Episode Details

Ted Ligety is one of the greatest US ski racers in history. He's won two Olympic gold medals and is a five-time world champion who's won 25 World Cup events. He's a legend… but it wasn't always easy for the late-blooming Ted. In part 1 of the podcast, we talk about finding skiing, being bullied, growing into his body, Tanner Hall, The Winter School, making the US Ski Team, and much more. World Champion Felix Neureuther asks the Inappropriate Questions 

Ted Ligety Show Notes:

3:00:  How hard it was to watch racing and what he would do to change ski racing, and NASTAR

14:00:  Coming from a non-ski family, finding racing, not making the team, figuring out carving skis, and how that shaped his technique.

20:00:  Rollerblade: They invented inline skating and make the best skates on the planet.

Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories and sugar.

Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

23:00:  World Cup in Park City, injected courses, confidence, the Newschool movement, being the small kid and being bullied, and how it hardened him.

29:00:  The Winter School, Tanner Hall, figuring out speed, his senior year, and