Skiing Is Believing Podcast

By: Matt Garcka with Alan Rigg
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  • Summary

  • The 2023/24 FIS World Cup season may have concluded but we are keeping the content coming with two interviews per week with some of the best alpine ski racers in the world, whilst also dissecting all of the news to be thrown at us over the spring and summer. Follow us on Instagram @skiingisbelievingpodcast or send any emails you may have to matthewgarcka@gmail.com Enjoy!
    Matt Garcka with Alan Rigg
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Episodes
  • Summer Series, Ep.30: We meet... Tommy Ford

    Summer Series, Ep.30: We meet... Tommy Ford
    Sep 4 2024
    In the latest episode of the podcast, brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I met with tmthr American giant slalom superstar, Tommy Ford. Ford shared his experiences of growing up in a snow-surrounded scene and hitting the slopes from a very young age. This keenness came quickly to him with the speed at which he raced in youth competitions and the short space of time it took coaches to recognise his talent. This early success was capped off by Ford taking an impressive 2009 World Junior Championship slalom silver medal in Garmisch, aged 19. It is now nearly 15 years since a 20-year-old Tommy first stepped into a World Cup start gate and, in this interview, he expressed the up and downs of that decade and a half. The most notably high being his WC win at home in the 2018 Birds of Prey Giant Slalom from Beaver Creek. Ford also told Alan and Matt about how he has seen a very strong American team become weakened after certain retirements. However, he now firmly believes that there is success in the not-too-distant future of River Radamus after his maiden WC podium in Palisades Tahoe in February, another special moment that Ford was able to share. He also believes that there is now strength in the women’s technical and speed teams which has taken time but can be built around the unrivalled success of Mikaela Shiffrin. After having turned 35 during the 2024 FIS World Cup finals in Saalbach, Matt asked if Tommy had any regrets from his career so far. The only thing that seemed to crop up was the chance he didn’t take to expand his WC skiing beyond giant slalom and into slalom (where he had success when he was younger) or Super-G (a discipline in which he has started 15 WC races) Going into a World Championship season, Ford is very confident that he can continue to compete at the very highest level. It would also have significant meaning for any American if they can qualify for next season’s FIS World Cup finals as they’re being held in Sun Valley, Idaho. If you enjoyed reading this article, we hope you can tune in via the links below. You can visit the Skiing is Believing podcast’s Spotify or YouTube channels where they have a catalogue of interviews recorded over the last 8 months. Don’t hesitate to contact the Skiing is Believing podcast either via mattgarcka.skiingisbelievingpodcast@gmail.com, with feedback, advice or improvements.
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    50 mins
  • BONUS: New Zealand Cup review

    BONUS: New Zealand Cup review
    Sep 1 2024
    In this bonus episode, brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I spoke about the New Zealand Cup races that have happened this week in the beautiful southern hemisphere resort of Coronet Peak. We analyse a convincing wins for home favourites Alice Robinson and Piera Hudson and on the men's side of things the Swiss and Team Global Racing dominance over the course of the tech events. I also had the chance to chat with new Belgian superstar Sam Maes. He was a winner in the 2nd men's slalom and he told me about the improving conditions during the races and how good it felt to put the race bib back on. Alan and I also checked how the very well-known forerunners got on prior to the women's GS. All this and much more in an extra 30 minute episode to start your week. We will resume the weekly interviews on Wednesday with another special conversation coming up. Head over to our Instagram and YouTube where this weekend we held another LIVE quiz. It was great fun and we would all recommend another watch and listen. Please let us know if you have any recommendations for the podcast via the email address mattgarcka.skiingisbelieving@gmail.com Thanks and enjoy!
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    37 mins
  • Summer Series: Epson.29: We meet... Andrew Weibrecht

    Summer Series: Epson.29: We meet... Andrew Weibrecht
    Aug 26 2024
    In the latest episode of the Skiing is Believing podcast (brought to you by Ski Racing Media), Alan and I had the pleasure of welcoming American former speed superstar, Andrew Weibrecht to the summer Series. Andrew shared with us his thoughts about bringing children into the sport and the job that parents should be doing better to engage their kids in sports like ski racing. He also told us some great stories from his career which included 2 Olympic Super-G medals and 2 FIS World Cup podiums. Andrew informed us on the experiences of defending his Olympic medal from Vancouver in Sochi. The American team that he was surrounded with throughout his career, he says had a lasting impact of the success later in his career. Having been mentored by the likes of Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves before sharing some great experiences with Ted Ligety. Find us on Instagram and Spotify @skiingisbelievingpodcast or contact us via email using mattgarcka.skiingisbelieving@gmail.com On Saturday on Instagram and YouTube from 7pm BST, Alan and Matt will be providing you with a LIVE quiz, brought to you by Ski Racing Media. We hope that you can join us and share the great news before we are LIVE for the 3rd time! Thank you and enjoy!
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    1 hr and 1 min
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