TPM Episode 452: Emily Childs, Pro Skier, Helicopter Pilot
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Emily Childs is a helicopter pilot, and while that's pretty rad, her side gig, being a pro skier who travels the world in search of deep powder and insane lines, is even more badass. But, Emily didn't have the traditional track into pro skiing, she was never the best, she didn't stand on many podiums, but what she did have was passion, and the right crew of friends to start making ski edits with. From there, her crew, The Blondes, created a lot of momentum and three pro ski careers. Fellow Blonde, Janelle Yip, asks the Inappropriate Questions
Emily Childs Show Notes:
4:00: Squamish, Calgary, Troll Resort, the family business, owning the ski resort, and her park look
18:00: Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout
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22:00: Rail Jams, contests, college, doing events at Big White/Mt Hawthorne, tree planting and firefighting, helicopters, Revelstoke, and The Blondes
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40:30: Blondes as a package, filming, Alaksa, and riding with the best and risk, and what's up with the 3 non blondes?
55:00: Inappropriate Questions with Janelle Yip
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. |
| 0:13.4 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week is another quiet week from my house. |
| 0:21.9 | Life hasn't been this quiet for some time time and I'm starting to feel for all you single folks out there. |
| 0:26.6 | I mean, what the fuck do you do? So far, I've been by myself for a little over three months |
| 0:31.5 | and while I'm not looking for a partner, I am looking to fill time outside of bars and drinking. |
| 0:36.7 | I need a productive habit. Sure, I have |
| 0:39.1 | skiing in the winter, but what do I do while I'm waiting for winter? I'm not sure. I'm supposed |
| 0:43.8 | to be at a place in life where everything is easy. Two more years with a kid at home and then |
| 0:48.4 | Angie and I were supposed to live the easy life. Well, I'm the only one living right now and that |
| 0:53.8 | sucks and it's not easy. |
| 0:55.6 | I can't stop thinking about what I had, but I need to get real and move forward with what I |
| 0:59.8 | have. And right now, that's an awesome kid and two jobs. One, creating podcasts, and the other |
| 1:05.9 | for diecut stickers.com being the director of outside sales. If you need stickers, tens, |
| 1:10.6 | or magnets, hit me up and I will save you money. I haven't been selling too many stickers lately, so I really need you to email me at Mike.powel at diecut stickers.com. But if not, and you don't need stickers, that's all good. Just sit back and be entertained as I have an amazing podcast for you this week. Emily Childs is a helicopter pilot and a founding member of the blonde ski crew that took the world by storm. |
| 1:31.9 | And on the podcast, we talk about beer, flying, and her pro-ski career that she developed without a pro resume. |
| 1:38.3 | Before we get into it, I want to thank you for listening. |
| 1:41.0 | I want to thank Liquid Force for supporting the show again. |
| 1:44.0 | It's their last |
| 1:44.8 | episode as a sponsor this year. And if you haven't used the code in their ad to buy a wakeboard, |
| 1:49.8 | a foil, or wake surfer, now is the time to do that. You can also get life jackets and soft goods |
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