TPM Episode 341: Tina Basich, Pro Snowboarder, Part 2

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Tina Basich is a recent US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee. Her and her BFF Shannon Dun are the first women to get in on the snowboard side. In Part 2 of the podcast, we discuss her insane 1990 World Halfpipe Champion season, the Kemper days, her influence, Adam Yauch, Tiger Woods, sponsors, and more. Shannon Dunn Asks the Inappropriate Questions

Tina Basich Show Notes Part 2:

3:00: Hall of Fame, her 1990 season, does she ever work a regular job, and the Kemper Team moves to Utah.

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: Snowboard contests, ski brands making snowboards, 100 days in AK, World Cup, and the elevator story

40:45: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement

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

44:30: Summer Snowboarding, her 720, riding with Adam Yauch and then living with him

52:00: Leaving sponsors, Boarding for Breast Cancer, transitioning into powder, Tiger Woods, and how does snowboarding end

75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Shannon Dunn

Beastie Boys as Quasar at a House Party

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 this week it's time for part two with recent U.S. ski and
0:21.7	snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, Tina Bassich.
0:24.5	And if you enjoyed part one, well, part two is more fun and more snowboarding with one
0:29.5	badass woman.
0:31.3	Speaking of badass women, Taylor Swift was in Seattle last weekend, and my wife and I went downtown
0:36.2	to check out all the action
0:37.6	and let me tell you, it was incredible.
0:40.4	I've never seen so many concert goers all wearing the similar uniform of glitter and sparkles.
0:45.2	And when I say glitter and sparkles, these were classy glitter and sparkles without the
0:49.2	clear heels.
0:50.8	I mean, when I think about it, I recently went to the Dead Show in Boulder, and Swifties and
0:55.0	Deadheads have so much in common if you take away the hallucinogens.
0:58.8	Deadheads are pretty much super old Swifties, wearing the uniform of tie-dye.
1:02.9	Both groups dance their faces off, and both are super stoked to hear one-off songs in the set list.
1:08.0	The major difference is that when you leave a dead show, all you see is
1:10.9	people limping and hurting because everyone's so old and you know they're going back to their
1:14.7	hotel rooms to ice. And I'm sure the Swifties, well they left with Pepp in their step,
1:19.3	like the Deadheads did back in the 90s and earlier. I'm so happy I went down to check
1:23.3	out the scene because I've never seen that many strangers who seem connected have so much fun
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