Behind the Scenes with...

Season 1 is coming to a close, and we're rounding things out with a Behind the Scenes view of how Skatewives (my internet persona) came to be. My husband, Ryan, was tasked with facilitating this "interview," and we touch on everything from how Ryan got into skateboarding, my swimming career, how we ended up living in the van, and what Skatewives has given me over this last year. Check out Skatewiv...

Morgan McNallie Blunck, wife of professional freestyle skier, Aaron Blunck, is on the podcast! Aaron started skiing when he was just 18 months old, thanks to growing up in Crested Butte in a ski family known for starting the Crested Butte Ski School. Skiing quickly became a passion, and Aaron went from competing in the youth Olympics to being on the inaugural US Olympic team going to the Sochi Oly...

Alec Beck, husband of professional skateboarder, Amelia Brodka, is on the podcast! Amelia fell in love with skateboarding after moving from Poland to the US as a young girl, and began competing professionally in 2009. Amelia quickly noticed a clear lack of opportunities and visibility for women in skateboarding and made the documentary Underexposed: A Women’s Skateboarding Documentary for her fina...

Lally Newman, wife of BMX rider, Zach Newman is on today’s episode! Zach’s been riding BMX for nearly 3 decades and earned a bronze medal at the 2018 X Games in the BMX Vert X competition. Shortly after that, X Games removed the BMX Vert competition from the Games and Zach’s passion for riding needed to find a new outlet. Lally and I discuss the profession of BMX riding outside of competitions and...

Chelsea Carbonell, wife of professional BMX rider Nick Bruce, is on today’s episode. In 2012, Nick won the Free Flow Tour BMX dirt championship (an amateur contest), which earned him automatic entry into Dew Tour preliminaries, launching him into the world of riding BMX professionally. Nick is known for landing the first flair tailwhip to tailwhip back (flair windshield wiper) and for landing the...

Julie Turris, wife of recently retired NHL player, Kyle Turris, is on the podcast! Kyle was the third overall draft pick in the 2007 NHL Draft, selected by the Phoenix Coyotes. He played for 4 teams over 15 seasons, the Phoenix Coyotes, the Ottawa Senators, The Nashville Predators, and the Edmonton Oilers. Recently retired, Kyle is finishing his education while working for the Vancouver Canucks. J...

Chia Duffy, wife of professional skateboarder, Pat Duffy, is on the podcast! Pat Duffy is a legendary street skateboarder, recently inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2022. Throughout his 30+ year career he has multiple magazine covers, filmed over a dozen video parts, and been a featured character in the EA Skate video game series. Pat was one of the original riders for Plan B skateb...

Chelsie Moore, wife of professional snowboarder, Pat Moore, is on the podcast! Pat started his professional career on the competition circuit, but made a name for himself riding both backcountry and street as a member of the Forum team in the early 2000s. He has worked with some of the biggest names and brands in snowboarding over his nearly 20 year career, and most recently has found himself ridi...

Tabitha Sloan, wife of professional skateboarder, Elliot Sloan, is on the podcast! Elliot is a professional skateboarder and 16-time X Games medalist, most recently winning a gold in Vert Best Trick last year. He has been a mainstay of vert skateboarding competition since turning pro at the age of 18 in 2007. In more recent years, he has conceptualized a Mega Park, building it in his backyard and...

Courtney Cupido, wife of US Olympic Water Polo player, Luca Cupido, is on the podcast! Born in Italy, Luca came to the US to finish high school and play for the University of California Berkeley. After graduation, Luca competed with Team USA in the Rio Olympics, then again in the Tokyo Olympics, and is gearing up for his third Olympics in Paris this summer! In between the Olympics, Luca balances a...

Today we’re going behind the scenes with Ali Nyquist, wife to BMX legend, Ryan Nyquist. Ryan began competing professionally in 1995, first participating in the X-Games in 1996. Since then, Ryan has won 16 X-Games medals, 39 X-Games competition starts and 60 Dew Tour finals appearances — the most all-time. Ali and I discuss the challenges of building a life with Ryan’s never-ending career, pursuing...

Today, we're going behind the scenes with Travis Armbruster, who is married to US Olympic Bobsledder, Kaillie Humphries. Kaillie is a 4x Olympic medalist and the only 5x World champion in the sport of women's bobsled. She has led the bobsleigh industry in bringing about equal medal opportunity for all women in bobsled at the top level and is also the only female in Olympic history to win gold for...

Today we're going behind the scenes with Kelley Bennett, wife of professional downhill skier Bryce Bennett, who is a 2-time Olympian, World Cup regular, and the tallest alpine skier on the US Team. Join us as we talk about the "ski wives" community, how to be #notdisruptive while traveling to competitions, and leaving your ego at the door when building your life with a world class athlete. Instagr...

Welcome to the first episode of Behind the Scenes with... We kick things off with Jordanna White (soon-to-be Decenzo) who is marrying professional skateboarder, Ryan Decenzo, in 2 weeks. Join us as we talk about "skate wife life," covering everything from international travel, the wives + girlfriends section at competitions, to injuries, destroyed clothing, and how skaters see the world differentl...