Awesome pod where you were the guest! Man I grew up listening to Jim Rome in the mornings, it's so cool to see how you were inspired and influenced by his style and I can definitely see it. I'm just like you, it's one of my biggest pet peeves when the host constantly interrupts the guest they brought on to the show to be the focus for that particular episode. I remember the very first podcast of yours I listened to when it was linked in one of the News Roundups on Lift Blog, and immediately I thought to myself "Man, this Storm Skiing guy is actually a really good host! I need to check out more of his work."
Long form interviews and conversations are always the best ways to disseminate information and ideas, especially when interrupting is kept to a minimum. It's why, for example, politician debates whether it's for party primaries or the debate between the chosen presidential candidates are all absolute garbage, as they all play out like this:
The host/moderator asks a question about an incredibly complex topic, gives the politician thirty seconds to answer, then proceeds to interrupt them while they're answering the question initially asked all while the others heckle the one answering the question. I can't believe that's still the debate format for our PUBLIC OFFICIALS. I can think of so many more examples of that in the podcast and radio world, so I commend how well your podcast format and interviewing style works and how fair you are. You can ask some tough but entirely fair questions Stuart, and that's why huge swaths of the ski industry including the folks behind Alterra(!) and Vail(!) are willing to communicate with you and even appear as podcast guests!
So far I think you've only burned one bridge and that's the bridge with Powdr Corp, I think you said they stopped answering your emails? 😂
Thanks so much for that. Another thing I respect about Rome is that he’s still
doing his show at a high level after many years. He also says “if everyone wants to do the show, I’m not doing my job,” and the same is true of the pod.
Indeed Wachusett is a wonderful ski area. I skied there several times and enjoyed every time - even the time I shucked a shoe at speed crossing a rut from a previous race course and hit the deck hard. I thought the snow making and hill prep was first rate. I like the terrain. I love how Wachusett’s cameras and tech defeated the ski/board thieves. A smaller area closer to Boston, Blue Hills, has had a terrible problem with thieves. The only thing I would leave unattended there is a Rottweiler. And, I knew the rut was there - I had crossed several times without any problem by being smart. When I got smacked I foolishly continued to pressure the ski across the rut. Dumb, dumb, dumb. I increased the heel setting from 8 to 11 and haven’t had a pre release since.
Nashoba Valley seems to be the best of the small Boston hills from what I can tell. I have not been to Bradford though. Ski Ward is miserable. Rottweiler line is classic!
I haven’t been to Nashoba Valley, Bradford or Ski Ward. I was at Blue Hills because I was dating a women who was a ski instructor at Blue Hills, that’s also how I got to Wacheusett. The Rottweiler line is a derivative of my windsurfing days. A friend who I often sailed with often brought his two Rotties who he leashed to his truck. We never had anything stolen. The truth is no one other than the small group who sailed had any use for, it and nothing was ever stolen. When I was a child, skiing was like that. It was a small, well behaved fraternity / sorority. Theft really took off in the 1960’s.
Awesome pod where you were the guest! Man I grew up listening to Jim Rome in the mornings, it's so cool to see how you were inspired and influenced by his style and I can definitely see it. I'm just like you, it's one of my biggest pet peeves when the host constantly interrupts the guest they brought on to the show to be the focus for that particular episode. I remember the very first podcast of yours I listened to when it was linked in one of the News Roundups on Lift Blog, and immediately I thought to myself "Man, this Storm Skiing guy is actually a really good host! I need to check out more of his work."
Long form interviews and conversations are always the best ways to disseminate information and ideas, especially when interrupting is kept to a minimum. It's why, for example, politician debates whether it's for party primaries or the debate between the chosen presidential candidates are all absolute garbage, as they all play out like this:
The host/moderator asks a question about an incredibly complex topic, gives the politician thirty seconds to answer, then proceeds to interrupt them while they're answering the question initially asked all while the others heckle the one answering the question. I can't believe that's still the debate format for our PUBLIC OFFICIALS. I can think of so many more examples of that in the podcast and radio world, so I commend how well your podcast format and interviewing style works and how fair you are. You can ask some tough but entirely fair questions Stuart, and that's why huge swaths of the ski industry including the folks behind Alterra(!) and Vail(!) are willing to communicate with you and even appear as podcast guests!
So far I think you've only burned one bridge and that's the bridge with Powdr Corp, I think you said they stopped answering your emails? 😂
Thanks so much for that. Another thing I respect about Rome is that he’s still
doing his show at a high level after many years. He also says “if everyone wants to do the show, I’m not doing my job,” and the same is true of the pod.
Indeed Wachusett is a wonderful ski area. I skied there several times and enjoyed every time - even the time I shucked a shoe at speed crossing a rut from a previous race course and hit the deck hard. I thought the snow making and hill prep was first rate. I like the terrain. I love how Wachusett’s cameras and tech defeated the ski/board thieves. A smaller area closer to Boston, Blue Hills, has had a terrible problem with thieves. The only thing I would leave unattended there is a Rottweiler. And, I knew the rut was there - I had crossed several times without any problem by being smart. When I got smacked I foolishly continued to pressure the ski across the rut. Dumb, dumb, dumb. I increased the heel setting from 8 to 11 and haven’t had a pre release since.
Nashoba Valley seems to be the best of the small Boston hills from what I can tell. I have not been to Bradford though. Ski Ward is miserable. Rottweiler line is classic!
I haven’t been to Nashoba Valley, Bradford or Ski Ward. I was at Blue Hills because I was dating a women who was a ski instructor at Blue Hills, that’s also how I got to Wacheusett. The Rottweiler line is a derivative of my windsurfing days. A friend who I often sailed with often brought his two Rotties who he leashed to his truck. We never had anything stolen. The truth is no one other than the small group who sailed had any use for, it and nothing was ever stolen. When I was a child, skiing was like that. It was a small, well behaved fraternity / sorority. Theft really took off in the 1960’s.