TPM Episode 396: Rick Thorne, BMX Legend, TV Personality, Singer

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Rick Thorne is a BMX legend and the grind that he put in to achieve legendary status is why I do these podcasts. Rick wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth in a nice ski town. He grew up with a single mom, a sister, and the support of the infamous Kansas City bike crew, The BMX Brigade, led by Dennis McCoy. Through DMC, Rick saw a pathway to success, and, while it took a decade of grinding to make it happen for himself, Rick made it on his bike and headed west to the land of opportunity. The rest of the story is a total rollercoaster. On the podcast, we talk about the University of Olive Garden, the Hoffman influence, TV work, his band, and so much more. It’s a do not miss episode, and the Inappropriate Questions come from none other than Mike “Rooftop” Escamilla

Rick Thorne Show Notes:

4:00: Poop story, being an artist, Tattoos, his dad leaving young, growing up in Kansan City and getting into BMX

19:00: Liquid Force: Since 95, Liquid Force has outperformed the competition and turned a sport into a lifestyle. Use the code POWELL15 for 15% off LF orders at LiquidForce.com

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23:00: The BMX Brigade, “Don’t Ask” if you’re having fun, DMC, the injury that took away his bike, getting in trouble, and Matt Hoffman

40:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.

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

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44:00: From State Fairs to Warped Tour to Huck Jam, interviewing big celebrities, acting, and his band playing Warped Tour

58:00: The rollercoaster of life, what happened to it all and re-building and reprogramming himself

61:00: Inappropriate Questions with Mike Escamilla

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.
0:17.0	I'm your host Mike Powell,
0:18.4	and I'm finally back from an amazing 10 days in Delaware with 20 or so family members.
0:23.5	I spent time eating way too much Maryland blue crab sitting out on the beach.
0:28.4	We saw an Andy Frasco show, we did a ton of boogie and bodyboarding, and the one thing I didn't do this year was play boardwalk games and win stuffies.
0:37.0	While I'm the king of
0:38.1	Papa Shot and the ring toss, and I have countless stuffies to prove it, I'm 50 years old now,
0:43.4	and I'm declining with age. And really, I have nothing left to prove. I mean, my kid has seen
0:48.5	me win just about every carnival game possible, and he doesn't need any more stuffies, so I'm
0:53.5	retiring from my boardwalk domination. Theies. So I'm retiring from my
0:54.5	boardwalk domination. The one thing I'm not retiring from is complaining. And if you listen to this
1:00.3	podcast, you know I use this intro to complain about the bullshit that is my life. And while this
1:06.2	vacation was great, that changed my last day in the water. Here's where the complaining starts. I did something
1:12.2	to my shoulder on that last day in the ocean. I didn't hear a pop and I didn't notice any moment where I felt pain,
1:18.5	but when I was getting out of the water, I felt a sharp pain any time I would extend my arm with any weight in it.
1:24.0	So if I was grabbing a soda and I put my arm straight out, it was immediate pain
1:27.8	and I would have to drop the soda. I didn't know what was going on and I still don't know what's going on.
1:32.8	It also hurts when I pull things, which really, really sucks for me because as you know,
1:37.5	I crab a shit ton in Seattle and we've got three more weeks of crab season left. But I'm afraid that if I try to pull a pot, I'll do more damage,
1:45.6	and I really can't afford to be injured right now. So I could go to the doctor because I have
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