TPM Episode 326: Chris Rubens, Pro Skier, Farmer, Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
It's Chris Rubens, everyone's favorite skier, part 2, and another deep dive into the life and times of a guy who makes his money farming snow and food. This week we talk about money, filming, the trip that changed his life, accidents in the mountains, becoming a farmer, and much more. Chris's brother-in-law and Powell Movement alumni, Greg Hill asks the Inappropriate Questions
Chris Rubens Show Notes:
3:00: Pranks, MSP trips, marketing Rubens, late payments that impact his filming career, and seasons that don't work out.
13:00: The Sherpa's "All I Can," winning awards, JP Auclair, and death in the mountains
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: Personal favorite year of filming, Blank, Guilt Trip, and starting the journey to reducing his carbon footprint.
34:00: Internet hate, Greg Hill and "The Curve of Time" Movie, and skiing in electric cars
41:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide 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
43:00: Accidents in the backcountry, tinkering with product, sponsor switching after 19 years
52:00: Atomic and farming
63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Greg Hill
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'm just back from the Powell family Vegas vacation and man, I need a vacation from this vacation. |
| 0:24.5 | We did so much, we made so many memories and we have no need to head back to Vegas for a long, long time. |
| 0:30.9 | I will say, the highlights of our trip were the backstage tour of the Love Show and the Michael Jackson One show that Marco DeSanti arranged for us. |
| 0:38.8 | Thank you so much, Marco. |
| 0:40.4 | Cirque really knows how to entertain, and if you have a chance to see either of those shows, |
| 0:44.1 | I highly recommend it. |
| 0:45.7 | I mean, they kept the 13-year-old's attention for an hour and a half, and he left stoked |
| 0:49.6 | on the whole show. |
| 0:50.6 | That's a hard thing to do. The other highlights were the roller coaster at the New York, |
| 0:54.6 | New York, the pools, and the fat Elvis that we saw riding a rascal scooter on the strip. |
| 1:00.0 | This dude was getting within inches of people and scaring the living shit out of them with |
| 1:03.8 | his scooter. And then when the folks were good and annoyed, he started throwing bang snaps at |
| 1:08.2 | people. It was amazing. The low-lights of the trip were the |
| 1:11.6 | zip line at the Fremont Street experience. What looked like a really cool thing ended up costing |
| 1:16.6 | $150 for two people and it was the lamest experience ever. Jumping on a trampoline is more |
| 1:22.6 | exciting than the zip lines at the Fremont experience. So if you're considering it, don't do it. |
| 1:28.6 | Our hotel was also pretty shitty and when I say that, I mean it. We stayed at the Paris Hotel and Casino, and one |
| 1:33.9 | morning, I'm walking down the hallway to my room, and there was a pillow literally covered in shit |
| 1:38.8 | in the hallway for all to see. It was gross, and while the casino area of the Paris was cool, the rooms were |
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