The Concept of Play | Kacy Roeder | E34

“Everybody in Tahoe is the kid who doesn’t want to come in from recess”, said PowBot in Episode 34 with our guest Kacy Roeder. The concept of play is not just for kids, playing is an essential part of being an adult. Nobody knows this better than Kacy, a licensed landscape architect who designs playgrounds and sends it on her mountain bike and her splitboard. We learn about Kacy’s unique career, growing up on the East Coast and finding her way to Lake Tahoe, her love of being outside adventuring and why she built her world around playing as much as possible. Kacy also talks about her involvement with the Rocker Memorial Skate Park and the Rally for Rocker fundraiser on April 27, and how splitboarding has rekindled her love of snowboarding.

1:45 – POWBOT is back! Rest and a knee brace are helping.

3:20 – Introducing Kacy Roeder and her hens – farm life

7:20 – You Are What You Eat Documentary – industrial food complex and diet

9:00 – Trail Whisperer scored pow in the Toiyabe Range of Nevada. Tonopah Low and the Inside Slider storm.

10:45 – Kacy scored pow on Mount Rose after hitting Frog Lake Huts and West Shore

14:00 – Listener shout outs – Sebastian Johnson - Diamond Peak closes uphill ski access due to people breaking rules and coming within striking distance of a loaded winch cable.

19:20 – Ski Magazine announces ski injuries due to GoPros and weed gummies. But what about alcohol consumption while skiing?

21:00 – PowBot shouts out all listeners who helped him with his knee issues.

23:00 – April Fools posts, Zak Mills – snowboarding downhill with ski poles in hand.

25:49 – Brian Sullivan – funny video about podcasters.

28:20 – All about Kacy Roeder – Landscape Architect – Designing Playgrounds

34:00 – Growing up on the East Coast and the path to finding “play” as a profession.

36:00 – Moving to Lake Tahoe after graduating from University of Vermont.

39:30 – Trail Whisperer’s first encounter with Kacy – Riding MTB in Reno.

43:30 – The concept of men teaching women to mountain bike.

50:20 – Parallels between work and play. Play as an essential element of being an adult.

55:00 – Building playgrounds for kids and adults alike.

57:00 – Adventure Journal – Steve Casimiro – observing animals playing. The importance of humans playing.

1:02:00 – Rally for Rocker – Saturday April 27. Donner Ski Ranch on Donner Summit. Fundraiser for Rocker Memorial Skate Park in Truckee.

1:14:30 – Kacy’s youth and growing up as an active outdoor family, going to school in Vermont, snowboarding at her home mountains, Okemo Mountain, Stowe and Jay Peak.

1:17:00 – Spending time in Florida, New York accents, the competitiveness of the East Coast

1:27:30 – Learning to balance play and education in college.

1:30:30 – Kacy’s transition from snowboarding to splitboarding and backcountry skiing, and the concept of “Nature Bathing”.

1:39:40 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?

1:44:30 – Snoop Pow Dogg Snowsizzle My Dizzle Corn Dog and Powderrific Snow Report