TPM Episode 78: Aaron Feinberg, Rollerblading Icon
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Aaron Feinberg won the X-Games on his 16th birthday and never looked back. He was a skater with a park image who wasn't all about the park and felt the need to prove it. The evolution of his skating, combined with some calculated sponsor choices, created the path for Aaron to become one of the most respected street skaters in the game. These days the world is a different place for Aaron and we look back on his career and talk about he's up to today.
Aaron Feinberg Show Notes:
2:00: Jewish athletes
5:40: Growing up in Miami, Tai Kwon Do champion
12:00: Moving to Portland, OR, getting sponsored and life changing
18:09: Dropping out of High School
19:20: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout)
RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)
The 10 Barrel Brewery: My favorite is Out of Office Pilsner
21:20: The Salomon Days and money
26:50: Winning the X Games at 16, skating with hero's, and image
34:00: Weed, cigarettes and the end of the Salomon
39:00: USD, the internet, and injuries
46:00: How does he replace skating, pool and poker
50:00: Sean Cullen and Jeremy Townsend
50:45: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Powell Movement. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.3 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, |
| 0:15.0 | and this week I have a former athlete who doesn't have a sport anymore. |
| 0:19.4 | Yes, it's another rollerblading episode, and my guest |
| 0:22.4 | is one of the absolute legends of the sport. I have Aaron Feinberg on the show, and Aaron is |
| 0:28.4 | known for a lot of things. Talking is not one of them. He doesn't do interviews, but wanted to tell |
| 0:33.8 | his story. He told me the only reason he even considered doing this was because I was |
| 0:38.5 | always cool with him back in the day, which means I most likely had extra papers on me that |
| 0:42.7 | I was willing to share. And he felt he owed it to his fans, which is pretty cool. Before I talk |
| 0:47.7 | to Aaron, I want to thank you for listening and ask you to follow me on Instagram, share my posts |
| 0:52.9 | on Facebook, and give me a five-star review on whatever platform you listen to me on. |
| 0:57.7 | If you really want to support the show, I have Powell Movement hats over on the palmovment.com website. |
| 1:03.9 | And if you have any show feedback or just want to shoot the shit over email, my email address is Mike at the palimovement.com. |
| 1:10.8 | Finally, I want to thank my sponsors who make the show happen. |
| 1:14.2 | They are Evo, Rescue Water, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. |
| 1:18.2 | Now, let's talk to Aaron Feinberg. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm here with Aaron Feinberg and Aaron. |
| 1:24.7 | You are the second Jewish guest I've had on the podcast. That is very |
| 1:29.6 | exciting to me. Interviews over. Religion has nothing to do it. No, I'm a check. You're looking |
| 1:34.0 | at me all serious. I'm like, come on, man. Because in the world of sports, there aren't many |
| 1:40.0 | Jewish stars of sport across anything. I think there's probably been like 23 ever. Arlo was one. |
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