Snow Pros Podcast

Professional skier Marcus Caston joins us to talk about photography, the fun of skiing, his Return of the Turn video project, and skiing on Mars.

Reilly McGlashan joins us to talk about his training as a high level technical skier, his work teaching, coaching, filming, and training around the world, and how Bruce Lee has influenced his goals as a skier.

Jon Casson US Ski and Snowboard's Director of Sport Education joins us to discuss coaching philosophy, coaches education, his career as a snowboard coach, and lots more.

Jiri Nohejl joins us from the Czech Republic to discuss Interski and the similarities and differences in different national systems, the evolution of APUL, information and complexity theory, and much more.

Christian and Ben chat about summer, building mountain coasters, Mt. Hood, being a coach/dad, and the connection between coaching world cup and teaching first time skiers and riders.

Ben and Christian check in mid-way through the 2017 US Ski and Snowboard coaches academy at Mammoth Mountain.

Ben and Christian talk about Ben's upcoming trip to Mammoth for the 2017 USSA Coaches Academy.

Ben and Christian talk with Brennan Metzler from the PSIA-AASI Snowboard Team about Tommy Moe, the importance of coaches, and Brennan's first year on the team.

Ben and Christian discuss the 2016-17 season and talk about what they were up to, what they learned, and what is next.

Ben and Christian chat with Josh Fogg from the PSIA Alpine Team and the Aspen Snowmass Ski & Snowboard school. This conversation took place on December 20, 2016.

Karin Kirk joins us to discuss the Breakdowns & Breakthroughs feature she and Ben developed for the Winter issue of 32 Degrees.

Sue Kramer from the Bromley Outing Club and educator for USSA and PSIA-E joins Ben and Christian to talk about kids, learning, and more.

Brenna Kelleher of the 2016 PSIA Alpine Team joins Ben and Christian to talk about her evolution from racer to guide to instructor, ski design, and other fun topics.

Master boot fitter Brent Amsbury joins us for round two of boot talk. We chat about fore/aft alignment and ski boot geometry, canting, liners, and more.

Brent Amsbury of Park City Ski Boot joins us to talk about boot fitting, including the challenges of "shoe mind," alignment, and the balance between comfort and performance. This is the first of two episodes with Brent.

Dustin Dyar from the PSIA Alpine Team joins Ben and Christian to talk about wrestling, teaching children, his experience at the PSIA Team selection event, and much more.

Ben and Christian talk about mental skills and Ben shares insights from his work as a mental skills coach about sport and performance psychology, reflection, goal achievement, and imagery skills.

Stephen Helfenbein from the PSIA Alpine Team joins Ben and Christian to discuss coaching freeride skiing, his development process, ski selection, and much more.

Ann Schorling, member of the 2016 PSIA Alpine Team joins us to discuss joy, learning, and her process of development.

PSIA Alpine Team Member Jonathan Ballou joins Ben and Christian to discuss simplicity, skill development, teaching, and quite a lot more.

Ben and Christian talk about their recent trip to Mt Hood and how they're preparing for the coming winter season.

Tom Gellie, host of the Global Skiing podcast joins Ben and Christian to talk about skiing and the body.

We talk about Ben's recent trip to Mt Hood to coach alpine skiing.

Kevin Jordan from Snowmass, Colorado joins Ben and Christian to talk about training instructors, movement analysis, and passing his level 2 certification before he was old enough to vote.

Ben and Christian chat about movement analysis, the process instructors and coaches use to observe, analyze, and communicate what they see.

Ben and Christian discuss what "good teaching" is and isn't in the world of ski and snowboard instruction.

Host Christian Luening interviews co-host Ben Roberts to discuss skiing, ski instruction, being a ski nerd, and the future of this podcast.

Host Ben Roberts interviews co-host Christian Luening to discuss the podcast project, what it means to be a ski nerd, and why skiing is awesome.