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Valid for new subscriptions only.WhoStuart Winchester, Founder, Editor & Host of The Storm Skiing Journal & PodcastRecorded onMarch 4, 2025Editor's note1) The headline was not my idea; 2) Erik said he would join me as the guest for episode 199 if he could interview me for episode 200; 3) I was like “sure Brah”; 4) since he did the interview, I asked Erik to write the “Why I interviewed him” section; 5) this episode is now available to stream on Disney+; 6) but no really you can watch it on YouTube (please subscribe); 7) if you don't care about this episode that's OK because there are 199 other ones that are actually about snosportskiing; 8) and I have a whole bunch more recorded that I'll drop right after this one; 9) except that one that I terminally screwed up; 10) “which one?” you ask. Well I'll tell that humiliating story when I'm ready.Why I interviewed him, by Erik MogensenI met Stuart when he was skiing at Copper Mountain with his family. At lunch that day I made a deal. I would agree to do the first podcast of my career, but only if I had the opportunity reverse the role and interview him. I thought both my interview, and his, would be at least five years away. 14 months later, you are reading this.As an accomplished big-city corporate PR guy often [occasionally] dressed in a suit, he got tired of listening to the biggest, tallest, snowiest, ski content that was always spoon-fed to his New York City self. Looking for more than just “Stoke,” Stu has built the Storm Skiing Journal into a force that I believe has assumed an important stewardship role for skiing. Along the way he has occasionally made us cringe, and has always made us laugh.Many people besides myself apparently agree. Stuart has eloquently mixed an industry full of big, type-A egos competing for screentime on the next episode of Game of Thrones, with consumers that have been overrun with printed magazines that show up in the mail, or social media click-bate, but nothing in between. He did it by being as authentic and independent as they come, thus building trust with everyone from the most novice ski consumer to nearly all of the expert operators and owners on the continent.But don't get distracted by the “Winchester Style” of poking fun of ski bro and his group of bro brahs like someone took over your mom's basement with your used laptop, and a new nine-dollar website. Once you get over the endless scrolling required to get beyond the colorful spreadsheets, this thing is fun AND worthwhile to read and listen to. This guy went to Columbia for journalism and it shows. This guy cares deeply about what he does, and it shows.Stuart has brought something to ski journalism that we didn't even know was missing, Not only did Stuart find out what it was, he created and scaled a solution. On his 200th podcast I dig into why and how he did it.What we talked aboutHow Erik talked me into being a guest on my own podcast; the history of The Storm Skiing Podcast and why I launched with Northeast coverage; why the podcast almost didn't happen; why Killington was The Storm's first pod; I didn't want to go to college but it happened anyway; why I moved to New York; why a ski writer lives in Brooklyn; “I started The Storm because I wanted to read it”; why I have no interest in off-resort skiing; why pay-to-play isn't journalism; the good and the awful about social media; I hate debt; working at the NBA; the tech innovation that allowed me to start The Storm; activating The Storm's paywall; puzzling through subscriber retention; critical journalism as an alien concept to the ski industry; Bro beef explained; what's behind skiing's identity crisis; why I don't read my social media comments; why I couldn't get ski area operators to do podcasts online in 2019; how the digital world has reframed how we think about skiing; why I don't write about weather; what I like about ski areas; ski areas as art; why the Pass Tracker 5001 looks like a piece of crap and probably always will; “skiing is fun, reading about it should be too”; literary inspirations for The Storm; being critical without being a tool; and why readers should trust me.Podcast notesOn The New England Lost Ski Areas ProjectThe New England Lost Ski Areas Project is still very retro looking. Storm Skiing Podcast episode number three, with site founder Jeremy Davis, is still one of my favorites:On my sled evac at Black Mountain of MaineYeah I talk about this all the time but in case you missed the previous five dozen reminders:On my timelineMy life, in brief (we reference all of these things on the pod):* 1992 – Try skiing on a school bus trip to now-defunct Mott Mountain, Michigan; suck at it* 1993 – Try skiing again, at Snow Snake, Michigan; don't suck as much* 1993 - Invent Doritos* 1994 – Receive first pair of skis for Christmas* 1995 – Graduate high school* 1995 - Become first human to live on Saturn for one month without the aid of oxygen* 1995-98 – Attend Delta College* 1997 - Set MLB homerun record, with 82 regular-season bombs, while winning Cy Young Award with .04 ERA and 743 batters struck out* 1998-00 – Attend University of Michigan* 1998-2007 - Work various restaurant server jobs in Michigan and NYC* 2002 – Move to Manhattan* 2003 - Invent new phone/computer hybrid with touchscreen; changes modern life instantly* 2003-07 – Work as English teacher at Cascade High School on Manhattan's Lower East Side* 2003-05 – Participate in New York City Teaching Fellows program via Pace University* 2004 - Successfully clone frozen alien cells that fell to Earth via meteorite; grows into creature that levels San Antonio with fire breath* 2006-08 – Columbia Journalism School* 2007-12 – Work at NBA league office* 2008 – Daughter is born* 2010 - Complete the 10-10-10 challenge, mastering 10 forms of martial arts and 10 non-human languages in 2010* 2013 – Work at AIG* 2014-2024 – Work at Viacom/Paramount* 2015 - Formally apologize to the people of Great Britain for my indecencies at the Longminster Day Victory Parade in 1947* 2016 – Son is born; move to Brooklyn* 2019 – Launch The Storm* 2022 – Take The Storm paid* 2023 - Discover hidden sea-floor city populated by talking alligators * 2024 – The Storm becomes my full-time job* 2025 - Take Storm sabbatical to qualify for the 50-meter hurdles at the 2028 Summer OlympicsOn LeBron's “Decision”After spending his first several seasons playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron announced his 2010 departure for the Miami Heat in his notorious The Decision special.On MGoBlog and other influencesI've written about MGoBlog's influence on The Storm in the past:The University of Michigan's official athletic site is mgoblue.com. Thus, MGoBlog – get it? Clever, right? The site is, actually, brilliant. For Michigan sports fans, it's a cultural touchstone and reference point, comprehensive and hilarious. Everyone reads it. Everyone. It's like it's 1952 and everyone in town reads the same newspaper, only the paper is always and only about Michigan sports and the town is approximately three million ballsports fans spread across the planet. We don't all read it because we're all addicted to sports. We all read MGoBlog because the site is incredibly fun, with its own culture, vocabulary, and inside jokes born of the shared frustrations and particulars of Michigan (mostly football, basketball, and hockey) fandom.Brian Cook is the site's founder and best writer (I also recommend BiSB, who writes the hysterical Opponent Watch series). Here is a recent and random sample – sportsballtalk made engaging:It was 10-10 and it was stupid. Like half the games against Indiana, it was stupid and dumb. At some point I saw a highlight from that Denard game against Indiana where IU would score on a 15-play march and then Denard would immediately run for a 70 yard touchdown. "God, that game was stupid," I thought. Flinging the ball in the general direction of Junior Hemingway and hoping something good would happen, sort of thing. Charting 120 defensive plays, sort of thing. Craig Roh playing linebacker, sort of thing.Don't get me started about #chaosteam, or overtimes, or anything else. My IQ is already dropping precipitously. Any more exposure to Michigan-Indiana may render me unable to finish this column. (I would still be able to claim that MSU was defeated with dignity, if that was my purpose in life.)I had hoped that a little JJ McCarthy-led mediation in the locker room would straighten things out. Michigan did suffer through a scary event when Mike Hart collapsed on the sideline. This is a completely valid reason you may not be executing football with military precision, even setting aside whatever dorfy bioweapon the Hoosiers perfected about ten years ago.Those hopes seemed dashed when Michigan was inexplicably offsides on a short-yardage punt on which they didn't even bother to rush. A touchback turned into a punt downed at the two, and then Blake Corum committed a false start and Cornelius Johnson dropped something that was either a chunk play or a 96-yard touchdown. Johnson started hopping up and down near the sideline, veritably slobbering with self-rage. The slope downwards to black pits became very slippery.JJ McCarthy said "namaste."Cook is consistent. I knew I could simply grab the first thing from his latest post and it would be excellent, and it was. Even if you know nothing about football, you know that's strong writing.In The Storm's early days, I would often describe my ambitions – to those familiar with both sites – as wanting “to create MGoBlog for Northeast skiing.” What I meant was that I wanted something that would be consistent, engaging, and distinct from competing platforms. Skiing has enough stoke machines and press-release reprint factories. It needed something different. MGoBlog showed me what that something could be.On being critical without being a toolThis is the Burke example Erik was referring to:The town of Burke, named for Sir Edmund Burke of the English Parliament, was chartered in 1782. That was approximately the same year that court-appointed receiver Michael Goldberg began seeking a buyer for Burke Mountain, after an idiot named Ariel Quiros nearly sent the ski area (along with Jay Peak) to the graveyard in an $80 million EB-5 visa scandal.Now, several industrial revolutions and world wars later, Goldberg says he may finally have a buyer for the ski area. But he said the same thing in 2024. And in 2023. And also, famously, in 1812, though the news was all but lost amid that year's war headlines.Whether or not Burke ever finds a permanent owner (Goldberg has actually been in charge since 2016), nothing will change the fact that this is one hell of a ski area. While it's not as snowy as its neighbors stacked along the Green Mountain Spine to its west, Burke gets its share of the white and fluffy. And while the mountain is best-known as the home of racing institution Burke Mountain Academy, the everyskier's draw here is the endless, tangled, spectacular glade network, lappable off of the 1,581-vertical-foot Mid-Burke Express Quad.Corrections* I worked for a long time in corporate communications, HR, and marketing, but not ever exactly in “PR,” as Erik framed it. But I also didn't really describe it to him very well because I don't really care and I'm just glad it's all over.* I made a vague reference to the NBA pulling its All-Star game out of Atlanta. I was thinking of the league's 2016 decision to move the 2017 All-Star game out of Charlotte over the state's “bathroom bill.” This is not a political take I'm just explaining what I was thinking about.* I said that Jiminy Peak's season pass cost $1,200. The current early-bird price for a 2025-26 pass is $1,051 for an adult unlimited season pass. The pass is scheduled to hit $1,410 after Oct. 15.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe
Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, December 2, 2024. We meet the first and second place finishers of the 2024 State Cross Country Ambulatory Race. From Arlington High School, the second place finisher was sophomore Ramon Little and from Cascade High School, the three-time state champion Jacob Hopkins. Plus their head coaches Steve Landro of Cascade and Jon Murray of Arlington. Then it's the brand new head boys basketball coach at Mountlake Terrace High School Johnny Phillips. Finally, we preview all six state championship football games for the upcoming weekend at Husky Stadium with Todd Milles of Scorebook Live.
Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, January 29, 2024. It's an all-basketball episode; starting with the head boys basketball coach at Lake Stevens High School, Alex Iverson. Then, the head girls basketball coach at Lynnwood, Eddie McFerrin, along with his Siena Saints-bound senior guard Aniya Hooker. We hear from Edmonds-Woodway head girls basketball coach Quinn Manning, along with her assistant coach (and mom) Kelly Brewe and finally, the soon-to-be-retired head girls basketball coach at Cascade High School, Dave Roberts.
We stop again in Indiana and this time we visit with Scott Stevens, CAA and the Athletic Director at Cascade High School in Clayton, Indiana. Scott shares his story along with some Best Practices on this episode of The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support
Listen to Podcast Above: A Bell Buckle resident who played basketball at Cascade High School in the late 1980’s and later went on to play college ball for Clemson Univer
The COVID-19 pandemic is having dramatic impacts on the well-being of youth in many ways. School districts are struggling to maintain safe learning environments for their students, staff and teachers. For many young people, the most significant impacts are on their mental health. And even if we've turned some corners in the pandemic, the emotional effects linger.We listen back to a zoom conversation from November 2021, where we heard directly from students, from mental health professionals and from participants in a youth support circle. The event was a co-production between OPB and “Call to Mind,” American Public Media's initiative to foster new conversations about mental health. We talked about how young people are coping with mental health struggles and how the individuals and the institutions in their lives could best support their resilience. Our guests were Alyssia Menezes, a junior at Portland's Lincoln High School, and Jospin Mugisha, a sophomore at Portland State University.We also wanted to get another view of students and stress, and the adults who are helping them. So we turned to Katherine Iliyn, a counselor at Cascade High School in Turner, and Craigan Usher a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University with a special focus on child and adolescent psychiatry. We also got a closer look at one specific response to help young people cope from Shalene Joseph. She co-facilitates a youth support circle for the Native Wellness Center. And we met Andy Miller, a high school freshman who is part of that circle.
In the first segment of this special show on how young people are coping with stress and anxiety we heard from a 16-year-old and a 19-year-old. They told us about the stress and anxiety they're facing and how they're dealing with it. In the last part of the program, we wanted to get another view of students and stress, and the adults who are helping them. Our guests are: Katherine Iliyn, a counselor at Cascade High School in Turner, and Craigan Usher a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University with a special focus on child and adolescent psychiatry. We're also joined by Shalene Joseph who runs a youth support circle for the Native Wellness Center and Andy Miller, a high school freshman who is part of that circle.
Marty Sutherland is the Assistant coach at the University of Iowa, a Division I program in the Big 10 conference. He played the first two years of his collegiate baseball career from 1999-2000 at Kirkwood Community College, a Junior college in Iowa. He then finished his career at Northern Iowa from 2001-2002. Later, in 2003 he began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Wofford College. Than from 2004-2009 he went back to the University of Northern Iowa and was an assistant coach, but in 2009 UNI dropped their baseball program. From there Coach Sutherland went to the High School level and coached at Cascade High School as well as worked at Bases Loaded Academy. He then went back to the collegiate level in 2013 and was the recruiting coordinator for the University of Iowa up until 2017 when he was promoted to Associate Head Coach, where he still remains. In this episode, we start off talking about his relationship with Coach Heller, the Head coach for the University of Iowa baseball team, as well as his time playing for and coaching alongside him. We then dive into how Coach Sutherland plans his daily hitting plans and the teams use of technology during practice. We also talk thoroughly about the science of launch angle a new topic to the baseball world. As well as the art of squaring the ball up and the importance behind it. If you want to hear and learn from an Assistant coach at the highest level of collegiate baseball than listen to this conversation between Coach Marty Sutherland and I. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiob/support
Today's episode features Jacob Brindle, former head boys basketball coach at Cascade High School. In today's episode, we discuss Coach Brindle's journey to be the head coach at Cascade and how they coach the 2-3 defense. Below are some links and an outline for the show. IBCA Website: http://iowabca.com/press/ IBCA Membership Registration: http://iowabca.com/press/2020/08/29/ibca-membership-20-21/ Episode Outline 0:46 -- Coach Brindle's Journey 20:39 -- Coaching the 2-3 Defense
Derek had a storied career at Cascade High School as a five year starter. He then took his talents to the JUCO ranks and after a dominating year at NIACC Derek has programs from Power 5 Conferences beating on his door. Derek selected to stay close to home and become a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes. His career has a Hawkeye didn't turn out like he had hoped, but he had some amazing experiences throughout the way as a member of Team USA and a stint in the Northwoods League. Derek continues to play baseball for the Cascade Reds and pass his baseball knowledge onto the youth while coaching at the Dusty Rodgers Baseball Academy. Derek claims to have told the "craziest story in the history of the podcast." Give a listen and let us know. Find Us On Social Media: Facebook: Dubuque Area Baseball Podcast Twitter: @CoachManeman Instagram: Dubuque Area Baseball Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nmaneman/support
He recorded 12 broken backboards in high school.... My friend Wayne Buckingham joined me on Sports Talk!! Former Clemson alumni was very down to earth and it was a blessing to speak to him! Buckingham has 29 Points 17 rebounds along with 7 block shots this game. Buckingham play his 8th, 9th and 10th grade year at Cascade. Buckingham is the only player to ever averaged a triple-double in Cascade history his sophomore year. Buckingham average 27 points 15 rebounds and 10 blocks a game in 1986 . Buckingham scores 675 points and 375 rebound along with 259 block shots at Cascade his sophomore year. In Buckingham three years he played at Cascade High School he scored 1,675 pts and 978 rebounds along with 600 block shots for his career at Cascade High School. Buckingham transfer to Atlanta Georgia to Southside High School end of his sophomore year. Buckingham average 27.5 pts and 15 rebound a game at Southside High School. Total points at Southside 666 pts and 390 rebounds a game. Buckingham's total points for his career is 2,341 pts and 1,368 rebounds
My guest for this episode is a remarkable young man from Leavenworth who experienced a horrendous personal tragedy – a tragedy that fueled his desire to make a difference in this world. D’Andre Vasquez lost both parents and his grandmother in a car accident four years ago and completed his education at Cascade High School as captain of the wrestling team and and as a leader in DECA, the high school leadership program. He campaigned successfully to become international president of DECA and is traveling the country supporting its programs. D’Andre is what I would call an “us” rather than a “me” leader. He credits his success to the support of the community, his faith and his mentors. His philosophy of challenging himself to improve every day is something each one of us can emulate and benefit from.
This week, an interview with Malorie Imhoff, Director of Sustainability, Joe Garbe, Asst. Director of Sustainability and Campus Farm Manager, and student Seth Brawner about the Campus Farm and sustainability at DePauw. Then, a documentary about why Cascade High School left the WIC athletic conference. Broadcast on 2-14-19.
This documentary covers the recent decision by Cascade High School to leave the Western Indiana Conference. Produced by WGRE News.
Principal Jon Acton and staff discuss great ISTEP scores at "The" Cascade High School.
State Senator Brent Steele joins the show to discuss the constitutional amendment to hunt and fish. Former Major Leaguer Bill Sampen previews the World Series. Seniors at "The" Cascade High School discuss their Veterans Day project.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges you face as a teacher is making content interesting to all of your students, all of the time. Is this even possible? If so, how? Our panel of experienced teachers share what they've learned about this from practical experience.. @AndreaBrixey @mbteach @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork Andrea Brixey is an English teacher at Cascade High School in Leavenworth, Washington. Glen Lineberry is a second-career educator. After teaching civics, economics and Shakespeare on an Apache reservation in eastern Arizona, he now serves as Associate Principal at the 7-12 on the reservation. Mary Beth Hertz is a K-8 Technology Teacher and Technology Integration Specialist in Philadelphia, PA.