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Zach Miller is different than any World Champion I’ve had on the podcast. While he appears to be able-bodied, Zach has Cerebral Palsy, a neurological disorder that affects his mobility, posture, and balance. Zach found snowboarding through a hospital program, and that changed his life. Today, Zach is a Paralympian who travels the world to snowboard. On the podcast, we talk about CP and everything that goes along with it, including fatigue, challenges, and bullying. We also talk about competing against adaptive athletes while he looks able-bodied and the challenges that created. And, of course, we discuss money or complete lack thereof it, the Paralympics, and a whole lot more. It’s a different and important episode that everyone should hear.
Zach Miller Show Notes:
5:00:  Russell Wilson and God, Cerebral Palsy, he’s different than most adaptive athletes, growing up like he’s normal, and getting bullied.
21:30:  Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
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Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
24:30:  Finding sports through his doctors, quitting skiing for snowboarding, Beijing Paralympic story, did he pick the wrong sport, US Paralympic Soccer Team, and being told he’s too functional to compete against para-athletes.
42:45:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there. 
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45:45:  Kidney’s shut down, does CP affect his learning, stigma, and challenges that will happen at the Paralympics in Paris
57:00:  Getting shamed for making jokes, the disappointment of not making the team in 2018, nothings paid for and there is no prize money, almost being forced to quit, and finally making the Paralympic Team in 2022
69:00:  Inappropriate Questions

Scotty Lago had a path to pro snowboarding that’s different than almost anyone I’ve interviewed. Most high school dropouts don’t have Olympic Medals to go along with a grip of X Games and Dew Tour hardware, but that’s what Scotty Lago did. Along the way, he was part of the legendary Frends Crew, he filmed with Grenade, he filmed with Travis Rice for the biggest movies in snowboard history, and he did it all while riding for Flow Snowboards. When all was said and done, Scotty didn’t retire into the sunset; he’s now following his other passion of hunting, and just like in his snowboard career, he’s already a sponsored hunter, and who knows how big that world can get for Scotty. This is a fun podcast with an unfiltered legend and former Flow TM, Andrew Mutty asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Scotty Lago Show Notes:
5:00:  Hunting, Hew Hampshire, snowboarding, Green Mountain series, his unique schooling, Aerial Assault Tour, getting sponsored by Airwalk, then Billabong, and moving up in the contest world 
19:30  Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
22:30:  Car sleeping and couch surfing, Frends, a little anti-Burton, US Open, and Rossignol to Flow
33:00:  Image, sponsors, and money, his first World Cup win, performing under pressure, and Shaun White
41:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there. 
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43:00:  Competition mindset, X-Games Gold, injuries to the Frends Crew, and the Olympics
55:00:  Once in a lifetime experiences, shooting with Grenade, Shooting with Travis Rice, and insurance
60:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Andrew Mutty

Dane Tudor has had an incredible pro ski career that’s been going on for 15+ years, and while he’s getting older, Dane shows no sign of slowing down ski-wise, and no brands seem to care for some reason. When I say no signs of slowing down, in 2009, when Dane was 19, he won “Male Performance of the Year,” a huge award in skiing. Then, in 2023, 15 years later, Dane won that same coveted award again. While that’s so rare, so is the fact that while he’s always found success in both Moto and skiing, nothing has ever been easy for him on the sponsor end. Maybe it’s because he didn’t grow up with a dad or because he was always traveling between Canada and Alaska and was isolated with homeschooling…I try and find out the answers on the show, and Colston VB asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Dane Tudor Show Notes:
5:00:  Speedo’s, born into adventure in AK and Aus, the impact of not having a dad, and Red Mountain
11:00:  Homeschooling, Colston VB and the 2nd gen of the New School, self-confidence, attitude, and quitting ski racing
20:00 Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
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23:00:  Pro Moto dreams, back to extreme comps, then park, sponsors, filming with Theory 3,  PBP, and Alaska,    
Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
41:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:00:  Fear, crashes, EDIAS, Best Male Performance at 19, Scott, getting hurt, triple in the backcountry, TGR and other film projects, and Best Male Performance in the Blank movie.
65:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Colston VB 

Jake Hopfinger created a name for himself in skiing at the Kings and Queens of Corbet’s in Jackson Hole. The double backflip he threw there for a 3rd instantly made his name known worldwide. While the dollars and travel budgets are now coming in, Jake was once an aspiring D1 East Coast ski racer who could never finish a race. Then he quit racing, moved to Montana, and learned to ski powder. The rest is history in the making. Parkin Costain and Jonnie Merrill ask the Inappropriate Questions.
Jake Hopfinger Show Notes:
5:00:  AK, thoughts on climate change, growing up in Western NY, ski racing, partying, and other hobbies.
12:00:  Competitive mentality, being a grom, Jon Olson, jr nationals, who was he in HS, D1 ski racing, not finishing races, are racers better skiers and not spinning as much as the park kids
22:00  Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
25:15:  Transferring to Montana State, making friends through slacklining, sponsorship, plug boots, money, his lucrative side hustle, Benshi Creative, interesting way into TGR, and intimidating trips
Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
42:00:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there. 
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44:00:  Independent media, Kings and Queens of Corbet’s, the Crankworks fiasco, triples, and Ben Richards
56:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jonnie Merrill and Parkin Costain

Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn is a lifer in the ski industry. She’s skied more powder than almost anyone on the planet over the past 20 years, which is what you’d expect from the owner of one of Alaska’s premiere heli operations, Points North. But Jess didn’t grow up chasing powder in helicopters; she was a D1 ski racer who made her way to Palisades after college. From there, she met famous friends, started skiing rowdy lines, lined up sponsors, and traveled the world to film for a decade and eventually reeled it all in to manage the family business she runs with her husband, Kevin Quinn. Ingrid Backstrom asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn Show Notes:
3:00:  Growing up in CT, sports, long days, ski racing, staying on the groomers, and who was she in HS?
12:00:  College Hall of Famer, moving to Palisades, Kreitler and Boyle, and snow
21:00  Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
24:15:  McConkey, the culture of Tahoe, lessons learned, ski cross, big mountain comps, and K2
Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
42:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there. 
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44:00:  Alaska, gender in the mountains, Points North, trips, stepping away from guiding to running the business, the cost of heli-skiing, covid, and the heli wars
73:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Ingrid Backstrom

Colter Hinchliffe is living proof that the Aspen rockstar ski bum dream not only exists but it can thrive if your heart is in the right place. Colter spent his life surrounding himself with the only thing that mattered to him - Skiing.  And between growing up near Aspen, dropping out of college to shred, moving to Alta, and returning to Aspen, he made the right contacts to make the dream come true. He was tending bar in Aspen, making handfuls of cash, allowing him to travel anywhere in the world at a minute's notice...That lifestyle put him in AK and eventually in a helicopter with the TGR crew when he was 25 years old, and that, combined with an unexpected Powder Magazine cover, helped Colter graduate from ski bum to pro skier pretty late in the game. It's a real-life Aspen Extreme Ski Bum Story.

Colter Hinchliffe Show Notes
3:00:  Ski gangs of Aspen, Basalt, no ski programs, X in Aspen, Aspen rich person stuff  
18:00  Stanley:  Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
21:00:  Cloud 9, Mesa State, dropping out, Alta, always moving his career forward, chasing powder, and  contest drama  
38:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there. 
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40:30:  Powder Cover, sponsors, why he likes Aspen better than Jackson, money, and his life-changing AK trip
59:00:  Finding out he was in TGR, and stories worth hearing
98:00:  Inappropriate Questions with  Brad Bell