TPM Episode 415: Stan Rey, Pro Skier

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Athlete, Oakley, K2, Hobbies, Ski, Skydiving, Mountains, Redbull, Leisure, Sports, Sking, Basejump, Moto, Powdermagazine, Snowboard, Outdoors, Extreme, Powder, Biography, Party, Olympics, Snow, Fun, Music, Xgames, Skate, Basejumping, Podcast, Skatepark, Snowboarding

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Stan Rey's skiing speaks for itself, he's a big mountain charger with a race background that created a foundation for Stan to crush any terrain. While Stan was born to a family of successful Swiss ski racing bloodlines, his outlook on the sport changed a few years after the family moved to Whistler. But what really separates Stan from the rest of the pack is his personality. He’s the fun guy who has no problem letting everyone else laugh at his expense. He’s the person who makes trips and experiences better. On the podcast, we talk about why Whistler sucks, his Olympic Gold Medal-winning wife, being the Cinderella of Canadian Skiing, heading into the backcountry, the Blank Collective, and more. Alexi Godbout gets redemption by asking the Inappropriate Questions.

Stan Rey Show Notes:

4:00: Dares, Olympic bloodline, head injuries, risk, his wife, family, Switzerland, and Canada

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24:00: Why does Whistler suck, Vail, the competitive race program, the new school, skiers who influenced him, making the BC Team, and getting let go of the team

41:30: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research: the best outerwear is designed and tested in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest

43:30: Cinderella, National Team, World Cup, X Games, crashing, and going to freeskiing

61:00: Air Jordan, peanut allergy, and more

87:00: Inappropriate Questions with Alexi Godbout

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.
0:13.3	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:16.8	I'm your host Mike Powell, and I hope you had a great Christmas and Hanukkah,
0:22.6	and you're ready to ring in 2025.
0:39.2	I can't wait for 2024 to end. It totally sucked. I mean, for me and my family, it was dominated by cancer, sadness, uncertainty, and just work unexpectedly ending, us needing insurance, me having to find a second job so we have said insurance, concussion protocols, the challenges of parenting, and so much more. And while all that
0:46.0	sucks, and I can't really think of the positives of 2025, the worst part of everything is that
0:51.9	ANJ's treatments aren't working like we need them to. So yes,
0:55.7	we have a lot going on, but there are a ton of people who have a lot of things going on. Like at the
1:00.5	High Fives Foundation, Gala I was recently at, all the people there that I met or a lot of the people
1:05.7	there that I met have gone through or are going through so much pain and suffering just to get back to where they
1:11.6	were or close to where they were.
1:13.3	So when people there or anywhere ask me how I'm doing, I always say things are okay.
1:18.4	They could be worse.
1:19.7	And really, I'm just saying that because while personally I'm okay health-wise, the rest of my
1:25.0	life has never been this hard.
1:27.0	I mean, I'll say that growing up
1:29.0	and through every single stage of my life, I never thought I'd have to work two jobs to get by.
1:34.3	I mean, I did that in Vail working at vendettas and buzzes and vendettas and Christies,
1:38.5	but that was expected in a resort town. In this time in my life, I never thought I'd be putting in 80 hours a week, but here we are,
1:45.6	and, you know, it's not as bad as I thought it could be. And at the end of the day, this isn't about
1:50.3	me. It's about Ange and the situation that she's going through right now. And while it can get
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