Ski Heroes Podcast
1) Episode 19 - Halloween Special - Lahti 2001: A very Finnish scandal
Send us a textThe scandal was as taken out of a Finnish television theater, and it ended every bit as tragic. The FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships in Lahti 2001 will forever be remembered with ho...Show More
2) Episode 18 - Team Kamikaze
Send us a textFew have felt the pressure from a whole nation on his shoulders the way Masahiko Harada did at the 1998 Olympic ski jumping team competition in Nagano, Japan. In episode 17 we follow the...Show More
3) Episode 17 - The badass telemark skier
Send us a textTalk about living life to the fullest. Gone too soon under tragic circumstances, Kasha Rigby showed us all how a life can be lived. From her early days of ski bumming in Colorado, to her...Show More
4) Episode 16 - The female Compagnoni
Her aggressive style of skiing made people compare her to fellow Italian skier Alberto Tomba, but she was no female version of him. Her demeanor may have been humble and shy, but Deborah Compagnoni wa...Show More
5) Episode 15 - A jump for the ages
Ski jumping needs innovation. And an unlikely hero may have just showed up to save the day, or at least save it for one day.. In episode 15 I share my thoughts on Red Bull's recent publicity stunt in ...Show More
6) Episode 14 - Halloween Special - Ski flying in the 1980s
Ski flying has always been about chasing records. In a never-ending pursuit of longer and longer jumps, ski flying hills were expanded faster than the jumpers could keep up with. By the 1980s, hills ...Show More
7) Episode 13 - V for victory for the first master of the V-style
Toni Nieminen from Finland was only 16 years old when he introduced himself to the world of ski jumping. As the sport was going through a massive change from the old parallel style to the new V-style,...Show More
8) Episode 12 - Snowshoe Thompson skiing in the Wild West
Skiing was a thing in the Wild West. Snowshoe Thompson, a native of Tinn in Telemark, Norway, introduced skiing to California during the now legendary Gold Rush in the 1850s as he delivered mail and s...Show More
9) Episode 11 - The loner who forever changed cross-country skiing
It only takes one person to make a big change. US cross-country skier Bill Koch had been a loner most of his life and was never afraid to go his own ways. Having won the silver medal at the 1976 Innsb...Show More
10) Episode 10 - Skiing for fun. And for the environment
What a cool life Andrea Mead Lawrence lived! Staying true to her motto of skiing for fun, by the time she was 19 she was a two time Olympic Champion and had travelled the world to do the thing she lov...Show More