TPM Episode 417: Tony "Harro" Harrington, Legendary Photographer

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Tony Harrington aka Harro is a legendary Aussie ski, snowboard, and surf photographer with roots in the sports that go back 40 years. From McConkey to Sage, from Fanning to Slater, Harro has shot the greats and more importantly, has earned their respect and won their friendship. In part one of his podcast, we talk about the adventuring life and times that led him to create his life’s masterpiece, his “Defining Moments” book. His roots go deep and his stores are amazing.

Tony Harrington Show Notes:

4:00: Jackson Hole, spacing out his year, spiders, sharks, growing up in Australia, daredevil kid, and surfing

21:00: The best skiing you don't know about is in Idaho, head on over to www.skiidaho.us to find out more

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24:00: Young entrepreneur, rogue, his first camera, locals-only, camera danger, photos published, aa

42:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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45:00: Skiing, quitting his electrician gig, fun right now, Hot Shots, setting up his own shop, Crested Butte, and Jackson Hole

53:00: Jeff Zell, contests, Alaska, World Heli Challenge, mixing ski and snowboard, and the best of ski, snow, and surf

75:00: Inappropriate Questions

Buy the book "Defining Moments" here: https://harroart.com/pages/shop

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 this week, the holidays are are behind us and the season is in full swing.
0:22.8	I've been getting up to the hill on weekends and getting my legs ready for some upcoming road trips to Idaho.
0:28.5	The cool thing is I was pricing out a trip for three to Silver Mountain for three nights of lodging and water park access for all three of us and nine total lift tickets.
0:36.7	The cost for that is like $1,200.
0:39.2	That's pretty cheap for a three-night ski vacation. Now, a long time ago, I was a ski bum living
0:44.7	in Vale and life was a ski vacation. And I'd love to take my kid back there and show him where I had
0:50.3	my 100-day seasons. But to do that, the skiing alone just for us three people on a three-day
0:55.7	vacation, just lift tickets, would be $2,600. I mean, skiing is crazy, a $295 a day ticket. That's more
1:05.0	than the round-trip flight to Denver would cost. The shitty thing is, by the time my kid has to
1:10.0	pay for skiing himself, a day ticket could be $500. And the shitty thing is, by the time my kid has to pay for skiing himself, a day ticket
1:12.1	could be $500. And the ski experience, unless you go to the right places and have the right
1:17.5	passes so you don't pay $500 for a ticket, while it can be awesome, these days at the mega resorts,
1:23.3	the experience can have crazy lines, close terrain, and then there's the whole ski patrol
1:27.7	debacle.
1:28.7	You know the one I'm talking about, where the patrollers were getting like $21 an hour,
1:32.7	and they really wanted $23 an hour, and the corporate giant said, no way, you peasants,
1:37.7	you're lucky to ski here.
1:39.3	Then, public opinion and horrific Park City holiday ski experience, and who knows what else,
1:45.3	made the corporate giants finally give in. What's crazy is patrollers can help save your life.
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