Aug 21, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
Mika got sick on the final day of the SKIRIOUS Park City camp, so Jimmy handed the second microphone to Norwegian coach Vetle and opened the floor to the athletes.What began as a quick camp recap…
James ClugnetHostVetleGuest
What do you think is the biggest difference between this bunch of American skiers and the skiers you usually see in Norway? Like, just as a comparison, I was skiing in La Lama the other day on the Royal Ski Track, and there was a six-year-old girl going around, and she was skiing so good and so fast.
No, I was going to say that the difference is that these kids are more motivated, actually.
Yeah.
And I really like their mindset.
They have this growth mindset, and they're really looking forward to next winter and the winter after.
And everyone's like, yeah, I'm going to the Olympics.
And super clear, they have really set goals.
And in training, they're just super motivated and eager to hear what we have to say.
do think there's a difference in um like many of the norwegian kids have access to snow quite early so they ski a lot i think that's the difference but that being said i i really believe in the setup here
i actually do
i think the setup we have here in soho is like actually amazing like it's very good we're in a big uh big like room here like conference room sort of thing there's a roll ski track right next to us uh it's been like everything's been so easy actually yeah and the food is really good yeah that's great actually
yeah I heard that the fries here has like 11 ingredients while the Norwegian ones have three, but I really like it.
Like, this is so weird for you guys probably listening, but, you know, when we grew up in Europe, we have like kind of this, oh, the US, we're going to eat all this junk food and stuff.
Yesterday when he was like trying to make the group do intervals, he was like so excited, oh
What do you think is the biggest difference between this bunch of American skiers and the skiers you usually see in Norway? Like, just as a comparison, I was skiing in La Lama the other day on the Royal Ski Track, and there was a six-year-old girl going around, and she was skiing so good and so fast.
No, I was going to say that the difference is that these kids are more motivated, actually.
Yeah.
And I really like their mindset.
They have this growth mindset, and they're really looking forward to next winter and the winter after.
And everyone's like, yeah, I'm going to the Olympics.
And super clear, they have really set goals.
And in training, they're just super motivated and eager to hear what we have to say.
do think there's a difference in um like many of the norwegian kids have access to snow quite early so they ski a lot i think that's the difference but that being said i i really believe in the setup here
i actually do
i think the setup we have here in soho is like actually amazing like it's very good we're in a big uh big like room here like conference room sort of thing there's a roll ski track right next to us uh it's been like everything's been so easy actually yeah and the food is really good yeah that's great actually
yeah I heard that the fries here has like 11 ingredients while the Norwegian ones have three, but I really like it.
Like, this is so weird for you guys probably listening, but, you know, when we grew up in Europe, we have like kind of this, oh, the US, we're going to eat all this junk food and stuff.
Yesterday when he was like trying to make the group do intervals, he was like so excited, oh
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