Elyse Saugstad is not only a Powder Award-winning skier known for her impressive movie segments over the years, but she’s also a woman who’s put her career on the line to better the treatment of women in big mountain ski competitions. Throughout Elyse’s career, people have said no to her, but she’s never taken no as the final answer. On the podcast, we talk about growing up in Alaska, ski racing, college in New Mexico, ski bumming turning into a pro career, and a whole lot about gender and equality. It’s a good one, and Jackie Paaso asks the Inappropriate Questions
Elyse Saugstad Show Notes:
3:00: Super Bowl, Duck Farts, “Here, Hold My Kid” movie, and competing for athlete spots.
11:00: Social media, growing up in AK, skiing in AK
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23:30: Ski Racing, US dev team, powder, scholarship, Tahoe, her first comp, dominating the FWT, the women’s demotion fiasco.
40:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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42:30: Risking her career for all women when risk doesn’t pay off, is anyone good at inclusion, Taylor Swift, and leaving the FWT to film
52:00: Powder Awards goal journey, achieving goals, risk, shooting with Cody, the “All In” dynamic, developing new spaces, and having a kid as a pro athlete
75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Jackie Paaso
Jess Kimura’s life has never been easy. Yeah, she’s a pro snowboarder who travels the world to ride, which sounds like a dream - But, hearing about the path that led Jess to snowboard superstardom, I doubt many people would trade places with her. What she has achieved is incredible. On the podcast, we talk about life lessons of the skatepark, leaving home at 16, being broke, snowboarding, mental health issues, losing snowboarding, love, losing love; oh, there is so much in this must-listen episode. Marie-France Roy asks the Inappropriate Questions
Jess Kimura Show Notes:
3:00: Alpenglow Speaker Series, Flipping her truck, early life of gymnastics and team sports, and skiing at Silverstar
12:00: Skateboarding, bad stuff at the skatepark, leaving home at 16 and getting a place with a boyfriend, alternative school, and societies stereotypes
21:00: Stanley: Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
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Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
24:00: Snowboard culture, inspiration, her contest mentality, traveling on Wendy’s paychecks, Nationals, her attitude and look, traveling to Switzerland for her first World Cup, and the start of mental health battles
40:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:00: Getting on powerful meds, getting put in a group home for kids with psychosis, losing snowboarding, getting off meds, and getting her life back
50:00: Picking up hitchhikers, trying to go to SuperPark with a lacerated liver, moving to Whistler, concussions, and cameramen not shooting her because she’s a girl
61:00: Sexismin the mountains, sponsorship, finding love, finding inspiration, losing love, and The Uninvited
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Marie-France Roy
Maggie Voisin’s life has been defined by skiing, family, and the highs and lows that come with both. A three-time Olympian and 7-time X Games medalist, Maggie knows what it’s like to achieve her goals and experience the highest of highs. But, between losing a brother to suicide, untimely injuries, and countless knee surgeries, she’s also experienced the lowest of lows. Throughout it all, Maggie innovated, inspired, and spent a lot of time on podiums. Inappropriate Questions asked by Ashley Battersby and Parkin Costain
Maggie Voisin Show Notes:
3:00: X-Games, Whitefish, figure skating, wanting to be a pro skier, Windell’s, and moving out as a teenager.
21:00: Stanley: Get up to 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
23:30: World traveling young (she said dank meal), WSI, Dew Tour, X Games, Sponsors, the Sochi Olympics, and her injury
40:3 0: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:30: More sponsors, more injuries, winning X Games, Olympics part 2, and losing her brother
60:00: The aftermath of loss, a final Olympic run, the Covid Games,
68 :00: Inappropriate Questions with Ashley Battersby and Parkin Costain
Kaitlyn Farrington grew up on a cattle ranch in Bellevue, Idaho. Life growing up was all about hard work, rodeoing, and, if there was fresh snow, skipping school to head to her home mountain of Sun Valley. Eventually, she switched from skiing to snowboarding, earned a scholarship for the Sun Valley Team, and things happened quickly. She went from being nobody to the World Cup to being named to the stacked US Team in a matter of years- she was always the underdog. But, in her biggest moment, she rode away with Olympic gold…and an injury took it all away. On the podcast, we talk about ranch life, making the US Team at 17, becoming a privateer, winning, a new reality, becoming an astronaut, and more.
Kaitlyn Farrrington Show Notes:
3:00: Parents were ski bums, birthing horses, isolation, the old money of Sun Valley, and snowboarding.
12:00: Joining the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Freestyle Snowboard Team late, casually competitive, getting on the US Team fast, Barrett Christy, Europe, and specializing in halfpipe.
21:00 Stanley: Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
24:00: Selling cattle to get money for contests, X-Games, Gold at Euro X, leaving the US Team, sponsors, money, making the Olympic Team in dramatic fashion, and winning gold
41:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:00: Daytona, parades, The Oscars, her injury, accepting reality, misleading sponsors, and The Dear Moon Project
56:00: Inappropriate Questions