TPM Episode 337: Phil Sifferman Part 2, Incredible Stories from the Vault

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Phil Sifferman is back and chock full of stories from the past that we won’t get anywhere else. On the podcast, Phil and I jump back in time, talking about the drama behind the IOC and FIS, the party powder days of skiing, the gruesome accidents he’s witnessed on a royal level, and so much more. It’s a different kind of episode, and the stories are true gems.

Phil Sifferman Part 2 Show Notes:

3:00: The Accidents and the greatest save of all time

10:00: Creating the rules for FIS Freestyle over too many beers and the cocaine days of the ski industry

17:30: 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.

20:00: Warren Miller v Dick Barrymore, being the American promoter in a sea of Europeans, buying all the most prestigious European Races, money buys medals, and corruption.

37:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code pmovement

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

39:00: Freestyle skiing saves IOC global financing, what event day looks for Phil, being the person that brought the NFL to Europe, having Roger Goodell as his NFL Assistant, and how can FIS ruin the FWT

50:00: Inappropriate Questions

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 as you listen to this, I'll be in Boulder, Colorado, and should be seeing my final dead show tonight, ever.
0:24.2	And I know this isn't the real dead, it's John freaking mayor for Christ's sake.
0:28.6	But that doesn't matter to me. I saw The Dead three times with Jerry, and to be honest, while I don't mind the music, I don't go for that. These days, I go to hang with one of my best friends from high school, the guy I first saw the dead with, and I go to enjoy the parking lot.
0:42.3	It's like a spiritual experience, and the music is the bonus part.
0:46.3	It's a vacation from reality with my buddy Steve.
0:48.3	Where am I going with this?
0:50.3	Well, it feels like I've been taking a lot of vacations from reality lately, and it's starting
0:54.9	to impact my workflow. See, I've gotten sucked into social media recently, and when I say I got
1:00.0	sucked into social media recently, I'm always on social media promoting the podcast and scrolling
1:04.8	through bullshit. But recently, over the past month, I've noticed that I'm spending more time than ever
1:09.7	watching way too many reels. So now it's like I'm spending more time than ever watching way too many
1:10.8	reels. So now it's like I'm spending 25% of my day watching videos of Frenchies or pandas being
1:17.1	cute or apartment tours in New York City or homeless people being bought lunch or so many other
1:22.8	random acts of kindness that usually end up with someone getting money and tickets to their
1:26.7	favorite event.
1:31.3	This is so much different than the negative stuff we looked out of the 90s, like the bumfight stuff that people sought out. And all of this content gets so many views, it's crazy.
1:37.0	But when I think about these videos from a content and marketing perspective, they really don't
1:41.1	do anything to make me want to buy a product or do anything of value for me, really.
1:45.4	They just waste my time. It's like I'm entertained by meaningless crap that I'm never going to
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