TPM Episode 302: Davey Smidt, GoPro, Monster

Davey Smidt is a chameleon; he’s a nice Jewish boy who’s god given gift is being an amazing communicator. Davey is just as comfortable talking to Travis Rice as he is a CEO, a professor, an intern, and a kid at the skatepark. He’s one of those people that gets along with everyone, and while nice guys finish last, that’s not the case with Davey. On the podcast, we talk about his South African roots, his Bar-Mitzvah, his college years, and the dream jobs he’s had at Monster and GoPro. This is a fun business episode, and Jaimeson Keegan asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Davey Smidt Show Notes:

3:30:  Sochi, South Africa, Judaism, sports, and limited skiing and snowboarding growing up

15:00:  Big Bear at 16, action sports culture, college, and Mammoth

21:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast

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

Outdoor Research:  The best outerwear ever built just got better

23:00:  His superpower, X Games with Monster, buying podiums and Hansens Energy

34:00:  Guerilla marketing Red Bull Events, working with an agency, taking the marketing in-house, the athletes he inherited, and the travel

42:30:  10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone

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

44:30:  Selling the logo, money can’t buy experiences, why would he leave, and being given a job with GoPro

54:00:  Athletes become content creators, what’s behind a viral video, advocates vs. athletes, one product launch a year, and who had he befriended over the GoPro years

64:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Jaimeson Keegan