TPM Episode 346: Ben Weis, Tribute Episode

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ben Weis was one of the most exciting, high-risk skaters of his time, and his life outside of skating was just as death-defying…until it wasn’t. Ben recently passed away in a motorcycle accident, right when he was getting his crazy life back on track. On the podcast, I connect with Ben’s closest friends, pro skaters, and his wife. I also added some audio clips from the podcast I did with Ben years ago and we put together a final retrospective of the one they called “The Ben Weis Show”.

Ben Weis Show Notes:

4:00: Words from Ben’s brother Jordan, Eric Schrijn talks about Ben’s energy, and Derek French talks about the early contest days

8:00: One more try and John Murakami talks about his first impression of Ben, words from another Jon, and words from Ben’s right-hand man Shorty Adam K, talking about the party that the Crack House was

18:30: Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

Outdoor Research: The best outerwear in the world comes from OR and is built in the PNW

Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

21:30: The Ben Weis Show (words from Ben and others), real jobs, the life of the party, Jake Eley talks Ben’s England trip, and more from Eric Schrijn

31:00: Convincing people to do things, Murakami tells a couple of wild stories and a road trip to Iowa

38:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code winteriscoming

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

Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

41:00: Iowa part 2, fighting and facing the music

52:00: How much fun people had around Ben, words from Ben’s wife Taylir, and a final story from Derek French

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 well, I have some news to share, and it's not happy, but I will tell you,
0:22.6	since I now know what's going on and we have an idea of what the plan is, Angie and I are in much better spirits.
0:28.6	We're not partying or anything as the cancer is back. It's spread a little. They call this stage
0:33.7	four, scary, but it's isolated and the doctor believes that a big surgery to remove things
0:39.0	and another round of chemo is in our sights. But we can't be sure about what the treatment will
0:43.3	consist of as we're waiting on some new test results next week. I've pretty much shared my whole
0:48.0	life with this podcast as it's been happening over the years, over the past seven years, and I did it
0:52.5	with round one of cancer with Ange and I'm going to continue to do it. But if it's annoying or if it bothers you or if it bums you
0:58.2	out, it's too sad or whatever, please email me at Mike at the Powellmovement.com and let me know how you feel.
1:04.0	I know you're not trying to hurt my feelings by saying, hey, I don't want you to talk about it, but if it is upsetting, let me know, and I won't touch on it as much as I had last time around.
1:13.1	I will say that while I've taken life for granted for so long, this past week has made
1:17.5	me realize that I really need to cherish each day that I have happy and healthy because
1:21.8	in this fucked up world we live in, you never know when things are going to change.
1:25.7	I thought we were out of the woods, and now we were right back in the shit, and it's fucking
1:29.9	scary.
1:31.1	I mean, thinking about death, for real, is so heavy and sad.
1:34.8	And while we had those terrible thoughts last week, now that we have a plan, we've accepted
1:39.1	our reality, and now the goal is to live through this again.
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