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Ski Racing this Week
by Ski Racing Media
This is Ski Racing Media's official podcast, hosted by Jimmy Krupka, full-time ski racer and weekly podcaster. Fueled by a passion for the fastest sport without a motor, we take deep dives into the depths of ski racing and interview the most fascinating athletes. Commentary and comic relief is always provided, by a panel of colorful characters. New episodes every Thursday morning.
Episodes
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Lindsey Vonn, the GOAT
While I am stepping away from the podcast to focus on my own ski racing career for the foreseeable future, I leave off with a phone call with Lindsey Vonn, the greatest female racer of all time (2:49). It is an insightful, multifaceted conversation. We talk about how retirement has been and what...
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Bonus Episode: How the Sport Started
We’ve got a double-header for you! On this bonus episode we are joined by John Allen, a historian at the New England Ski Museum, and we talk about the very beginnings of ski racing. From the first skiing cultures, to the first competitions, and finally to the formation of Fédération…
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Important Conversations with former U.S. Ski Teamer Andre Horton and Jamaican Olympic-hopeful Benjamin Alexander
In light of current events, we decided to do our part in having difficult conversations regarding the lack of diversity, or “whiteness,” in ski racing. First, we talk to Andre Horton, former speed-skier on the U.S. Ski Team, and a pioneer for black Americans in the sport (4:45). He speaks...
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Slalom Tokyo Drift, with Ian Macomber
A staple of modern ski racing culture, Slalom Tokyo Drift, featuring the “best of the worst of ski racing,” was founded by Ian Macomber just over a decade ago. We talk with Ian about his blogging-beginnings, what it’s like to have a following of 156,000, his decision to go non-profit, his…
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Ted Ligety, Mr. GS
The arc-carving, hip-dragging giant slalom legend Ted Ligety hops on the show to talk about—well, everything that we can possibly get to in the time allotted. We talk about his underdog beginnings, his surprise victory in the 2006 Olympic Combined, his entrepreneurial side, his record-breaking...
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The History of American Slalom with Tom Kelly (and Meet the Next Generation)
We return to our comprehensive conversation with unparalleled ski racing historian Tom Kelly on the entire history of American slalom, from Gretchen Fraser through the Mahre brothers, Kristina Koznick, Bode, and Mikaela (2:58). It’s a history-channel-classic, and it re-airs with new rapid-fire...
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The Deal with High-Fluoro: All the Wax Facts with Todd Carroll
We take another deep dive, this time into the world of waxes, and namely, the upcoming ban on high fluoro waxes next season. Todd Carroll, North American product manager at Wintersteiger and general ski technician aficionado, joins the show to explain the details, give us the facts, and provide...
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Olympic Medalist Victor Muffat-Jeandet
After providing you with skiing jokes for your next awkward chairlift ride, we visit with Victor Muffat-Jeandet over the phone (3:48). He is, of course, the French multi-discipline sensation and Olympic medalist. We talk about who he’s gaming with during quarantine, what it’s like to race against…
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Defending World Champ Ilka Štuhec and Workout Tips (+ Storytime) from Mike Bing
After quickly covering the whole “Health of Sport” deal and reading the mail (3:02), we have a great wide-ranging conversation—everything from race-day mentality, to picking up poop—with Slovenian speed skier Ilka Štuhec, defending back-to-back downhill World Champion (6:40). Then U.S. Ski Team...
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The Ski Racers of World War II with Chris Anthony
We visit ski racing history once again with rich tales of the first ski race post-World War Two, from Chris Anthony, former ski racer and Warren Miller extreme skier, who is now working on a documentary about the 10th Mountain Division (5:05). Helmut Wärer finally gives us a call back, too…
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Norwegian Star Lucas Braathen and a Guide to Ski Racer Back Pains
We get Lucas Braathen, the young Norwegian meteor, on the phone to talk all things—including his relationship with incumbent Norwegian star Henrik Kristoffersen. We also discuss how he climbed the World Cup ranks so quickly and what he’s doing in quarantine (2:17). Then we air a pre-quarantine...
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All Things College Racing with Edie Morgan, and Para Profile: Connor Hogan
We bring you another all-encompassing story this week: this time it is a comprehensive look at college ski racing with trusted source, author, and former World Cup speed skier Edie Thys Morgan (3:50). Then we meet World Cup Paralympic skier Connor Hogan, who has an inspiring story (41:00).…
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Being Injured During a Lockdown and Cindy Berlack on Master's Racing and BRASS Foundation
We are firmly in home-quarantine but the show goes on! First, we talk to Cindy Berlack, a Master’s National Champion and co-founder of the BRASS Foundation to talk about all of the above (3:02). Then, we look at the impact of COVID-19 on injured athletes, as UNH skiers Logan Slattery and Jordan...
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Alex Vinatzer on Situation in Italy and the ENTIRE American Slalom History with Tom Kelly
We give young Italian slalom star Alex Vinatzer a call to his home in Italy to hear about the situation in the country worst hit by the coronavirus (3:40). Then, we put something together that’s never been done before: Tom Kelly, the unofficial official authority on ski racing history, gives us…
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Anything But COVID-19 (After We Talk to Tiger Shaw About It)
We catch Tiger Shaw, President of U.S. Ski and Snowboard, to discuss dealing with the coronavirus and check in on general affairs with the Team (3:01). Then we try to forget about COVID-19: my grandfather, a native of central Europe, helps with European name pronunciations (23:05). Thomas Walsh,...
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Coronavirus Cancelations and Daron Rahlves on Kvitfjell and his Career
COVID-19 global pandemic has led to the cancellation of ski racing. We give 2020 NCAA GS champion Storm Klomhaus a call to learn more (9:14). Daron Rahlves joins the show to talk about Kvitfjell downhill (the last World Cup this season), his secrets to success, and an awesome story (15:37). Our...
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World Cup Review with Steve Porino and Storytime with River Radamus
It’s next week already! Steve Porino joins the show (1:59) to review Hinterstoder and La Thuile World Cups and teach Jimmy how to be a journalist. River Radamus (39:33) calls in a for a great conversation about World Juniors, expectations, and more. We have a surprise new contributor join the...
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We're Back and Live!
Ski Racing Media's official podcast is back! Now hosted by podcaster/athlete Jimmy Krupka and called "Ski Racing this Week," everything is same same but different. First, Jimmy reviews the events in Japan and Crans Montana over the weekend. Then NBC Sports analyst and two-time Olympian Doug Lewis...
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Fireworks in Lienz and Bormio
Welcome to 2020! On today’s show Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran will be breaking down last weekend’s exciting World Cup action in Lienz, Austria, and Bormio, Italy, as well as taking a brief look ahead to this weekend’s racing with both the men and women kicking off 2020 with the now classic…
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Alta Badia Mess and Bormio Preview With Doug Lewis
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran will be breaking down the recent World Cup action — or, lack of World Cup action, in some cases — in Val d’Isere, Va Gardena, and Alta Badia, as well as taking a brief look ahead to this weekend’s racing with the women in...
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Val Gardena Preview With Doug Lewis
On this week's Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran will be breaking down the recent World Cup action in Courchevel, Val d’Isere, and St. Moritz, as well as taking a brief look ahead to this weekend’s racing with the women taking on Val d’Isere this week and the men in Val Gardena,...
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Lake Louise and Beaver Creek Recap
After two long weekends in Beaver Creek and Lake Louise for both the men and the women of the World Cup, Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran had a lot to analyze. Both writers were on the ground at last week's races, experiencing the action up close and personal. The men's side of the tour saw a...
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Beaver Creek and Lake Louise Preview With Doug Lewis
U.S. Ski Team great Doug Lewis returns to Tips and Tales for the second week in a row and we talk all about this weekend’s World Cup racing with the men in Beaver Creek and the women opening their speed season in Lake Louise. Both Doug and the Ski Racing Media team are here in Beaver Creek for…
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Killington and Lake Louise Preview With Doug Lewis
On this week’s show Mackenzie Moran and Sean Higgins will be looking back on last weekend’s action up in Levi, Finland, as well as looking ahead to this weekend’s World Cups in Killington, Vermont. Later in the show, Sean also sits down with U.S. Ski Team legend Doug Lewis to talk about the...
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Levi Preview With NBC Sports' Steve Porino
On today’s show, Sean Higgins sits down with NBC Sports’ Steve Porino to talk all about this weekend’s World Cup slalom opener in Levi, Finland, and discuss the outlook for the rest of the season in slalom. Can anyone beat Mikaela Shiffrin? Who will step up in a crowded men’s field with the...
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Catching up With Ryan Cochran-Siegle
On this week's Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins sits down with U.S. Ski Team star Ryan Cochran-Siegle. Ryan has been steadily climbing the ranks of the World Cup in recent years and kicked his season off last month in Soelden with an 11th place finish, which was also his best opening racer ever on…
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Soelden Recap and the U.S. Ski Team's Nina O'Brien
On this week’s show, Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran will be recapping all the action from last weekend’s World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria. Sean and Mackenzie talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly from the weekend and discuss the bizarre equipment saga of one of Austria's top women's...
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Soelden World Cup Preview and Coaches' Education with Gareth Trayner
World Cup racing is back! On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran dive head-first back into the World Cup and take a look at what to expect from the upcoming season opener in Soelden, Austria, the things we’re looking to see out of the first few races, and the...
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Team X's Coley Oliver
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, we talk with Team X’s Head of Strength and Conditioning and Assistant Coach, Coley Oliver. Last summer, the all-female Team X was formed in Park City with the goal of supporting elite-level female skiers and their post-graduate ski racing ambitions. It…
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Jaqueline Wiles and Her Return to the World Cup
The U.S. Ski Team's Jacqueline Wiles has been on quite the journey over the past year and a half. At 27-years-old, Wiles has been a rising star on the powerhouse U.S. women’s World Cup speed team for a number of years now and has earned her way to two third-place downhill finishes on the World…
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World Championship Medalist Dustin Cook
On this week's Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins has a conversation with Canadian Olympian, World Cup winner, and World Championship silver medalist Dustin Cook. Dustin made his World Cup debut way back in 2010 and enjoyed a slow and steady progression on tour, scoring points in giant slalom, super-G,...
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Multisport Phenom Robby Kelley
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, host Sean Higgins chats with World Cup skier Robby Kelley about his newest athletic challenge, becoming a college football player. Kelley is an immensely talented athlete and was an all-state soccer player and state champion in baseball as a high schooler...
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The Return of Paula Moltzan
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins talks with rising American World Cup slalom star Paula Moltzan. Moltzan was a member of the national team for many years and even won a gold medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships before getting dropped from the team a year later. After...
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Canada's Simon Fournier and Sam Mulligan
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales we head back up the the Great White North as Canadian podcast intern, Patrick Carry, sits down and talks with a pair of rising young Canadian Ski Team talents, Simon Fournier and Sam Mulligan. Fournier and Mulligan had some pretty breakthrough seasons last...
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American Downhiller Steven Nyman
On today’s show, we have a very special guest, the leader of the American Downhillers and genuinely one of the nicest guys you could ever meet, the U.S. Ski Team’s Steven Nyman. Sean Higgins was able to sit down with Steven at his home in Park City in-between his workouts and his dad-time with…
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Catching up With Canadian Olympian Broderick Thompson
On this week's show, new podcast contributor and Montana State University student-athlete, Partick Carry, sits down for a conversation with Canadian national team member and 2018 Olympian, Broderick Thompson. Thompson had a breakout year on the World Cup two season ago and he talks about what he...
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All Things Masters Racing With Lauren Beckos
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins talks with U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine Masters Manager, Lauren Beckos, to learn all about this unique racing community. Masters racing is diverse with ex-national team skiers at times skiing the same courses as middle-aged newbies to the…
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The State of the U.S. Ski Team With Jesse Hunt
On this week's Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins sits down for an in-depth interview with U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine Director, Jesse Hunt. The pair talks all about the first year of Hunt's second tenure as Alpine Director and where he sees the future of the U.S. Ski Team going in the next several...
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Don't Panic, but Your FIS Points Are Going Up
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins sits down with U.S. Ski & Snowboard Director of Competition services, Jeff Weinman, to talk all about the new FIS point changes that are going into effect for this coming season and how it effects you. Spoiler alert: your points are going up...
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Sitting Down With Canada's Trevor Philp
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Sean Higgins sat down with Canadian rising star Trevor Philp to talk about the impressive end to his season and his ski racing journey from his childhood at Mt. Norquay to his first appearance at World Cup Finals this spring. Also, as we enter the off...
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NASTAR Extravaganza with Laurenne Ross
NASTAR National Championships took place last week at Squaw Valley, California, and team Ski Racing Media was on-site to catch all the action. This week, Mackenzie Moran sits down with Ski Racing Media Publisher and NASTAR National Pacesetter Claire Brown to talk all things NASTAR. Mackenzie also...
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How We Cover the World Cup
Have you ever wondered how the staff at Ski Racing Media covers the World Cup each season? Sean Higgins and Mackenzie Moran break down just how they get it done during the winter and share a few stories from their adventures on the road. Ski Racing intern and Dartmouth student-athlete Jimmy…
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World Cup Wrap-Up with NBC's Steve Porino
On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, Ski Racing Media is joined by the voice of ski racing in the United States, NBC's Steve Porino. Steve has been covering the sport for over two decades and joins Sean Higgins for a discussion about this past season, the greatness of Mikaela Shiffrin and...
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March 20th Update
Due to travel and race schedules, we will not be recording a Tips and Tales show for this week but fret not because we will be back next Wednesday with another episode, recapping the whole World Cup season and talking about everything else going on in the world of ski racing. Thank you for your...
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World Cup Finals and NCAA Wrap-Up with JJ Johnson
The regular Word Cup season wrapped up last weekend in the Czech Republic and Slovenia, what should you watch for at this week's World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra? NCAA's also finished up last week and Ski Racing Media intern and Dartmouth College Student-Athlete, Jimmy Krupka, sat down with…
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Ski Racing's March Madness and Chip Knight on World Juniors
World Cups in Kvitfjell, Russian cancellations, NCAA Talk, and an interview with U.S. Ski & Snowboard's Chip Knight.
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Swiss Timing in Trouble and the Future of Parallel
Crans Montana timing fiasco, Bansko World Cups, World Juniors, and more parallel talk.
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Are Worlds and Stop the Bleed
2019 World Championships, Stockholm city event, and POC's Zach Clayton. February 20, 2019.
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Tips and Tales Ep. 005
Dr. Sonnery-Cottet. Originally published Jan. 23, 2018
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Tips and Tales Ep. 004
Brandon Dyksterhouse and Urban Planisek. Originally published Jan. 15, 2018
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This is Ski Racing Media's official podcast, hosted by Jimmy Krupka, full-time ski racer and weekly podcaster. Fueled by a passion for the fastest sport without a motor, we take deep dives into the depths of ski racing and interview the most fascinating athletes. Commentary and comic relief is always provided, by a panel of colorful characters. New episodes every Thursday morning.
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