In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I welcomed Belgian number one, Sam Maes, back to the show in our final interview episode before the season starts.

Sam firstly details the new team he will train with this season following the dissolution of Team Global Racing at the end of last season, Maes will continue to work with former coach Paul Epstein under his new position with the US team.

Maes also spoke ahead of Solden in the first race of another World Cup season as he hopes to hit the ground running in 2026/27.

We also share updates on next weekend's races and the achilles injury that Aleksander Aamodt Kilde sustained on Wednesday while downhill training in Chile.

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In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I welcomed one of the newest member of Team Ester Ledecka in Austrian coach Charly Pichler.

He chatted about the successful camp in Chile where Ledecka was getting used to her new HEAD equipment.

Charly also discussed the other new members of the team that hope to guide Ledecka back towards World Cup and World Championship success in the upcoming season in both downhill and super-G.

In part two, Alan & I dissect this week's news topics including Markus Waldner stepping down from his role as FIS Men's Chief of Race, Petra Vlhova's comeback, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen's discipline expansion and what this might mean for the wider men's World Cup tour and more.

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In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I chatted to Luca de Aliprandini about all things World Cup, giant slalom and the Italian team.

In part one we gave some big news updates with Marco Schwarz dropping and Mikaela Shiffrin reducing their slalom racing as well as key returns to snow for both Manuel Feller and Lauren Macuga.

In the conversation with de Aliprandini we explored the best giant slalom racers he's competed against during his 15 years on tour.

We also spoke about his new wife, Michelle Gisin, and how her progress towards a potential comeback is growing.

Luca also went into detail on last season's lack of high-level results and how he hopes to bounce back into the world's top 30.

This is a great conversation with one of the most consistent giant slalom skiers in the last decade and more.

This episode is officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media. Visit their website now for all the key news, stories and interviews ahead of the new season.

This episode is also partnered with Ski Cosmos - a ski simulator in Vancouver, British Colombia.