The Seder-Skier Podcast

We preview Davos, take a look at the Russian Cup, give a few World Cup globe sleeper picks, talk about a viral highlight from Trondheim, read a few emails and analyze, very briefly, the Super Tour action from the weekend. Leave us your thoughts and we'll play them on the World Cup WhineLine on Monday! https://www.speakpipe.com/SederSkier

The Seder-Skier breaks down Trondheim, with special guests, The Index and Nordic Insights writer Adam Bodensteiner as well as a clip or two (go all the way to the end folks!!! You won't be disappointed...) from Taco Bell Guy. While this first episode ended up being a podcast, next week will be LIVE on Youtube! This is your chance to participate in the conversation after each World Cup weekend....

Before the World Cup season started, we sat down with the 2-time World championship medalist and 2-time Olympic medalist to see how she's enjoying married life, what race she cares about most at the 2026 Games, and what her thoughts are on Victoria Carl and the Russians. ⁠Head on over to EnjoyWinter⁠⁠⁠ for all your Nordic ski needs this season! Go to ⁠⁠⁠Seder-Skier.com to become a member of Gr...

We chatted with Pia Fink about her breakout 2024-2025 World Cup season as well as who she thinks might be the German's best up and coming standout, the team's reaction to the Victoria Carl news, training under Per Nilsson and what her secret talent off the snow is! ⁠Head on over to EnjoyWinter⁠⁠ for all your Nordic ski needs this season! Go to ⁠⁠Seder-Skier.com to become a member of Gripwa...

The German's Rosie Brennan — Gimmler captured her first World Cup podium at 31 last winter – hops on to talk about her career and later successes, the German team dynamics and her personal goals for the upcoming World Cup and Olympic seasons. ⁠Head on over to EnjoyWinter⁠ for all your Nordic ski needs this season! Go to ⁠Seder-Skier.com to become a member of Gripwax Nation today!

The two-time Olympian has been busy raising two kids and working as the Nordic program director at the Aspen Valley Ski Club. This January, the club is offering a $5,000 prize purse at the Owl Creek Chase, a 25K point-to-point course from Snowmass to Aspen. We chat about that, Simi joining Kilian for his 14er project, what she's up to as a club director, opinions on RMD / New England and devel...

We caught up to the 28 year old in Finland to talk about what it was like having an older brother who won 6 world titles and an Olympic gold medal in Nordic combined, her training philosophy, her outlook after winning the final sprint world cup (and placing fourth in the discipline season standings), and what she's trying to do to catch up to Jonna Sundling. Head on over to EnjoyWinter for all...

Anderson launched the Ely ski program from scratch back in the 1990s and guided the Timberwolves to prominence over the next two decades. She coached the boys to a state title in 2010, countless section championships and runner up finishes going against section 7 rival Duluth East, and guided Erin Bianco — a current BSF World Cup skier — to the individual title in 2017. We reached out to hear her...

Even though he's fresh off his best season yet, Ketterson just missed making the U.S. Ski Team criteria. The NMU All-American and 2-time MN state champ used the slight to his advantage this off-season, heading to multiple altitude camps, spending time in the snow tunnels and getting on-snow in Livigno this October. I was curious to see what his mindset was as he enters his late-20s and wanted...

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Doug Edmonson, the 1966 Minnesota State High School Nordic Ski co-champion — he tied with the legendary late Dave Quinn — joins the show today to talk about his book: "Norm Oakvik: The Inconspicuous Coach — Memories of a Beloved Coach and. history of Minnesota Nordic Skiing."  This one is for all you fellow history buffs, stat junkies and Nordic nerds. Thanks Doug! To buy Doug's book...

Another rambling dissertation on a bunch of random topics! - Early snow in Leadville - Don Quinn is to skiing what Dick Vitale is to college basketball - How Jessie Diggins made her way into a date night conversation with my wife....and what you can learn from it.... - Clips, clips and more audio clips - Breaking news on random ski podcasts? - Russia takes - Different definitions of pragmatism - U...

Growing up in a family of skiers to a legendary Minnesota high school ski coach, Erin Moening has "loved Nordic skiing right from the start." After capturing three top-5 finishes at the state meet, Moening continued her career at Northern Michigan. She worked as a wax tech at NMU at the end of her time under Sten Fjeldheim and developed a passion for coaching. After experiences as a coac...

The results page from the Junior World champs women’s 5K interval start classic on Jan. 30 2018 in Goms, Switzerland has names current World Cup fans will surely recognize. In fifth is Kristine Stavaas Skistad. A couple places back, Frida Karlsson, Moa Lundgren, Mathilde Myhrvold and Hedda Oestberg Amundsen. The silver medalist that day: Hailey Swirbul. After collecting an individual skiathlon bro...

The Minnesota-born skier joins to talk about her start in the sport, her career at Colby College, US Ski Team Trail to Gold Fellowships, coaching philosophy and more!

We recorded this conversation back on July 4 but I forgot my producing stuff when I went back to Minnesota for vacation! MSU head coach Adam St. Pierre joined to chat about a recent Facebook thread which came out of Jim Galanes' Fasterskier op-eds on U16 Junior Nationals and development. Both St. Pierre and Galanes have been on our show and we appreciate their willingness to share their opinio...

We break down everything from ... - the 2025 Birkie Classic - how to go from NCAA All-American to a Ski Classics pro - DP technique - intersection of scientific research and ski content creation - SKIMO - Which Americans would be good ski classic athletes (actually, JK, we kept that stuff off the record) You won't want to miss this show!

Last month, we brought on Spud Nordic ski coach Eric Wicklund to chat about how he makes things work in Moorhead. Inspired by that conversation, we decided we needed to hear more about how the team started. Today's guest is Tom Dooher, who coached cross-country and track and field at Moorhead High before starting the Nordic team in the fall of 2014. We picked his brain on how he built a progra...

Joining us on the show today is Steamboat Springs WinterSports Club head U20/U18/U16 cross-country ski coach Josh Smullin! Show notes: start - 20 min: SederSkier fitness update/Double UP Winter Park race report/ Mt. Massive trail run 20:00 - end: Josh Smullin! Smullin's illustrious ski career spans top-level junior national showings, a 4-year career at CU and numerous SuperTour and American Sk...

19:38 - start of interview We have a great show for you today! Kyle Steitz joins to talk about how he launched and grew the Poudre School District high school ski team from the ground up. Growing up in Steamboat Springs as the son of the USA Nordic Combined head coach, Stietz was on skis from the time he could walk. By the time he was offered a DI scholarship, however, he was beyond burnt out.  Fi...

Alayna Sonnesyn hops on to talk about a whole variety of interesting topics, from Trondheim to training, her ski and running journeys — dealing with pressure, successes and failures in high school, college and professionally in both — and what brought her to Team Birkie last year. Enjoy! ⁠ Support the Seder-Skier! ⁠ Our supporters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EnjoyWinter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Atomic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠...

Just 10 years after the team was formed, Moorhead High School qualified its first boys team for the Minnesota Nordic Ski State Championships this past February. Head coach Eric Wicklund joins the show to discuss how he makes things work at a school more known for hockey in a town that is flat and frigid all winter and hot, windy and humid all summer. We dive into the daily challenges of directing...

A little fever/cold terrorism, but we show up to give you instant takes from day 1 of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Congress on May 13 anyway.

Kate Oldham got the U.S. cross-country skiing community's attention with her 10k individual start national title at Kincaid Park earlier this year. The Roaring Fork native wasn't done, however. The MSU senior competed at World Cups, the world championships in Trondheim, NCAAs and Super Tour Finals before calling it a year. And what a year it was. Hear more about what was behind the 4.0 student's b...

Team Birkie is a Midwest-based professional cross country ski team formed through a collaboration between the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation, The Loppet Foundation, and Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC). With athletes competing at the FIS World Cup, U.S. SuperTour, and regional marathon levels, the team is dedicated to advancing skiing in the Central Region. With its home base in Minneapolis...