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The Powell Movement

TPM Episode 419: Nick Baumgartner, Pro Snowboarder, Olympic Gold Medalist

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8824 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Nick Baumgartner’s life is the definition of out-working everyone and never giving up. This product of northern Michigan grew up with a traditional ”Yooper” work ethic and an enthusiasm you can’t coach. While Nick’s original passion was football and he played at the collegiate level, that didn't last and snowboarding took over. While he started with slopestyle, Nick became a force on the boardercross circuit and had to battle through four Olympics before he finally earned his Gold Medal. It's an incredible story, and US Snowboard Teammate Jonathan Cheever asks Inappropriate Questions.

Nick Baumgarten Show Notes:

4:00:  Barcelona, Yooper, going out in the bitter cold, being loud, the importance of older brothers, football, wrestling, snowboarding, HS, funding snowboarding, and making it quickly

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25:00:  Image, a different time in the US Team, bar fights, first podium, discretionary spot over Palmer and Powers, and Vancouver Olympics 

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

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49:00:  X-Games, not going to 2011 Worlds, injury to winning X, riding through pain, and breaking his back    

71:00:  4th place in his 3rd Olympics at 36 years old, getting ready for his 4th Olympics, qualifying for the 2022 Games, his pump track, watching Lindsay, getting 10th, and then getting Gold   

95:00:  Inappropriate Questions  with Jonathan Cheever

 

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.

0:16.6

I'm your host Mike Powell, and man, what a long week it's been.

0:20.7

It started off with me getting over the flu and then it progressed into something much worse.

0:25.6

So here's the cliff notes for those of you that are new.

0:28.6

My wife, Ange, has stage 4 colon cancer.

0:31.6

We found out when Ange's stomach exploded in 2022.

0:35.6

That was the worst pain I've ever seen her in. Over that time, she's endured 39

0:40.3

rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, two life-altering surgeries, and there's been a ton of pain since

0:45.6

that initial day. But outside of recovering from surgeries over the years, this week has been the

0:50.8

worst of the pain. Think horrific moaning and screaming in pain throughout the night.

0:55.6

It was Code Red at my house.

0:57.2

We were up at 3.30 in the morning with Ange in pain.

1:00.0

Then we went to the emergency room about 5.30.

1:02.5

I stayed there till about 4 p.m. with Ange.

1:05.1

Then I had to come home, walk the dog, record a podcast, get my kid dinner, then pack a hospital bag, and then meet up with

1:11.5

Ange in her room because she was admitted from the emergency room. When I get there,

1:15.7

Anne was finally experiencing some relief. The drugs were working for an hour at a time, which

1:20.1

was nice. And the doctors say tomorrow there's going to be some tests. The good news is that while

1:25.7

this is related to surgeries that Anne's had for the cancer,

1:28.9

this is most likely not an effect of the cancer itself.

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