TPM Episode 373: Maggie Voisin, Pro Skier, X Games Gold Medalist, 3X Olympian
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Maggie Voisin's life has been defined by skiing, family, and the highs and lows that come with both. A three-time Olympian and 7-time X Games medalist, Maggie knows what it's like to achieve her goals and experience the highest of highs. But, between losing a brother to suicide, untimely injuries, and countless knee surgeries, she's also experienced the lowest of lows. Throughout it all, Maggie innovated, inspired, and spent a lot of time on podiums. Inappropriate Questions asked by Ashley Battersby and Parkin Costain
Maggie Voisin Show Notes:
3:00: X-Games, Whitefish, figure skating, wanting to be a pro skier, Windell's, and moving out as a teenager.
21:00: Stanley: Get up to 60% off at Stanley1913.com
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23:30: World traveling young (she said dank meal), WSI, Dew Tour, X Games, Sponsors, the Sochi Olympics, and her injury
40:3 0: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:30: More sponsors, more injuries, winning X Games, Olympics part 2, and losing her brother
60:00: The aftermath of loss, a final Olympic run, the Covid Games,
68 :00: Inappropriate Questions with Ashley Battersby and Parkin Costain
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, and this week I find myself limping because I'm an idiot. |
| 0:22.3 | Like a lot of people who listen to this show or who have been on the show, I've blown out my knee before. |
| 0:28.0 | When I did it, I had a horrible infection. I was bedridden for a couple months and I had a pick line to my heart to handle the infection. |
| 0:35.5 | And there was a time where I didn't know if I would ever |
| 0:37.7 | ski or snowboard again. Based on hearing that and how my leg has felt over the years, |
| 0:42.6 | one thing I was certain that I would never do again was go running by choice. But my buddy |
| 0:47.4 | and former Powell Movement guest, Cory Cote, has been inviting me to his run club every week |
| 0:52.5 | for the past few months. This is something that he does out of his mystery-made store in West Seattle every other Tuesday. |
| 0:58.4 | And I'm always making an excuse why I can't go. |
| 1:01.6 | But this week, everything lined up and I was going to do the run. |
| 1:05.1 | I was excited and I was anticipating an easy run. |
| 1:08.5 | But no, I show up for the hardest one they've ever done. |
| 1:12.2 | And going down the big hill that we started on, I could feel the bone on bone pounding, |
| 1:16.8 | and halfway through the 5K I had to call it. |
| 1:19.7 | While I felt weak for quitting, three days later I'm still limping, my knee is really swollen |
| 1:25.2 | and I'm on a diet of ice and ibuprofen. This weekend I'm heading over to Mission Ridge to MC a rail jam, |
| 1:31.1 | and based on how I feel, I might not be able to ski. |
| 1:34.3 | If it doesn't feel any better next week, |
| 1:36.3 | I'm going to go in for a cortisone injection |
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