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  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping a soggy, fluoro-free weekend in Trondheim

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping a soggy, fluoro-free weekend in Trondheim

    Eli Brown, a member of the U.S. Ski Team’s waxing and ski service staff, joins us this week to talk about his job and the new enforcement of the rules banning fluorocarbons on the World Cup circuit. We recap another strong weekend for American athletes, along with all the hijinks that happened in Trondheim, Norway at the test event for next season’s World Championships.

    The World Cup takes a break next weekend before the Tour de Ski, but we may try to squeeze in a mailbag episode. Send us questions if you’ve got ’em. Reach us at nat@fasterskier.com and devon@fasterskier.com.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Stars are born in Ostersund, with guest Luke Jager

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Stars are born in Ostersund, with guest Luke Jager

    Multiple U.S. podiums. Near-misses. Coaches barging into the classic track. This past weekend was pretty fun. We get up-and-coming Alaska star Luke Jager to join us for a recap and go through it all.

    Reach us with your questions, comments and feedback at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back next week after Trondheim.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: She’s second in the world right now. Rosie Brennan joins us.

    The Devon Kershaw Show: She’s second in the world right now. Rosie Brennan joins us.

    American skier Rosie Brennan is second in the World Cup standings right now, after a double podium in the season’s first weekend of racing. She’s a veteran with numerous podiums to her name and top-fives at championship events. Brennan joins us from Sweden to talk about her hot start to the season.

    Check out our past coverage of Brennan’s career here. Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back after this weekend’s races.

    Rosie Brennan’s classic technique continues to evolve. Her refinements helped her find her first classic race podium. Photo: NordicFocus)
  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping a frigid weekend in Gallivare

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping a frigid weekend in Gallivare

    More smashing results from U.S. women, boring-on-paper but fun-to-watch racing from the Norwegian men’s distance team and some interlopers wearing similar colors, and a poorly-attended relay. Devon and Nat break it all down.

    Keep the feedback and questions coming: nat@fasterskier.com and devon@fasterskier.com. We’ll see you next week.

     

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: U.S. rocks Ruka as 2024 season kicks off

    The Devon Kershaw Show: U.S. rocks Ruka as 2024 season kicks off

    Damn. What a weekend for the U.S. Ski Team, with three podiums in three days of racing at the World Cup opener in Finland.

    Erik Bråten, a Norwegian who coaches the Swiss ski team, joins Devon and Nat to recap and share his experiences across a range of international ski cultures. Send us questions, feedback and anti-vax screeds to: devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com — we’ve already got some questions stacking up for a mailbag episode in a few weeks. We’ll be back in a few days after the next World Cup weekend in Sweden.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: We’re back, baby

    The Devon Kershaw Show: We’re back, baby

    We’re off. The 2023-2024 winter kicks off with season opening races across Scandinavia, and the World Cup launches next week.

    Devon and Nat go old-school, no guests to recap a bevy of interesting results so far. Send us your comments, questions and criticisms: devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back next week.

     

     

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: cross-country skiing’s most famous international couple

    The Devon Kershaw Show: cross-country skiing’s most famous international couple

    A couple of years ago, Swedish Olympic medalist cross-country skier Maja Dahlqvist matched with U.S. sprinter Kevin Bolger on Tinder. They’ve since become one of their sport’s highest-profile couples.

    The two of them, during an altitude camp in Utah last month, joined Nat for a joint interview.

    We’ll be back as the World Cup season kicks off in a few weeks. Send your questions, comments and hate mail to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

    Johannes Klæbo, Kevin Bolger and Maja Dahlqvist rollerski through downtown Park City together during their respective altitude camps last month. (Nathaniel Herz/FasterSkier)
  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has a lot to say. We listened.

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has a lot to say. We listened.

    A few weeks ago, Nat got a Facebook message from one Haakon Klæbo — father of Johannes Klæbo, also known as one of the greatest skiers of all time. What followed was a visit by Nat to Klæbo’s training camp in Park City, Utah, where he and Johannes taped this episode of the Devon Kershaw Show.

    Join us to hear an interview with the five-time Olympic champion from Norway about his time in the U.S., his training and his schism with the Norwegian national team. You can  also read Nat’s first written story from his visit with Klæbo here.

    We’ll be back soon with more material from Utah. Send your questions, comments and hate mail to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

    Johannes Klæbo stands with his father, Haakon, during a water break on a rollerski workout Saturday. (Nathaniel Herz/FasterSkier)

     

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Summer break’s over, with Team Aker Daehlie’s Jostein Vinjerui

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Summer break’s over, with Team Aker Daehlie’s Jostein Vinjerui

    We know, we know…we’re way overdue for the promised summer content. Is it even summer any more?

    Anyway: We’re excited to bring you this episode with Jostein Vinjerui, one of the coaches with Team Aker Daehlie, the international squad that boasts athletes from Great Britain, Latvia and, for the first time this upcoming season, the U.S., in Sophia Laukli.

    We actually will be back soon, with at least one episode on our schedule for recording in the next week. Send us your questions, comments and hate mail to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

  • Bonus episode: Hear us interview Petter Northug Jr. on the Holmenkollen

    Bonus episode: Hear us interview Petter Northug Jr. on the Holmenkollen

    Oh, you thought we were done? Nat had the chance to interview Norwegian cross-country skiing legend Petter Northug Jr. for his story for the New York Times about the Holmenkollen ski marathons. Rather than leave the audio on the cutting room floor, we thought we’d share it with you.

    Sorry about the audio quality and the frequent interjections from Nat, but this was not originally intended as podcast-quality material — turn it off if you must. And: If profanity isn’t for you, skip the 30 seconds between 9:30 and 10:00. (But if profanity is for you, by all means, let it ride.)

    Devon and Nat will be back soon — we promise. Hit us with questions or feedback at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

  • A Finnish finish: Tying a bow on the 2023 season in Lahti

    A Finnish finish: Tying a bow on the 2023 season in Lahti

    This is the end. Of the 2023 racing season. Devon and Nat go without guests and are here to take you through the last three events of the winter in Lahti, Finland. And we cover a couple of retirement announcements from U.S. skiers.

    We’re taking a little break after this but, we promise: We won’t leave you hanging for the whole off-season. Stay tuned for more regular episodes over the course of the spring and summer, and we’ll be back in a few weeks for a 2023 season recap. Tell us your favorite memories from this year — get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Live from Estonia, it’s Tuesday night

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Live from Estonia, it’s Tuesday night

    Estonia put on one heck of a show at a city sprint in the nation’s capital, Tallinn, this week. We give you a full recap with the help of an on-site expert, Vahur Teppan, and break down some complaints about a new system designed to level the waxing playing field — which may not have worked.

    We’ll be back for one more recap after the Lahti Ski Games in Finland this weekend. Devon is at devon@fasterskier.com and Nat is at nat@fasterskier.com.

  • Swinging through Sweden with Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones

    Swinging through Sweden with Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones

    The World Cup’s penultimate weekend of the year took us to Falun, Sweden for a trio of races, including two more fun 10 ks and a mixed relay. Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones joins us to recap her sensational season and what’s ahead for her next year.

    We’ll be back after Tuesday’s city sprint in Tallinn, Estonia. Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

     

     

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Double trouble in Norway

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Double trouble in Norway

    No rest for the weary (except those who skipped Holmenkollen): We’re back with recaps of, objectively, the most lit series of races on the World Cup circuit, in Norway. We’ve got the goods from the Holmenkollen 50 k races, including the first-ever for women, and the always satisfying Drammen sprints.

    We’ll be back next week. Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: That was a really fun World Champs 50 k.

    The Devon Kershaw Show: That was a really fun World Champs 50 k.

    We’ve made 10 podcasts in 11 days and I have no juice left to come up with snappy episode titles or show notes. So this is what you get. Click play and listen to us talk. It was a cool 50 k.

    Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back after the first-ever women’s 50 k, with both Devon and Nat on scene in Oslo.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: IgNor-way and it was an awesome men’s World Championships relay

    The Devon Kershaw Show: IgNor-way and it was an awesome men’s World Championships relay

    Yeah, Norway smoked everyone in the men’s 4×10 k relay at World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. But the race for silver and bronze was a thriller, with Canada delivering an electrifying performance. Chris Jeffries, the Canadians’ high performance director, joins us from on site to break the race down.

    Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. Ten races down, two to go.

     

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping the 15k with the Jessie Diggins of Swedish ski journalism

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Recapping the 15k with the Jessie Diggins of Swedish ski journalism

    Tomas Petterson, a veteran sports reporter for the Swedish newspaper Expressen, joins us to recap the men’s 15 k at World Championships, and to discuss Sweden’s fantastic women’s team and the country’s hopes for its raw, talented men’s squad.

    Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. Seven days down, four to go.

  • Kristin Størmer Steira joins to recap a history-making day for Jessie Diggins

    Kristin Størmer Steira joins to recap a history-making day for Jessie Diggins

    Two words: Jessie Diggins. The American superstar smashed her competition Tuesday, winning America’s first-ever World Championships gold medal in an individual race.

    Kristin Størmer Steira and some guy that’s married to her, Devon Kershaw, join Nat for a recap. Get at us at nat@fasterskier.com and devon@fasterskier.com.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Kern and Diggins team up to deliver World Champs hardware in Planica

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Kern and Diggins team up to deliver World Champs hardware in Planica

    If you’re reading this, you already know: Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern teamed up to deliver a bronze medal for the U.S. at the World Championships in Slovenia. We’ve got a full breakdown and oh yeah, there was a men’s race, too, and a standout Canadian result.

    The championships is rolling along; email your notes and questions to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

  • The Devon Kershaw Show: Swedes storm as Brennan gets a tough break

    The Devon Kershaw Show: Swedes storm as Brennan gets a tough break

    Ebba Andersson wins the World Championships skiathlon followed by a strong Frida Karlsson, with a surprise third by a Norwegian with a cinderella story. We break the race down and cover Rosie Brennan’s ski mishap.

    We’ll back back with more after Sunday’s team sprint. Send us your questions at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.