The Ski Racing Podcast

Well only one way to start this one, from her first victory in 2012, its taken 13 years to amass 100 World Cup wins, amazing, incredible, astonishing, oh and some other racing happened... I think.

The 48th World Championships have come to a close and its been a brilliant set of races, some huge results from favourite athletes and some outsiders have delivered the goods! Join us to catch up with the ins and outs of the amazing championships as well as the results of the Predictions Mini League... Listen. Watch. Play.

With the World Championships at the half way stage, we have had some epic racing, some outsiders stepping up when it counts as well as some of the big dogs stamping their authority as well! What will the second half hold? Listen. Watch. Play.

Lots to catch up on after a hectic schedule for both the athletes and us behind the mics... So much good stuff to chat about before World Championships! Predictions Mini League incoming... Listen. Watch. Play.

This week, Wengen and the Swiss speed form is incredible even when Odermatt miss fires... his team mates step up! Norway with their second podium clean sweep and over on Cortina the women raced down the Italian Olympic hill giving us a glimpse into what to expect from their own big hitters. Listen. Watch. Play.

Not sure where the biggest headlines are coming from this weekend! Vonn, 6th and 4th, Macuga first win, Brignone first DH win, Noel crushing the Slalom, Odermatt 4 Adelboden GS in a row, De Aliprandini with the run of his life on to the podium... We try and cover it all, oh plus some more doom and gloom for the Austrian Team. Listen. Watch. Play.

Just the women in action last time out and what a weekend of performances we were given. Hector was unstoppable in the GS and then in Sundays Slalom Holdener and Ljutic tearing proverbial lumps out of each other with ski racing of the highest quality... This coming weekend Vonn returns to the Downhill WC tour... it's St Anton, hold on to your hats! The men are back in Adelboden in GS and Slalom. L...

Pre Christmas schedule complete, Val Gardena throwing some unusual results in the mix. Vonn's comeback races limited to just one, and then Alta Badia with some strange snow conditions to round it off, some athletes struggled but the cream always rises.... Merry Christmas! Listen. Watch. Play.

Lots to fit in this week, Ed and Ben discuss the conditions in Bormio as well as the racing before dissecting the women's races and Ljutic's first win! Listen. Watch. Play.

Val d'Isere at its usual best from a piste perspective add to that dark blizzarding conditions, for most and you have one of the toughest races we can remember. The women had much better weather over in the US but Beaver Creek is a great stop on the World Cup speed tour, giving the Worlds best the challenge they deserve! Listen. Watch. Play.

More debutants to the World Cup podiums, but the Swiss team was still on fire. Listen. Watch. Play.

High drama on US snow this weekend and it ended without the Hollywood big finish. Shiffrin crashes in spectacular fashion, Hector with a second run out of the top draw. No Shiffrin at the start of the second day and it was Rast that stepped up, building on her from from the start of the season and securing her first ever WC win. Men are in action this weekend and its time for the real deal, speed...

Second Slalom of the season and the same 2 winners in both the men and women races. Shiffrin and Noel have an unbeaten run on the short skis. Coltouri and Rast first timers onto the podium with some tremendous skiing and mental strength! We chat about the incredibly tough and icy snow conditions and how to come back from bumps in the road with the likes of Feller with zero points after 2 races sur...

Here we got then, after Soldens standalone albeit very exiting first World Cup feeling like it was months ago, we are about to start the basically non stop racing. Levi is here again, but for the first time since the winter of 19/20 a stop on the mens tour as well. Ed, Ben and Marc give 'expert' analysis of what to look forward to this coming weekend. Don't forget to join the Predictions League! L...

The 2025 season has already had it all, Brignone laying down a marker, Shiffrin showing she is still human on her way to the magic 100, the mens race was an all Norwegian affair, with Steen Olsen getting his first WC GS win, Odermatt with a DNF, oh and the return of the GOAT in new colours... Orange although the record spectator numbers indicate the Austrians still count Hirscher as their own. Lis...

Well here we go! Solden baby! Only a few days away the start of the 2024/5 World Cup season is here! Athletes are ready and so are the fans, it's going to be an epic season!! MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP TO THE PREDICTIONS LEAGUE Ed and Ben are joined by Marc Telling to chat through this iconic race and what to expect from the Worlds Best. Make sure you are subscribed!! Let's GOOOOOO Listen. Watch. Play.

Talking all things funding with a British flavour. Mark Quinn of Quinn Estates joins Ed and Marc Telling to discuss the funding issues faced across the British Ski Team and how its a similar problem for many teams. Listen. Watch. Play. Share and Subscribe

With the first World Cup less than 50 days away we are back for season 7!!! Hirscher is back...wait what Braathen is now Brazilian... wait what Listen. Watch. Play.

And with that the 2024 season comes to a close. Ed, Ben and Marcel give the season a debrief (stayed on point most of the time), the highs and lows as well as thoughts for the 2025 season. Thanks for listening and playing along on the Predictions League (thanks to Gareth for collating and putting the forms together!)... its been a blast. Until next season... its bye for now! Listen. Watch. Play. O...

With the World Cup Finals all done and dusted its time to reveal the real winner in of the Alpine World Cup tour... who will win the Crystal Goblet... Tune in and find out, oh and we of course look back at how the last races of the season unfolded. Listen. Watch. Play.

Not long to go now and the season end is round the corner, but the athletes at World Cup Finals are putting on a show, the snow conditions might be less than optimal but the racing hasn't disappointed... But with the biggest, most important title still up for grabs, The Ski Racing Podcast Predictions League Crystal Tumbler, now is not the time to miss you picks! Listen. Watch. Play.

Åre, the last stop on the regular World Cup tour done and dusted, plenty of action to sink our teeth into before the World Cup Finals, coming up over the next two weekends. Listen. Watch. Play.

Gut-Behrami in on Globe winning form at the moment and she backed that up with some big results in Kvitfjell and the men were finishing off the 2nd US tour trip in style. Odermatt is being pushed to new levels but still has the answers... Laurie Taylor announces himself with a WC top 10. Listen. Watch. Play.

Winter is back, from the cancelled races in Italy due to mega snowfall leaving the women raceless this time, the men were in Palisades Tahoe for a couple of sensational races for the men, Odermatt stayed undefeated and River with his first ever WC podium on home snow, to Feller and his massive stones the next day! Listen. Watch. Play.

Big team in for this one, Marc Telling joins Ed, Ben and Marcel tp add his expert opinion on a warm weekend in Crans Montana for the women, as well as the proper wintery conditions over in Norway for the last of the mens speed races before WC finals. Getting a little sidetracked at times whilst discussing racer fatigue and how to get the best out of athletes in bad conditions, we finish up with ou...