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Hannah Kearney is one of those perfectionist type people who are good at whatever they do because not only are they talented, not only do they eat, sleep and breathe their sport, but they also outwork everyone in the pursuit of crushing their goals on the way to greatness. And Hannah was great, 74 World Cup Podiums, 46 wins, Crystal Globes, and an Olympic Gold and Bronze medals. Her intensity and competitiveness are what make Hannah and this podcast so enjoyable and after listening, you'll know why she's getting into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame this month. Hannah Kearney Show Notes: 4:00: Hall of Fame, Norwich Olympians, Jay Peak, being competitive, good at other sports, was she the weird sports kid, Waterville Valley, and family support 21:00:   Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar. Ski Idaho:  The best, least crowded, skiing in the world, happens in Idaho 24:00:  Forerunning the Olympics in SLC, making the US Team at 16, relationships on the team, Dual Moguls, freeskiing on the road, did she party, the pressure at the Torino Olympics, knee injury, concussion,  and how it made her better     40:00:   Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research: Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 42:00: Crystal Globes, dialing in her flip, Vancouver 2010, winning gold, why she didn't cash in, sponsors, and top 3 experiences 54:00: Another injury, Sochi, retirement, and Nick Preston 61:00: Inappropriate Questions with Nick Preston

Join us for an exclusive interview with Olympic Gold Medalist and freestyle skiing legend, Upper Valley local Hannah Kearney. Just ahead of the thrilling Freestyle World Cup event at Waterville Valley, NH, Hannah provides insights into the world of moguls and dual-mogul competition. We'll delve into the challenges and thrills of elite-level freestyle skiing, hear about Hannah's journey to Olympic glory, and celebrate her upcoming induction into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. And as a special treat, we'll share our mutual love for Whaleback Mountain, a beloved local resort and a proud partner of Ski Rex Media. This is a must-listen episode for all winter sports enthusiasts! Be sure to check out the Ski Rex Media Partners, as well: Whaleback Mountain ⁝ Imbrace  Join the Ski Rex Media Community! Share your voice! We love hearing from listeners. Share your skiing and snowboarding stories, favorite winter memories, or holiday traditions on social media using the hashtag #SkiRexMedia. You might just be featured in an upcoming episode! Stay connected! Follow us on social media for updates, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive offers: Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram: @skirexmedia Got a question, comment, or topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you! Email us: contact@skirexmedia.com Leave us a voicemail: Ski Rex Media Voicemail at Speakpipe Visit our website: skirexmedia.com for more information about the show, past episodes, and exclusive content.

When Ross Anderson (Cheyenne and Arapaho) was clocked at more than 154 miles per hour in 2006, he set an American speed skiing record that has yet to be broken. He's translated his talent on the slopes into outreach for Native American youth. He is among a handful of Native skiers who have made a name for themselves in competitive winter sports. GUESTS Ross Anderson (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and Chiricahua Apache), All-American record holder for speed skiing and a multiple hall of fame inductee including the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and the North American Indigenous Athletic Hall of Fame Connor Ryan (Hunkpapa Lakota), athlete, skier, and filmmaker Ernie St. Germaine (Lac du Flambeau), tribal elder, former tribal judge, and founder with the American Birkebeiner

When Ross Anderson (Cheyenne and Arapaho) was clocked at more than 154 miles per hour in 2006, he set an American speed skiing record that has yet to be broken. He's translated his talent on the slopes into outreach for Native American youth. He is among a handful of Native skiers who have made a name for themselves in competitive winter sports. GUESTS Ross Anderson (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and Chiricahua Apache), All-American record holder for speed skiing and a multiple hall of fame inductee including the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and the North American Indigenous Athletic Hall of Fame Connor Ryan (Hunkpapa Lakota), athlete, skier, and filmmaker Ernie St. Germaine (Lac du Flambeau), tribal elder, former tribal judge, and founder with the American Birkebeiner

Park Smalley is a true pioneer in freestyle skiing and is considered by many to be the "Father Of Freestyle." He was the first head coach of the US Freestyle Ski Team, his athletes won, seven Nation's Cups, 114 World Cup wins, and 332 podiums. He was recently nominated to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. He coached more than 3,000 athletes over his 25 years of coaching. He was also an Olympic commentator for the 92, 94 and 98 games. I hope you enjoy! #success #whatdrivesyou

When I was first introduced to Chris Waddell for this podcast, I was super excited. His bio is absolutely inspiring. He was Dalai Lama's Unsung Hero for Compassion. He's won 13 Paralympic medals. He's in the Paralympic Hall of Fame. He's in the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. NPR credited him with one of the best graduation speeches ever for his keynote at Middlebury College in 2011. He has won more medals than any male monoskier in Paralympic history. He is somebody who has been recognized for being one of the 50 most beautiful people by People Magazine, which we talk about in today's conversation. The accolades are endless, they're inspiring, they're impressive, they're almost outer worldly. In our conversation, we talk about the downside that comes with people who view Chris as a hero. I watched a documentary that he was featured in, and the documentary was beautiful, it was all about his ascent to Mount Kilimanjaro as an unassisted paraplegic. That documentary was a fascinating watch and it is the focal point of a lot of our conversation today, as Chris challenges the notion that others sometimes think that he's outer worldly and that he's some sort of hero because of some of the challenges he's faced as far as with his ability to walk. That is what makes this conversation so real, so unique, so vulnerable: even though Chris is paralyzed and doing things that most able-bodied people would think is beyond the realm of possibility for them, Chris is a human and you're going to love him in today's conversation because he's open, honest, and vulnerable. Chris had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “If you don't tell the story, it didn't happen” (6:25). “In climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, I wanted to confirm I was a superhero” (7:50). “I wanted to free myself of this burden of being the superhero” (8:00). “If you're a human being, you're part of the team” (8:30). “The victim thing is the thing that I want to avoid at all costs” (12:20). “If I continued to be a victim of circumstance, then my life ended at 20 years old effectively” (12:40). “We often see our greatest strength in crisis” (16:25). “The vulnerability is where we ultimately connect as human beings” (18:05). “The only way that we really connect with other people is through being honest” (18:50). “I wanted to stretch people's imaginations and do things that were never possible” (24:25). “I want to create and be able to convey whatever is in me” (26:05). “I find heroes everywhere I go” (28:00). “We're always capable of more than we think we're capable of” (28:25). “Simplicity is the ultimate goal, but it takes a lot of work to actually get to the point where we achieve simplicity” (32:35). “Ease can be the real root of our genius, too” (33:40). “[Busyness] draws us away from efficiency” (38:25). “If we're occupied, then we have no time for thought” (38:50). “I don't get there on my own” (45:55). “If we're not aware of what other people are doing, we're doing ourselves a huge disservice” (46:10). “The key to communication… is ultimately about being direct” (47:05). “The biggest struggle for me is conflict” (51:15). “There's the way I see myself, the way that people see me, and then there's the way I think that people see me” (54:10). “You don't want to be seen for that surface level stuff” (57:45). “The struggle is where we connect as human beings” (58:00). “If we're perfecting our craft, we're never growing old” (58:20). “It's the getting better part that's the most addictive part of being a human being” (58:55). “Fear is my greatest motivator” (1:01:50). Additionally, you can find the website for the One Revolution Foundation here and Chris's personal website here, where you can find his books and much more. I'd also highly encourage you to check out the One Revolution documentary on Amazon Prime. Thank you so much to Chris for coming on the podcast! I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening.

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This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on April 8. It dropped for free subscribers on April 15. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoDan Egan, General Manager of Tenney Mountain, New HampshireRecorded onMarch 14, 2024About Tenney MountainOwned by: North Country Development GroupLocated in: Plymouth, New HampshireYear founded: 1960 (closed several times; re-opened most recently in 2023)Pass affiliations:* No Boundaries Pass: 1-3 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Campton (:24), Kanc Recreation Area (:33), Loon (:34), Ragged (:34), Waterville Valley (:35), Veteran's Memorial (:39), Red Hill Ski Club (:42), Cannon (:44), Proctor (:44), Mt. Eustis (:50), Gunstock (:52), Dartmouth Skiway (:54), Whaleback (:55), Storrs (:57), Bretton Woods (:59)Base elevation: 749 feetSummit elevation: 2,149 feetVertical drop: 1,400 feetSkiable Acres: 110 acresAverage annual snowfall: 140 inchesTrail count: 47 (14 advanced, 27 intermediate, 6 beginner) + 1 terrain parkLift count: 3 (1 triple, 1 double, 1 platter - view Lift Blog's inventory of Tenney's lift fleet)View historic Tenney Mountain trailmaps on skimap.org.Why I interviewed himDan Egan is an interesting guy. He seems to have 10 jobs all at once. He's at Big Sky and he's at Val-d'Isère and he's writing books and he's giving speeches and he's running Tenney Mountain. He's a legendary freeskier who didn't die young and who's stayed glued to the sport. He loves skiing and it is his whole life and that's clear in talking to him for 30 seconds.So he would have been a great and compelling interview even outside of the context of Tenney. But I'm always drawn to people who do particular, peculiar things when they could do anything. There's no reason that Dan Egan has to bother with Tenney, a mid-sized mountain in a mid-sized ski state far from the ski poles of the Alps and the Rockies. It would be a little like Barack Obama running for drain commissioner of Gladwin County, Michigan. He'd probably do a good job, but why would he bother, when he could do just about anything else in the world?I don't know. It's funny. But Egan is drawn to this place. It's his second time running Tenney. The guy is Boston-core, his New England roots clear and proud. It makes sense that he would rep the region. But there are New England ski areas that stand up to the West in scope and scale of terrain, and even, in Northern Vermont, snow volume and quality (if not consistency). But Tenney isn't one of them. It's like the 50th best ski area in the Northeast, not because it couldn't be better, but because it's never been able to figure out how to become the best version of itself.Egan – who, it's important to note, will move into an advisory or consultant role for Tenney next winter – seems to know exactly who he is, and that helps. He understands skiing and he understands skiers and he understands where this quirky little mountain could fit into the wide world of skiing. This is exactly what the ski area needs as it chugs into the most recent version of itself, one that, we hope, can defy its own legacy and land, like Egan always seems to, on its skis.What we talked aboutA vision for Tenney; what happened when Egan went skiing in jeans all over New Hampshire; the second comeback season was stronger than the first; where Tenney can fit in a jam-packed New Hampshire ski scene; why this time is different at Tenney; the crazy gene; running a ski area with an extreme skier's mindset; expansion potential; what's lost with better snowmaking and grooming and wider trails; why New England breeds kick-ass skiers; Tenney's quiet renovation; can Tenney thrive long-term with a double chair as its summit lift?; what's the worst thing about a six-person chair?; where Tenney could build more beginner terrain; expansion opportunities; the future of the triple chair; an endorsement for surface lifts; the potential for night skiing; the difference between running Tenney in 2002 and 2024; the slow death of learn-to-ski; why is skiing discounting to its most avid fans?; the down side of online ticket discounts; warm-weather snowmaking; Tenney's snowmaking evolution; the best snowmaking system in New Hampshire; “any ski area that's charging more than $100 for skiing and then asking you to put your boots in a cubby outside in the freezing cold … to me, that's an insult”; the importance of base lodges; “brown-baggers, please, you're welcome at Tenney”; potential real estate development and the importance of community; New England ski culture – “It means something to be from the East”; “why aren't more ski area operators skiing?”; skiing as confidence-builder; the No Boundaries Pass; the Indy Pass; Tenney season pass pricing; and Ragged's Mission: Affordable pass.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewIn late 2022, as Tenney's social media feeds filled with hyperactive projects to re-open the ski area, I asked a veteran operator – I won't say which one – what they thought of the ski area's comeback potential.“No chance,” they'd said, pointing to lack of water, strained and dated infrastructure, and a mature and modern competitive marketplace. “They're insane.”And yet, here we are. Tenney lives.The longer I do this, the less the project of operating a ski area makes sense to me. Ski areas, in my head, have always been Mount Bohemia: string a lift up the mountain and let the skiers ride. But that model can only work in like four places on the continent, and sometimes, like this year, it barely works there. The capital and labor requirements of running even a modest operation in schizophrenic New England weather are, by themselves, shocking. Add in a summit lift built six decades ago by a defunct company in an analogue world, an already overcrowded New Hampshire ski market, and a decades-long legacy of failure, and you have an impossible-seeming project.But they're doing it. For two consecutive winters, lift-served snowskiing has happened at Tenney. The model here echoes the strategy that has worked at Titus and Holiday Mountain and Montage: find an owner who runs other successful, non-ski businesses and let those businesses subsidize the ski area until it can function independently. That could take a while. But Steven Kelly, whose Timberline Construction Company is big-timing it all over New England, seems committed.Some parts of the country, like Washington, need more ski areas. Others, like New Hampshire, probably have too many. That can be great for skiers: access road death matches are not really a thing out here, and there's always some uncrowded bump to escape to on peak days. Operators competing for skiers, however, have a tricky story to tell. In Tenney's case, the puzzle is this: how does a fixed-grip 1,400-footer compete in a crowded ski corridor in a crowded ski state with five-dollar Epic Passes raining from the skies and Octopus lifts rising right outside of town and skiers following habits and rituals formed in childhood? Tenney's operators have ideas. And some pretty good ones, as it turns out.Questions I wish I'd askedI know some of you will be disappointed that I didn't get into Egan's career as a pro skier. But this interview could have been nine hours long and we wouldn't have dented the life of what is a very interesting dude. Anyway here's Egan skiing and talking about skiing if you were missing that:What I got wrongWe recorded this before 2024-25 Tenney season passes dropped. Egan teased that they would cost less than 2023-24 passes, and they ended up debuting for $399 adult, down from $449 for this past winter.When describing the benefits of nearby Ragged Mountain's $429 season pass, I mention the ski area's high-speed lifts and extensive glades, but I neglected to mention one very important benefit: the pass comes loaded with five lift tickets to Jay freaking Peak.Why you should ski TenneyBefore high-speed lifts and Colorado-based owners and Extreme Ultimo Megapasses, there was a lot more weird in New England skiing. There was the Cranmore Skimobile:And these oil-dripping bubble doubles and rocket-ship tram at Mount Snow:And whatever the hell is going on here at now-defunct King Ridge, New Hampshire:I don't really know if all this was roadside carnival schtick or regional quirk or just a reflection of the contemporary world, but it's all mostly gone now, a casualty of an industry that's figured itself out.Which is why it's so jarring, but also so novel and so right, to pull into Tenney and to see this:I don't really know the story here, and I didn't ask Egan about it. They call it the Witch's Hat. It's Tenney's ticket office. Perhaps its peculiar shape is a coincidence, the product of some long-gone foreman's idiosyncratic imagination. I don't even know why a ski area with a base lodge the size of Rhode Island bothers to maintain a separate building just for selling lift tickets. But they do. And it's wonderful.The whole experience of skiing Tenney evokes this kind of time-machine dislocation. There's the lattice-towered Hornet double, a plodding 60-year-old machine that moves uphill at the pace of a pack mule:There's the narrow, twisty trails of Ye Old New England:And the handmade trail signs:Of course, modernity intrudes. Tenney now has RFID, trim grooming, a spacious pub with good food. And, as you'll learn in the podcast, plans to step into the 2020s. The blueprint here is not Mad River Glen redux, or even fixed-grip 4EVA Magic Mountain. It's transformation into something that can compete in ski area-dense and rapidly evolving New Hampshire. The vision, as Egan lays it out, is compelling. But there will be a cost to it, including, most likely, the old Hornet. That Tenney will be a Tenney worth skiing, but so is this one, and better to see it before it's gone.Podcast NotesOn 30 Years in a White HazeI mentioned Egan's book, 30 Years In A White Haze, in the intro. I dedicated an entire podcast with his co-author, Eric Wilbur, to this book back in 2021:On Jackson Hole's jeans-skiing daySo this happened in December:On the December washoutEgan references the “December washout” – this is the same storm I went deep on with Sunday River GM Brian Heon recently. Listen here.On “what I did 20 years ago” and warm-weather snowmakingThis was Egan's second run as Tenney general manager. His first tenure, near the turn of the century, overlapped with the ski area's experiments in warm-weather snowmaking. New England Ski History summarizes:In October of 2002, Tenney was purchased by SnowMagic, a company seeking to showcase its snowmaking technology. The company's origins dated back to the late 1980s, when Japanese skier Yoshio Hirokane developed an idea to make snow in warmer temperatures, called Infinite Crystal Snowmaking. Hirokane later joined forces with Albert Bronander to found the New Jersey-based SnowMagic company. A significant investment was planned at Tenney, rumored to be a choice of either replacing the 1964 Stadeli double chairlift with a high speed detachable quad or installing the high-tech snowmaking system.In advance of the 2002-2003 ski season, the investment in a SnowMagic system was announced. The system, rumored to cost $1,000,000, would allow the ski area to stay open year round. There was some speculation that the runaway success of this new system would allow for the purchase of a high speed quad shortly thereafter. Famous skier Dan Egan served as General Manager when the area reopened in December 2002.After dealing with equipment shipping delays reportedly caused by a longshoreman's strike, Tenney was able to open during the summer and fall of 2003 thanks to the system. Numbers were disappointing and costs were high, especially considering it was only covering a small slope. Summer snowmaking operations were cancelled in 2004 and the snowmaking system was sent to Alabama. While summertime snowmaking was expected to return to Tenney in 2005, it was all but forgotten, as the company determined the systems yielded better revenue in warmer climates.The most recent headline-making experiment in warm-weather snowmaking landed last October, when Ski Ward, Massachusetts beat everyone to open for the 2023-24 ski season with an assist from an expensive but powerful piece of technology:It cost $600,000. It's the size of a shipping container. In an August test run, it cranked out a six-foot-tall pile of snow in 83-degree weather.It's the L60 snowmaking machine from Quebec-based Latitude 90. And it just helped Ski Ward, Massachusetts beat every other ski area in North America to open for the 2023-24 ski season.The skiing wasn't much. A few feet of base a few hundred feet long, served by a carpet lift. Ski Ward stapled the novelty to its fall festival, a kitschy New England kiddie-fest with “a petting zoo, pony rides, kids crafts, pumpkin painting, summer tubing, bounce houses … and more.” Lift tickets cost $5.On potential Tenney expansionsWe discuss several expansion opportunities for Tenney, including a proposed-but-abandoned upper-mountain beginner area. This 1988 trailmap shows where the potential new lift and trails could sit:On the evolution of LoonLoon, in recent years, has leapt ahead of its New Hampshire competitors with a series of snowmaking and lift upgrades that are the most sophisticated in the state (Waterville Valley might argue with me on that). I've profiled this evolution extensively, including in a conversation with the ski area's current GM, Brian Norton, in 2022 - listen here.On Waterville Valley's summit T-barOne of the most underrated lifts in New England is Waterville Valley's summit T-bar. The story behind it is instructive, though I'm not sure if anyone's paying attention to the lesson. Here's the background – in 1988, the ski area installed the state's first high-speed quad, a base-to-summit machine then known as High Country Express (the ski area later changed the name to “White Peaks Express”:But detachable lifts were new in the ‘80s, and no one really understood that stringing one to the top of White Peak would prove problematic. Wind holds were a constant problem. So, in 1996, Waterville took the extraordinary step of shortening the lift by approximately 400 vertical feet. Skiers could still travel to the summit on the High Country double chair, a Stadeli machine left over from the 1960s:But that lift was still prone to wind holds. So, in 2018, Waterville GM Tim Smith tried something both simple and brilliant: replacing the double chair with a brand-new T-bar, which cost all of $750,000 and is practically immune from wind holds:The result is a better ski experience enabled by a lost-cost, low-tech lift. The ski area continued to invest heavily in the rest of the mountain, throwing down $12 million on the Tecumseh Express bubble six-pack – which replaced the old White Peaks Express – in 2022.Video by Stuart Winchester.On JP AuclairEgan mentions JP Auclair, a Canadian freeskier who died in an avalanche in 2014. Here's a nice tribute to JP from Chris O'Connell, who cofounded Armada Skis with Auclair:There are a million things that can be said about JP as a skier—how he pioneered and transcended genres, and the indelible mark he has made on the sport. But there is so much more: he was a genuinely good human; he was my favorite person to be around because he was hilarious and because he was kind.In the summer of 1997 I watched a VHS tape of JP Auclair and JF Cusson skiing the park at Mt. Hood. It was a time when snowboarding was peaking and, in many places, skiers weren't even allowed in the park. Skiers certainly weren't doing tricks that rivaled snowboarders—in difficulty or in style. To see JP and JF doing cork 720s blew my mind, and, as a snow sports photographer, I wanted to meet them. At the time, I was a senior photographer at Snowboarder Magazine and I had begun contributing with a start-up ski magazine called Freeze. The following spring the photo editor of Freeze blew out his knee and in his place, I was sent to the Nordic jib land, Riksgransen, Sweden to meet these guys.JP and I hit it off and that's how it began – 16 years of traveling and shooting with him. Often, those travels were the kind which involved appearances, autograph sessions and less than ideal ski situations. He would put on a smile and give it 100 percent at an awkward press conference in China when we knew Interior BC was getting hammered. He would shred the icy slopes of Quebec when duty called, or log long hours in the Armada office to slam out a product video. JP was a champion no matter how adverse or inane. That was part of what made him so good.Ironically, JP and I had a shared sense that what we were doing, while fulfilling in context, at times seemed frivolous. We spent our lives traveling to the far ends of the earth, and we weren't doing it to build bridges or irrigations systems or to help people have clean drinking water. Instead, we were doing it for skiing. Read the rest…On Crotched and Peak ResortsEgan is right, Crotched is often overlooked and under-appreciated in New England skiing. While much of the region fell behind the West, from a technology point of view, in the 2000s, Peak Resorts rebuilt Crotched almost from scratch in 2003, relocating three lifts from Virginia and installing a new snowmaking system. Per New England Ski History:At the turn of the millennium, Midwestern ski operator Peak Resorts started looking into either acquiring an operational mid-sized area or reopening a defunct area in New England. Though Temple Mountain was heavily considered, Peak Resorts opted to invest in defunct Crotched Mountain. According to Peak Resorts' Margrit Wurmli-Kagi, "It's the kind of small area that we specialize in, but it skis like a larger mountain. It has some nice glades and some nice steeps, but also some outlying areas that are perfect for the beginners."In September 2002, Peak Resorts formed S N H Development, Inc. as a New Hampshire corporation to begin rebuilding the former western side of the ski area. In terms of vertical feet, the prospective ski area was three times larger than any of Peak Resorts' current portfolio. After a 50 year lease of the property was procured in May 2003, a massive reconstruction project subsequently took place, including reclearing the trails, constructing a new snowmaking system, building a new base lodge, and installing rebuilt lifts from Ski Cherokee, Virginia. A reported ten million dollars later, Crotched Mountain reopened as essentially a new ski area on December 20, 2003. Though most of the terrain followed the former western footprint, the trails were given a new science fiction naming scheme.While the reopened ski area initially did not climb to the top of the former quad chairlift, additional trails were reclaimed in subsequent years. In February of 2012, it was announced that Crotched would be acquiring Ascutney's detachable quad, reopening the upper mountain area. The lift, dubbed the Crotched Rocket, opened on December 1, 2012.On “Rusty” in the hall of fameEgan refers to “Rusty's” U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame induction speech. He was referring to Rusty Gregory, former CEO of Alterra Mountain Company and three-time Storm Skiing Podcast guest. Here's the speech (with an intro by Egan):The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 26/100 in 2024, and number 526 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Jan Reynolds just wanted to be “one of the guys.” Growing up as one of seven children on a dairy farm in Middlebury, Reynolds thought nothing of a tough physical challenge. This propelled her to record setting high-altitude adventures in the company of some of the world's top mountaineers, often as the only woman on expeditions on the highest summits.Reynolds attended the University of Vermont, where she was a top cross-country ski racer and was part of a team that won an NCAA championship. In 1980, Reynolds set the world high altitude skiing record for women when she skied off the summit of 24,757-foot Mustagata Peak in western China. She soared in a hot air balloon at 29,000 feet over Everest (and then crashed) and led the first U.S. women's biathlon team. Esquire named her its Athlete of the Decade in the 1980s, Ultrasport dubbed her “Indiana Jan,” and she appeared everywhere from the cover of Outside Magazine to the “Today” show to National Geographic.Reynolds chronicled her adventures in her book “The Glass Summit: One Woman's Epic Journey Breaking Through.” She writes about her exploits as well as the power and importance of women throughout the world. She has also written and photographed over 20 books mainly documenting vanishing cultures.“All the women in the Amazon territory survive and do everything men do, right? So why do we think a woman cannot live in a triple canopy jungle or at high altitude — the Sherpas and Tibetan women are there — or the Inuit, they have babies in igloos. Think about that: they do everything men do in a frozen environment and they have babies.”Women “can do everything men do. We just have different skills and different approaches.”Reynolds was inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame in 2021 and was inducted into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2008. These days she travels the world photographing and writing about indigenous people for her award-winning children's book series, "Vanishing Cultures." Earlier this winter I skied with Reynolds at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, where she still teaches cross-country ski lessons. She showed me a trailside bench with a plaque that honors her and her two sons and led me on a high speed adventure on and off groomed trails through her favorite mountains.“Adventure is where you wish you weren't when you are, and you wish you were when you aren't,” said Reynolds. 

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Mike Porter joins Dave and Angelo to discuss the honor of being inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and a lot more. Great fun talking with Mike about Interski 2023 and past Interski's he has attended. Some great "Tech" discussion and also great insights on how to continue to grow and learn as an educator.

Mike Porter joins Dave and Angelo to discuss the honor of being inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and a lot more. Great fun talking with Mike about Interski 2023 and past Interski's he has attended. Some great "Tech" discussion and also great insights on how to continue to grow and learn as an educator.

Tina Basich is a recent US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee. Her and her BFF Shannon Dun are the first women to get in on the snowboard side. In Part 2 of the podcast, we discuss her insane 1990 World Halfpipe Champion season, the Kemper days, her influence, Adam Yauch, Tiger Woods, sponsors, and more. Shannon Dunn Asks the Inappropriate Questions Tina Basich Show Notes Part 2: 3:00:  Hall of Fame, her 1990 season, does she ever work a regular job, and the Kemper Team moves to Utah. 20:30:  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet. Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar. Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. 23:00:  Snowboard contests, ski brands making snowboards, 100 days in AK, World Cup, and the elevator story 40:45:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code pmovement Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there.  44:30:  Summer Snowboarding, her 720, riding with Adam Yauch and then living with him 52:00:  Leaving sponsors, Boarding for Breast Cancer, transitioning into powder, Tiger Woods, and how does snowboarding end 75:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Shannon Dunn Beastie Boys as Quasar at a House Party

Can you be ordinary if people call you extraordinary? 3 time Olympian and world class athlete Kristina (Koznick) Landa joins us tells her story of rediscovering her faith. While competing around the world as top 8 Athlete in skiing, Kristina became one of the US most decorated female slalom racers. Between racing 12 World Cup seasons with six World Cup wins, 20 podiums and 55 top ten finishes, being a five-time U.S. National Slalom Champion and a three-time Olympian (1998, 2002 and 2006), Kristina rediscovered her faith! Listen in as Kristina shares her testimony, and how despite her accomplishments, she absolutely feels ordinary in life as a believer, a mother, a friend, and why that isn't a bad thing. Oh and did we mention that she is in US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, 2014 class... as well as National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame 2015 class! - Eric Alexander Podcast we mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5BIKaV6hLi1sHTOlGtzlrq?si=3bX0OdP1TDm4Q46iK8A9Hw

Mike Marolt, a member of the U.S Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, was one of the first Americans to ski from one of only fourteen, 8,000 meter peaks across the world, and has been on a journey to understand peak performance and so much more throughout his life. Learn more about Mike and his journey at skiingeverest.net - Subscribe to my weekly THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS THURSDAY newsletter Get your Master Your Mindset Merch

In this chat with design and brand manager Jeff Colt we get into the interesting topic of ski boot liners and how that component of your boot fit can truely make a difference to your comfort and performance on snow. Jeff gives us some history on the company and the man Sven Coomer who designed not only the zipfit liner range but was an integral part of the development of ski boots as a whole. Right from the transition from leather boots to the first plastic ones. Sven is about to be inducted in the Ski and Snowboard hall of fame for good reason. If you are serious about your skiing discover more about how the fit and function of your liners could lead to your next best day on skis.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Peter Howard, new inductee to the Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, joins Dave and Angelo to chat about his first day on skis and his journey to teaching skiing. I know it will be a shocker learning about Peter's first season on skis, it is a great story. It is easy to see how much passion Peter has for skiing and ski teaching when you hear him talk about everything he has learned along his incredible journey on snow. Peter Howard is an absolute wealth of knowledge that loves to share with anyone that wants to learn and become a better skier, ski teacher, and a better human being.

Mike Hattrup will forever be remembered for his role alongside Scot Schmidt and Glen Plake in Greg Stump's Blizzard of Aahhh's, but that's not why he will soon be inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. As rightfully renowned as he is for his filmed exploits, it's his various roles behind the scenes that are being duly recognized by the Hall. In this week's episode of Realskiers with Jackson Hogen, Hattrup and I take a deep dive into his lifelong devotion to improving the ski experience for us all.

Today we have our first hall of famer on the podcast, and it is with great pleasure that I introduce Dan Egan, member of the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, extreme athlete, filmmaker, soccer coach, and all around connector. In our conversation, we talk about the development of extreme sports, what it is like to jump out of a helicopter on skis, and off of the Berlin wall on skis, and how skiing has helped Dan interface with the world and people. We also discuss Dans' experience working with and learning from Warren Miller, his recent book 30 Years in a White Haze, and talk skiing and outdoor style, from duct tape to Alps and Meters. In this episode we really find our way about the entire slope, and talk with Dan about our place in nature and different ways to experience the natural world.Don't forget to check out his book 30 Years in a White Haze, and his work on the Designed By Tradition podcast.

Noneother than in Ishpeming, Michigan sits The United States Ski & Snowboard Hall Of Fame.With a mission to honor and celebrate the athletes, pioneers and visionaries of the United States who have significantly enriched the global sports of skiing and snowboarding. To as well, showcase their stories and historic memorabilia in the national museum.Visiting the hall, we sat down with Justin Koski (Director) to understand the backstory of skiing in Ishpeming and how it all started. Tune into our latest Podcast episode with Justin to learn about all the Hall Of Fame has done and continues to do for the sport of Skiing.

Dan Egan is a man who Powder Magazine named one of the most influential skiers of our time. He was instrumental in making extreme skiing what it is today, and is known for skiing the most remote, inhospitable regions of the world. He's seen death and despair. But also great triumph and new heights. He is appeared in multiple Warren Miller ski films as well as on the discovery channel, ESPN Fox Sports and in countless magazines, books and videos. Along with his equally famous brother he has skied around the world, recorded more than 51st descents, jumped off cliffs, the heights of 12 story buildings and defied death multiple times, sometimes barely. He's also a businessman, motivational speaker, consultant, media expert, writer, journalist and producer. As a writer he wrote or co-wrote three books. All Terrain Skiing: Body Mechanics and Balance From Powder to Ice. Courage to Persevere: The Triumph Over Tragedy of Bill Fallon, and 30 Years in a White Haze. As a journalist, he covered three Olympics and is a three time NESJA Harold Hirsch award winner for excellence in journalism. As a producer, he was awarded a Telly award in 1991 and is a three time new England Emmy award nominee for his TV series, Wild World of Winter. An avid sailor as well, our guest has also produced video for the US Sailing Team at two sailing World Championships and his media company represented Sperry shoes during the 35th America's cup in Bermuda. He's also worked with other well-known companies on marketing and branding, including North Face, Suzuki, Sprint and Coors. He is a member of the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. More on Dan at https://dan-egan.com/skier/

First Chair catches up with former PSIA Alpine Team Coach Mike Porter who pays tribute to the mastery of Ron LeMaster. Ron served as an icon in the industry as an author, innovator, and consummate professional – whether on snow coaching athletes or shooting photos and videos of the best the sport of skiing produced. He was honored posthumously with PSIA-AASI's Educational Excellence Award. Nominators for Ron's recognition included current PSIA Alpine Team Coach Michael Rogan; U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame member and Alpine Team alumna Ellen Post Foster; and presenters Carol Levine (former Alpine Team member), Mike Porter, and Ron Kipp (PSIA examiner, ski coach, and sport scientist). Watch the 2022 PSIA-AASI Awards & Recognition Ceremony: http://tiny.cc/lcnsuz Learn More About Ron: http://tiny.cc/ocnsuz Read Ron's Fall 32 Degrees Article: http://tiny.cc/qcnsuz

We are live from the GoBundance event with Chris Waddell, 12-time paralympic medal winner and the most decorated mono skier in history. He entered the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Paralympics Hall of Fame in 2010. A skiing accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, which he describes as the most traumatic and most powerful experience to happen in his life. By aiming to prove himself, not as a disabled person, but simply as a person, Chris was able to achieve some truly incredible things, including a climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. His nonprofit, One Revolution, sets out to redefine the way we look at disability.   The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway “Our lives are going to take twists and turns. We will have a plan and most likely that plan doesn't work out the way that we thought it would. Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the greatest gift of all. If I can remove the emotional part of that… Oh, I failed in my plan – to recognize that… Hey, this might be an opportunity I had not had my eyes open to. That, to me, is my greatest helping.”   --   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life.   Resources: one-revolution.org chriswaddellinc.com Listen: Living It Podcast Instagram: @chris_waddell_living_it Instagram: @onerevolutionfoundation   The Daily Helping is produced and published by Crate Media.

Part 2 of Jimbo Morgan's life and times start with a trip to the Albertville Olympics in 1992. While this should have been the best day of Jimbo's life, we talk about the good friend that died in his arms that day and how it impacted him. We then talk about the end of filming speed skiing with Plake and Stump, pioneering bungee jumping, inventing skiercross, and getting sponsored as a skier, telemark skier, and snowboarder. We also cover founding the Factory Team and how Powder Magazine set the sport of skiing back a decade by being close-minded. Brad Holmes asks the Inappropriate Questions Jimbo Morgan - Part 2 Show Notes: 3:30:  US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, sticking out in France, and sponsors 15:00:  The burnt French flag story, making the US Team,   20:00:  Stanley:  Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there 10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone 23:00:  Excitement around speed skiing, having a friend die in his arms hours before the Olympic Final and his Olympic tattoo 34:00:  His Olympic experience, breaking glasses, filming for Greg Stump's Groove Requiem, and the end of speed skiing 40:00:  Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better 45:00:  Managing Fungus, knowing musicians through Joel from Sessions, and bungee jumping 48:00:  Testing snowboards with K2, getting sponsored for three sports by K2 while drunk at a trade show, stealing the concept of boardercross for skiers, and creating Lord of the Boards 54:00:  Why is Jimbo known as X in EXP Productions, the players of Lord of the Boards, launching the Poacher with Holmes, Kreitler, and Terje in Japan, and fire extinguishers in Japan 60:00:  The creation of the K2 Factory Team, did Seth shop at Hot Topic, new sponsors, who was the first person to grab their skis, and how did Powder Magazine set skiing back seven years 86:00: Inappropriate Questions with Brad Holmes

Ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers skied off the summit of Mount Everest into history. DesLauriers is the first person to ski from the so-called Seven Summits, the highest peak on every continent. Her 2006 descent of Everest capped a string of firsts: She was the first woman to ski the Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica, and Mt. Aspiring in New Zealand. She also made the first female solo ski descent of Grand Teton in Wyoming. A two-time Freeskiing World Tour champion, National Geographic named her an Adventurer of the Year in 2015. DesLauriers was formally inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame this week, following her election in 2019.Kit DesLauriers is the mother of two daughters with her husband, Rob DesLauriers, whose family runs the Bolton Valley ski area in Vermont. She is the author of a memoir, Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits, which was reissued last year. She is a member of The North Face global athlete team, the board of the Alaska Wilderness League and the riders team of the climate action group Protect Our Winters. I spoke with her from her home in Jackson, Wyoming.

We spoke with 2022 US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, Holly Flanders.

Visitors to Sundance Mountain Resort this winter have found a wonderful new experience at one of Utah's great hidden gems. Working with the experienced Sundance team, legendary ski industry leader Bill Jensen has helped them transform the resort with new lifts, terrain, snowmaking and much more. Jensen, a longtime visionary who has led some of North America's most notable resorts, talked to Ski Utah's Last Chair about his storied career and the fun he's having coaching the team at Sundance.After stewarding Sundance for over a half-century, film legend Robert Redford sold his interest in December 2020 after carefully curating potential buyers to ensure his legacy would remain. The new investors included Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners. But what was most important for skiers and riders was the inclusion of Jensen as a partner.While he didn't discover skiing until he was 19 in southern California, Jensen quickly grew passionate about the sport, starting his career at Mammoth Mountain as a liftie. In the decades since then he's hopscotched around in leadership roles from Vail to Whistler to Telluride and Intrawest. In 2019, he was inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.In his new role, he fell in love with Sundance the day he hiked up to the top of Ray's Lift and then up to Mandan Summit. His vision came clear in an instant when he soaked in the view of Mt. Timpanogos from Mandan.This winter skiers were treated to a host of positive upgrades: The new high-speed Outlaw Express taking skiers from base to Mandan Summit in just seven minutes. New beginner and intermediate terrain off Mandan offering stunning new views and options. Check out Broadway! A new beginner area with three magic carpets.  A new return lift, Stairway, from the back mountain along with a new run allowing Bear Claw to base skiing or riding. The new Lookout restaurant with stunning views of Timp from the base. New snow guns as part of an upgraded snowmaking system, including a water holding pond. While he's been the top executive of the biggest ski resort companies in North America, he remains a true mountain guy always anxious to take visitors up on the mountain. Here are a few teasers from the interview. Check out the full conversation on Last Chair, available through all podcast platforms.Bill, you had a bit of a non-traditional introduction to skiing.Unfortunately, later than most people I know. Born in Hawaii and grew up in Southern California. When I was 19, for some reason I walked into a Sports Ltd. store in Woodland hills. They were showing the K2 Performers video. I saw skiing for the first time and was fascinated. I just went, ‘wow, this is incredible.' So I went skiing that winter one day, and that was it.I'll bet you were pretty excited to get a job as a liftie?It just connects you to people, and, candidly, it was fun! So that's where it all started. It was all happenstance. I had no idea that a ski area was even a business. I just saw it as some great recreational fun pursuit. And I just - I fell in love. You know, I always say, I love skiing, but I became passionate about the ski industry and the business and that's where things unfolded.You've lived in some great ski towns: Mammoth, Sun Valley, Whistler, Vail, Breckenridge. What has attracted you to those towns?In small towns, you get to know a lot of people. And I also like the fact that people depend on each other, whether it was helping them split their firewood or snow removal or whatever. You built relationships and,in ski towns, there's a common denominator that everybody loves snow and they love sliding on snow, whether they snowboard or ski now. But, you know, I just felt very comfortable in that environment. Living in a ski town, to me, just fit my ... who I was and my persona. I really like small mountain communities.What did it mean to be honored in the Hall of Fame?It's touching. It's gratifying. It wasn't something that you aspire to. I really believe in the sport. I believe that the skier is important and I've worked hard over my career to mentor people and bring new people into the business and see their careers grow. And that has been the most fulfilling part of my career.When you visited Sundance in 2020, what stood out to you?You know the word, and I don't want it to be overused, but just the sense of arrival and walking through the base - there's something magical about this resort and part of it is the environment it sits in, Mount Timp and the views. It is truly one of very few unique ski areas that have this setting. And because it was Robert Redford's business, it really was a family business, is what I would call it. And you can sense that in the culture, the staff and the people who are here. My sense is everyone feels a bit of a sense of ownership of Sundance and how it's played a role in their lives.What was the vision for the new alignment of Outlaw Express to Mandan Summit?When you're on the top of Mandan, it feels like you can just reach out and touch it (Timpanogos). It made a lot of sense for us to actually implement that lift alignment and put it all together. It was a bit more expensive than just putting something back in the place of Ray's lift. But I think for the long term and summer and everything else, it was the right decision. I think the view of Timp from the top of Mandan is probably the signature view!As a resort leader over many years, any memorable powder stories?So, Whistler Blackcomb in 2010 at the Olympics. One of the sayings in the ski industry is if you want it to snow, hold it downhill. It snowed to beat the band and the downhill was canceled. And up on the high alpine, I'm not exaggerating, there was 30 plus inches of fresh snow. And because the Olympic Committee was controlling access, there were very few people there.And as the head of Whistler-Blackcomb at the time, you can be sure he was there!Bill Jensen may be new to Utah, but he does have a favorite Utah craft beer! Learn about that and more in a fascinating discussion with one of America's visionary ski leaders about his newfound passion working with the team at Sundance. And while he's going to leave it to the Sundance staff to announce future plans, he at least gives us a few hints. Take a listen!Chad Linebaugh: Blending Art, Nature and Skiing at Sundance Mountain ResortLearn more about Sundance in this earlier episode from 2020 with President Chad Linebaugh.When you look at Sundance Mountain Resort, you need to view it as much more than a ski area. Today, Robert Redford's Sundance is a wonderful blend of art, nature and skiing. Sundance may be a small ski area, but it skis big. President and General Manager Chad Linebaugh will take you on a tour of his favorite Sundance runs in his conversation with host Tom Kelly, plus some little known facts about the famous actor.

Visitors to Sundance Mountain Resort this winter have found a wonderful new experience at one of Utah's great hidden gems. Working with the experienced Sundance team, legendary ski industry leader Bill Jensen has helped them transform the resort with new lifts, terrain, snowmaking and much more. Jensen, a longtime visionary who has led some of North America's most notable resorts, talked to Ski Utah's Last Chair about his storied career and the fun he's having coaching the team at Sundance.After stewarding Sundance for over a half-century, film legend Robert Redford sold his interest in December 2020 after carefully curating potential buyers to ensure his legacy would remain. The new investors included Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners. But what was most important for skiers and riders was the inclusion of Jensen as a partner.While he didn't discover skiing until he was 19 in southern California, Jensen quickly grew passionate about the sport, starting his career at Mammoth Mountain as a liftie. In the decades since then he's hopscotched around in leadership roles from Vail to Whistler to Telluride and Intrawest. In 2019, he was inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.In his new role, he fell in love with Sundance the day he hiked up to the top of Ray's Lift and then up to Mandan Summit. His vision came clear in an instant when he soaked in the view of Mt. Timpanogos from Mandan.This winter skiers were treated to a host of positive upgrades: The new high-speed Outlaw Express taking skiers from base to Mandan Summit in just seven minutes. New beginner and intermediate terrain off Mandan offering stunning new views and options. Check out Broadway! A new beginner area with three magic carpets.  A new return lift, Stairway, from the back mountain along with a new run allowing Bear Claw to base skiing or riding. The new Lookout restaurant with stunning views of Timp from the base. New snow guns as part of an upgraded snowmaking system, including a water holding pond. While he's been the top executive of the biggest ski resort companies in North America, he remains a true mountain guy always anxious to take visitors up on the mountain. Here are a few teasers from the interview. Check out the full conversation on Last Chair, available through all podcast platforms.Bill, you had a bit of a non-traditional introduction to skiing.Unfortunately, later than most people I know. Born in Hawaii and grew up in Southern California. When I was 19, for some reason I walked into a Sports Ltd. store in Woodland hills. They were showing the K2 Performers video. I saw skiing for the first time and was fascinated. I just went, ‘wow, this is incredible.' So I went skiing that winter one day, and that was it.I'll bet you were pretty excited to get a job as a liftie?It just connects you to people, and, candidly, it was fun! So that's where it all started. It was all happenstance. I had no idea that a ski area was even a business. I just saw it as some great recreational fun pursuit. And I just - I fell in love. You know, I always say, I love skiing, but I became passionate about the ski industry and the business and that's where things unfolded.You've lived in some great ski towns: Mammoth, Sun Valley, Whistler, Vail, Breckenridge. What has attracted you to those towns?In small towns, you get to know a lot of people. And I also like the fact that people depend on each other, whether it was helping them split their firewood or snow removal or whatever. You built relationships and,in ski towns, there's a common denominator that everybody loves snow and they love sliding on snow, whether they snowboard or ski now. But, you know, I just felt very comfortable in that environment. Living in a ski town, to me, just fit my ... who I was and my persona. I really like small mountain communities.What did it mean to be honored in the Hall of Fame?It's touching. It's gratifying. It wasn't something that you aspire to. I really believe in the sport. I believe that the skier is important and I've worked hard over my career to mentor people and bring new people into the business and see their careers grow. And that has been the most fulfilling part of my career.When you visited Sundance in 2020, what stood out to you?You know the word, and I don't want it to be overused, but just the sense of arrival and walking through the base - there's something magical about this resort and part of it is the environment it sits in, Mount Timp and the views. It is truly one of very few unique ski areas that have this setting. And because it was Robert Redford's business, it really was a family business, is what I would call it. And you can sense that in the culture, the staff and the people who are here. My sense is everyone feels a bit of a sense of ownership of Sundance and how it's played a role in their lives.What was the vision for the new alignment of Outlaw Express to Mandan Summit?When you're on the top of Mandan, it feels like you can just reach out and touch it (Timpanogos). It made a lot of sense for us to actually implement that lift alignment and put it all together. It was a bit more expensive than just putting something back in the place of Ray's lift. But I think for the long term and summer and everything else, it was the right decision. I think the view of Timp from the top of Mandan is probably the signature view!As a resort leader over many years, any memorable powder stories?So, Whistler Blackcomb in 2010 at the Olympics. One of the sayings in the ski industry is if you want it to snow, hold it downhill. It snowed to beat the band and the downhill was canceled. And up on the high alpine, I'm not exaggerating, there was 30 plus inches of fresh snow. And because the Olympic Committee was controlling access, there were very few people there.And as the head of Whistler-Blackcomb at the time, you can be sure he was there!Bill Jensen may be new to Utah, but he does have a favorite Utah craft beer! Learn about that and more in a fascinating discussion with one of America's visionary ski leaders about his newfound passion working with the team at Sundance. And while he's going to leave it to the Sundance staff to announce future plans, he at least gives us a few hints. Take a listen!Chad Linebaugh: Blending Art, Nature and Skiing at Sundance Mountain ResortLearn more about Sundance in this earlier episode from 2020 with President Chad Linebaugh.When you look at Sundance Mountain Resort, you need to view it as much more than a ski area. Today, Robert Redford's Sundance is a wonderful blend of art, nature and skiing. Sundance may be a small ski area, but it skis big. President and General Manager Chad Linebaugh will take you on a tour of his favorite Sundance runs in his conversation with host Tom Kelly, plus some little known facts about the famous actor.

Reaching the Hall of Fame takes a lifetime of work and achievement...unless one is just going to cover the induction gala as a journalist. Then it just takes a few emails and phone calls. I revived that email just a couple of weeks ago and made my way to Bretton Woods this past Saturday to attend the 2022 US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Induction Gala. For this episode, I do a bit of a recap, my thoughts and feelings of the gala, a few stories, and I even throw in a few interviews. I really enjoyed being able to go to the event and I hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks for listening!The Live Stream Replays:The Press ConferenceThe Induction GalaAlso, don't forget to check out the venues & partners that made the whole weekend possible and a total success.US Ski & Snowboard Hall of FameOmni Mount Washington ResortBretton WoodsCranmore Mountain ResortPat's Peak Ski AreaUS Ski & SnowboardSnurfer BoardsWinterstick SnowboardsSki New Hampshire--Ski Rex Media - We talk skiing, snowboarding, general snow sports, and push the idea that these can be for everyone.--Visit skirexmedia.com for more, including the Ski Rex Media Blog, and/or follow Ski Rex Media on the following platforms:Facebook: @SkiRexMediaTwitter: @SkiRexMediaInstagram: @skirexmediaYouTube: Ski Rex MediaEmail:  skirex4ever@gmail.com--Ski Rex Media Is On Patreon--If you would like to support Ski Rex Media, and believe me, it will be wicked appreciated, you can head to my Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/skirexmediaThe Ski Rex Media Podcast Is Also Available Through;BuzzsproutSpotifyiHeartRadioApple Podcasts or The Apple Podcasts AppStitcherAmazon MusicPandoraThe Ski Rex Media Merch Shop is open and ready for you. If you'd like to check it out, please head to skirexmediamerchshop.com.Intro/Outro Music:“Death Ensemble”Jacob Lizottehttps://www.darkcabin-studios.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/skirexmedia)

How about an extra episode this week? The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame induction events are taking place this weekend at Bretton Woods, NH, which I will attend. It's because of this that I had the chance to speak to one of the inductees. For this episode, I get to talk to Holly Flanders, a pro-racer from back in the day. She and I talk about parts of her career, racing and after, what it is like to be a hall of famer and a few other things. Check it out, won't you? Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.For more information about Holly Flanders, including her motivational work, head to her website at https://hollyflanders.com/. For more information on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame, including this weekend's festivities and events, head to their website at https://skihall.com/. Also, don't forget to check out their social media pages, which are linked on their website. Please check out the venues and partners for the N.H. induction events:U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of FameBretton Woods ResortOmni Mount Washington Resort Cranmore Mountain ResortPat's Peak Ski AreaU.S. Ski & SnowboardSnurfer BoardsWinterstick SnowboardsSki New Hampshire--Ski Rex Media - We talk skiing, snowboarding, general snow sports, and push the idea that these can be for everyone.--Visit skirexmedia.com for more, including the Ski Rex Media Blog, and links to Ski Rex Media social media pages.--Ski Rex Media Is On Patreon--If you would like to support Ski Rex Media, and believe me, it will be wicked appreciated, you can head to my Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/skirexmediaThe Ski Rex Media Podcast Is Also Available Through;BuzzsproutSpotifyiHeartRadioApple Podcasts or The Apple Podcasts AppStitcherAmazon MusicPandoraThe Ski Rex Media Mersh Shop is open and ready for you. If you'd like to check it out, please head to skirexmediamerchshop.com.Intro/Outro Music:“Death Ensemble”Jacob Lizottehttps://www.darkcabin-studios.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/skirexmedia)

Welcome to our special Olympics series, where we interview athletes who have climbed to the top of their field. Our guest today is alpine ski racer Susie Corrock Luby, bronze medalist in the 1972 downhill at the Sopporo Games and member of the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. She was a dark horse at the event, and her medal ended the U.S. Ski Team's eight-year losing streak. She joins us from her home in Spokane, Wash., to talk about the Olympics then and now, and her passion for an unlikely sport—curling.

Veteran sportscaster Peter Graves has been the host of the Cross Country Skier Podcast, but this time we turn the tables on him for a behind-the-scenes look at what's it like to communicate the action at some of sporting's biggest events to a worldwide audience. New editor-in-chief Cindy Hirschfeld interviews Graves about his Olympic memories—he's worked at 13 Winter and Summer Games in both the broadcast booth and in the stadium—plus what attending an Olympics during the pandemic entails and whom we should keep an eye on at the upcoming Beijing Games. We also hear about Graves's longtime experience announcing another signature event, the American Birkebeiner, and his recent election to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.   This episode of the Cross Country Skier Podcast is possible thanks to the support of Madshus Nordic Skis. It's also possible thanks to support from our listeners—if you like what you hear and would like to hear more, please make a contribution.

About ten years ago, I was partly responsible for Greg Stump breaking his foot to bits, which has rendered him a non-skier ever since. I hope to help rectify this situation next weekend, when for the first time since his injury, Stump will attempt to put his feet in ski boots. The driving force behind Stump's return to skiing is his impending induction in the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, where he hopes to join other inductees on the slopes of Sun Valley.

Dave and Angelo had the honor and privilege to chat with the one and only Ellen Post Foster! Ellen is an absolute legend in the sport of skiing, from her amazing early achievements with a world class career in freestyle skiing to her two terms on the PSIA National Demo Team. For Ellen that was not enough, she has given our sport and ski teaching numerous books, articles and manuals for all of us to benefit from. Her contribution to skiing and ski teaching is astounding, and that is why she is in the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame.

Artist Jim Niehues has painted more than 300 resort trail maps, and has been inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Recently, he announced his retirement from making trail maps and spoke to K O T O's Matt Hoisch about his career.

Allison Palpatee from Ski Utah joins Tim to discuss what skiers and snowboarders can expect at the resorts this season. Tim shares the induction speech of his late brother-in-law Bob Silarnos to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Egan is a Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Member and living legend with a ton of stories to tell. In round two of his podcast, he tells the story that almost killed him, what it took to survive and how it changed his life forever.  There were 15 people that didn't make it out and Dan tells the tale. We finish things off with my complaints about the Ski and Snowboard HOF that Dan is currently the face of. Dan Egan Show Notes: 6:00:  OR Show, Dan's summer, and his book 9:00:  What is Degree7, Patrick Vallecant, why the trip to Mount Elbrus   14:00:  Arriving in Paris and realizing this is a crazy idea, a massive group, and being watched in Russia 17:00:  The creepy phone call, why so many die on Elbrus, vacation mentality, Allah doesn't like May Day, the differences between Dan and John, and forgetting gear 24:30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast Dragon:  Their glasses FLOAT, use the code Powell15 to save 15 % 10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone 27:00:  Why a short acclimatization process, John and Tom aren't going to push for the summit, losing his climbing partner, and turnaround time 31:00:  Taking his pack off for the summit push, making it in a blizzard, decision making in altitude, and meeting Sasha 35:00:  Joining the Russians, spending the night on the mountain, his white light moment, Sasha saves the day again, and fighting for rope, and leaving the group 45:30:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program 48:00:  Who was Sasha, how many people die on the mountain that day, getting out of Russia, medical issues and fights in France, and the trip that never ends 56:00:  My problems with the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and our discussion about it. (I know Terje is not from the US and should not be in the conversation) 68:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany

CHRIS WADDELL is a world renowned skier, Paralympian, and speaker. He lost the use of his legs after a freak skiing accident, he went on to beat the odds and ended up making it into the US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame, AND the Paralympic Hall of Fame. His 13 Paralympic medals are more than any other male monoskier in Paralympic history. He's the first paraplegic to successfully summit Mount Kilimanjaro, almost without assistance. In 2005, the Dalai Lama named him an Unsung Hero of Compassion. TIMESTAMPS: (these will be clickable in some apps) [00:00] INTRO [00:46] Chris' 1st time skiing [04:53] Ski racing at 6 y/o [09:37] Transition from passion to potential career [21:25] Studying & skiing at college [24:21] Life is weird... [27:39] Last chances [32:41] Chris' injury [43:57] Rebuilding after the accident [53:11] Chris' sensation & function in his legs [55:42] Skiing again - back on the slopes (362 days post injury) [01:07:02] Adapting to a monoski [01:18:44] Back to ski racing [01:27:39] Paralympics & winning medals [01:34:10] Kilimanjaro [01:45:15] Chris' message(s) HAVE YOU MET... LINKS: All Links (Linktree) YouTube Full Episodes YouTube Clips Website Instagram Anchor Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Keep up to date with Chris: Social Media: Facebook Instagram Listen to Chris' Podcast, Living it with Chris Waddell: Transistor, Spotify, Apple, YouTube Chris' non-profit, One Revolution: www.one-revolution.org One Revolution Instagram One Revolution Facebook The podcast that will introduce you to people you've never heard of, along with getting you better acquainted with those you have. Relaxed conversational style interview podcast with no rigid structure or boundaries. Curious and open-minded in the pursuit of truth. My goal with this podcast, is to talk to an eclectic mix of people about an eclectic range of topics. Just two people talking… Keywords for the video: HAVE YOU MET... Chris Waddell, Paralympics, Paralympian, Ski, Skier, Skiing, Monoski, Hall of Fame, Inspirational Speaker, Motivational Speaker, Author, Paraplegic, Paraplegic Mountaineer, Kilimanjaro, Mountaineer, One Revolution #podcast https://linktr.ee/HaveYouMet

Kristen Ulmer (born September 8, 1966) is a former professional extreme skier who was voted by Powder magazine as the best overall female skier in the world. She was known for jumping off up to 70-foot cliffs, throwing flips, and for ski mountaineering feats and because of this she was inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.  Since retiring in 2003 she has been studying with Zen master Genpo Roshi, and credits him as being the inspiration behind her teaching style and work on the subject of fear. Stay tuned to find out what the best woman skier in the world learned about fear and what you should do to use fear as a propelling force to achieve your dreams. 

James Niehues is the artist that has hand painted over 255 ski maps for over 175 ski resorts. His work has earned him an induction to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.  He has now compiled his life's work into an amazing book, "Man Behind the Maps"

Tom Kelly was the voice of the US Ski and Snowboard team for 30 years. He worked 10 Olympics and as the athletes racked up 100 medals at the Olympics, Tom would be in the finish area for 75 of those medals and 50 more at World Championship events. From Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Jesse Diggins, Kikkan Randall, Shaun White, Kelly Clark, Bode Miller, Tommy Moe, Picabo Street, Daron Rahvles, Julia, Mancuso, Brita Sigourney, David Wise, Jonny Moseley, Jeremy Bloom, Nikki Stone, Eric Bergoust, Hannah Kearney, Ted Ligety and Billy Demong to name just a few! “TK” as he is known by most of the athletes has seen success at the highest levels of sport. In 2019 Tom was inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall Of Fame. He is a noted public speaker and hosts several podcasts under the “Behind The Gold” brand. Tom also runs a consulting company called Tom Kelly Communications. You can find Tom on LinkedIn and follow him on Instagram @tomkellyolympic . #whatdrivesyou #success #usskiteam #usskiandsnowboard #olympics #gold #winter #alpine #nordic #freestyle #snowboard #racing #winner #champion #halloffame #legend #authentic #genuine #tk #communications #skiing #snowboarding #downhill #travel #pr #publicrelations #bestintheworld #shaunwhite #behindthegold

Doug is a former downhill ski racer whose career saw him as a two time national champion, two time Olympian and World Championship medalist. His historic bronze medal in Bormio Italy was the first ever medal for a male American Downhill racer and has been celebrated with his induction to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame earlier this year. Since his time on the slopes, Doug created ELITEAM in 1991, with a desire to pass on his winning knowledge of world class sports to future generations. He is still actively involved in every level of the ski industry as broadcaster, ski celebrity, motivational speaker, product consultant and coach.Check out Eliteam:Website: https://eliteam.comInstagram: @eliteamdigdeep---Learn more about The Sideline Perspective:Website: http://thesidelineperspective.comSubmit Your Story: http://thesidelineperspective.com/submit/Instagram: @thesidelineperspective

Kristen Ulmer is a former professional extreme skier who retired in 2003 to study and teach about fear. She also starred in over 20 ski movies, and was called by the ski media the best woman big mountain extreme skier in the world from 1990 to 2001. In 1997 Ulmer was also voted in a Powder magazine ski industry survey to be the best overall female skier in the world, beating even Olympic gold medalists. She was known for jumping off up to 70-foot cliffs, throwing flips, and for ski mountaineering feats such as the first female ski descent of Wyoming's Grand Teton in 1997.   An avid rock and ice climber, paraglider pilot, adventure cyclist, and kiteboarder, Ulmer was voted by the outdoor industry in a 2000 Women's Sports and Fitness magazine poll to be the most extreme woman athlete in North America, beating women in all sports disciplines not just skiing. September of 2019 Kristen was inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. She is the author of: The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead. Kristen has been featured in NPR, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Outside Magazine, and many more.   Brought to you by Haberland Group (HaberlandGroup.com) and Hardy Haberland's Programs (HardyHaberland.com).   This podcast is brought to you by Haberland Group. Haberland Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With multidisciplinary teams in major world markets, our holding companies specialize in advertising, branding, communications planning, digital marketing, media, podcasting, public relations, as well as specialty marketing. If you are looking for a world-class partner to work on marketing programs, go to HaberlandGroup.com and contact us.   This podcast is also brought to you by Hardy Haberland's Programs. Hardy provides educational programs for high performers who want world-class achievement, true fulfillment, and lasting transformation in their lives. He also provides consulting for established brands and businesses that have generated a minimum of $3 million in annual sales. If you need a catalyst for transformation and a strategist for success at the highest level, go to HardyHaberland.com and apply.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Kristen Ulmer is a former professional extreme skier who retired in 2003 to study and teach about fear. She also starred in over 20 ski movies, and was called by the ski media the best woman big mountain extreme skier in the world from 1990 to 2001. In 1997 Ulmer was also voted in a Powder magazine ski industry survey to be the best overall female skier in the world, beating even Olympic gold medalists. She was known for jumping off up to 70-foot cliffs, throwing flips, and for ski mountaineering feats such as the first female ski descent of Wyoming's Grand Teton in 1997.   An avid rock and ice climber, paraglider pilot, adventure cyclist, and kiteboarder, Ulmer was voted by the outdoor industry in a 2000 Women's Sports and Fitness magazine poll to be the most extreme woman athlete in North America, beating women in all sports disciplines not just skiing. September of 2019 Kristen was inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. She is the author of: The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead. Kristen has been featured in NPR, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Outside Magazine, and many more.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.