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.

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In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I chatted with Ski Actu's Johan Tachet discussing Wednesday's Swiss-Ski press conferences.We analysed the key takeaways from what Marco Odermatt, Malorie Blanc, Michelle Gisin and more told the press with Johan part of the Ski Actu team that were in all the press conferences.Alan and I also dissect some of this week's key news items including the acceptance of Marcel Hirscher's wildcard for the 2026/27 season, which we now understand includes four starts respectively in giant slalom and slalom.We also chat about the FIS press release that dropped on Thursday citing the costs that have led to a budget reduction ahead of Alexander Ospelt's presidency.In part three, we give a final round-up of the 2026 southern hemisphere action with the Corralco South American Cup speed events with impressive performances from Brits and Americans alike.This episode is officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media. Visit their website now for all the latest ski racing news to take you to the season and beyond.This episode is also presented by Ski Cosmos - a ski simulator in Vancouver, British Colombia and Ski Actu. Visit https://skiactu.ch/discipline/ski-alpin/ for all the latest following this week's press conferences.

In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I spoke to Italian slalom specialist Martina Peterlini. We spoke about her summer which has included around five months away from snow and a switch of skis from Rossignol to HEAD.

We also discussed the current slalom circuit and Italian team, truly asking what it is like to chase Mikaela Shiffrin.

While a Peterlini's position in the start gate in Levi in November is confirmed yet following April's surgery she certainly hopes she can be back to compete at her favourite stop on the women's World Cup circuit.

Martina's positivity is there for all to see and there is a clear determination for her to back to the top of her game.

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In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I had the pleasure to be joined by Japanese slalom star Shiro Aihara and Japanese alpine head coach, Kono.We also talked in depth about Shiro's World Cup top 30 result in Adelboden in January which was extremely exciting to watch.Shiro discussed his successful summer training in Argentina where he recently took the South American Cup slalom title.Kono also shared his experience with the team and hopes for the team and Shiro in the future.In part two we share our YouTube LIVE recorded on Thursday evening discussing Marcel Hirscher's return to snow, Chrisoph Krenn's retirement and the decision to select Courchevel and Val d'Isere as 2030 Olympic alpine hosts.This episode is officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, visit https://skiracing.com/ for all the latest.This episode is also brought to you by Ski Cosmos - a ski simulator in Vancouver, British Colombia

In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I discuss the latest round of South American Cup races from Bariloche with two giant slalom and one slalom competition.

In part two we shared my conversation with Nick Unkovskoy, a Middlebury college racer who took two giant slalom victories in Chapelco earlier in September.Nick discussed the series in Argentina, how his season looks and more.

During the recording we also received news on Sofia Goggia returning to Italy to run further tests following illness in Argentina.

We're now less than six weeks until the 2026/27 season opener in Solden, and from this time next month we'll have at least two episodes a week plus daily through the World Championships and World Cup Finals.

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In this episode, officially brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I rode solo to review the three men's races and two women's competitions in Coronet Peak that I covered live on the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team.

This part of the show came after our discussion surrounding the news that Manu Feller won't join the Austrian team in their Chile camp in September. We dissect the news and discuss what this might mean going forward for both Feller and the Austrian team.

We finally chat about the latest South American Cup matches with two days of giant slaloms in Chapelco both won by American college skier, Nick Unkovskoy.

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