Alpine Pulse – the brand new, official weekly Alpine ski podcast drops

Unplugged: The Heroes of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup

Welcome to the one and only official podcast dedicated to the dramatic, emotional and high-stakes world of Alpine skiing.

Every week renowned storyteller and award-winning broadcaster Nick Fellows will take a deep dive into the life of one of those risking everything in pursuit of speed and glory.

Over the course of deep, raw conversations Fellows and the superstars of Alpine skiing will explore stories of triumph, fear, injury, resilience and much more besides. Funny, heart-breaking and deeply revealing this is the podcast for fans of sport and life at its most honest.

Recorded in some of skiing’s most iconic locations, each episode sees the biggest names in the sport — from all nations, big and small, from the champions who define our sport to the underdogs whose stories deserve to be heard — open up about their passions, their struggles and what it means to be ruled by milliseconds.

Authentic, honest and compellingly unfiltered, this is a podcast as much for anyone interested in the human condition as it is for committed Alpine ski fans.

Released every Wednesday and available to listen and watch wherever you get your podcasts, this is storytelling of the highest calibre, with Alpine Pulse-Unplugged putting the stars and the underdogs of one of the fastest, most dynamic sports on earth front and centre.

Episode one – Federica Brignone: Inside the mind of the Snow Tiger - “I just wanted to reach my limit”

Few stories better sum up the wild, intoxicating and utterly unpredictable ride that is elite Alpine ski racing than that of Federica Brignone, the sport’s Snow Tiger.

In the space of just a few months, Italy’s most successful female World Cup skier of all time – an athlete who dominated the World Cup and World Championship podiums last season – has gone from the face of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games to battling her body just to make it back on to her skis.

And here in Alpine Pulse’s opening episode, Brignone talks to Fellows about her fateful decision to compete in April’s Italian National Championships, she opens up on the realities of recovering from her broken bones, and she unveils her chances of making it back in time for her once-in-a-generation home Olympic Games.

Add on revelations about what life on tour is really like, how her childhood in the Valle de Aosta shaped her as a person and as an athlete, plus what her relationships with her biggest rivals are really like, and it’s clear: Alpine Pulse - Unplugged is unmissable!

Listen & watch here now – and don’t forget to subscribe : FIS TV, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Deezer, RSS-Feed.

Coming up next week, a story of resilience and redemption. Austria’s “golden boy” Marco Schwarz, fresh from his emotional comeback podium in front of a home crowd, joins Alpine Pulse to talk about his return to form — and how he’s one of the few skiers capable of challenging Marco Odermatt in the race for the Overall title.

The Host

A former Great Britain ski racer, Nick Fellows joined Eurosport and Sky Sports News in 1989 and over the next 30 years established himself as one of the voices of Alpine ski racing.
Commentating on every FIS Alpine Ski World Championships and the past nine Olympic Winter Games, few people know the sport or its characters better than the man who last year became the Director of FIS TV.

Alpine Pulse is a FIS Originals production by FIS - International Ski and Snowboard Federation in cooperation with Maniac Studios.
Part of the new FIS digital storytelling series, the show is designed to bring fans closer to the athletes, emotions and stories that make Alpine skiing one of the most captivating sports in the world.