Threshold
By Chad Salmela
Hosted by Chad Salmela and produced by Chris Parr.
ThresholdApr 19, 2024
Long Distance Climate Warrior (with Bill McKibben)
Bill McKibben is an American writer, climate advocate and Wikipedia even says he's been mentioned as possible future Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Energy. He's also a cross-country skier. So, Chad talks with Bill about the future of skiing in a world where climate change is affecting ski venues worldwide.
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit ariensnordiccenter.com to learn about the 4-season nordic center in Brillion, Wisconsin.
With guest Bill McKibben
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
US Skiing Development through the Fish Eye Lens (with Bryan Fish)
Chad catches up with Bryan Fish IN PERSON at the Spring US Cross Country Ski Championships. Bryan works at the US Ski and Snowboard Development Director and has the most up close perspective on the growth of US skiing right from the roots of it all.
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit AriensNordic.com for details about their one of a kind nordic center - complete with a biathlon range - just South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
with guest Bryan Fish
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Birkie Fever (with David Norris and Jessica Yeaton)
This has been a very busy stretch for us at Threshold. One of us becoming a father for the first time in the last few weeks and all the imperative concentration that goes with that; and the other juggling 3 jobs all converging on massive high points. Well, in terms of Threshold, it has had us scrambling to meet what we might expect our listeners are waiting for. We recognize that this Birkie preview is coming in just under the wire with the event already underway in it's low-snow form, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.Chad's "hangover" ended up actually being Covid, post facto. So he regrets his inaccurate statement in closing that he'll see you all at the Birkie. He will not. A reminder, among so many other things weird this winter, that some things are more important than others...Have a great Birkie weekend and enjoy meeting David and Jessica on this episode.
- The guys at Threshold
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit AriensNordic.com for details about their one of a kind nordic center - complete with a biathlon range - just South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
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With guests Jessica Yeaton and David Norris
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
The Loppet Cup Hangover (with Kevin Bolger)
Well, if you were in Minneapolis last weekend, you probably have that 'Loppet Cup Hangover" feeling. To bring ourselves back to the glory, Chad talks with Kevin Bolger about his experience and what it meant to the World Cup athletes to race in the US, in front of an objectively incredible crowd.
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with guest Kevin Bolger
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
KIKKAN the Documentary (with Kikkan Randall)
US Skiing has seen a rapid growth to the top of the sport over the past couple of decades. We've all seen it... and watch the results of this growth today. But at one time, things were quite the opposite. That is, until Kikkan Randall sprung onto the World Cup, leading the US to places they'd never been before. Now, a documentary about Kikkan is premiering in cities around the country. Chad asks Kikkan about this experience and where we can see it.
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Learn more about "Kikkan" the documentary: https://www.kikkan.com/film/
Tickets for the Minneapolis screening: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kikkan-documentary-minneapolis-tickets-798838285817?aff=oddtdtcreator
Tickets for the Wisconsin screening: https://www.theparkcenter.com/events/kikkan-movie
With guest Kikkan Randall
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Patreon producer: Michael Swan
Period 3 Nordic Ski World Cup RECAP (with Rick Kapala)
Before the world's best skiers make their way to North America, Chad and Rick Kapala discuss the results and storylines from the 3rd period of the World Cup circuit.
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with guest Rick Kapala
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Tour de Ski RECAP (with Chad Salmela)
The 2023-2024 Tour de Ski is now in the rearview and it's time to reflect on the numerous compelling storylines that glued us to the screen this year. Who better to recap these storylines than the man on the broadcast and your host, Chad Salmela.
With Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Trail to Gold (w/ Erin Moening)
The Trail to Gold Program funds talented women coaches to join the US Ski Team coaching staff during the World Cup racing season. Chad talks to Erin Moening, Team Birkie coach and the most recent coach who just finished her time as part of the Trail to Gold Program.
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With guest Erin Moening
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Biathlon World Cup Period 1 Recap (with Herbert Fritzenwenger)
Chad digs into the Biathlon World Cup with special guest and German analyst, Herbert Fritzenwenger, who - if you don't know - you'll be pleased to get to know.
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with guest Herbert Fritzenwenger
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Inside the Wax Truck (with Chris Hecker)
Chad digs in on the big shakeup on the World Cup this year: the flourocarbon ban... and how the US Ski Team is pulling away from the rest of the field when it comes to ski speed.
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit AriensNordic.com for details about their one of a kind nordic center - complete with a biathlon range - just South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
With guest Chris Hecker
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Period 1 Cross Country Recap (with Ben Ogden)
Chad sits down with Ben Ogden to discuss not only his own standout performances that kicked off the 2023-2024 season, but Team USA as a whole.
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Q and A (with Chad Salmela)
Heading into the 2023-2024 Cross Country Ski and Biathlon World Cups, we gather listener questions to flip the microphone on Chad and get some much needed insight.
with guest Chad Salmela
and host (?) Chris Parr
Journeyman Biathlon Coach (w/ Johnny Coconuts)
Learn about how the Italian Biathlon rose from struggling times to win the World Championship relay with Italian Biathlon Shooting Coach Jonne Kahkonen.
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with guest Jonne Kahkonen
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
America's Ski Reporter (with Nat Herz)
Nat Herz IS journalism. In the best possible way. As the co-host of the Devon Kershaw Show and often the only North American cross country ski reporter on site at World Cup races and the Olympics, Nat has a perspective unlike any other. Listen to him and Chad talk about what it's like reporting on this weird sport.
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit AriensNordic.com for details about their one of a kind nordic center - complete with a biathlon range - just South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
with guest Nat Herz
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Sponsored WC Teams? (w/ Jostein Vinjerui & Trond Nystad)
Today we discuss how the sport of nordic skiing is changing, so much so that athletes are now aligning themselves with branded teams, as opposed to national teams. What does this mean for the sport and could this come to the World Cup?
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With guests Jostein Vinjerui & Trond Nystad
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
The 8 Year Olympic Plan (w/ Paul Schommer and Jake Brown)
Jake Brown and Paul Schommer went from trying a new sport for themselves in biathlon, to becoming Olympians in 9 years. Now, they are leaders on the fast rising US Biathlon team. Hear from them about their struggles getting started with the sport, successes on the World Cup, and what's ahead this season.
This episode is sponsored by AriensCo. Visit AriensNordic.com for details about their one of a kind nordic center - complete with a biathlon range - just South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
With guests Jake Brown and Paul Schommer
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Top End Speed (with Andy Newell)
Andy Newell has skied on the FIS World Cup for 17 years, the longest of any American in history. Hear about his experience as one of the best skiers in the world and how he now coaches based on that experience.
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With guest Andy Newell
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
A Brilliant Future for Brillion (w/ Ariens)
In 2019, Ariens - the company known for making snow blowers - backed the US Biathlon Team... then quickly set off to make a one of a kind nordic center, complete with a biathlon range South of Green Bay in Brillion, WI.
Hear from the Ariens employees on how they pulled this incredible feat off and what it means to the nordic ski community across the country.
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With guests Tara Perre and Sean Becker
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Confident Creative Coaching (with Per Nilsson)
He's Frida Karlsson's coach, as well as the coach of the German Women's Cross Country ski team - who have been on the rise for the past several years. Threshold welcomes our first return guest on the podcast: Per Nilsson
With guest Per Nilsson
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
An American Choice (with Julia Kern)
Julia Kern had the opportunity to pursue basketball, but chose nordic skiing... then quickly found her way onto the World Cup podium, and now carries a World Championship bronze medal. Threshold catches up with Julia after the US Ski Team Bend camp.
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With guest Julia Kern
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Queen of the Mountain (with Sophia Laukli)
After finishing 3rd in the Alpe Cermis Tour de Ski climb, 15th place in her grueling 30km Olympic debut, and fresh off of her victory at Marathon du Mont Blanc - Laukli discusses her love for the mountains.
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With guest: Sophia Laukli
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
A Look Across The Table to Triathlon (with Ryan Bolton)
The "High Performance Director" is a somewhat new - but now essential - position in endurance sports. Today on Threshold, we get into the weeds by talking training with USA Triathlon's High Performance Director, Ryan Bolton.
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With guest Ryan Bolton
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Hosted by Chris Parr
Why does Norway Dominate? (with Petter Skinstad)
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Norwegian Elite skier and ski pundit, Petter Skinstad gives insight as to why Norway, with only 5.4 million people, leads the Olympic medal count.
With guest Petter Skinstad
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Period 3 Nordic World Cup Recap (with Pat O'Brien)
To recap the cross-country ski Period World Cup races and the fight for the crystal globes, Threshold brings in former SMS Head Coach , Patrick O'Brien.
With guest Patrick O'Brien
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
2022-2023 Biathlon Recap (with Clare Egan)
Threshold catches up with former US Biathlete and current Chair of the IBU Athletes' Committee, Clare Egan to recap the biathlon season.
With guest Clare Egan
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
2023 World Championships recap (US Head Coach Matt Whitcomb)
From Rosie Brennan's epic 30km battle, to Jessie Diggin's and Julia Kern's bronze medal Team Sprint Performance, to Jessie's historic gold medal... Threshold breaks down the 2023 World Championships with US Ski Team Head Coach, Matt Whitcomb
With guest Matt Whitcomb
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Steady Hand on Success (Sverre Caldwell)
Sverre Caldwell, father of Sophie Caldwell has greatly influenced American skiing for the past few decades. We explore what he thinks is the secret to success and where American skiing is headed.
With guest Sverre Caldwell
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Birkie Fever (with Ben Popp)
The American Birkebeiner has for a long time been a machine in American nordic skiing, but how do the inner workings function? Threshold talks with Birkie Executive Director, Ben Popp, just one week away from North America's biggest cross country ski race.
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With guest Ben Popp
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Giving Herself a Shot (with Deedra Irwin)
At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Deedra Irwin finished the 15km Biathlon event in 7th place - the best EVER finish by a US Biathlete at the Olympics. This, after competing in the sport for only 4 years. Threshold catches up with Deedra just before the World Championships to hear her story.
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With guest Deedra Irwin
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Period 2 Nordic World Cup Recap (with Caitlin Gregg)
To recap the cross-country ski Period 2 World Cup races from the Tour de Ski, Livingo, Les Rousses, and Toblach, Threshold brings in Team Birkie Coach, Caitlin Gregg.
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With guest Caitlin Gregg
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
The 9er (with Ben Ogden)
Ben Ogden, sitting as the 9th best skier in the world... catches up with Threshold about halfway through the season.
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With guest Ben Ogden
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Period 2 Biathlon Recap (with Lowell Bailey)
Period 2 on the biathlon World Cup has been chock-full of storylines. To recap the races from Pokljuka, Ruhpolding, and Antholz, Threshold brings in Director of High Performance for US Biathlon, and World Champion biathlete, Lowell Bailey.
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With guest Lowell Bailey
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
It Takes a Family (with Campbell Wright)
Campbell Wright, at just 19 years old, shocked the Biathlon world by shooting clean and finishing 15th in the 20km World Cup at Antholz, Italy.
But the most chocking of all... he was racing for a country rarely - actually, never - seen near the top of Biathlon World Cup results: New Zealand.
Hear from Campbell about what it took to become a world class biathlete from an under represented country and what he's up to now.
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With guest Campbell Wright
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Who is THAT guy? (with Ivan Babikov)
Ivan Babikov, the Canadian from Russia has one heck of a story. From growing up in Russia, to pursuing the North American ski racing scene as part of the Subaru Factory Team, to then skiing for Russia, to THEN skiing for Canada... Ivan's perspective is one of a kind.
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With guest Ivan Babikov
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
2022-2023 Period 1 RECAP (with Kristen Bourne and Armin Auchentaller)
Chad talks with Kristen Bourne, US Ski Team Coach, and Armin Auchentaller, US Biathlon Head Coach, to reflect on Period One of the Nordic and Biathlon World Cups AND predict what's to come.
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With guests Kristen Bourne and Armin Auchentaller
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
The One and Only (with Beckie Scott)
Beckie Scott's tells the story of her 2002 gold medal, her career fighting for clean sport, and why took a step back.
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With guest Beckie Scott
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
World Champion and Punchy Podcast Pundit (Devon Kershaw)
Devon Kershaw, host of the Devon Kershaw Show by Fasterskier, talks with Threshold about his childhood, skiing at the top of the world, becoming a World Champion, and why he's so critical of FIS.
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With guest Devon Kershaw
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
A Whole New World Cup (with Chris Grover)
Threshold talks with US Ski and Snowboard Program Director, Chris Grover, about all of the changes coming to the World Cup this year. And all that's not changing.
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With guest Chris Grover
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
A Big Stupid Olympics (with Jessie Diggins)
Season 3 of Threshold kicks off with American skiing legend and our friend, Jessie Diggins!
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With guest Jessie Diggins
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Project RED-S (with Pippa Woolven, Holly Brooks, and Rachel Bachman-Perkins)
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The Crying Fighter (with Kara Goucher)
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Kara Goucher was the Silver medalist in the 2007 10,000m Track and Field World Championships. She went on to become a whistleblower that took down her former (now banned) coach Alberto Salazar. Kara is now an NBC commentator for this year's Track and Field World Championships.
Threshold catches up with her just before the 2022 Track and Field World Championships to reflect on her silver medal, endurance sport doping, nutrition issues, and a preview of the World Championships themselves.
With guest Kara Goucher
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Talent and Environment (with Kelsey and Taylor Phinney)
What happens when a sports best athletes, meet, fall in love, and have kids? That is Taylor and Kelsey Phinney’s story—at least part of it.
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With guests Kelsey and Taylor Phinney
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Summer AND Winter Paralympic Champion (with Kendall Gretsch)
Kendall Gretsch entered her very first Paralympics race in the 6km biathlon at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games... and won.
Fast forward to the Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Kendall Gretsch is faced with a daunting task, making up her 4 minute and 8 second factored time. In a thrilling finish, she sprints past Lauren Parker to become a summer AND winter Paralympic Champion.
Video of that finish here: https://youtu.be/uwB75wE1V3w
With guest Kendall Gretsch
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Kikkan Randall, The X Factor (with Kikkan Randall)
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Some people don’t need an introduction. And some don’t even need a full name.
Their shadow is cast so large over their influence–their contribution so transformative—that you need only refer to them by their first name.
Especially with a name like Kikkan.
With guest Kikkan Randall
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
America's First Nordic Skiing Mother/Daughter Olympians (with Novie and Laura McCabe)
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Just as American skiing started to appear at the top of the sport, when Jessie Diggins grew the US Olympic medal haul by 100% in Beijing, and Rosie Brennan unceremoniously threw down the second-best top-to-bottom women’s Olympic performance in history, at the very same games–naturally a somewhat esoteric statistic like the first Mother-daughter Olympic duo in US cross country skiing might occur at the same time.
Today, on Threshold, we cover that story with the duo themselves, Novie and Laura McCabe.
With guests Novie and Laura McCabe
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Birkie Week Windup (with 2x Champion Alayna Sonnesyn)
Birkie week is upon us. Who better to talk to then 2-time Champion, Alayna Sonnesyn about becoming the youngest female Birkie winner in history.
With guest Alayna Sonnesyn
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
Germany’s Mark on Biathlon (with Andrea Henkel Burke)
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On this day 20 years ago, Andrea Burke (neé Henkel) won Gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in an event that her coaches recommended she didn’t compete in. This marked the first of many medals at Soldier Hollow in what was considered a smashing success for the country of Germany who won the medal count at those Olympics.
Today, Andrea recalls her childhood during the reunification of Germany, that Gold medal, and her dramatic finish that led to an overall World Cup title.
With Guest Andrea Henkel Burke
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
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Alive and Olympian (with Hannah Halvorsen)
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After surviving being hit by a car, Hannah Halvorsen overcomes immense odds to earn a spot on the 2022 US Olympic Team.
with Guest Hannah Halvorsen
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
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America's 2022 Olympic Unsung Favorite (with Rosie Brennan)
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Rosie Brennan has entered 7 World Cup events during the 2021-2022 season and has finished no worse than 8th, including a podium finish in Davos. This clearly sets her up for an exciting Olympic run. Today on Threshold, we talk with Rosie about the long journey that has brought her here and how she feels about the upcoming Olympics. In a 'Here-Comes-Diggins' media onslaught, meet America’s medal hopeful, just inches out of the limelight... for now.
with Guest Rosie Brennan
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr
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The Youngest Birkie Champion (with Johnny Steel Hagenbuch)
Threshold sits down with double Junior World Champion and the youngest winner of the American Birkebeiner, Johnny Steel Hagenbuch. We get into the environment and circumstances of Hagenbuch’s development, his part in the young group of American men who shined like no Americans before at the junior level, his college plans, his long-range skiing aspirations, and of course, winning the Birkie at age 19.
This episode of Threshold is sponsored by SALOMON. Recognizing that the future existence of skiing is directly impacted by climate change, Salomon is confirming that sustainability will be a major aspect of its performance parameters in future winter sports products.
The first of those sustainable products is the new S/MAX eSKIN Nordic ski, the company’s first ski constructed with a sustainable mindset, with its core constructed with recycled plastic bottles.
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with Guest Johnny Steel Hagenbuch
Hosted by Chad Salmela
Produced by Chris Parr