TPM Episode 447: Finn Bilous, Pro Skier

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Finn Bilous is not only an incredible all-around skier, but he's one of those passionate but chill Kiwis...which always makes for a fun episode. On top of that, Finn really has done it all: from competing in two Olympics to the Freeride World Tour, to Filming with Matchstick Productions, Teton Gravity Research, and Legs of Steel. Not many skiers have a resume as diverse as what Finn has put together. Another incredible talent out of New Zealand, Craig Murray, asks the Inapproprate Questions.

Finn Bilous Show Notes:

4:00: NZ Winter, endless winter since 9 years old, being a grom, harder, to be a pro from NZ, his parents, risk, and the legendary skiers in NZ

22:00: Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout

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25:00: Natural Selection, being young, pros coming to NZ, success, the fork in the road, focusing on Slopestyle, making the Olympic team in NZ, the games and partying there, agents and money,

40:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00: Tricks, Covid, Olympics, not competing in slopestyle, FWT Wild Card, MSP AK trip, and Legs of Steel

5:00: Inappropriate Questions with Craig Murray

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.
0:16.9	I'm your host Mike Powell,
0:18.5	and as I'm recording this intro,
0:20.2	I'm prepping for three parties this weekend for the love of my life who passed away.
0:25.0	Hopefully, everything went well, but I don't have time to really think about that right now.
0:29.0	I've got a plan and I've got to work.
0:31.1	That's right, on top of the three parties, I'm still selling stickers for diecut stickers.com.
0:36.5	And I've been slacking.
0:38.1	So if you need stickers or event tents or backdrops or any type of promo item or infrastructure,
0:44.1	I make it all.
0:45.3	And I'm your guy.
0:46.4	Hit me up at mike.powel at diecut stickers.com and I will take care of you.
0:51.0	You'll get 15% off your total order with my discount code through my podcast, which you can only get if you email me and order through there. So there you go. I'm going to save you some money and I want you to do that for me. But that's enough about me and me selling anything to you and me telling you about my shit life for today because I'm trying to be quick with this intro and I'm going to talk about my guest, Finn Billis. And I don't even know if I'm pronouncing his name correctly because I'm trying to be quick with this intro, and I'm going to talk about my guest, Finn Billis,
1:11.9	and I don't even know if I'm pronouncing his name correctly because I always mess it up. So after I record this intro, I'm going to have to go back, make sure I said it right. And if I did say it right, well, I'm not going to re-record any of this. So Finn Billis is how I'm going with it. He is one of the most complete pro shreds that I've had on the podcast.
1:10.6	That's right.
1:11.0	I said pro shreds.
1:11.9	I meant pro skiers.
1:12.9	It doesn't matter. how I'm going with it. He is one of the most complete pro shreds that I've had on the podcast.
1:28.1	That's right. I said pro shreds. I meant pro skiers. It doesn't matter. Finn is completed in two
1:32.7	different Olympics. He's been on the free ride world tour. He's filmed with the heavyweights and he's
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