TPM Episode 466: Angel Collinson, Pro Skier-Part 2
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Angel Collinson kicks off season 10 of the podcast and it's a good one. When Angel was last on the show, she was coming off a "Line of the Year" season and was on the top of the ski world. What I, and a lot of people didn't realize, was that Angel wasn't as passionate about skiing as the world thought she was. Eventually burnout got the best of her and Angel shocked the ski world when she retired in her prime and sailed off into the sunset. We talk about it all and her brother, another incredible athlete and human, John Collinson, asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Angel Collinson Show Notes:
4:00: Impressions, where we left off last, blown knee, skiing was her track to everything, burnout, college, big mountain comps, fear,
21:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn't you Visit Idaho
Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.
24:00: Pressure, loss, energy healing, grief, AK with Seth, Sage, and Dana, production of skiing, having an epiphany about skiing, and money
41:30: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
Outdoor Research: The best outerwear on the planet is designed and developed in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest
43:00: The business of being pro, retiring, buying a sailboat, living in the water, pirates, and an epiphany at Burning Man
68:00: Inappropriate Questions with John Collinson
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. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and we're finally in 2026. |
| 0:20.7 | I've been waiting to get through New Year's for a long time. |
| 0:23.8 | I went and saw Mudhoney at the Neptune Theater, a small venue that I've seen and emceed so many ski premieres at over the years and it was awesome. |
| 0:32.0 | But as you can imagine, it was a really heavy day. |
| 0:34.9 | It was my 17th anniversary and it was my birthday. And while I cry all the time, New Year's Eve was the worst. But I was good by the time the show started. When it became minutes before midnight, the tears started flowing. I thought back to all the awesome New Year's birthdays, anniversaries that Angie and I had and how hard 2025 was for her and us. |
| 0:55.2 | And I remember when they were counting it down, I had my hands over my mouth like I was in |
| 0:59.6 | total disbelief. Like this is real and she was gone. And then I thought to myself, |
| 1:04.4 | the last year and the past three years have sucked and they were all about and |
| 1:08.6 | trying to keep her in good spirits, keep her comfortable and keep her alive. But 2026 isn't about Ann's anymore. I mean, she's not going to see one second of it. So this year and the future, it all has to be about me. It has to be about Keaton. And while I'm still going to be sad and I can never forget Anne, I have to try and power through it. So while you're going to hear more of and stuff in this intro and in other episodes, |
| 1:31.3 | I'm going to try and stay away from talking about it every week and making it the whole intro. |
| 1:35.3 | I'll get back to talking about my life and the good news is for me, |
| 1:39.3 | for the first time in almost four years, my life doesn't involve cancer or caretaking. The bad news is it doesn't |
| 1:45.6 | involve ants either, but we've established that. She did. With that, welcome to season 10 of the |
| 1:51.9 | podcast and to 2026. This is my last season of this version of the show. Will I go the whole year or |
| 1:58.4 | just to 500 episodes? I'm not sure yet. And a lot of you have asked me why |
| 2:02.6 | I'm shutting down the podcast as the show has captured so much ski and snowboard history. But the answer is |
| 2:08.8 | many things. The most important thing is that I started this podcast with my wife, Angie. She was my |
| 2:14.3 | biggest cheerleader, my designer, my biggest critic. And she bought me a podcasting kit for Father's Day in 2015. And she was my biggest cheerleader, my designer, my biggest critic, and she bought me a podcasting |
| 2:18.5 | kit for Father's Day in 2015, and she believed in me enough to the point where she didn't freak out |
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