TPM Episode 431: Charlie Hoch, Pro Snowboarder, Cannabis Entrepreneur

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Charlie Hoch is a former pro snowboarder turned cannabis entrepreneur, which makes him the perfect guest for 420 week. When I say pro snowboarder, while Charlie competed amongst the likes of Travis Rice and was on the podium at some big events, his snowboard career won’t be what defines his existence; his success in the cannabis world will be. From developing the original ice bong to building his 100+ SKU empire today, Charlie could use snowboarding instead of having it the other way around, and on the podcast, we talk snowboarding, weed, and more.

Charlie Hoch Show Notes:

4:00: His 420 plans, Wolf Creek, how smoking a bowl in the backcountry changed his life, going from handrails on his skateboard to big mountain lines

14:00: Fort Lewis, focusing on his sticker business and becoming a pro snowboarder,

20:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com

Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.

22:00: Close calls, sponsorship, money, making a name for himself at comps, making it work with nothing, photo/video, contests, Alaska, and how does snowboarding end

37:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research: Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products)

39:30: Founding the Eyce Brand, the weed business, selling his company and buying it back, the products and brands he’s involved in, and who he’s smoked weed with

51:00: 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.
0:13.5	Welcome to the Powell movement.
0:16.9	I'm your host Mike Powell, and spring break is over, and it's on to a new chapter in my life.
0:22.6	This one is called asking for help and it's so strange.
0:25.6	This whole intro is going to be about the GoFundMe that we created.
0:28.6	And we created the GoFundMe because so many of you have asked how you could help us in this difficult time
0:34.6	and you've been asking for two and a half years and we've always
0:37.7	been like, no, we've got this, no, we've got this. And that's been our mindset for a long, long time.
0:43.1	We've said pretty much no to everything but some meals over the years of chemo, radiation,
0:47.6	surgeries, pain and sadness. But now, when people ask how can we help, we have an answer.
0:53.2	We have a GoFundMe and it is so weird starting
0:55.8	one because it feels like begging for money. I mean, Sherry McConkey and Angie's best friend
1:00.7	Caitlin Wade have been encouraging us to do one of these things for a while. And they said they
1:05.3	would start it whenever we wanted to do it. And we've had that in the back of our minds for
1:09.3	about a year. And after our last
1:11.3	18-day stint in the hospital, Anne and I both were like, yeah, we should do this. And
1:16.4	Caitlin and Cherry ran with it and we are live. And a day into the GoFundMe, we're doing really
1:21.7	well. But it does feel awkward taking money from friends, relatives, and strangers. I almost feel guilty or tacky for doing it
1:29.2	because I want to think that there are people who have it worse than Ange in my family, but then I think
1:34.2	about it and no one has it worse than Ange. I live with it and I'm going to spare you the details.
1:39.5	But we sure are feeling the love and we appreciate every donation and share. So thank you very much.
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