TPM Episode 364: Parkin Costain, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Parkin Costain is a child prodigy, a kid born to pro level athlete parents, Parkin was in the backcountry before he could walk. He was learning to read lines, manage risk and enjoy adventure at a young age and then, at the ripe age of 7, started competing in big mountain contests…Those evolved into film contests, sponsors, and a career filming with TGR. We talk about it all and more on the podcast. Jake Hopfinger asks the Inappropriate Questions
Parkin Costain Show Notes:
3:00: His parents; his name, cars, school, competing at 7, freedom, and rules
20:30: Stanley: The brand that invented keeping things hot and cold
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23:30: Close calls, ski culture, Line, TGR Grom Comp, fireworks, the Quicksilver contest, and AK
40:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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42:30: From Scot Schmidt to Andy Mahre, Sponsors, and getting the call from TGR,
53:00: King and Queen of Corbet's, pressure, money, and family risk
59:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jake Hopfinger
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. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and it's 2024. |
| 0:20.0 | And while the year started out pretty bare snow-wise, |
| 0:22.9 | we here in the Pacific Northwest are supposed to be getting two feet this weekend. |
| 0:27.3 | So while the parks at the summit at Snow Kwame have been fun, |
| 0:30.6 | it's time to get back to skiing soft snow and I'm excited about that. |
| 0:34.5 | What I'm not excited about is that since November 2nd, I've gained 18 pounds. |
| 0:39.7 | Now, those of you familiar with my weight story over the past few years, I'll kind of sum it up |
| 0:43.6 | for you really quick. I did a beer drinking challenge right around when the pandemic started, |
| 0:47.8 | and I was drinking at least one beer a day, probably a lot more, against other people, and I was |
| 0:52.5 | putting on weight. And when I got to be 190 pounds, and at that time I used to weigh about 170 pounds, |
| 0:58.3 | I realized that I was getting pretty fat, and I felt out of shape, and I needed to do something about it. |
| 1:03.7 | So I started riding the shit out of my peloton and taking Nima vitamins, |
| 1:07.7 | and that really helped me lose 40 pounds. |
| 1:09.8 | I did that in about a year. I got down to 150 pounds. |
| 1:12.6 | But my mom came into town and she was here for a month and that was so awesome. |
| 1:18.6 | But we went out to dinner almost every night that she was here. |
| 1:21.6 | I think that must have accounted for 10 pounds of the new weight that I've gained. |
| 1:25.6 | And then the holidays put on the other 8 pounds. |
| 1:32.1 | So my New Year's resolution this year is to cut out sweets during the week and do the whole sober January thing, which is really, really easy for me due to my unlimited supply of best |
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