Dave “The Rocket” Ryding
I got to sit down with Dave in a hotel at the base of a training slope in Austria and just talk shop for 45 minutes. It was a fantastic, wide-ranging conversation.
Hip Dragging with River Radamus
River and I break the mold a bit and just talk ski racing, instead of strictly covering River’s own story. The result is an intriguing, fun conversation that runs the gamut.
Tommy Ford, the GS Artist
Tommy Ford is back, arcing turns! We talk about his horrific crash and his road to recovery. We also talk about patience, artwork, expressing emotion in skiing, fine-tuned equipment—and throughout the conversation, it becomes obvious that Tommy is a philosopher of skiing, with a cool and unique outlook on everything. The nugget of Skiing History this time is about the evolution of ski bases.
Breaking Legs with Sam DuPratt
Sam and I have been rehabbing our broken legs together at the U.S. Ski Team facilities, and in this podcast we have a casual conversation that is sometimes fun and sometimes a little deep. We talk about everything: injury recovery psychology, youth development, ski racing technique, and greatest fears. The Skiing History segment is about the world’s oldest skis.
Steven Nyman, an American Downhiller
We start things off with a few fun segments and a quick call to River Radamus in the beginning, then a congratulatory call to Paula Moltzan at the end. However, Olympian and American Downhiller veteran Steven Nyman makes up the meat of this episode, with wisdom, humor, and few great stories