U.S. Snowboard Team: Top-20 Quarantine Movies, TV Shows, and Books
When you watch the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix live, the only things you learn about U.S. Snowboard Team athletes relate to their incredible level of athleticism, determination, and mental and physical toughness. These qualities shine through in the contest arena. However, what is often missed is who these athletes really are.
As athletes shift their workouts from the gym to their homes, change their opportunities to socialize from bbq’s to Zoom meetings, they are also changing the way they are entertained and stay busy outside of preparing for the 2020-21 winter season. For your viewing and listening pleasure, members of the U.S. Snowboard Team opened a window to their personalities and shared a set of movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts that have been keeping them in good spirits throughout the COVID-19 quarantine.
Take the opportunity to mix up your routine and try something new. Throw out your “Go-To’s” and put yourself in the shoes of a U.S. Snowboard athlete as they scour Netflix, the bookshelf, and their iPods this offseason.
MOVIES
- Caddy Shack
- The Accountant
- Star Wars Series
- John Wick
- Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail.
- 007 Series
- Harry Potter Series
- Step Brothers
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Monsters Inc.
- Happy Gilmore
- Billy madison
- Rad
- Interstellar
- Marvel Movies
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Anchorman
- Old School
- Superbad
- The Departed
TV SHOWS
- Top Gear
- Hunters
- The Office
- Shooter
- Jack Ryan
- Prison Break
- Blacklist
- Master Chef
- All American
- Schitt’s Creek
- Sons of Anarchy
- Lost
- New Girl
- South Park
- Stranger Things
- Dexter
- The Blacklist
- How I Met Your Mother
- Bob's Burgers
- Game of Thrones
BOOKS
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- American Assassin by Vince Flynn
- The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
- Driven From Within by Michael Jordan
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- To the Edge and Back by Chris Klug
- Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
- Relentless by Tim S. Grover
- Never Split The Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
- Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
- Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- A Dark Lure by Loreth Anne White
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- Your Brain at Work by David Rock
PODCASTS
- No Laying Up
- Dirt Bag Diaries
- The Daily
- The Alex Deibold Show
- Joe Rogan
- The Snowboard Podcast
- The Nine Club
- Living 4D with Paul Chek
- Lovett or Leave It
- Powell Movement
Did you know that Olympic medalist Alex Deibold started his own podcast called “The Alex Deibold Show” which currently has a library of 11 episodes for your listening pleasure? Also, did you know that U.S Snowboardcross athlete Nick Baumgartner remodeled his kitchen with new concrete countertops or that U.S. halfpipe rider Toby Miller is finetuning his video editing skills during the quarantine?
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has us all mixing up our daily routines, it is providing a chance for us to learn new things about the people, places, and things we love. After all, “It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” –Claude Bernard