Winter Sports Market, aka WSM, is the only show that resembles what SIA once was.  It has all the brands, all the new products, all the in-house staff, all the reps, and all the dealers.   As far as industry building and culture building events, outside of movie premiers, this is all skiing has.  I went down to SLC to cover the event and detail my trade show experience and along the way I chat with folks like Mike Hattrup, Ted Ligety, Cassie Able, Griffin Post, Jonny Moseley, Alex O’Brien and some other incredible industry legends and insiders.

WSM Show Notes:

4:00: Griffin Post, Cassie Able, Cam Hoffman, Mike Hattrup, and Ted Ligety

21:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn’t you Visit Idaho

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24:00: Tim Petrick, Mike Hattrup, and Jonny Moseley

40:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00: HP Featherman, Mark Brice, Lauren Samuels, Ben Fresco, Damian Quigley, and Alex O’Brien

Kaya Turski grew up in Montreal and was the little rollerblader who was blowing everyone’s collective minds. While Kaya went ASA Pro at 14, she was known for being a gnarly street skater. One of the best women to ever do it. But the bottom dropped out of skating, Kaya decided to give skiing a try and within a year, she was standing on her first X-Games podium in a sport that wasn’t her original calling. From there, Kaya went on to dominate competition skiing.  Think 8 X Games Golds, 5 AFP Titles and so many more victories to boot. But her story is not all sunshine, the years of abuse has taken its toll on her body and mind and Kaya and I talk about all the glory but we also talk about the daily pain that is her reality. It’s an interesting talk with a legend and Ashley Battersby asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Kaya Turski Show Notes:

4:00: Getting inline, finding the skatepark, D-Structure, street skating, IMYTA, Road to No Where her parents, sponsors,

21:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn’t you Visit Idaho

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24:00: Making zero dollars from her skate career, skate going away, girls, getting back into skiing, moving to Whistler, go pro really fast, and almost dying.

40:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00: Did injury get into her head, fear, X Games, perfectionist, undefeated seasons, Sarah and the Switch 10, her Olympic nightmare, the aftermath, her headaches,

63:00: Inappropriate Questions with Ashley Battersby

Cody Cirillo started his ski career competing on the AFP pro circuit, but huge podiums weren’t in Cody’s future, graduating from USC magna cum laude all while transitioning his pro ski career from contests to adventure, was the path for Cody. And for the next decade, he's managed to pump out annual ski content, personal project style, while holding down a desk job as a creative director, these days for his longtime sponsor, Faction skis. On the podcast, we talk about Cody’s Mongolia film project “150 Hours From Home” (it drops free online today) and Bobby Brown asks the Inappropriate Questions 

Cody Cirillo Show Notes:

4:00: Mother Nature Ski Poles, Telluride, Breckenridge, skiing, Freeway Park, competing, and the Orage Masters

19:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn’t you Visit Idaho

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22:00: College, sponsors, travel stories, becoming a designer out of school while still being a seasonal pro skier, Candide, and The Honey House Bus

40:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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42:00: Film budgets, changing his ways in the mountains, is he a fitness guy, personal projects, 

53:00: Inappropriate Questions with Bobby Brown

Nick Goepper has 2 Olympic Silver and 1 Olympic Bronze in his closet and this year, in a totally new discipline, Nick is aiming to take his first gold medal home at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. What’s crazy is that 3 years ago, when Nick came out of retirement and told the world he was gunning for halfpipe gold, a lot of us thought it was a publicity stunt. But Nick knew exactly what he was doing and now, he’s one of the front runners for gold.  Nick’s whole life has been an underdog story and time and again and time and again and time and again and now a 4^th time and again, Nick is off to compete on the biggest stage in the world.  It’s part 3 with a guy who used to be my least favorite comp skier, who then became my favorite skier. Steve Stepp asks the Inappropriate Questions.

Nick Goepper Show Notes:

4:00: Sports, skiing for himself, the halfpipe prophecy in Bad Gastein, social media, Vail, Pit Viper,

21:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn’t you Visit Idaho

Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.

23:00: Money, mental health, retiring, divorce, and making his 4^th Olympic team

38:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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43:00: Will he compete more, Snow League, Olympics, and what’s next

47:00: Inappropriate Questions with Steve Stepp

Angel Collinson kicks off season 10 of the podcast and it’s a good one. When Angel was last on the show, she was coming off a “Line of the Year” season and was on the top of the ski world. What I, and a lot of people didn’t realize, was that Angel wasn’t as passionate about skiing as the world thought she was. Eventually burnout got the best of her and Angel shocked the ski world when she retired in her prime and sailed off into the sunset. We talk about it all and her brother, another incredible athlete and human, John Collinson, asks the Inappropriate Questions. 

Angel Collinson Show Notes:

4:00: Impressions, where we left off last, blown knee, skiing was her track to everything, burnout, college, big mountain comps, fear,

21:00: Ski Idaho: With 19 mountains, a ton of snow and no lift lines, why wouldn’t you Visit Idaho

Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.

24:00: Pressure, loss, energy healing, grief, AK with Seth, Sage, and Dana, production of skiing, having an epiphany about skiing, and money

41:30: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

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43:00: The business of being pro, retiring, buying a sailboat, living in the water, pirates, and an epiphany at Burning Man

68:00: Inappropriate Questions with John Collinson