Scot Schmidt's guest appearances

Scot Schmidt

The Powell Movement

Long Underwear

RealSkiers

Marcus Caston

Bobby Brown

Anna Segal

Jeremy Jones

Glen Plake

Danny Davis

Kristen Ulmer

Caite Zeliff

Jonny Moseley

Cody Townsend

Todd Ligare

Elena Hight

Matt Gerdes

Jim Ryan

Mike Adams

OwlTail

One of the most recognized and filmed skiers in the world, Scot Schmidt's pioneering style and remarkable ability inspired generations of adrenaline-sport athletes. Scot is arguably the greatest ski film star of all time and inarguably the most watched skier of the 1980's.  In this compelling podcast, Scot describes his thoughts as he faced certain death, and other highlights of his life on skis.

Scot Schmidt Tells All

With around a dozen Warren Miller films under his belt, extreme skiing pioneer Scot Schmidt helped to carve out freeskiing as we know it today. These days he can be found splitting his time between California and Montana. Listen as he talks about taking cues from the universe, teepee pitching, and the tricks in mechanics one can learn from a life of homesteading.

With around a dozen Warren Miller films under his belt, extreme skiing pioneer Scot Schmidt helped to carve out freeskiing as we know it today. These days he can be found splitting his time between California and Montana. Listen as he talks about taking cues from the universe, teepee pitching, and the tricks in mechanics one can learn from a life of homesteading.

Scot Schmidt is a legend in mountain towns across the globe.  He blazed a trail that inspired generations of skiers and created a way for ski athletes to monetize their talents outside of competition.    From learning to ski in Montana to moving to Squaw Valley with the goal of making the US Ski Team…. Skiing was “It” for him.   When money became a barrier to making the team, found himself shooting with local photographers and, eventually, traveling the world in the pursuit of good snow. 1:25:  What is Scot Schmidt up to in the offseason 3:00:  Growing up in Montana and how he got into skiing and skateboarding 5:45:  Joining the Bridger Bowl Ski Team, competitiveness, and HS 9:45:  What his parents think of him choosing to ski over everything else 11:18:   Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15) 12:51:  Moving to Squaw Valley with nothing 14:40:  Has he always been the quiet guy?  Did that impact his ski career? 15:45:  Racing in Squaw Valley and being the janitor for the race team 18:00:  Quitting racing and transitioning into magazine and Warren Miller films 20:20:  Products of the past and how it impacted style in skiing 23:56:   RESQWATER 24:40:  Getting a letter from Warren Miller that changes his life 26:26:  Being broke when he wasn’t traveling 29:14:  The North Face partnership, StockliK2 (and how the relationship fell apart)  Salomon 34:04:  Meeting Greg Stump at events and not really feeling his movies and then agreeing to do Blizzard 35:44:  Glen Plake  being a liability and his relationship with Plake 39:13:  Getting on Good Morning America and being recognized in and out of ski towns 41:16:  Is he making good money skiing? 42:50:  How did skiing impact his family life? 44:00:  Life at the Yellowstone Club, the passion of Justin Timberlake and skiing every day 47:58:  Skiers that he keeps up with today and his impact on skiing

<a href="https://www.thenorthface.com/journal/2016/scot-schmidt.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scot Schmidt</a> is a legend in mountain towns across the globe.  He blazed a trail that inspired generations of skiers and created a way for ski athletes to monetize their talents outside of competition.    From learning to ski in Montana to moving to Squaw Valley with the goal of making the US Ski Team…. Skiing was “It” for him.   When money became a barrier to making the team, found himself shooting with local photographers and, eventually, traveling the world in the pursuit of good snow. 1:25:  What is Scot Schmidt up to in the offseason 3:00:  Growing up in Montana and how he got into skiing and skateboarding 5:45:  Joining the <a href="https://bridgerbowl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bridger Bowl</a> Ski Team, competitiveness, and HS 9:45:  What his parents think of him choosing to ski over everything else 11:18:   <a href="http://www.evo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evo</a> (listen for special offer) and <a href="http://www.diecutstickers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diecutstickers.com</a> (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15) 12:51:  Moving to Squaw Valley with nothing 14:40:  Has he always been the quiet guy?  Did that impact his ski career? 15:45:  Racing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw_Valley_Ski_Resort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squaw Valley</a> and being the janitor for the race team 18:00:  Quitting racing and transitioning into magazine and Warren Miller films 20:20:  Products of the past and how it impacted style in skiing 23:56:   <a href="http://www.resqwater.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RESQWATER</a> 24:40:  Getting a letter from Warren Miller that changes his life 26:26:  Being broke when he wasn’t traveling 29:14:  <a href="https://www.thenorthface.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The North Face</a> partnership, <a href="http://www.stoeckli.ch/inten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stockli</a><a href="http://www.k2skis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">K2</a> (and how the relationship fell apart)  <a href="https://www.salomon.com/us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Salomon</a> 34:04:  Meeting Greg Stump at events and not really feeling his movies and then agreeing to do Blizzard 35:44:  Glen Plake  being a liability and his relationship with Plake 39:13:  Getting on Good Morning America and being recognized in and out of ski towns 41:16:  Is he making good money skiing? 42:50:  How did skiing impact his family life? 44:00:  Life at the <a href="http://yellowstoneclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yellowstone Club</a>, the passion of Justin Timberlake and skiing every day 47:58:  Skiers that he keeps up with today and his impact on skiing

TPM Episode 38:  Scot Schmidt, Ski Legend