Ski Heroes

By: Ski Heroes
  • Summary

  • A podcast about ski heroes! Each episode tells the story of someone who has excelled at and/or had an impact on the wonderful sport of skiing - a real ski hero.
    © 2024 Ski Heroes
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Episodes
  • Episode 19 - Halloween Special - Lahti 2001: A very Finnish scandal
    Oct 31 2024

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    The scandal was as taken out of a Finnish television theater, and it ended every bit as tragic. The FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships in Lahti 2001 will forever be remembered with horror in Finland. In our Halloween Special this year we go through the stages of the Lahti 2001 scandal all the way through to the impact the scandal continues to have on Finnish skiing today, almost 24 years later.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 18 - Team Kamikaze
    Oct 13 2024

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    Few have felt the pressure from a whole nation on his shoulders the way Masahiko Harada did at the 1998 Olympic ski jumping team competition in Nagano, Japan. In episode 17 we follow the journey of the Japanese ski jumping team from their let down at the 1994 games to their emotional comeback at their own Olympics four years later.

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    26 mins
  • Episode 17 - The badass telemark skier
    Oct 5 2024

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    Talk about living life to the fullest. Gone too soon under tragic circumstances, Kasha Rigby showed us all how a life can be lived. From her early days of ski bumming in Colorado, to her countless expeditions and first descents, she stayed true to her friends, her passion, and her telemark style to the very end. In this episode we recount Kasha's amazing life and highlight a few of her long list of accomplishments, all while being a bit jealous of the badass she was and the badass life she got to live.

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    39 mins

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