spend way |
| 1:28.3 | too much time in Vegas. It's like five days there. And if you've been to Vegas before, well, you know |
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