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Oct 13, 2026
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
So we always had this summer camp thing, and we had some pretty cool coaches.
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
Herman Goelner and guys who ended up being US Ski Team coaches.
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
And I think it was one time, I think it was Warren Miller came out to do some stuff and ski in the summer, and he came down and he's like, "RL, do you know how good that is up there? This is awesome."
Miles ClarkHOST
Wow.
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
You should figure out a way to get the general public up doing this, as opposed to just these kids in camp." And so that-
Miles ClarkHOST
Mm-hmm
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
... coupled with a guy by the name of Hank Tabber, and Hank Tabber was the head coach of the US Ski Team back in the day.
Jeff KohnstammGUEST
They, again, collaboration and put the idea of, of adding a lift above the top of the mile.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
And freestyle was a let's try it sport and let's see if we'll be accepted to the Olympic Games.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
So so after I won the junior nationals in freestyle at 15 and a half, I went to a U.S. ski team.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
It was a camp and they timed us.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
We trained for like eight days and then they had three days of timing of giant slalom.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
You couldn't have a sponsor.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
They wouldn't be paying for you to ski.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
The U.S. ski team paid your expenses, and when you had contracts with your companies, you had to give 30% or so.
Eva TwardokensGUEST
I don't know.
Ken FisherGUEST
In terms of a recreation landscape of our offerings, I think one of the most significant things, uh, is that we got into the, I'll call it the weight room business in 1997.
Ken FisherGUEST
There was, uh, some excess, uh, fitness equipment that the US Ski Team could access through, uh, the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and they reached out to us and said, "Hey, we have this extra equipment.
Ken FisherGUEST
Do you have a place to put it?" And where that led to was the old racket club had two racquetball courts, and we ended up pulling out those racquetball courts and turning those into a weight room.
Ken FisherGUEST
So certainly, uh, getting into the fitness business was a, a major shift for us, uh, back then, and to this day, that is, uh, really our biggest line of business at the Mark.
Torstein BrinkemaGUEST
That was actually in New Zealand on the South Island.
Torstein BrinkemaGUEST
The US Ski team has a camp there most Augusts, and so they travel all around the world kind of chasing snow, and that's one of those places where it's winter over there during our summer.
Torstein BrinkemaGUEST
So we got those drone shots in New Zealand.
Janice MaloneHOST
Oh, just excellent.
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Janice MaloneHOST
Tell us some of the countries that you shot the film in, and how long did it take?
Lars BrinkemaGUEST
Yeah.
Lars BrinkemaGUEST
For shooting, we spent a little over a year traveling with Jessie and the US ski team.
Lars BrinkemaGUEST
Went to some pretty incredible places in the world.
Mike GoldmanHOST
All right, let's go.
Mike GoldmanHOST
Jalene Jarvis is a seven-time NCAA All-American and retired U.S. ski team member.
Mike GoldmanHOST
In 2014, she co-founded Z-Girls, a nonprofit organization that equips 11- to 14-year-old girls with the mental tools they need to build confidence for life.
Mike GoldmanHOST
Z-Girls combines the proven scientific methods of building confidence with the real-life experience of professional female athletes today.
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Jilyne JarvisGUEST
We call it the confidence gap that happens that when it carries out into adulthood is much bigger for girls than it is for boys.
Mike GoldmanHOST
And you just said you lived this in outwardly having that confidence, but not having this self-worth.
Mike GoldmanHOST
And even being someone U.S. ski team, I mean, it doesn't get much better than that.
Mike GoldmanHOST
High performance on the outside, but that self-doubt on the inside.
Ted McGreerGUEST
It's so nice.
Ted McGreerGUEST
And, uh, before I knew it, I started working with, um, a doctor out of Vail, Dr. Stegman, who was kind of the head of orthopedic surgery in Vail and US Ski Team guy, and, um, started doing some boot fitting for the US Ski Team development athletes, so C Team, uh, skiers who were trying to work their way up.
ErikaHOST
Yeah.
Ted McGreerGUEST
And just really just totally got enamored by, um, [lip smack] you know, how a simple change from the ground can be a 1/100 of a second difference to get on the podium and to qualify you for a World Cup.