TPM Epsiode 157: Jesse Burtner, Snowboard Athlete/Videographer/Marketer
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Jesse Burtner has done it all in the snowboard world. He's had a long pro career, he's made some of the most influential movies in the industry and now, he's the Marketing Director at Lib Tech. Over the years, he's gone from spinning Cab 9's to suffering a TBI, to re-inventing the way he rides his board. His influence is everywhere these days and the podcast takes us through his life and times.
Jesse Burtner Show Notes:
2:00: WA crowds, and his head injury
7:00: Growing up in AK, getting into snowboarding, and a different high school
23:15: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
26:00: What did his parents think about snow/skate, fishing boats, and editing video
31:00: Jason Borgstede, JB Deuce, contests, and sponsors
47:00: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
49:00: Money, influencers, and getting in trouble with JAG
50:00: The end of JB Deuce, Think Thank, and groundhogday
60:00: Thunk and Love/Hate, Cue the Birds, and Patchwork Patterns
70:00: Taking a job and Suzy Greenberg 270
74:00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You don't know you better ask somebody. |
| 0:01.8 | You listen into the Powell Movement. |
| 0:11.1 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and my guest this week is a man of many talents. |
| 0:19.1 | He's had a 25-plus career in snowboarding and he is personally |
| 0:23.3 | responsible for helping usher in a new era of snowboard movie. But creating videos is not the only |
| 0:29.5 | thing Jesse Burtner is all about. While he'll be remembered for one footers and taking |
| 0:34.1 | snowboard flicks from gnarly to more creative, he's also had a long career |
| 0:37.9 | as a pro rider, then transitioned to a position behind a desk as the marketing director over at |
| 0:43.7 | LibTech. I've known of Jesse for a long time, but I don't know him at all. In the couple hours |
| 0:48.8 | we spent together, he seems like a really good dude, a guy I'd want to have beers with. We didn't have beers when he was |
| 0:55.1 | over for the interview, because if you listen to the podcast a lot, you know that I'm doing |
| 0:59.0 | sober January. I did this last year and I will say that it is so much easier in year two. |
| 1:05.6 | While no one likes a quitter, I think a month hiatus is amazing and if you haven't tried it, |
| 1:10.6 | I highly recommend it |
| 1:11.8 | for the dreams alone. I haven't remembered my dreams since last January, and man, I wake up every |
| 1:18.0 | morning with something new and crazy from my sleep. I've hung out with Shaq, I've driven supercars |
| 1:23.6 | on ferry boats, and watched my kids surf some monster waves. I've also lost almost 10 pounds without |
| 1:29.2 | trying. While all of that is awesome, I'm super excited to get back to normal in February. While it's |
| 1:35.2 | been easy to stop and everything, falling asleep has been way harder than it used to be, and that's |
| 1:40.1 | annoying. What's not annoying is Jesse, and before we get into the podcast, I need to ask you to do a few things for me. |
| 1:47.1 | First, I want you to subscribe to the podcast. |
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