TPM Episode 477: Kevin Quinn, Points North Heli Founder, Pro Skier, Pro Hockey Player
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Quinn, the founder of Points North Heli and a true Alaska pioneer, has done more rad stuff than almost anyone I've had on the podcast. He went from pro hockey player, to ski instructor, to pro skier, to entrepreneur, to famous pilot, to coach, and that's just some of what Kevin has done. He also did time in Tahoe with folks like Kreitler, McConkey and so many more; when life was all about shredding, jumping off things and shenanigans. But Kevin didn't ski bum forever though, he started a heli ski business- with no idea how to manage the books, then he figured it out without going bankrupt, and eventually, lived the American Heli Ski dream life. Not too bad for a kid that dropped out of high school and made a name for himself in team sports by using his fists.
Kevin Quinn Show Notes:
4:00: Flying, death, the early days of Palisades, the bungee and B.A.S.E. crew, and PSIA with Greg Harms
21:00: Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.
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23:00: Hockey, figuring out life in Palisades, sponsorship, heli skiing, believing he could start his own operation with no money or understanding of business and the Gold pass
43:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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45:00: The PTSD of owing so much money, accidents, what is going on in Tahoe now, the best AK athletes, long lines with Micah Black,
67:00: 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. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I have good news and bad news, but the bad news isn't that bad. |
| 0:23.2 | The good news is that I mentioned a few weeks ago that I cry almost every morning thinking about losing my wife, Ange, and I take a selfie most days when I'm crying. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm not sure why I do that or why I shared about it. But since I did two weeks ago or so, I've only cried a couple of times. |
| 0:39.6 | While I'm not happy, I'm not as sad as I've been, and that's a win. But there's been a loss this week, too. |
| 0:45.9 | This time, it was my robot vacuum. There's no other way to describe what happened at my house |
| 0:51.7 | other than to say that my robot vacuum committed suicide. |
| 0:55.3 | I put my smart robot upstairs to clean Keaton's gaming area and room, and 20 minutes later, |
| 1:01.0 | I hear a loud banging and breaking that went on for 20 stairs, and I'm like, holy shit, |
| 1:06.3 | is someone breaking into my house? Because it was so loud. |
| 1:09.4 | But no, the robot threw itself down the stairs in protest of cleaning my kids' filthy floors. |
| 1:15.6 | Another loss, but there are no tears here. |
| 1:18.0 | This one's only a thing, and I'm okay with that. |
| 1:20.3 | I bought another robot vacuum, and this one mops and sucks. |
| 1:23.9 | So that's pretty awesome, and hopefully I do a lot less housework. |
| 1:27.2 | But as you listen to this |
| 1:28.8 | intro, I'm getting on a plane home after the Shane McConkey event, the PMS, and I'm sure we had an |
| 1:34.6 | incredible event. We raised a lot of money and celebrated in the name of Shane McConkey. But while |
| 1:40.4 | Shane was a hero to me, and he always will be because he was such an athlete and such a |
| 1:44.3 | funny person, Sherry has been so much more to me over the years, and I can't thank her enough |
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