Smarter and harder skiing with Ingrid Backstrom

About this episode

Ingrid Backstrom discusses her journey in freeskiing, coaching, and the challenges faced by women in the sport.

Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis. For more than 20 years, Ingrid Backstrom has been championing women in freeskiing, through more than 20 ski movie appearances, pioneering first descents, coaching and teaching avalanche awareness classes. The mother of two who grew up skiing in Washington's Cascades continues to plow a path for women in skiing, encouraging up-and-comers to find their creative voice through skiing. Listen in as Ingrid shares insights into coaching, shifting mindsets in the backcountry, balancing life as a pro skier and parent, changing training tactics as you age and the importance of getting out of control on skis. Thanks for listening to Next Level Skiing. Topics: 2:30 Winter weekends in a 1954 Bookmobile at Crystal Mountain 3:15 First move appearance in Matchstick Productions "Yearbook" in 2004 4:30 Carrying the torch for women in freeskiing 5:10 The new generation of female rippers. "The level has just gone exponentially higher." 7:30 Challenges of coming up as a pro skier 20 years ago versus today 9:40 Twenty years coaching with the Superstars Camp in Portillo Chile 11:00 "The best ways of learning something is to…

People in this episode

Host: Wagner Skis

Guest: Ingrid Backstrom

Topics covered

• women in freeskiing
• coaching
• backcountry skiing
• training tactics
• balancing life as a pro skier and parent

Keywords

• freeskiing
• coaching
• women in skiing
• avalanche awareness
• training

Sponsors

Wagner Skis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matchstick Productions "Yearbook"

Places: Washington's Cascades, Portillo Chile

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