TPM Episode 427: "Sick" Rick Armstrong, Pro Skier, Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
“Sick” Rick Armstrong may be the most interesting man in skiing. Not only is he a legendary member of the Jackson Hole Air Force, known for sending the biggest cliffs in Jackson and beyond, but he was also on the first wave of mountain biking and paragliding. If there isn’t a level of risk and exploration to something, well, it’s not for Rick. On part 2 of his podcast we talk about crazy boat trips, suffering for days in a tent, self-exploration, McConkey, Kreitler, beating cancer and so much more. Don’t miss this one!
Rick Armstrong Show Notes:
4:00: Self exploration, TNF trips, MT Waddington, Scot Schmidt, and mentors
22:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com
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24:00: Mentoring McConkey and Kreitler, Paragliding, mountain biking, product development with Salomon, and judging the World Extremes
42:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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44:00: Serious judging, the tribe of outlaw skiers, the toll of après, photos becoming a job, and Kai Jones
55:00: Covers, filming, taking Nobis to Pyramid (he changed skiing), how lucky he was in life, beating cancer twice, and the helicopter accident
71:00: Inappropriate Questions
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. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and holy shit. |
| 0:19.9 | I know I've told you I've been busy lately, and you know I have a sick wife, two full-time jobs, a 15-year-old kid, doctor's appointments, laundry, dinners, groceries, you name it, I'm doing it and I'm doing it pretty much solo. So yeah, I am pretty busy lately and it's been pretty overwhelming. But I've been able to manage, and that's until lately. |
| 0:39.8 | Recently, I found things getting to the point where there aren't enough hours in the day. |
| 0:44.3 | I've never thought I would get to that point in life. |
| 0:46.3 | It's crazy. |
| 0:47.0 | I've heard of people talking about that before, but there are just so many tasks to do, and the hours just aren't there. |
| 0:52.5 | And you know what? |
| 0:53.2 | It doesn't matter. |
| 0:54.0 | We'll make do. |
| 0:55.0 | And on top of all the other stuff I mentioned just a few seconds ago, we are moving my studio |
| 0:59.5 | from upstairs to downstairs. This is going to allow me to be closer to Anns, which is important. |
| 1:04.8 | It's also going to allow our son Keaton to have a room upstairs, which is awesome. He'll have |
| 1:08.6 | pretty much a den for him and his friends to hang |
| 1:11.1 | out with, which is really cool, but talk about a huge undertaking. And I only did about 20% of the work. |
| 1:17.5 | Andge's friends spearheaded this idea, which meant that I spent last weekend moving and cleaning, |
| 1:22.9 | and this week, Ant's friends came over, and they killed it for us. It was a lot of work, but our place looks so great and I appreciate the shit out of |
| 1:31.0 | Andes' friends coming over. |
| 1:32.9 | Things like Cancer really do show you who your friends are, and Ange's friends are taking |
| 1:37.6 | this to the next level. |
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