Meet Charlie Raposo Great Britain’s top GS ski racer on the World Cup. Before watching this please head to Charlie’s instagram page and watch one of his videos of him skiing. The guy has amazing skills and a great technique. Sam Robertson and Tom Gellie chat with Charlie to find out more about what it takes to come from a non powerhouse skiing nation and the sorts of challenges he faces to stay competitive. Interesting points in the interview. -What does Charlie think is an attribute that got him to the point of competing at the highest level. -Preparing his body to deal with the higher loads experienced skiing World Cup level races and training. -Skiing on ice and tuning equipment. -The difference on the tour during a pandemic -Technique vs tactics -Life after ski racing. I hope you enjoy this episode there are some great takeaways. Particularly the points made about skiing ice. If you’re interested in looking into Charlie’s career further and Want to get in touch you can here https://www.charlieraposo.com/ If you are interested in joining the Big Picture Skiing Online program then follow this link to find out more. https://bigpictureskiing.com/pages/body-prep-program-for-skiing-10-weeks

Global Skiing

Great Britain’s Best World Cup GS Skier - Charlie Raposo

Harry Laidlaw grew up skiing Mt Hotham in Australia and is currently one the best GS ski racers Australia has seen in a long time. Unfortunately Harry injured his knee days after competing in the season WC race opener in Solden, Austria. In this episode Sam Robertson and Tom Gellie talk with Harry about what its like to train and compete with all the Covid regulations as well his journey to competing on the world stage. There are some interesting points to come out of this interview and its your chance to hear first hand from a top level athlete what sort of things they are dealing with physically and mentally. One particularly interesting segment is where Harry talks about switching equipment and how that change made a big difference in his ability to get results. I hope you enjoy this episode. Being a Ski athlete from Australia is tough as you will find out. So Harry benefits from any type of support possible. If you feel like helping Harry out in any way please head to https://harrylaidlaw.com/support And finally if you’re interested in joining Sam and I for a life changing 10 week program follow this link to register your interest. https://video.bigpictureskiing.com/pages/body-prep-program-for-skiing-10-weeks

Harry Laidlaw - Australia’s best GS skier competing on the World Cup

This episode features Tim Cafe ex Olympian and former coach to WC ski phenom Alice Robinson. Why would you listen to this episode? For at least three reasons. * Tim talks to us about binding placement and delta. Two things critical that most skiers do not consider and do not play with much. If you do you know how big a difference it can make. Tim has already been playing with his bindings on different skis this season. * Tim has coached Alice Robinson right up until she made the World Cup. Hear some of his stories and insights into Alice’s Skiing. He even played with her binding position at times without her being aware. Why? Listen to find out. * Tim takes nothing for granted. If someone says you shouldn’t do it this way he will test and experiment himself. Do the work to figure it out and make his own mind up about it. I hope that after this episode the listener feels more confident in doing some of this themselves and taking ownership of whatever it is they are trying to learn or master. I hope you enjoy this episode it was one of my favourites. I say that every time I think, I really enjoy being able to talk skiing and then you the listener tune in like you were there too. If you have any feedback from this or any other episode please get in touch via the bigpictureskiing.com website. Cheers Tom Gellie

Tim Cafe - ex Olympian and Alice Robinson’s former race coach

When you think of Australia most people picture it’s beaches, kangaroos and warm sunny weather. So for an Aussie skier to make it the alpine world championships and put down a respectable run in super G is something to be admired and a story worth listening to. Meet Sam Robertson, raised in Thredbo village in the heart of the snowy mountains of Australia. He is a phenomenal technical skier with a bold attitude that now sees him skiing big mtn lines in Europe instead of tight race lines. Join this episode to find out a little more about how Sam fell in love with skiing and what he had to go through in order to make it onto the world stage. link to applying for body prep program https://video.bigpictureskiing.com/pages/body-prep-program-for-skiing-10-weeks

How a kangaroo made it to the World Champs - Sam Robertson Alpine ski racer

Sam Robertson interviews Tom Gellie on his podcast. Find out some of Tom’s history including him only starting alpine skiing at age 22. Why he got into body alignment. And his new program designed to prepare your entire body for efficient skiing. link for applying for 10 week body prep program https://video.bigpictureskiing.com/pages/body-prep-program-for-skiing-10-weeks

Sam Robertson (world champs ski racer) interviews Tom Gellie

Sbould you mPunt your bindings on the recommended factory line? What happens if you change the placement? Is there an ideal location for our bindings to be mounted every time? These questions and more are covered in the lates global skiing podcast episode. I interview Lou Rosenfeld a ski ship owner from Calgary but also a mechanical engineer who has been involved in research over the years on the effects on binding mount location on ski performance. I think every skier out there should be privy to this knowledge. I hope you enjoy the episode. I know it has helped me look into my ski setup further to test if there is a better place I can be skiing my skis from.

Binding placement effects on skiing with Lou Rosenfeld

Tomas Marnics has cut a niche for himself in the ski industry running his own ski camps based on his own findings as well as what he sees the best skiers in the world doing. He comes from the viewpoint of testing and comparing different ways to move on skis always with the goal of more power and alignment with the forces.Please check him out on instagram to see the great images and videos of his skiing. If you want to hear a different perspective on counter rotation Tomas gives great explanations based on looking at other sports and even animals as to why counter rotation is more of a result later in the turn and not something skiers should try and force into their skiing.I contacted Tomas because I see many similarities in the way he thinks about skiing and types of concepts he teaches to get his students skiing more fluidly and with greater power. We had a great discussion i hope you enjoy this long overdue episode.

Tomas Marnics Interview

This episode is not to be missed. Jurij Franko is an engineer and physicist heavily involved with the development of the first shaped skis from Elan. In this episode you will learn a lot about ski design principles, how

Jurij Franko (Developer of the Elan SCX Ski)

Russ Wood three time member of the CSIA Demo Team catches up with Tom for a technical skiing chat. We get into topics such as tension, what is turning from the lower body, Russ&#39;s observations when looking at ski tracks,

Russ Wood Interview

Tom chats with Ultimate Skiing Author Ron LeMaster. Ron is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to understanding the physics of skiing. He has been a technical advisor to the US ski team as well as a coach and instructor

Ron LeMaster Interview

Tom catches up with Harald Harb for a second interview. They talk more about ski boot fitting and alignment, world cup boot alignment issues, turn transition techniques and what Harald would do if he was given the role a

Harald Harb Catchup (Round 2)

Tom and Paul have skied and trained together since 2008 when they were selected for the Aussie Demo Team. Paul is in my opiniion one of the most talented skiers and trainers ive ever had the chance to work with . He&#39;s b

Paul Lorenz Catchup

Reilly McGlashan is back in a second interview recorded whilst he and Tom were coaching for the Rookie Academy 2017 Nz winter season. The two get chatting about the importance of boot alignment, setting measurable parame

Reilly McGlashan in New Zealand Interview

This episode with Heather Robilliard is a little bit of a special one. Heather is a colleague and friend of mine who has been apart of the skiing industry for over 25 years. Two years ago Heather was diagnosed with Breas

Heather Robilliard Interview (health special)

Bodie Shandro is the co-ordinator for backcountry camps and programs at Sun Peaks Resort, Canada. Bodie chats with Tom about the growing amount of people heading into the backcountry for its fresh snow and wild allure an

Bodie Shandro Interview - backcountry safety

Tom Gelle talks with technical skiers from around the world. Gain insight into some of the best technical skiers and what their thoughts are on good skiing and how to achieve it.