In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to Razor-Tune, an electric ski edge tuner. If you’re a ski racer, the parent of a ski racer, or just a committed skier, you know the importance of sharp edges. In the old days, skiers used a file and stone to sharpen their [...]
In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to POC ski and bike helmets and eyewear (another long-running partnership). My family is fully outfitted with POC ski helmets and goggles. I’ve also been using POC helmets and eyewear for my triathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking for some time now as [...]
In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to Atomic ski equipment, my longest-running partner. For anyone who is involved in skiing, Atomic is a brand that is well known as a world leader in our sport with a stable of some of the best skiers in the world including Mikaela Shiffrin [...]
In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to SYNC performance ski apparel. SYNC manufactures the highest-quality performance ski clothing for alpine skiers. It clears the bar of what I'm looking for when I'm skiing: performance, comfort, style, and function. SYNC is also committed to supporting ski racing and helping young [...]
It was almost 7 years ago that I wrote about the death of two ski racers, David Poisson, a French downhiller, and, closer to home, Max Burkhart, a German athlete who was attending Sugar Bowl Academy, where my daughters used to go to school and where I was a long-time member of its Board of [...]
I received an email from the father of a 14-year-old boy who has decided not to continue his ski-racing journey. He wrote: “I am feeling super challenged this year with the transition (and honestly, it’s my ego getting in the way). Just wondering if you have any advice on how to transition out…” His message [...]
My first “A”s series of races of 2024, the USAT Multisport National Championships are just 10 days away. I’m already starting to think about and get organized for the races. My goal for big races, particularly those that require air travel, is to front load and organize all of the tasks that burn cognitive and [...]
It happens every winter. In December, January, and February, I get calls from national team athletes and parents of young racers who are struggling mentally in their ski racing and they have big races coming up. They want me to somehow fix them quickly. Though I think I’m pretty good at what I do, I’m [...]
After what was a long and demanding winter, the 2023-24 race season is now over. You’ve had some down time to catch up on school and get some much-needed rest and recovery, both physically and mentally. You may also be already looking toward next winter. But before you file the 2023-24 race season away, you [...]
What do Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturalt, Sofia Goggia, Corinne Sutter, Marco Schwartz, and several other World Cup ski racers have in common? They all sustained serious injuries that ended their seasons prematurely (except Mikaela who has missed several races so far due to a knee injury). As my title suggests, [...]
