The Seder-Skier Podcast
The original, unique, engaging cross country ski podcast. We ask tough questions to elite athletes, investigate scientific research, and occasionally venture off to talk about the broader intersection of sports and culture as well.
Episodes
We break down everything from ...
- the 2025 Birkie Classic
- how to go from NCAA All-American to a Ski Classics pro
- DP technique
- intersection of scientific research and ski content creation
- SKIMO
- Which Americans would be good ski classic athletes (actually, JK, we kept that stuff off the record)
You won't want to miss this show!
Last month, we brought on Spud Nordic ski coach Eric Wicklund to chat about how he makes things work in Moorhead.
Inspired by that conversation, we decided we needed to hear more about how the team started.
Today's guest is Tom Dooher, who coached cross-country and track and field at Moorhead High before starting the Nordic team in the fall of 2014. We picked his brain on how he built a program capable of sustained success, nav...
Joining us on the show today is Steamboat Springs WinterSports Club head U20/U18/U16 cross-country ski coach Josh Smullin!
Show notes:
start - 20 min: SederSkier fitness update/Double UP Winter Park race report/ Mt. Massive trail run
20:00 - end: Josh Smullin!
Smullin's illustrious ski career spans top-level junior national showings, a 4-year career at CU and numerous SuperTour and American Ski Marathon Series podiums...
19:38 - start of interview
We have a great show for you today!
Kyle Steitz joins to talk about how he launched and grew the Poudre School District high school ski team from the ground up.
Growing up in Steamboat Springs as the son of the USA Nordic Combined head coach, Stietz was on skis from the time he could walk. By the time he was offered a DI scholarship, however, he was beyond burnt out.
Find out how starting up a team in Fort ...
Alayna Sonnesyn hops on to talk about a whole variety of interesting topics, from Trondheim to training, her ski and running journeys — dealing with pressure, successes and failures in high school, college and professionally in both — and what brought her to Team Birkie last year.
Enjoy!
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We take the 4...
Just 10 years after the team was formed, Moorhead High School qualified its first boys team for the Minnesota Nordic Ski State Championships this past February.
Head coach Eric Wicklund joins the show to discuss how he makes things work at a school more known for hockey in a town that is flat and frigid all winter and hot, windy and humid all summer.
We dive into the daily challenges of directing training, managing equipment, teachin...
A little fever/cold terrorism, but we show up to give you instant takes from day 1 of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Congress on May 13 anyway.
Kate Oldham got the U.S. cross-country skiing community's attention with her 10k individual start national title at Kincaid Park earlier this year. The Roaring Fork native wasn't done, however. The MSU senior competed at World Cups, the world championships in Trondheim, NCAAs and Super Tour Finals before calling it a year. And what a year it was.
Hear more about what was behind the 4.0 student's breakout season as well as her devel...
Team Birkie is a Midwest-based professional cross country ski team formed through a collaboration between the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation, The Loppet Foundation, and Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC). With athletes competing at the FIS World Cup, U.S. SuperTour, and regional marathon levels, the team is dedicated to advancing skiing in the Central Region. With its home base in Minneapolis, MN, Team Birkie promotes partners...
SederSkier Congress session: 'How to talk for 120 minutes straight' with Ryan Sederquist....
- start: Teaching jobs making other jobs easy, Fargo weather makes everywhere amazing -
- 4:00 Pikes Peak EXTREME TRIATHLON - 4:00
- 5:00: TPNC grooming report - 5:00
- 6:30: Crazy Craigslist item/Matt Carpenter discussion - 6:30
- 12:30: Jantaloppet suggestions - 12:30
- 19:30: argument for the afternoon mocha health benefits rant
- 22:30 - indo...
We are delighted to welcome one of our favorite U.S. athletes, JC Schoonmaker, to The SederSkier Podcast for the first time!
The APU star and 2022 Olympian chatted about the 2024-2025 season, world champs, ski classics, super tour finals, scouting sprint courses , Klaebo, the LA Lakers and so, so much more!
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Montana State University Nordic ski coach Adam St. Pierre, who is also the sport coordinator for U.S. Ski and Snowboard, hops on the show to discuss the upcoming ski congress. We let you know which sessions you should probably tune into and also philosophize on a few related topics.
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A lot of news to get to here at GripWax Nation headquarters!
Plus, we have a jam-packed weekend:
Friday - Adam St. Pierre previews the U.S. Ski and Snowboard congress
Saturday - we sit down with JC Schoonmaker
....And.....it's my birthday on April 5!
We recap an exciting Lahti World Cup and discuss some fan emails on the Russians.
We'll have more shows coming recapping the world champs and the World Cup season as a whole.
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.....sorry for teasing a take from our show with Zach Caldwell...we'll get to that next time!
Show notes
- Leadville, grooming, parking drama, citizens race ideas
- Tallinn dissected
- Klaebo stats
- David Roche PST (preposterous statement tournament) nomination
- Will Bentley sets the SederSkier Podcast record for most appearances (3) to chat about JNs
Zach Caldwell was in Trondheim working with Davide Mosele from @starskiwax at the 2025 FIS World Cross-Country Ski Championships. We decided to pick the incredibly popular and undeniably invaluable Nerd Files founder's brain on what he saw and learned on the ski prep side of things. Of course, the conversation naturally went down a few rabbit trails on wax, grinds and ski brands before concluding with a quick recap of Caldwell ...
Can Sundling be the sprint GOAT if she has never even won a sprint crystal globe AND has lucked out by not facing Svahn in two of her four global titles?
PLUS,
Klaebo Korination or Klaebo Kontroversy?
AND....
The most impressive ski feat of the weekend did not occur in Trondheim....
Broadcasting live from WRENSHALL!! (1,040 feet you know here we are!!!!)
DOGE and Elon come after our show....then, we give you play-by-play from my date with my wife....plus, we provide tips and tricks for your next Birkie (and give a few shoutouts!)
Finally, tune in to hear Diggins, Ogden and Schumacher talk to the press prior to the Trondheim World Champs.
Press conference starts at like 42 minutes or so....
Highlights from each of our five interviews in advance of the 51st American Birkebeiner.
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