Skiing is Believing Podcast Talks with Speed Specialist Tricia Mangan ahead of Beaver Creek

Featured Picture: Tricia Mangan celebrating within the end of a World Cup. Credit score: GEPA

On this episode of the Snowboarding is Believing podcast, Matt and Alan had the chance to speak with the Stifel US Ski Group pace specialist, Tricia Mangan.

Mangan supplied an replace on the latest coaching camp for the ladies’s US pace staff held in Copper Mountain, discussing Tricia’s present state as the primary race of her season approaches in lower than two weeks at Beaver Creek.

Matt then requested about Mangan’s childhood and the way she bought into ski racing, a path that she described as “various.” Her expertise was distinctive, as she developed her abilities on a modest hill in Western New York, the place the concentrate on racing throughout her upbringing was considerably lower than that of most opponents on the tour.

Tricia spoke concerning the psychological facets of the game and the way she makes use of completely different ideas to strategy racing and even coaching. Moreover, on her confidence, Mangan feels she is in an excellent place forward of the ultimate camp earlier than racing begins. 

Mangan additionally commented on the early season success and final season’s high outcomes from a lot of her American teammates. After having spent simply over per week coaching with Lindsey Vonn, Tricia gave Matt and Alan an inkling of what to anticipate when the 82-time World Cup winner returns to the tour later this month.

Half one among this episode, Matt and Alan reviewed the primary U.S. races of the season on the Stifel Killington Cup final weekend. Sara Hector received the enormous slalom, and Camille Rast claimed victory within the slalom.

The Snowboarding is Believing podcast is into its second season now, offering two episodes per week out there on Spotify and YouTube. They are going to be recording and publishing weekly interviews and assessment episodes to maintain all of the listeners updated with the FIS World Cup tour. You can too discover the Snowboarding is Believing podcast on Instagram and YouTube by looking @skiingisbelievingpodcast.