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As a former World Cup and Olympic Racer, I want to share the ins and outs of World Cup Ski Racing, with expert guests to discuss current issues and the breaking stories throughout the season. If you have any burning questions drop me a message and we will try and answer them during an episode.
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S4.E14. Dont Gar-Missch The Olympics from 2022-02-04T17:03
With the main players at the Olympics we chat through the Garmisch speed races for the women and then preview the main event for 2022... The Beijing Olympics.
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S4.E13. Nothing To See Here from 2022-01-26T18:05:53
Some British guy did something good, oh and there was some other racing at the weekend.
Last set of racing coming up this weekend before the Olympic Game, the women are in action in Garmis...
S4.E11 Weng Is Odermatt Going Stop Winning from 2022-01-17T23:12:08
Wengen didn't disappoint did it??! 4 crazy days of racing for so many different reasons on the mens tour, while the women did battle in Zauchensee where the drama continued with Goggia ending her d...
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S4.E11 Women On The Mens Hills And Adelboden WITH Fans from 2022-01-11T23:57:20
The women put on a series of mega performances on iconic World Cup venues, showing that these tough tracks bring out the some of the best ski racing we have seen all season.
Plus Adelboden...
S4.E9 Races For Days from 2021-12-30T15:32:06
With the Pod being unable to keep up with the FIS World Cup schedule, we are playing catch up! Grab a festive drink and settle in as Ben and Ed catch up with the mega programme pre Christmas plus t...
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S4. E8. Big Performances In Val D + Gut - Behrami Back On Top from 2021-12-13T20:10:57
Odermatt continues his Stella form taking the win in Saturday's GS while Noel schools the rest of the World Cup field on his home hill.
Gut-Behrami showed Goggia that she isn't going to ha...
S4. E7. Goggia Sends A Message And Kilde Is Back from 2021-12-06T21:24:39
Where to start... Got to be Goggia, claims 3 wins and the clean sweep in Lake Louise, whilst Odermatt and Kilde battled it out in the SGs, then Kilde backed up his return from injury with a big win...
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S4. E6. North America Is Back from 2021-11-29T19:58:34
North America has returned to the World Cup tour after a year away due to Covid, both men and women had their fair share of weather issues with storms in both Lake Louise and Killington.
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S4.E5. Vlhova Queen Of The Reindeer from 2021-11-23T20:30:03
Vlhova starts the slalom season with a bang and sends a message to the rest of the World...
Ed and Marcel pick out the best bits from Levi, the Predictions League starts to take shape, plu...
S4. E2. The Parallel from 2021-11-09T21:43:22
To parallel or not to parallel that is the question... and for many, to not parallel is the option.
Ed, Ben and Marcel discuss how many of the Worlds best will not be competing.
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S4. E3. The Parallel from 2021-11-09T21:43:22
To parallel or not to parallel that is the question... and for many, to not parallel is the option.
Ed, Ben and Marcel discuss how many of the Worlds best will not be competing.
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S4.E2 Solden Recap from 2021-10-26T20:24:27
What an opening weekend to the World Cup tour. The Women and Men didn't disappoint. Shiffrin kicked off the season where most have come to expect with a W... 70 World Cup wins now to her name, but ...
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S4.E1 Solden Time from 2021-10-17T11:00:10
Welcome to Season 4! Ski racing is back and we kick of as ever with the curtain raiser that is Solden GS. Women on the 23rd and men on the 24th of October.
Ed, Ben, Marcel and Luke are bac...
S3.E26 Season Review from 2021-04-08T20:36:44
With the World Cup season over, we look back at the highs and lows of an eventful season? From athletes and nations that impressed to under performers, what we would do if in charge of FIS plus mor...
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S3.E25 Lenzerheide Finals from 2021-03-22T21:07:20
The boys are back, to review a strange end to the season, speed races all cancelled, Pinturault and Vlhova pick up the Big Globe. Gut-Behrami strangely skis out amidst rumours of safety or protest....
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S3.E24 Odermatt On The Charge & Vlhova Recovery from 2021-03-15T21:00:15
Charlie Raposo joins Ed and Marcel, as we look back at Pinturault's tricky weekend which has let Odermatt take the lead in the GS standings and in with a good shot at the Overall title. Whilst Vlho...
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S3. E23. Saalbach, Jasna And Shiffrin from 2021-03-08T19:55:25
What a great weekend of racing, from Odermatt's domination of the SG to Shiffrin's winning Slalom run to Shiffrin's questions of the Slovakian course crews supposed delaying tactics!
What ...
S3. E22 Brutal Bansko And Injuries In Italy from 2021-03-01T20:52:35
Crammed a lot onto this pod! We chatted about Bansko and how blaming ski manufacturers is creeping into the racers narrative, plus we have to talk about injuries again after 2 horrendous crashes fo...
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S3.E21. Reverse The Top 15??? Cortina Round Up from 2021-02-22T22:47:24
The tech events brought the champs to a close. We cover the unorthodox decision FIS took to only reverse the top 15 on the second run! Liensberger's crushing slalom win, a surprise mens GS podium a...
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S3. E20. Dont Get Me Started On The Parallel from 2021-02-17T21:57:42
The Parallel...... what the hell was going on there, we try and figure out exactly what happened between Ed's rants! Plus a look back at the Alpine Combined events that seemed like they happened a ...
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S3.E19 World Champs Pt.1 from 2021-02-14T13:48:47
Finally we have some racing to discuss from the World Championships in Cortina! With the speed races all completed the Austrian double on the men and Swiss double on the womens side are the headlin...
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S3. E19 Garmisch + World Champs from 2021-02-07T17:25:10
Some more warm weather affected the mens speed races in Garmisch but thankfully the races managed to go ahead.
Ed, Ben and Marcel look ahead to the opening races of the World Champs in Cor...
S3.E18 Chamonix Garmisch from 2021-02-01T23:55:47
Tricky weather had a say in all the racing this time out, Chamonix was warm and wet, meaning it was back to salt city, giving the athletes a tough time dealing with rapidly worsening conditions, wh...
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S3.E17 Kitz, Crans, Kron And Scladming from 2021-01-28T00:25:20
After a big few races, we look back at the most famous of Downhills, Kitzbuhel... from crashes to winners, we also have interviews with the chief medic on site and Hannes Trinkl on how we can get a...
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S3.E16 Flachau & Kranjska from 2021-01-18T20:47:39
It might have been flat but the racing wasn't. The men delivered over in Flachau, whilst the women tackled a very ice Kranjska Gora. From first time winners to discipline domination, this weekend h...
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S3.E15 Flachau from 2021-01-13T19:19:58
Ed, Ben and Marcel jump on to discuss the womens night slalom from Flachau and to chat through the plan for the seemingly ever changing schedule and make some predictions!
The women are s...
S3.E14 Ryding Adelboden & St Anton from 2021-01-10T23:49:14
The pod of pods is here, the main man Dave Ryding joins us to talk us through his World Cup podium! After a tough start to the season hear what Dave has to say after an epic day of racing.
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S3.E13 Zagreb from 2021-01-06T23:02:34
Back to the usual suspects on the Pod this week, Ed, Ben and Marcel chat through a rainy Zagreb and the tough conditions that pushed the worlds best to the limit... Ben plays 'getting to know you' ...
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S3.E12 Bormio & Semmering from 2020-12-31T19:57:27
Graham Bell joins Ed and Marcel to look back at one of the best races in history... Bormio downhill! Ryan Cochran-Seigle demolished the field and picked up his first World Cup Victory, Michelle Gis...
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S3.E11 Val D, Val G, Atla & Madonna from 2020-12-23T14:44:53
With the pre Christmas World Cup push over, we have lots to look back at... Val d'Isere for Ladies speed, Val Gardena, mens speed plus GS and Slalom from Alta Badia and Madonna!
From firs...
S3.E10 Val D'Isere & Courchevel from 2020-12-14T23:18:55
This week the pod welcomes back the voice of ski racing Nick Fellows as well as Marcel Mathis to look back over an extraordinary weekend of racing. Mauro Caviezel takes his first WC win, Martin Cat...
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S3.E9 Santa Caterina Review+Val D & Courch Preview from 2020-12-07T21:56:12
S3.E9 Santa Caterina Review+Val D & Courch Preview by Ed Drake
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S3.E8. Lech Review+Santa Caterina & St. Moritz Preview from 2020-11-30T22:08:49
Mens and Womens parallel event was the name of the game on the previous stop on the World Cup tour. Marcel Mathis former Austrian WC medal winner is back to dissect the action, as well as take part...
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S3.E7 Levi Review + Lech Preview from 2020-11-23T22:03:22
Levi played host to the first slaloms of the season, join us as we look back at the highs and lows up in the arctic circle, where the women put on the short boards and did battle. With Shiffrin bac...
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S3.E6 Levi Preview from 2020-11-16T22:39:10
World Cup racing is back and we have a belter of an episode for you. We are joined by former US Ski Team racer Warner Nickerson to dive into the upcoming womens double slalom from Levi, Finland, ta...
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S3.E5 Austrian Special from 2020-11-06T11:48:14
Really excited to welcome Austrian World Cup womens coach Wolfgang Grabner, who joins myself and Marcel Mathis on this Austrian Special episode. Whilst many would see this as the pinnacle of his ca...
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S3.E4. Solden Review from 2020-10-20T00:10:44
First race of the 2021 season is done, join myself and Ben Clark as we are joined by Olympian Finlay Mickel and Ski Bartlett owner Sally Bartlett, as we look back at the long awaited return of wint...
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S3.E3 Solden Preview from 2020-10-12T22:04:40
With the opening GS races in Solden less than a week away, it's time to have a look ahead to whats in store, Ben and myself are joined by none other than Dave Ryding to cast an expert eye over the ...
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S3.E2 Markus Waldner from 2020-10-08T17:45:03
Our first special episode of the season and its a belter, the Director of the mens World Cup, Markus Waldner talks to us about what to expect over the coming season. The new schedule, coronavirus t...
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S3.E1. Season Preview from 2020-10-07T16:40:28
We are back for season 3! With the first World Cup less than a fortnight away join myself and Ben as we take a run through of what to expect from this years tour who and what to keep an eye on! Mak...
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S2.E23. Part 3 2020 Review from 2020-05-05T10:36:10
The final programme to the 3 part 2020 Alpine World Cup Review, on this episode we are discussing how the Worlds best are dealing with Coronavirus and how that will impact summer plans, we take a c...
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S2.E22. Part 2 2020 Review from 2020-04-28T10:13:54
The Ski Racing Podcast continues to dissect the 2020 FIS Alpine World Cup at the Snow Centre after the Coronavirus brought the curtain down early this season.
Join myself, Ben and Luke as ...
S2.E21. Part 1 2020 Review from 2020-04-21T11:53:51
With the winter season cut short, we managed to get together at The Hemel Snow Centre, before the lockdown to discuss an epic season of World Cup racing. In Part 1 of 3, myself, Ben and Luke focus ...
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S2.E20 The 2 Daves on Lockdown from 2020-04-12T15:58:18
On this Special Lockdown Edition of the pod, I'm joined by two Dave's, Dave 'The Rocket' Ryding and Dave 'Smithers' Smith, the latter is a former British Ski Team Strength and Conditioning coach, w...
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S2. E19 Kvitfjell from 2020-03-09T23:55:27
With more weather issues hampering the 2020 World Cup tour, join myself and Ben as we look back at the only racing from this weekend, it was the mens Downhill in Norway, plus we discuss the last st...
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S2. E18. Hinterstoder + La Thuile from 2020-03-03T00:12:09
Join us for an action packed episode looking back at the tide shifting races for the men in Hinterstoder, the women brave racing in Italy plus we discuss the real possibility that Coronavirus will ...
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S2. E17. Naeba + Crans Montana from 2020-02-24T23:21:22
On this weeks pod... Its been a long trip for only one race for the men this weekend, slalom cancelled due to high winds but we did get a GS but in sub par conditions, whilst the women had perfect ...
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S2.E16 Saalbach + Kranjska Gora from 2020-02-18T01:28:50
Catch up with the latest episode! Join myself, ski racing legend Finlay Mickel and Ambition Racing's Marc Telling, as I try to keep them inline whilst we look back at the latest World Cup action fr...
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S2.E15 Chamonix + Garmisch + The Parallel GS from 2020-02-10T23:45:36
Racing for the men and women has been slightly overshadowed by a little discontent from the best of the best on the World Cup tour! Join myself, Ben Clark and Luke Steyn as we look back at the mens...
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S2. E14 Rosa Khutor + Garmisch from 2020-02-03T23:02:53
Listen up as we review a tough weekend of racing on the World Cup Tour, Ben and I discuss the only race for the Ladies from Rosa Khutor, the alpine Venue from the Sochi Olympics after bad weather s...
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S2.E13 Wengen + Bankso + Kitz +Schladming from 2020-01-29T22:45:48
The pod is back, join myself and Luke Steyn as we look back at a picturesque Wengen, a gruelling battle for the women in Bankso Bulgaria, plus Kitzbuehel in all its unrelenting glory and the most p...
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S2.E12 Altenmarkt + Adelboden from 2020-01-13T23:10:28
Right its a long one but a good one I promise!!! Join myself and my old faithful Ben Clark with special guest, the voice of ski racing, Nick Fellows as we take a look back through the World Cup act...
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S2.E11.SnowQueen from 2020-01-06T23:32:58
Ben and I are back to talk though the epic battles from last weekends Snow Queen trophy competition from Zagreb plus a look ahead to the tricky ladies speed races in Altenmarkt, another night slalo...
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S2.E10 Bormio+Lienz from 2019-12-31T09:41:45
What a weekend of racing, Shiffrin does the double in Lienz in some style as does Mr Paris taking double downhill in Bormio managing to tame the Selvio! Pinturault continues remarkable Alpine Combi...
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S2.E9 Val Gardena + Alta Badia from 2019-12-24T13:32:58
After a tricky weather weekend for the women that saw all the races from Val d'Isere cancelled, we take a look back at the mens racing from Val Gardena and Alta Badia, plus a look ahead to the post...
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S2.E8 Val D+St Moritz from 2019-12-18T22:21:39
Discussing the hectic schedule for the ladies, racing Super G, Parallel Slalom in St. Moritz then into GS in Courchevel, Italians putting a real show of force on the World Cup scene. The mens progr...
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S2.E8.LakeBeaverReview+ValD+StMoritzPreview from 2019-12-10T09:58:19
What a weekend of racing, join myself and expert Ben Clark as we look back at some phenomenal speed races from North America from the men and women! Plus what to expect as the World's best cross th...
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S2. E7 Lake Louise&Killington Review + Lake Louise&Beaver Creek Preview from 2019-12-02T23:40:39
Join myself and Olympic downhiller turned Ski Sunday presenter Graham Bell as we take a look back at the World Cup racing from last weekend, the women were in Killington, USA and the men were on th...
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S2. E6. Levi Review & Killington + Lake Louise Preview from 2019-11-26T06:06:07
Join myself and former racer James Bennett as we take a look back at Shiffrin's record breaking 41st World Cup slalom win, Dave Ryding's rollercoaster of a day as well as Kristoffersen's return to ...
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S2. E5. Levi Preview from 2019-11-18T21:21:32
The World Cup is back! This weekend sees the first chance for the slalom skiers to claim glory, up in Levi Finland. I am joined by PDS academy Director, Craig Robinson and Excel Race Academy Direct...
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S2. E4. Dave Ryding Special from 2019-11-04T18:51:59
Join myself and Dave Ryding in this exclusive, behind the scenes look at the man who is putting British skiing back on the map. From his unorthodox background to podiums on World Cup. This is one n...
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S2. E3. Sölden Review from 2019-10-30T15:50:30
On this episode myself and Ben Clark are joined by Olympian Luke Steyn and GB GS World Cup racer Charlie Raposo fresh from competing in Sölden, take a look back at the action from the first World C...
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S2. E2. Sölden Preview from 2019-10-21T20:15:12
With the first race of the Alpine World Cup on the horizon it's Giant Slalom action for the Women and the Men on the Rettenbach, high up on the Sölden Glacier. Can Shiffrin pick up where she left o...
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S2. E1. Season Preview from 2019-10-16T21:25:33
Welcome back to the first episode of the 2019/20 season of Alpine Racing. Join myself, ski racing oracle Ben Clark, Olympic slalom star turned GB coach Noel Baxter and director and coach of Team Ev...
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Marcel Hirscher Retirement Special from 2019-09-04T20:49:04
On this special edition podcast Myself, Ben Clark and Marcel Mathis discuss one of the worst kept secrets in sport... Marcel Hirscher's retirement from the World of Alpine racing, can anyone fill t...
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E20 World Cup Finals, Rants And Retirees from 2019-03-20T11:30:47
On this episode, Ben, Luke Steyn, Marcel Mathis and I discuss the World Cup Finals, talk through yours and our World Cup'er of season.
Find out the Court of Arbitration for Sport's final r...
E19 Last World Cup Before Finals & National Champs Frustrations from 2019-03-12T09:44:05
E19 Last World Cup Before Finals & National Champs Frustrations by Ed Drake
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E18 Kvitfjell Review, Money Where Your Mouth Is, Doping plus Weekend Preview from 2019-03-05T10:18:39
This week Ben and myself are rounding up the action from Kvitfjell, where the men raced DH and SG, talking about how one athlete is putting his money where his mouth is by pledging winnings toward ...
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E17 Reviews, Previews, Double Cross-Blocking And Cancelled Races from 2019-02-26T12:29:54
On this episode I am joined by my regular guest Ben Clark as well as special guests, Olympian Luke Steyn as well as Austrian World Cup GS racer Marcel Mathis who twice finished on the podium on the...
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E16 World Champs Review + Return To The World Cup from 2019-02-18T22:50:43
With the World Champs done and dusted, we talk our highs and lows from Are, then its back to usual as racing gets back to the World Cup circuit. First, the Stockholm City Event, can The Rocket come...
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World Champs Special. Day 9, Womens GS from 2019-02-14T19:47:38
The penultimate race for the Women at the World Championships, the first of 4 races back to back to close them out.
Shiffrin goes into the GS as overwhelming favourite, can she live up to ...
World Champs Special. Day 8 Team Event from 2019-02-12T22:35:53
The Team Event, 4 athletes, 2 women, 2 men, race in 4 individual races, win and you get a point. Most points advances that nation...
France were the reigning World Champions, Switzerland t...
World Champs Special. Day 6+7 Womens DH Mens AC from 2019-02-11T22:30:07
Catch up with the action from the Women's DH and Lindsey Vonn's farewell race, as well as the tightly contested mens Alpine Combined, who will claim the best allrounder title? Pinturault goes in as...
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World Champs Special. Day 5, Mens DH from 2019-02-09T15:30:39
Blue ribbon event at the World Championships, Mens Downhill. Some crazy weather conditions caused the organisers to lower the start and complete the race in controversial circumstances. Find out wh...
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World Champs Special. Day 4, Womens AC from 2019-02-08T20:08:10
Today was the 3rd opportunity to pick up medals at this season World Championships. The Women were in action in the Alpine Combined, one run of downhill followed by one run of slalom to hunt out th...
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World Champs Special. Day 2, Mens Super G. from 2019-02-06T14:22:25
Join me on this special episode of The Ski Racing Podcast. Giving you the highlights from the second day of the Alpine World Championships in Are, Sweden. It's the turn of the Men to get their camp...
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World Champs Special. Day 1, Women's Super G. from 2019-02-05T17:02
Join me on this special episode of The Ski Racing Podcast. Giving you the highlights from the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Are, Sweden. The women have been in action, racing Sup...
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E15 World Championship Preview. The Ones To Watch from 2019-02-04T22:06:49
Talking all things World Champs as we get underway from Are, Sweden. Ben and I take you through the ones to watch in each event from the first medal on offer which is the Women's Super G to the la...
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E14 Kitzbuhel, Schladming, Garmisch Review + Maribor, Garmisch Preview from 2019-01-30T21:22:01
What a weekend of racing, infamous Kitzbuhel didn't disappoint, Schladming was in fine fettle and Garmisch tested the mettle. This weekend of racing is why we love the World Cup tour! Ben and I dis...
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E13 Review Of Wengen & Cortina Preview Garmisch, Kitzbuhel and Schladming from 2019-01-24T11:33:38
On this packed episode Ben Clark and I are reviewing an enthralling Wengen and Cortina weekend of racing and looking forward to the most fierce downhill on the tour for the men in Kitzbuhel on The ...
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E12 Adleboden from 2019-01-14T21:50:25
Ben Clark and myself take a look back at the mens Giant Slalom and Slalom from last weekend, then we take a look forward at the Women's World Cup from Cortina D'Ampezzo and the Men's iconic World C...
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E11 Zagreb And Who Is The G O A T from 2019-01-08T22:38:43
On this episode I am joined be Craig Robinson and Aaron Tipping, we are discussing last weekends racing from Zagreb, talking the Greatest Of All Time as well as a look forward to the women's racing...
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E10 Oslo City Dave Ryding Podium from 2019-01-02T20:09:36
E10 Looking back at all the World Cup races that were held over the festive period as well as detailed look at Dave Ryding's second place performance at the City Parallel Slalom in Oslo as well as ...
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E9 Val Gardena + Alta Badia Review from 2018-12-19T07:23:35
After a packed Italian schedule, we take a look back at the mens competitions from Val Gardena and Alta Badia, also we take a closer look at the crash of Marc Gisin and we have more details on the ...
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E8 Oxygen Gate Plus Reviews And Previews from 2018-12-12T11:07:30
On this episode I am going by former World Cup downhiller Dougie Crawford, we are discussing the racing from last weekends women's competition from St. Moritz and men's from Val D'Isere as well as ...
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E7 Lake Louise+Beaver Creek Review&St Moritz+ Val D'Isere Preview from 2018-12-05T18:00:11
On this episode I am joined by former British racer Scott McBain, as we discuss last weekends Women's and Men's World Cup racing in North America as well as looking forward to this weekend action, ...
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E6 Killington & Lake Louise Review + Lake Louise And Beaver Creek Preview from 2018-11-29T21:36:14
During this weeks episode I am joined by 5 time Olympian and Ski Sunday presenter Graham Bell as we discuss the previous events from the Women and the Men's World Cups in Killington and Lake Louise...
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E5 Levi Review Killington & Lake Louise Preview from 2018-11-22T04:57:04
On this episode, I'll be catching up with the events from Levi, Finland after a gripping weekend of racing as well as taking a look forward at this weekends Giant Slalom and Slalom for the women fr...
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E4 Levi Preview from 2018-11-11T19:29:02
During this episode my guests are Ben Clark and Paul Telling as we discuss the Women's and Men's World Cup Slalom, from Levi, Finland. Who will take the opening slalom of the season?
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E3 Sölden Review from 2018-11-06T07:54:26
During this episode I am joined by Ben Clark and Paul Telling as we discuss the events from the opening weekends Alpine World Cup in Sölden, Austria.
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E2 Solden Preview from 2018-10-28T22:19:26
A podcast about my thoughts along with my guests Ben Clark as we look forward to the first race of the Word Cup Season in Sölden, Austria.
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E1 World Cup Preview from 2018-10-28T22:13:43
A podcast about my thoughts along with my guests about Alpine Ski Racing. During this episode I am joined by Ben Clark.
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