TPM Epsiode 252: Evan Raps, MD: Pro Skier

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Before Dr. Evan Raps, there was no hip hop in skiing, but back in the late 90’s early 2000’s , this New York kid took over the ski world and ushered in a new, fresh style to the sport. On the podcast we talk about his roots in moguls, the season that made him famous, the C-Crew, contests, filming, and too many knee surgeries…It’s a rare chat with a true innovator in the sport.

Evan Raps Show Notes:

3:30: Growing up in NYC, Hip Hop, skiing, driving to ski, and getting on the Killington Team.

8:00: School at Killington, moguls, World Cups as a teenager, moving to Colorado and The US Team

12:00: Influences, getting onto the terrain parks, quitting moguls, moving to The Palisades, and meeting CP

20:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast

Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there

10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

23:00: The 99-00 Season: The Train Jump, Red Bull Free-Ride Event, X Games SF, filming and a cover

31:30: Hip Hop style, mentality at contests in the party days, film image, C-Crew and sweeping the podium

42:00: Dragon: Get new goggles and really see the mountain use the code Powell15 to save 15%

Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life

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

44:15: Sponsors, money and developing skis

48:00: Knee injury saga (11 surgeries), coming back, CR injury, Tanner injury, and retiring

55:00: College, coaching the US Team and becoming a Doctor

61:00: Inappropriate Questions with Constantine Papanicolaou

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.
0:13.5	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:16.9	I'm your host Mike Powell, and I'm just back from Bend, Oregon,
0:20.3	where I was on the mic for one of 10 Barrel breweries's legendary pray for snow parties.
0:24.9	They do it right at 10 Barrel, a lot of good vibes, tasty beers, and a lot of those beers were drank outside.
0:30.8	Just the way 10 Barrel likes it. Actually, I haven't done the event yet, but I record the podcast intro a week early, so that's why you're hearing this now.
0:38.9	But I know what 10 barrels putting together is going to be amazing. And you know what? I love live events, and I'm one of the best at them.
0:46.3	Every time I do an MC gig, I'm ass back. I've hosted the powder awards five times in a row. I've done Lulu Lemon Seawees event with 60,000 people in Vancouver.
0:56.1	I've done Red Bull events. I've kicked off the fireworks in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 4th at
1:00.9	Caesar's Palace with who knows how many people. And I'm really good at live events. I mean,
1:05.5	you can put all the planning in the world into your event, but if your MC sucks, well,
1:09.9	it might not totally ruin your event,
1:11.4	people are going to notice.
1:13.2	So cut out all the question marks and hire me.
1:15.5	I have plenty of references and you can email me at mike at the Powell movement.com to get more info,
1:20.6	but enough of me patting myself on the back and promoting myself.
1:24.0	That isn't that cool, but my guess this week for sure is, he's the person who single-handedly is responsible for bringing hip hop to skiing.
1:31.6	Evan Raps is a name you don't hear very much in skiing anymore, but he was a true pioneer of
1:36.4	the twin-tip movement.
1:37.8	He's so OG that he's the guy who introduced Tanner Hall to C.R. Johnson, and during his
1:42.7	four years on top of the pro ski game,
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