Best Wendy Lumby Podcasts (2025)

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World Champs Have Arrived 53:03

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Shelley and Wendy talk about the team events and the speed for mens and ladies. For once they think the women had the better track...find out why. Featuring briefly the song by Andreas Gabalier - Go for GoldBy Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Twas the night before World Champs... 46:58

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Wendy and Shelley discuss the races and the return of the Shiff. They also discuss the new kombi event that will be tested at world champs in the next two weeks! Who will pair with who????By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Oh Canada in Kitz! Also a sprinkle of Garmisch 51:15

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Wendy and Shelley are super stoked for Canada with the results in Kitz!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Wengen - Part deux 49:37

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In our second instalment of the week Wendy and Shelley travel to one of their favourite venues...Wengen! The gents give er on the longest piste of the circuit and Shelley and Wendy absolute forget to thank their sponsors! Thanks Volkl, Helly Hansen, and Freshwater!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Flachau, Cortina, and Kronplatz...Oh My! 42:44

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Part 1 of two for this week since there was so much going on! Wendy and Shelley focus on the women for this week and every discipline in tech and speed is on the docket. The women definitely have some surprises up their sleeve and Wendy is hungry...literally.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Oh Mandonna, St. Anton, and Adleboden! Big shockers for podiums for the men and women! 1:07:44

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Wow, what a week for ski racing! It's the mid-season mark for the WC and things are getting hot. Maiden wins everywhere and red bibs being chased. Wendy and Shelley analyze the races as we look at what the best of the best have to offer!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Bormio controversies, Semmerling and Kranjska Gora! 1:29:54

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Lot's to catch up on this week with Shelley and Wendy! The women review and give their opinions on the Bormio controversies and the terrible injuries from the race. On the women's circuit, Shelley has a bone to pick with the media's treatment of a certain athlete and the young guns of the circuit are starting to shine!…

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Sorry We're late! Val Gardena 1:07:06

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Wendy and Shelley are doing a pod dump for the New Year due to holiday business and someone getting very sick! But don't worry they're back at it with the latest on the circuit!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Preying and D'Isere 52:44

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Wendy and Shelley discuss industry pet peeves and some good sets for the women and the men this week. The women fought it out in the US and the men were back in France. Get the latest race analysis!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Killing it in Killington 37:00

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What did Shiffrin hit to cause a puncture wound and how many people found there to be conspiracies in the USA ski world?? Lots to discuss even though it was just the women making history this week...but was it the history we expected? Absolutely not. Listen and find out!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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A Tough Set for Gurgl 32:35

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Some great results for the women this weekend as The Shiff is inching closer to her century, and the men tough it out with a technical set on the first run that may have made a few of them unhappy. Wendy and Shelley analyze the races and delve into the White Circus once again!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Fun in Finland... 45:29

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Shiffrin adds to her literal herd of reindeer and Herscher misses the mark while certain skiers flow through the course. The World Cup this week took us to Levi, Finland for the 1st SL of the season. Wendy and Shelley analyze the race but also chat about the latest gossip on the circuit. There were no pillow fights throughout the recording of this …

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Hallllllooooo Solden 59:44

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Wendy and Shelley discuss people coming out of retirement, switching nations, and set choices! Oh and they also talk about the races...who had a sweep??????By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Season Ends. Auf Wiedersehen Saalbach! 45:44

1+ y ago45:44

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Wendy and Shelley discuss suit safety in FIS and the final speed events in Austria. Soft conditions made for some more historic runs, and the ladies have some suggestions for finals in the future.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Finals tech Finally Finally 42:49

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Wendy and Shelley discuss spring conditions in Austria for tech week. Who had a fairy tale finish? Wendy finally admits to abandoning Shelley with a famous Austrian in the bloopers.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Åre the Ladies in Sweden? (See what I did there?) 31:55

1+ y ago31:55

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Wendy and Shelley look at all the standings, the course and results in Sweden...maybe there's a few opinions being thrown out there. The men weren't racing but there is confirmation that a certain someone will be back next winter!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Super foggy Super G and Windy Aspen Extreme 37:50

1+ y ago37:50

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Whose dad got kicked off the hill? Should the race have gone off in Norway with that viz? How much ice is too much ice in Aspen?By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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OK USA! 42:00

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Wendy and Shelley discuss the rather flat course in Tahoe, USA. The women are cancelled due to snow and Shelley explains the rules of racing and what a Ref does on a jury because some coaches are unaware of the job as she found out.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Crans Montana Kvitfjell 41:10

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Gut surpasses the Shiff and the boys are back in Norway where historically Canada has a good time!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Who whines and who has a globe wrapped up already? 52:44

1+ y ago52:44

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Wendy and Shelley go over the women's races and overall shot at the globes...the men..is a certain Norwegian a whiner???By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Kronplatz and a Record fro Yule 32:45

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A short week of racing leaves Wendy and Shelley free to discuss more injuries and what they think FIS should do with venues.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Women's Injury Prone Cortina and Men of the Night 1:23:38

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After a down pour of rain and results for the men, Wendy and Shelley discuss the injuries in Cortina. Why and how are they happening at such a rate? So many athletes are getting injured...is this unexpected?By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Crown and Kits 1:05:44

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Wendy and Shelley agree about younger athletes on the tour. Should a 16 year old race World Cup? Then we get into the Strief where the results were a little all over the map but not compared to the DNFs in the slalom.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Rough Ride in Wengen and Cruising in Zauchansee 1:17:03

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Wendy and Shelley discuss and have opinions about Wengen, the horrific crashes, and the amount of races. Shelley hates being right in this case. The Women's races had some moments of excitement and they ladies disagree about the course.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Cloudy Krans and Undulating Adelboden 51:27

1+ y ago51:27

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Wendy and a Shelley with a cold discuss a Canadian win by Val Grenier in Slovenia while mangling a few name and they both love the terrain in Adelboden, SUI.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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This is the rhythm of the night...slalom...oh yeah! 53:28

1+ y ago53:28

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Wendy and Shelley explain why coaches should not sleep with their athletes and also go over some night slalom pre-xmas racing! Dave Ryding has some fans with our coaches for sure! Sorry about the late post all...holiday interference :)By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Men are on Speed...skis and so are the Women 1:45:46

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A long episode where there are a ton of races to catch up on. The men race 5 days in a row with mostly surprising results but also some unsurprising winners in Italy. While the women face a technically challenging course and a super G with an almost 50% DNF rate that made things exciting. Wendy saves a story for the end about being saved by an Ital…

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Ladies on Speed and the Boys are Briefly Back in Town 45:06

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Wendy and Shelley look at a the Men racing in Val D'Isere for a day and how the retirements affect the young guns that are pushing into the top 30. Meanwhile the Women race a relatively boring track in mediocre conditions in St. Moritz until it gets cancelled.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Birds aren’t Preying but the Ladies are Flying in Tremblant 41:57

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BONJOUR from Mt. Temblant! There they Wendy and Shelley discuss the men briefly not running and give their analysis with athlete interviews for the exciting races in Quebec!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Born in the USA.....Killington the Beast of the East! 39:06

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Shelley and a pantless Wendy analyze the races in Killington...Were there any big surprises? Not really. But the set differences between the SL runs made for interesting watching as Vlohva and Shiffrin battle it out (like always).By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Controversy for the Gürgl SL 41:13

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Shelley is excited for #GBR #GreatBritain for the first time ever and Wendy talks about the security as the race was delayed for climate activists in the finish. The women are blown off of the Glacier in Zermatt and Shelley lectures Wendy in the bonus content with lots of swears.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Levi, Chinbars, and Zermatt, oh my! 37:32

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Wendy and Shelley discuss what Zermatt is like and what they know about the country of Finland. Who is attacking from the back and why we have chin bars on SL helmets.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Sölden is here! Dust off the podcasting mics! 31:48

1+ y ago31:48

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Wendy and Shelley are back to take a look at the WC season opener in Sölden! The women rocked it and the men were blown away.....By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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World Champs Part Numero Uno 57:54

4+ y ago57:54

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Wendy and Shelley review a boring women's SG and some really exciting combined races in Cortina. Other stuff happens in between and they also cover that.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Cran-splat? 28:49

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Wendy and Shelley go over the ladies races for last weekend. They discuss why blind jumps aren't a bad thing and Shelley almost forgets there was a GS.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Putting on the Kitz with a side of Schladming 39:27

4+ y ago39:27

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Wendy and Shelley discuss what happened at Kitz, some bad crashes and the night SL in Schladming!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Sooooo much Solden! 42:27

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SKI RACING IS BACK! Wendy and Shelley are back in the podcasting saddle to bring you the latest rules and regs with COVID and our assessment of Solden!!!! Yeah!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The only Corona we didn't want and Kvitfjell for the gents 20:01

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So finals has been cancelled and that has made the fight for the globe even more exciting! Shelley and Wendy talk about what's happening and who won on a sunny day DH...and who didn't race on a rainy foggy day for the SG.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Combined globes all round and is FIS going to cancel finals? 26:31

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What's FIS going to do about COVID-19 (aka the Novel Coronavirus) and how will that strategically change how/where racers will race? This week Wendy and Shelley dive into La Thuile, Italy with the ladies and Hinterstoder, Austria for the men...Lots of close results and laughing ensue.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Who's big in Japan? The Women's DH Globe goes to... 26:24

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Who made history for their nation this week? A few athletes actually! This week Wendy and Shelley dissect the men as they take on soft conditions in Japan and the women rock some DH and combined events in Switzerland...By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Saalbach boys, n' Girls Just Wanna 31:44

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This week Wendy and Shelley go over why Beat Feuz seems to always be in the mix. Alice Robinson is rocking the Volkl's for a win and what's the Slogan for Cortina?By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Garmisch Mayhem, Chamonix Carnage, and Khutor was ok I guess. 32:42

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Wanna know how many DNFs there were in Chamonix? Who was injured in Garmisch? And which athletes don't like the Dual GS as much as the two hosts? Wendy is back from Mexico and Shelley is back from a lot of coaching to answer these questions and more!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Putting on the Kitz and Money in the Bansko 27:10

5+ y ago27:10

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Want to hear about a woman streaking almost naked in skiing? Want to hear what happened last weekend on the World Cup circuit? Wendy and Shelley Dish out the goods on Kitz and Bansko this week on the pod!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Sisters of Sestriere and crash avoidance in Wengen 25:29

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Why don't Wendy and Shelley like the parallel GS event? Who is annoyed at being filmed while training and why does that matter anyway? Which Italian man is in and which Italian man is out? The ladies look at Sestriere and Wengen with a small Kitz preview in this episode of Going Downhill. :)By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Flachau-ing around Zuzhanesee and Madonna to Adelboden 32:20

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Wow, a long week of racing is past us. Wendy and Shelley put their analysis and spin on what happened in the SG...why did so many people get knocked out? Who broke a 13 yr dry streak and for what nation? Find out on this weeks episode!By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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On this episode of Surviv--uh Zagreb. 18:27

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Zagreb - the easiest hardest race you ever did see! The herd was thinned on the mens side for a very exciting time and Wendy and Shelley will tell you what Svindal has been up to and just how crazy the women's and men's races were -- because they were CRAZY.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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The Shiff is Back and Dominik the Bormio Dominator 30:34

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Hey Wanna hear how much Shelley and Wendy talk about two characters dominating the circuit? This week the ladies discuss a few injuries, some heavy metal music, and go over the results leading into the new year. Shelley confesses how much she thinks people should watch Mayer more and Wendy gives an accurate description of how an injury occurs.…

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Blown away in Val D'Isere & Ritzing it up! 27:13

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Wendy and Shelley have never seen the Wizard of Oz, they also didn't see the GS this weekend because it didn't happen. The duo look at the men's and women's races for the weekend and we discover that Wendy does not like Duals.By Wendy Lumby, Shelley Johnston

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Preying Birds and Ladies of the Lake 35:54

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This week Wendy and Shelley wrap up the men with Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek and WinterStart at Lake Louise with the Ladies. Kudos the @Sleddogs and @craigliethcoyotes for the hard work…didn’t think you’d pull it all off but you did! The Ladies (if you can call them that) talk to a few of the women about the race and how to race, and Shelley uses…

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Shiffrin Kills and Dominik Dominates 26:19

5+ y ago26:19

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What the Shiffrin??? Wendy and Shelley get together in Lake Louise with a lot of laughs (check out the bloopers...so many). The dynamic duo interview the men at WinterStart and analyze the races out east in Killington. #skiracing #alpinecanada #thomasdressen #benthompson #brodieseiger #alexkilde #norway #germany #100yearsAlpineCanada #voelklskis…