The Skippy Report

My guest on this episode is Erik Fey, one half of The Fey Brothers and owner of Telemarkdown. Erik shares how he got into Telemark skiing, an awesome, "Uncle story", you know how those stories unfold! Erik shares multiple Telemark tales as well as how and why he got into Telemark retail. This is part one of two, as Erik had so many stories that we really didn't get to the main retail story, as well as trends and gear, content for part two.

Larissa shares her backstory of growing up in Switzerland and taking up skiing as a child and progressing through the racing scene and naturally taking up ski instructing as a young person to earn spending money. Larissa shares how and why she came to Canada where she started to dabble with hosting Telemark events which ultimately lead to what she is presently doing with Tailgate Tele, based out of Golden, British Columbia. We get to hear about the struggles and accomplishments of putting together a demo fleet of Telemark gear as well as the development of a unique athletic movement assessment and prescription programme based on Telemark skiing as the assessment tool and prescription delivery mode. Enjoy!

Per shares his story of growing up on a farm on the Southwest coast of Norway and Nordic skiing the fields as a young child, eventually learning to also alpine ski, and then to Telemark Skiing. Per also shares his travel stories along with telemark racing. As Per gained more experience and knowledge he developed the TShark binding just as Rottefella was developing and bringing their NTN binding to market. Per's love of Telemark skiing continues with his own fleet of demo equipment, TShark, that he travels around Europe offering the Telemark experience to the Tele-curious.

Meet Serge Baranovsky owner of Rise of Tele, and some of the Rise of Tele crew, Molly and Brian Hitchens, in this episode. Serge, Molly, and Brian each share their own stories about making their way into Telemark skiing and some of their adventures since taking up our sport. Serge shares the story of why and how he started The Rise of Tele and the development of the crew that helps with groups activities. One in particular activity is the festival they hold at Mission Ridge Ski Resort in Wenatchee, Washington. The Festival is called The Wenatchee Telemark Festival, or as I like "The WT Festival". Enjoy!

in this episode my good friend, Justin Raub and myself talk about his introduction to Telemark Skiing and where it has taken him and the people he has met, as well as what he has learned. We also talk about his youth and love of baseball and all things sports, leading to his college education at Shippensburg University focusing on media journalism and sports. Justin shares some of his most memorable experiences while learning his craft as a student as well as while working in his field as a news journalist/videographer for a news affiliate in Harrisburg, PA. Enjoy!

CJ shares his backstory of how this Floridian got into Telemark Skiing and the organic growth of locally promoting Telemark skiing to starting TELECOLO and hosting a film competition to growing into film making and now being part of the number one Telemark podcast on the web. Yes, I conceded that you MrAdamX ;) . I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I have and make sure you show CJ, TELECOLO, and The Pretty Good Telemark Show some love, because CJ works his ass off for promoting our sport.

Stefan Bagnato and I have a conversation about his journey into Telemark Skiing, and as he says, "Falling into the rabbit hole that is Telemark Skiing." Stefan also shares his experiences with racing on the World Cup scene over the last few years, and also how he prepares for the racing season. Enjoy!