The Skippy Report

The Telemommies

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!

Sara Ellen Godek episode of The Women in Telemark Skiing series

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 racing. Enjoy!

"Women in Telemark Skiing" episode with Giorgia Menetre

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!

Meet Keith Opperman, lifetime Telemark Skier and organizer of The Midwest Telefest on this episode of The Skippy Report

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

Telemarkera Diana Rivera

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 wanting to be outdoors and skiing and snowboarding all year long.  I ask Diana how she got into Telemark Skiing and where it has taken her since. Most importantly, we talk about her passion for skiing and her 3 year odyssey making her documentary, "Telemarkeras" which features 5 accomplished Women Telemark Skiers and their journeys with Telemark Skiing. I hope you enjoy this episode as Diana and I talk about the passion for being outdoors and developing a career in which Diana skis all year long, travelling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Telemark Overall World Cup Champion and Sprint Cup Champion Jasmin Taylor

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.

Northshore Telemark

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, Outdoor Educator and Telemark Skier

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 about the Zen/Chi of Telemark Skiing. Enjoy!

Telemark journalist and skier Jack O'Brien

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

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Kingdom Brewing of Newport, Vermont

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 fired pizza chefs, food smoking, and how covid actually helped them, in a way.  All the things that weren't in the Brewery Handbook.  It is important for you to know, how important it is to them that they know where all of their ingredients come from and that everything is Vermont made!  As they say, "You bet your Ass it's farm to glass".