The Skippy Report

In this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series I talk with my dear friend and ski mentor Holly Blefgen. Holly is Telemark royalty here in Canada, much the same way as Dickie Hall, Craig Dostie, and Kare Andersen are in America.  Holly shares stories about her early life in skiing, what it what like skiing the 100-200 foot hills in and around Toronto in the late 60s and progressing to own...

Meet Meghan Kelly in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series.  I originally published this episode in April, 2021, and am including it in the series as Meghan needs to be here.  Not only is Meghan a badass Tele-skier, mountain biker, and wakeboarder, but a badass in general. She does all this while working as an engineer and tops it off as the mother of triplet boys! I hope you enjoy...

Meet Marion Abrams telemark skier and Film maker, in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series.  Marion and I talk about her skiing background as a child. We delve deeply into her introduction to Nordic and Telemark skiing and bushwhacking in the forests of the East. Marion shares with us her story of catastrophe, patience, passion, and persistence that took 25 years to complete. I hop...

Hey Crew, in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series I talk with Farli Boden, a member of The US Telemark Ski Association's National Team. We talk about her ski life growing up in Sandpoint, Idaho and starting to Telemark when she was 5. We also talk about her making her way through skiing to the USTSA National Team and her racing life, as well as her career. Make sure to follow her...

Meet Josie Baker, a Badass New School Telemark skier, who with the encouragement of a friend took on the role of Vice President of The University of Vermont's Telemark Club, Josie embraced this role and then learned to Telemark.  Thankfully Josie comes by this sport honestly. as both of her parents are longtime Telemark skiers. Josie grew up in Harborview, Michigan just down the road from Nubs Nob...

Meet Madi McKinstry in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series, we talk about he skiing background and journey to Telemark Skiing.  We also talk about her being a Pro-Patroller at Big Sky in Montana and River Guiding in Idaho during the off-season. Enjoy!

Meet Kristine Keeney in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series.  Kristine is a hard-charging badass Telemark skier who routinely skis more than 100 days a year, Skiing from October to June throughout The Northeast.  We talk about her ski background and how Kristine got into Telemark Skiing and how she became, The Knee-dipping Ginger on Instagram. We also delve deeply into career, wo...

Meet Kate Kuncova Colburn in this episode of the, "Women in Telemark Skiing" series. Kate is one of the featured ski athletes in the women only Telemark ski documentary, "Telemarkeras" produced by Diana Rivera. Kate is from the Czech Republic and splits her time living between The Czech Republic and New Hampshire, USA. In this episode Kate tells us about her youth skiing, how she was introduced to...

meet The Telemommies in this episode of "Women in Telemark skiing". I sit down with Eliza Biondi, Brickley Biondi, Sylvia Kinosian, and Nina Asher of The Telemommies and get thier individual and collective journeys to Telemark. Get comfy while you listen to where Telemark has taken these young women and where it will take them this ski season. Enjoy!

Meet Sara Ellen Godek in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series. She has a very unique introductory experience to Telemark skiing involving Mad River Glen, which she shares with us. Sara Ellen and I talk about her Alpine and Nordic background and how she got into Telemark Skiing. We also talk about racing for the United States Telemark Ski Association and her Downhill Mountain Bike...

In this episode of the "Women in Telemark Skiing" series you meet Giorgia Menetre.  Giorgia talks to about how she got into Telemark skiing with the help of her Dad, while growing up in Fort Collins, Colorado. We also talk about her growing up as a dancer and where Telemark has taken her and where it is taking her, presently. Enjoy!

Keith shares with us his introduction to, and journey with Telemark Skiing. We particularly delve deep into all things Midwest Telefest and the list of events planned for this year. Enjoy!

Welcome back to The Skippy Report's Women in Telemark Skiing series. During this episode I chat with the woman/skier behind the Documentary, "Telemarkeras", Diana Rivera. We talk about how Diana was introduced to snow sports and the love of the outdoors and mountains, while growing up in Granada, Spain, on the shore of The Mediterranean Sea by the all important school club, which all lead to her w...

Welcome to the first official episode of The Skippy Report's "Women in Telemark Skiing". In this episode I talk with Jasmin Taylor about how she got into skiing, then Telemark , Telemark racing on the World's stage, and finally, after putting all the hard work, becoming the World Champion she had always wanted to be.

During this episode I speak with Rory MacLeod and Tom Baleshta of Northshore Telemark, North Vancouver, BC, Canada. We talk about who each of them are and their experiences with Telemark and most importantly their involvement with Northshore Telemark, and how they are doing so many things right to grow our sport. Enjoy!

Amy Butler is a Vermont based published Outdoor Educator and hard charging Telemark Skier.  Amy's Book, Educating Children Outdoors, is an educator's resource with the rationale for bringing nature-based curriculum to your school and classroom no matter if you are in a rural or urban setting. The book has activities spread across five seasonal units with 25 lesson plans. Oh yeah, we also talk abou...

During this episode Skippy delves into the transition from alpine skier to telemark skier to telemark ski journalist with Jack O'Brien. Show Jack some love and check out the link to his column on Powder.com Welcome to The Tele Dribble (powder.com)

This episode's guests are Jenn and Brian Cook, owners of Kingdom Brewing in Newport, Vermont. They graciously host me and Missus Skippy in the taproom of their brew house, where we talk about Brian's backstory and how he went from a travelling sales rep for his family's Snowcat business to brewery owner. We also talk; beer making, scaling up their beer production, becoming music bookies, wood fire...

This episode's guest is Rajkeshwar Tulsie, a new Canadian, sort of. This is the story of his journey from South America to Canada's Pacific Northwest and making his way to enjoying Winter life on Telemark skis.

Wow, imagine being outside in the winter time and doing an oil painting at a ski resort? Well, during this episode, you will meet Carrie Pill, an artist who resides in Southern Vermont. Carrie just completed a project with Ski Vermont and Stio to paint 20 of Vermont's ski resorts. We discuss this project , Carrie's back story, and of course, skiing, Enjoy!

In this episode Skippy talks with Patrick Hummel, Supervisor of Mount Washington State Park, about Mount Washington, his cool job, and his commute to his office at 6288 feet above sea level. Enjoy!

Skippy talks with good friend Marc Godbout about his love for the outdoors and where he developed this love.  We also talk about his adventures and accomplishments in whitewater canoeing and kayaking, along with a newer sport to Marc, para-gliding. ...And yes we did manage to squeeze a bit of Telemark skiing in the discussion, also.

Josh and I sit down to catch up for a bit then we delve into things Telemark and Freeheel Life.

join Skippy and his guest/friend, Mikael Dansereau, as we have a conversation about Mikeal's bring raised in a Telemark family, his first foray into telemark skiing and Telemark racing which would eventually lead to his first winter on the FIS Telemark World Cup tour through Europe, this past winter.

During this episode I talk with Ivan Moen, a Nordic skier from Vos, Norway about his podcast and growing up in Norway, cross country skiing to and from school, ski jumping for sport, and of course Telemark Skiing.