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High Falutin Ski Bums

355 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 53 ratings

Your weekly audio ski trip. Skiing, snowboarding and living the ski bum dream.

Wilderness Sports Comedy
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Podcast #242 – Eric Hui Terracea

March 24, 2021 13:20 - 40 minutes - 23 MB

We chat with our new friend, Eric Hui, Founder and CEO of Terracea.

Podcast #241 – One Year Later

March 17, 2021 14:42 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Can you believe it's been a year that we've been in this covid lockdown? Your pals take a look back at some of best things, the dumbest things and what we would have done different during the pandemic.

Podcast #240 – The Ski System

March 10, 2021 03:55 - 1 hour - 51.9 MB

We chat with our new friend Abe Maynard, founder of the Ski System, a new training system for skiers.

Podcast #239 – Utah Calling

March 02, 2021 14:55 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Mario recaps his trip to Ogden, Utah, where he skied Powder Mountain and Snowbasin. Skiers are better people iTunes – Subscribe and rate the podcast Spotify – Subscribe and rate the podcast RSS – Add the High Falutin Ski Bums Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator MP3 – Direct Download Vallon Use “Skibum15” at checkout […]

UTR #6 – Ice Cube Not a Quaker

February 25, 2021 17:05 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Anal swabs, sauerkraut and Ice Cube buying bitcoin in 1992.

Podcast #238 – Matt Pepin

February 22, 2021 17:34 - 1 hour - 57 MB

We chat w/ our pal Matt Pepin from the @BGlobeSports. Also, Litte Cottonwood @SkiUtah gets pummeled w/ snow closing 210, new resorts get added to @IndySkiPass, #covid19 tests required in Austrian @ski resorts and Brian gets a little too excited about the @scorpions "Winds of Change."

Podcast #237 – Eric Wilbur

February 12, 2021 14:02 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

We chat with Eric Wilbur, sports columnist for boston.com, editor of the New England Ski Journal, high school journalism teacher, and co-author of "30 Years in a White Haze" with some guy named Dan Egan.

UTR #5 – Jersey Blew it Again

February 08, 2021 10:15 - 33 minutes - 18.9 MB

People who probably never drink Anchor Steam beer are upset that Anchor Steam changed their labels for the first time in 125 years, $300,000 pet fish and New Jersey screws up marijuana legalization (because of course they did).

Podcast #236 – Jason Levinthal

February 02, 2021 04:46 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB

Interview with Jason Levinthal of JSkis

UTR #4 – My Cotton Candy Pillow

January 25, 2021 10:06 - 1 hour - 35.2 MB

We check out Putin's new Black Sea palace, rent a person who does nothing, Columbia is having trouble with Escobar's hippos and psilocybin cotton candy?

Podcast #235 – Ober Gatlinburg Recap

January 23, 2021 10:48 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

Let's recap Mario's wonderful trip to Ober Gatlinburg. The hills are alive with the sounds of ski bums.

Podcast #234 – Dan Egan

January 11, 2021 19:25 - 1 hour - 40.4 MB

We chat with Dan Egan, Hall of Fame skier, author and all-around great guy. He's got a new book "30 Years in a White Haze" coming out in February.

UTR #3 – Japanese Kit Kats

January 07, 2021 11:56 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

Japanese kit kats, KFC taking over gaming world w/ @kfcgaming @coolermaster gaming console and "I Love You Colonel Sanders" dating simulation game, @russellokung to be the first pro athelete to be paid in #bitcoin, 100-year anniversary of prohibition & don't leave #marijuana edibles out for kids.

Podcast #233 – On The Snow

January 04, 2021 11:57 - 59 minutes - 33.8 MB

We chat with our friend Cassie Cassidy, editor for the North American portals for onthesnow.com.

Best of 2020 – Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story

December 29, 2020 19:39 - 1 hour - 38.7 MB

2020 is mercifully coming to a close & we're sharing our best interview of the year. Here's our chat w/ the gentlemen behind "Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story," (@warrenmillerdoc) director @PatrickCreadon, producer Jeff Conroy(@opjeffroy) & ski legend Dan Egan(@SkiClinics).

UTR #2 – Hot Bladder Thermos

December 24, 2020 11:28 - 43 minutes - 25 MB

Just ahead of #SantaClaus, our new Under the Ropes #podcast is live! We talk about @leafly #cannabis strain of the year #Runtz, @GuyFieri Trash Can Nachos which could be a perfect in-car #ApresSki meal, pythons in the Everglades and we invent a hot bladder thermos (call us @Camelbak).

Podcast #232 – Bolton Valley

December 21, 2020 11:33 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

New #podcast is live - we chat w/ Lindsay DesLauriers, President of @boltonvalley. Also @VailResorts already cancelling reservations, John Egan fired from @Sugarbush_VT, #ski patrollers forced to shave their beards & rent a super yacht to #heliski volcanos?!

UTR #1 – Vermonster

December 17, 2020 15:31 - 55 minutes - 31.9 MB

We talk about the @benandjerrys Vermonster swap the bananas for chorizo, we pitch a @starwars Lando Calrissian spin-off franchise series, we go yacht window shopping and Forrest Fenn's treasure finder, finally revealed.

Podcast #231 – COVID vs the Ski Industry

December 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB

Interview with Alyssa Giacobbe - Journalist for Boston Magazine, 'COVID vs The Ski Industry' article.

Podcast #230 – Send-O Claus

December 07, 2020 16:46 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

The holiday season is upon us and sometimes we just don't know what gifts to get the skiers & snowboarders in our lives. We've come up with a few fun and unique ideas to enhance the stoke under your tree.

Podcast #229 – Ski NH

November 30, 2020 11:50 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Skiing is the topic today in speaking with our friend Shannon Dunfey-Ball Marketing & Communications Manager at Ski NH.

Podcast #228 – Nauta Cavete

November 23, 2020 12:04 - 2 hours - 71.7 MB

Lets talk about backcountry skiing with our new buddy Clarke!

Podcast #227 – Ski Vermont

November 16, 2020 12:52 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

This ski season is going to be like no other. With all the new restrictions and protocols. It's not going to be a year to wing-it and chase powder. Unfortunately, there's going to have be a little more planning required. Want to know what you'll need to do? Listen to our chat with Adam White, the Director of Communications for Ski Vermont.

Podcast #226 – Ober Gatlinburg

November 09, 2020 13:38 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

With the 2020 election never ending, the real question is, will skiing be great again this year? Well, we speak to our buddy Tom from Ober Gatlinburg where the hills are alive with snow!

Podcast #225 – The Algorithm: Part 2

November 02, 2020 12:44 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

What to do, what to do. In our attempt for full ski-bummery Mario and I have been informed that we are both working full-time remote until at least April. If we need to stay on the east coast, where do we go?

Podcast #224 – Here We Go

October 20, 2020 21:23 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

It's an understatement to that there's so much uncertainty in the world right now. Whether it's covid, the US Presidential election or how La Nina will affect ski & snowboard season, so much is up in the air right now. We've been so overwhelmed, we couldn't even come up with a real topic. Don't worry friends, the snow has already started to fall and we're going to find a way to get through this.

Podcast #223 – Goodbye Powder

October 12, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

As if 2020 hasn't had a large enough swath of destruction. Last week it was announced that our beloved Powder Magazine is going to be shuttering in November. Why did this happen and how are we responsible?

Podcast #222 – Indy Pass

October 05, 2020 11:08 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

We chat with our new friend Doug Fish, founder of the Indy Ski Pass.

Podcast #221 – Big Snow Hugh

September 21, 2020 12:21 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

We chat with our friend Hugh, the VP of Sales & Marketing at Big Snow, the first indoor ski resort in North America.

Podcast #220 – Skiing Bad

September 14, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

What is ski season going to be like this year? It's a good thing we already have facemasks and goggles, because resorts are starting to announce their requirements to ski and snowboard this winter. One thing, for sure, it's not going to be the chill experience we're used to, but at least we'll be on the snow.

Podcast #219 – Benjamin Alexander

September 05, 2020 11:59 - 1 hour - 53.4 MB

We have the honor of speaking with Benjamin Alexander, who is attempting to be Jamaica’s first alpine skiing Olympian. He has an unbelievable story that we think you will love to hear.

Podcast #218 – Ski Rex Media

August 31, 2020 14:09 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

We chat with our friend Tim from Ski Rex Media.

Podcast #217 – Pick A Pass

August 23, 2020 12:19 - 2 hours - 71 MB

How have you been spending your summer? Have been going to the beach and getting a nice tan? As a skier and snowboarder you should have been figuring out what pass you are going to get. Don't worry, it's not too late.

Podcast #216 – The Algorithm

August 10, 2020 18:07 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

What is the perfect ski town to live in? The answer is not the same for everyone. Want to be somewhere remote or prefer to have a greater social scene? We've decided to put together an algorithm to help start you on your way to finding the perfect ski town for you to live in.

Podcast #215 – Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story

July 24, 2020 19:06 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

It's impossible to find a skier or snowboarder who hasn't been inspired by the work of Warren Miller. A recent documentary has just been released about Warren and his incredible life, including conversations with Warren conducted shortly before his passing away in 2018. We had the pleasure of interviewing three folks who instrumental in the making of the film, Director Patrick Creadon, Producer Jeff Conroy and ski pioneer and Warren Miller film star Dan Egan.

Podcast #214 – In This Together

July 20, 2020 17:51 - 2 hours - 68.9 MB

As skiers, summer always sucks. 2020 has also been a special sort of awful for most people with the potential for WW3, the pandemic, the looters, the riots, then insert your own personal hardships. One thing we have to remember is that we're all in this together.

Podcast #213 – Utah Masks

July 06, 2020 11:34 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

With the past ski season cut short and the upcoming season being planned, we have a chat with our friend Anelise from Ski Utah.

Podcast #212 – Medical Mariojuana

June 29, 2020 11:39 - 2 hours - 74 MB

In these crazy times, we all could use a little something to take the edge off. Imagine being able to go back in time and tell your high school self that marijuana would be recreationally legal in almost 20% of states and roughly 50% for medical, it would've blown your pimply, hormone-overloaded mind! Mario lives in one of those fine states and just got his medical card and tells the story.

Podcast #211 – Diverskity

June 17, 2020 18:41 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

It's a crazy time now with the panademic, riots, police violence, job losses and whatever else happened between me typing this and when this gets posted (I think something from outer space is coming out way...makes sense). It's hard to understand when we should talk about skiing again. I guess the answer is today, since that's what we're going to talk about.

Podcast #210 – Drinking Socially

June 07, 2020 02:11 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

The virus, the quarantine, the riots, whatever happens tonight, it's all kinda crazy right now. Everyday you wake up and have no idea what new unthinkable thing is going to go down today. Two of the only things that has remained "normal" during the past few months has been beer consumption and podcasting. With that common ground, we chat with Jon and Harrison from Drinking Socially - The Official Untappd Podcast.

Podcast #209 – Til I Get Stoked

May 20, 2020 14:01 - 2 hours - 77.8 MB

What would you tell a younger version of yourself if you could? We don't currently have that option, but we do have a friend, Mike, from Get Stoked Productions and Till I Die. He's only a college sophomore, but he's skiing, biking and hustling to create the life a lot of us sellouts can only dream about. We chat with him, give him terrible advice and hear about who he's working with and what he's working on.

Podcast #208 – The Sanitizer

May 11, 2020 17:47 - 2 hours - 69.5 MB

Life under quarantine has been rough for us skiers and snowboarders, who would much rather be out on the slopes. Some folks are finding ways to stop feeling sorry for themselves and finding ways to help others. One of those people, is our buddy Steve who helped his company pivot to making hand sanitizers to help hospitals and essential workers.

Podcast #207 – Aero Ski Bum

May 06, 2020 11:40 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

The end to this ski season was so abrupt, it left almost all skiers yearning for more. Now with covid-19 still running rampant, what is a skier to do to fill the void? Enter the Aero Ski - the low impact, full-body cardio workout that’s just like skiing. Brian picked one of these up and has put together his first impressions about using this new device.

Podcast #206 – Post-Apocalptic Skiing

April 27, 2020 13:56 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

What will the world look like after Coronavirus? What will it be like to ski in great places? We imagine what it will be like if we were to go to some of our favorite ski areas after the ski areas re-open.

Podcast #205 – Skimagine

April 19, 2020 19:06 - 2 hours - 73.6 MB

Since @galgadot sang #Imagine and pretty much ended #covid19, your pals Brian and Mario have decided to do our own rendition called "Skimagine." Well, not exactly. Life in quarantine is becoming the new normal. What are you doing with your time? Learning a new skill, binging Netflix, starting a podcast? Things will return to normal, so hopefully you're preparing for that. Find out what we're up to until we can finally get back on the slopes.

Podcast #204 – SkiBuds

April 11, 2020 11:58 - 2 hours - 74.6 MB

Episode 204 and we're looking at a great way to connect with other ski minded people through the use of the Skibuds app. Today we chat with Stephen as we ask questions on how he got started, coding the app, and the many uses for ski people, ride sharing, and hanging out in your favorite ski and non-ski towns. With all the new social distancing, this app may allow you to connect with new friends without circulating in large crowds. Shall we call it social-selectivity?

Podcast #203 – Adults Behaving Poorly

April 04, 2020 15:54 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

As Covid-19 rages on, we're starting to see the trickle down effects of the economic shutdown in the ski & snowboard industry. It's not just the resorts, but all the other people who depend on the resorts that are now being affected. We chat with our new friend Brian Finch, a physical therapist and strength trainer living in Killington, VT, on what it's like in a ski town during the shutdown and how we can do our part to help.

Podcast #202 – Epic Fail

March 28, 2020 17:59 - 2 hours - 89.2 MB

We're back with our buddy Nick from Seattle to talk about corona virus, quarantine and what one Epic Pass holder thinks about how Vail Resorts is treating its customers in this unprecedented situation.

Podcast #201 – Covid-19 Skis in Jeans

March 19, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

Not sure if you've heard, but this covid-19 corona virus is becoming a big deal. We tried to deny it and fight it, but it's here. It's so bad, it's prematurely ended the 2019-20 ski and snowboard season, shuttered all sporting events and disrupted the lives of almost everyone in the world. It shan't disrupt the podcast and we've got our friend Hunter Roberts (@hunterthesnowdad) back on the show. We're going to talk about how this affected us and what we can do to stay sane in these trying times

Podcast #200 – Number 200

March 09, 2020 20:48 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

This is big one, #200! Can you believe it? We've reunited the band - Brian, Mario and Steve for a recap of where we're been in the 5 years since we started this adventure and where we intend to go.

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