In this episode, brought to you by Ski Racing Media, Alan and I chatted with the Croatian tech expert Filip Zubcic.

He discussed the overall thoughts on the season just gone and the season coming up where Filip makes it clear his goal, first and foremost, is to stay healthy.

He also spoke on the current strenght of both the men's and women's teams in Croatia despite there being a significantly low number of FIS racers in the country.

Filip also shared his thoughts on the upcoming 2025/26 Olympic season where ambitions are high and the sort of training that Filip is doing in the summer to prepare for the campaign.

We finished with the usual quick-fire questions where we learn Filip's favourite place to ski on the WC slalom/giant slalom tour.

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