The Skippy Report

Keith Woods
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This podcast is mostly about Telemark skiing related topics.

  1. 19H AGO

    Julia Larson, The Women in Telemark Skiing series

    Meet Julia Larson in this episode of "The Women in Telemark Skiing" series. Julia hales from Alberta, Canada and is a hard charging Telemark Free Skier. She shares her backstory about getting into Telemark skiing and why she likes it so much, as well as how she is doing competing as a Telemark Free Skier competitor. Enjoy!

    38 min

  2. MAR 6

    Sled Dog member Cam Evanoff

    I talk with longtime friend and Telemark skier Cam Evanoff in this episode.  Cam shares his story of how skiing is in his DNA, yep, thanks to his parents. Cam tells us about his early days of skiing in Southern Ontario, Western New York and family ski trips and making his way to becoming a ski Coach for Milton Heights Race Club. He also shares how he discovered Telemark skiing by watching this crazy Canuck, and mutual friend Dave  Kilbourn, slamming slalom gates on his Telemark gear on week nights, and how he got into it. Cam now has his son and daughter Tele-skiing. The cool story, in my humble opinion, is how Cam volunteers as a member of the Sled Dogs and Tremblant Jack Rabbits, who are two volunteer groups who prep and maintain the race courses when the Alpine World Cup Circuit comes to Canada. Enjoy!

    47 min

  3. FEB 20

    Sara Barrett, aka _Tahoesprkle_ "The Women in Telemark Skiing series"

    Sara shares her backstory of Skating on the Bronx River as a very young girl, taking up snowboarding, playing on some super long skis, growing up at Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, in Connecticut. She also shares her story about moving out West, securing a job as a Land Surveyor and educated as a Geologist and how this profession allows her to be on skis many days a year as well as her introduction to Telemark skiing.  She also shares some of her experiences as a senior member of The Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team.

    55 min

  4. FEB 6

    Larissa Pitton of Tailgate Tele, (The Women in Telemark Skiing series)

    Larissa shares her backstory of growing up in Switzerland and taking up skiing as a child and progressing through the racing scene and naturally taking up ski instructing as a young person to earn spending money. Larissa shares how and why she came to Canada where she started to dabble with hosting Telemark events which ultimately lead to what she is presently doing with Tailgate Tele, based out of Golden, British Columbia. We get to hear about the struggles and accomplishments of putting together a demo fleet of Telemark gear as well as the development of a unique athletic movement assessment and prescription programme based on Telemark skiing as the assessment tool and prescription delivery mode. Enjoy!

    1h 13m

  5. JAN 23

    Kurt Garcia of Motor City Tele

    Kurt shares his backstory of growing up in Southern Michigan and going to College in the Upper Peninsula, and taking up skiing. He shares his story of becoming an Alpine Ski Instructor with The Professional Ski Instructors of America, {PSIA) and how he was introduced to Telemark Skiing. He quickly realized how much of a Telemark gear dessert he was in, just on the outskirts of Detroit, and what he chose to do about it. He chose to invest his own hard earned cash and slowly started to build a demo fleet under the name of Motor City Tele. Finally, Kurt shares his accomplishments and this years plans for Motor City Tele. Enjoy!

    34 min

  6. JAN 9

    Per Stale Grude of T Shark Telemark

    Per shares his story of growing up on a farm on the Southwest coast of Norway and Nordic skiing the fields as a young child, eventually learning to also alpine ski, and then to Telemark Skiing.  Per also shares his travel stories along with telemark racing. As Per gained more experience and knowledge he developed the TShark binding just as Rottefella was developing and bringing their NTN binding to market. Per's love of Telemark skiing continues with his own fleet of demo equipment, TShark, that he travels around Europe offering the Telemark experience to the Tele-curious.

    1h 17m

  7. 12/31/2025

    Adrian Ball, Overall World Junior Champion in Telemark racing, World Junior Champion in the Classic and Parallel

    9 months in the making, and finally Adrian Ball gets to share his story of meteoric climb from Telemark newbie to World Champion in just 5 short years here on the Skippy Report. Adrian also shares the commitment it takes to achieve this momentous goal, as well as sharing the story of getting his own boot innovation onto the World Racing scene. Enjoy!

    44 min

  8. 12/26/2025

    The Rise of Tele

    Meet Serge Baranovsky owner of Rise of Tele, and some of the Rise of Tele crew, Molly and Brian Hitchens, in this episode.  Serge, Molly, and Brian each share their own stories about making their way into Telemark skiing and some of their adventures since taking up our sport.  Serge shares the story of why and how he started The Rise of Tele and the development of the crew that helps with groups activities.  One in particular activity is the festival they hold at Mission Ridge Ski Resort in Wenatchee, Washington. The Festival is called The Wenatchee Telemark Festival, or as I like "The WT Festival". Enjoy!

    1h 25m
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This podcast is mostly about Telemark skiing related topics.

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  • Creator
    Keith Woods
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Skippy Report

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