TPM Episode 422: Wade McKoy: Legendary Photographer
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Wade McKoy is one of the legendary photographers who put Jackson Hole skiing on the map. With 50 Jackson seasons under his belt, Wade’s shot 5 generations of Jackson Hole Skiers and Snowboarders and, in turn, has documented the history of the elite in snow from one of the iconic destinations in the US and beyond. On the podcast, we talk about coming up in the South, learning to ski in Jackson Hole, The Hostel, The Air Force, breaking speed records, Jamie Pierre, and so much more. Wade knows how to tell a great story which makes for an entertaining show and it closes out with another Jackson Hole legend, Jeff Leger, asking the Inappropriate Questions.
Wade McKoy Show Notes:
4:00: Inventing the Gelande Quaff, growing up in the South, learning to ski in Jackson, 50th season, Bob Woodall, working with patrol, climbing in Georgia, and hitting a tree at 45 mph
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23:00: Ski photography, his diary, Powder Magazine, NY v LA ski media, shooting principals, Pepi Stiegler, The Hostel, going to jail for skiing, the rivalry with patrol and shooting the Jackson Hole Airforce
41:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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43:00: Snowboarding in Jackson, the best of Jackson Hole, Nobis, and shooting the land speed record
54:00: Jamie Pierre’s record, his photo blew up because it was his first digital one,
52:00: Why didn’t he become a bigger name, Blank, the 2019 Road Gap, Mountain State, 2025 Road Gap
67:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jeff Leger aka Dr. Huckinstuff
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 last week I had a long intro about how ski shops are great and direct to consumer isn't as great. |
| 0:24.8 | And you know what? That's not totally true. |
| 0:27.5 | I have no problems with brands selling direct. |
| 0:30.1 | I mean, I've bought from Brands Direct, and it's a great experience. |
| 0:33.4 | I guess all I meant with my rant was that I don't like it when brands undercut dealers. |
| 0:38.5 | But you know what? As long as people are buying gear, I'm happy. That's that. And this week, |
| 0:43.6 | I have another Jackson Hole related episode. I've had a couple of these recently, and I have a |
| 0:48.4 | couple more coming up. And to make these Jackson Hole-centric episodes interesting each week, |
| 0:53.3 | it's a challenge because I have to make |
| 0:55.1 | each one completely different from each other to keep you from getting bored. And guess what? |
| 1:00.5 | I did it again. But this week it was easy because legendary Jackson Hole photographer Wade |
| 1:05.7 | McCoy was born to tell a good story, and he does a lot of that in the podcast. I love these episodes where I can point my guest in a direction and then just sit back and listen |
| 1:15.5 | to some amazing stories. I think you're going to love it as well. I should mention, |
| 1:20.2 | the reason that this episode came to be is so you could know about Wade's incredible book, |
| 1:25.1 | The Ark of Skiing Jackson Hole, 45 years behind the lens. |
| 1:29.2 | Wade has a Kickstarter out there, and he wanted to make sure that he got on this podcast |
| 1:32.9 | before the Kickstarter ended so you could find out about the book and buy it. So head on over |
| 1:37.5 | to the Kickstarter this week and buy his book. It really is an incredible piece of ski history. |
| 1:42.8 | Link will be in my show notes. Before we get into |
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