TPM Episode 368: Nick McNutt, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Nick McNutt's ski bum story is one of the best. After ten years of dirtbagging it, Nick became a big-name pro skier and one of the faces of TGR movies. When Nick moved to Whistler at 17, he quickly became the skier other skiers were talking about because of his huge switch landings…something that wasn't too common back in the day. While he filmed with smaller production companies, TGR's 100K Collab contest was the thing that changed his life…and he didn't even win. On the podcast, we talk about his journey to pro skierdom, getting buried in an avalanche with a faulty beacon, the aftermath, and much more. One of Nick's oldest, loose-cannon friends asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Nick McNutt Show Notes
3:00: His name, Quebec to BC, learning to ski, racing, and snowboarding.
10:00: Twin Tips, skiing everything switch before anyone was doing that, being small in HS, and straight to Whistler at 17
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23:00: Growing a foot in Whistler, the under the radar Whistler switch movement, Idea, ski tech creating his style, no poles, the Olympics, filming/TGR Collab and sponsors
41:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:00: Almost Ablaze, winning awards, Linecatcher, all-time trips, narrating "Far Out", and money
53:00: Ski films can make things feel more dramatic, getting buried, the transceiver fiasco, the injuries, and the aftermath
72:00: Inappropriate Questions Tony Keller
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, |
| 0:18.4 | and this week I'm back from the winter sports market trade show, |
| 0:21.9 | and let me tell you, I miss big industry trade shows. They're one of the best ways to build |
| 0:26.9 | community in the industry. Sure, trade shows are expensive for brands and community can be built |
| 0:31.9 | in so many different ways, but trade shows bring so many like-minded people together under one roof. |
| 0:37.9 | While this was a buying group show and not a media show, I love getting a sneak peek at all the new |
| 0:43.0 | products. And while I'm parcel to what Elon's producing, everybody is making cool shit. |
| 0:48.2 | But nerding out on product isn't the only reason I went. I was there to see old friends, |
| 0:52.6 | meet new ones, and get marketing contacts so I can |
| 0:55.0 | sell my last podcast ad slot in. I did all of those things. And while being on snow is what this is all |
| 1:00.9 | about and where the best times are really had, the trade show was a refreshing reminder of what the |
| 1:05.8 | industry used to be. Outside of the show, my favorite part was the incredible dinner I had at the Capitol |
| 1:11.7 | Grill downtown with the High Fives Foundation's Roy Tuscany, Jesse Murphy, and good friend |
| 1:16.7 | Diggy Dave Amarral. This is hands down the best steakhouse in Salt Lake City, and it was one of the |
| 1:21.9 | best meals I've had in years. Everything was perfect. The food, the company, but the best part about |
| 1:27.0 | the dinner was the owner, |
| 1:28.6 | Bill Bowler. This dude is a skier who's so stoked on the sport. And he had just seen the do not |
| 1:33.9 | miss level one movie on Netflix right now, full circle. If you haven't seen it, it tells the story |
| 1:39.1 | of Trevor Kenneson, who's been a guest on the podcast, and Barry Corbett, who's a legend within |
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