The Podium

Outsiders Outside: Minorities on the Slopes

Episode Summary

Standing out on the slopes for more than their riding, Andre Horton and Brian Rice take us into the experience and brighter future of being a minority in winter sports.

Episode Notes

Only 1.8% of US ski area users are Black, leaving minority skiers and snowboarders with little representation at the top levels of the sport. 

Andre Horton, the first able-bodies black skier on the US Ski Team and Brian Rice, the first black snowboarder to be sponsored by a major US ski resort, join host Lauren Shehadi to discuss the experience of being a rarity in the lift line, the vibrant and supportive community they discovered within Black ski culture and the pipeline for putting more minorities in the mountains and on the podium.