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The Powell Movement

TPM Episode 487: Outside Days Festival

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

Hobbies, Sports, Leisure

4.9860 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The Outside Days Festival is the crown jewel of what a festival should be in 2026. It is part industry summit, part independent film festival, part interactive brand activation hub, part park experience, and part incredible music festival all rolled up under the Outside umbrella.  This event was so well done. I used the access I was granted to take in as much as I could--to give you a peek behind the curtain.  I also got sound bites from 14 of the industry's greatest athletes and behind-the-scenes players, which makes for a fun episode.

Outside Days Show Notes:

7:00: Robin Thurston

9:30: Jermey Bloom

13:30: Connor Hall

19:00: Peter from Lincoln Hills Cares

22:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

23:00: Paddy O

26:00: James Kelly

31:00: Stix

33:00: Tricia Byrnes

35:00: Cairo Foster

38:15: Andrew Cotty

40:30: Outdoor Research: The best is designed and tested in the brutal conditions of the PNW and beyond

42:00: Sierra Shafer

45:00: Chris Benchetler

47:00: Jeremy Jones

49:00: Amie Engerbretson

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,

0:18.0

and before I start talking about the incredible outside days event that I went to in Denver, I'm going to talk about politics.

0:25.4

And I know politics suck, and for a long time, I was of the belief of keeping politics out of sports, keep them out of podcasts like this one,

0:33.7

keep them out of everything they really don't belong in.

0:36.3

And while not sharing how we really feel is an easy way not to rock the boat and piss some people off,

0:41.3

I really think it's time for people to be real and out there with their feelings

0:45.3

before things get even worse for everyone but the rich white guys out there.

0:49.3

So now, I feel like if you're silent with your beliefs,

0:52.3

you need to do more than just bitch about

0:54.8

them with your friends. While everyone I know is pissed off about what's going on, I only see myself

1:00.0

talking about this in a public space and not giving a shit what people think. And I really like to

1:05.2

think that if everyone said something, it would start making a real difference. The time to hide is not now. I mean, this huge

1:12.3

festival that I just went to, that had things to do with public land and climate change and so

1:17.2

many things, and not one person that I saw had the guts to point out any of the bullshit that's going

1:22.2

on, not the bands, not the athletes, not the magazines, not the media. And the new American Red Hat Party, they're taking over. Our sitting president is a rapist, a pedophile, a liar, a cheater, and a total fucking piece of shit. We all know that. And I'm not going to comment on the reports about him shitting his pants in public, because while I saw the video, it's really hard to confirm when someone shits their pants, pants's fun to bring up bowel movements on the Powell movement, and that's why I did that as well. And I get it that there's still people out there that love him, and they're looking at their stock, and they're like, the market is over 50K. And they don't care that people can't afford health insurance because the Ayatollah took the subsidies away, and they probably don't care about the whole food stamps thing that's going on either. I mean, we're taking food out of kids' mouths, but we will have a really nice ballroom that will be drone-proof. It is going to be amazing. And it's all about money, and I guess money is really important. I talk about it all the time, And while the market's up and that helps everybody's

2:17.5

401ks and that's great for me because I have a 401k, I'm fortunate enough to have one, not everyone does.

2:23.5

And the people that don't have a 401k, most likely they're the same people that really need that

2:27.8

health care subsidy. I mean, shit, if that health care subsidy was still around, I probably wouldn't

2:32.8

be working two jobs and

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