TPM Episode 94: Mike Douglas Pro Skier, Filmmaker
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Mike Douglas is a living legend in the ski industry. He’s known in the ski world as “The Godfather”, he was one of the behind the scenes leaders of the New Canadian Air Force, a group that takes credit for the development of the first modern twin tip. Nowadays, he’s still a paid, pro skier but his focus is on filmmaking and his production company, Switchback Entertainment, has been killing it for over a decade. We talk about it all on the podcast.
Mike Douglas Show Notes:
2:00: Canada, getting into skiing, and taking photos
5:30: Dropping out of college, Whistler and bumps
12:45: The New Canadian Air Force, mogul demos, and 1080 proposal
20:00: Mingo, the first 1080, and other skis he’s made
28:45: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout)
RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)
Outdoor Research: (Get 15% off you’re order with the checkout code POWELL15)
31:00: Climate Change, POW Summit, and still being a pro skier
39:30: Davenport, Seth and The Back 9
48:40: Spy Optics: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20.
The 10 Barrel Brewery: My favorite is 'Out of Office' Pilsner
50:15: Switchback Entertainment, Salomon Freeski TV, and growth
59:00: Being in his own productions, features and winning awards
67:00 Death: Shane, Sarah, JP, and Andreas
72:00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ooh, baby, you're listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and it's getting colder out. |
| 0:17.7 | Winter is around the corner, and you better start preparing your body. |
| 0:21.6 | This means mixing some exercise into your 10 barrel and rescue water routine. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm starting to think about working out now, but this year, like every year, I'll be caught |
| 0:30.6 | unprepared, out of shape, and my legs will be killing me until January. That's just the way I roll. |
| 0:36.6 | Someone who lives the complete opposite |
| 0:38.4 | lifestyle of mine is my guest this week. I'm talking about the godfather Mike Douglas. This is the guy |
| 0:44.8 | who drove the creation of the Solomon 1080, the Solomon Pocket Rocket, and Solomon Rocker 2 skis. |
| 0:51.5 | He's pretty much been printing money for Solomon and skiing professionally |
| 0:54.9 | for them for 21 years. The way this podcast is going to work is I am going to take you back to |
| 1:00.1 | 2016 when I talk to Mike and we're going to go through the early part of his career. We didn't do |
| 1:05.5 | a re-interview because it would just be asking the same questions about his upbringing. So I |
| 1:10.7 | condensed that old interview. We give you 20 minutes questions about his upbringing. So I condense that old interview. |
| 1:12.7 | We give you 20 minutes on Mike's upbringing. |
| 1:15.4 | And then we jump into 45 minutes of Mike Douglas talking skiing, filmmaking, money, death, and more. |
| 1:21.4 | Before we get into the hot podcast action, I want to ask you to follow me on Instagram and tell |
| 1:26.3 | your friends about the podcast. |
| 1:28.2 | I also want to thank my sponsors who make this show happen. |
| 1:31.4 | They are Evo, rescue water, outdoor research, spy optic, and the 10-barrel brewery. |
| 1:37.3 | Now, let's talk to the godfather, Mike Douglas. |
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