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SE5EP10 - Devin Logan & Caroline Claire: Kindred Spirits

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - May 02, 2024 19:00 - 54 minutes
Olympians Devin Logan and Caroline Claire are kindred spirits, finishing each other’s sentences and sharing a common passion for hucking themselves off jumps and poofing through powder pillows in the Little Cottonwood backcountry. So how did the two Long Island girls, seven years apart ...

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SE5EP10 - Devin Logan & Caroline Claire: Kindred Spirits

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - May 02, 2024 19:00 - 54 minutes
Olympians Devin Logan and Caroline Claire are kindred spirits, finishing each other’s sentences and sharing a common passion for hucking themselves off jumps and poofing through powder pillows in the Little Cottonwood backcountry. So how did the two Long Island girls, seven years apart ...

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Episode 43: Unpacking Paint Expo 2024

On the Line - April 23, 2024 13:18 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Recently Products Finishing traveled to Karlsruhe, Germany to attend Paint Expo 2024 and get a global perspective of trends in industrial coatings and to learn about the latest technologies. In this episode of On the Line, Gardner Business Media brand vice president for finishing and valve med...

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SE5:EP9 - Junior Bounous: Living the History of Skiing

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - March 19, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour
The red tram pulled out of the station, heading up to Hidden Peak on its seven-minute run. Perched along the front left window was the legendary Junior Bounous, looking down and surveying the ski runs he plotted out 53 seasons ago. From his base at the Lodge at Snowbird, the 98-1/2-year...

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SE5:EP9 - Junior Bounous: Living the History of Skiing

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - March 19, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour
The red tram pulled out of the station, heading up to Hidden Peak on its seven-minute run. Perched along the front left window was the legendary Junior Bounous, looking down and surveying the ski runs he plotted out 53 seasons ago. From his base at the Lodge at Snowbird, the 98-1/2-year...

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Episode 42: An Interview with Robin Deal, Hubbard-Hall

On the Line - March 18, 2024 15:16 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
As the EPA conducts fact-finding surveys in the metal finishing community regarding PFAS contamination, wastewater treatment is a growing concern for finishing operations. In this installment of Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast we’re digging into trends in wastewater management. Robin De...

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SE5:EP8 - OurSundays: Finding the Joy in Skiing

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - February 24, 2024 16:30 - 51 minutes
A big part of the history of skiing is the fellowship of ski clubs. And before you write it off as a thing of the past, meet the OurSundays Ski & Board Club. This started out to be a podcast on diversity, exploring OurSundays’ affiliation with the National Brotherhood of Snowsports. But...

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SE5:EP8 - OurSundays: Finding the Joy in Skiing

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - February 24, 2024 16:30 - 51 minutes
A big part of the history of skiing is the fellowship of ski clubs. And before you write it off as a thing of the past, meet the OurSundays Ski & Board Club. This started out to be a podcast on diversity, exploring OurSundays’ affiliation with the National Brotherhood of Snowsports. But...

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Episode 41: An Interview with Holly Gottfredson, Finishing Dynamics, American Metalcraft Inc.

On the Line - February 06, 2024 12:52 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode of Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast, we  delve into the subject of workforce, touching on such topics as gender roles in manufacturing, and the importance of education in fostering a workforce for the future of the industry. Holly Gottfredson, president of two companies i...

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SE5:EP7 - 2034 Winter Games: Will the Olympics Return to Utah?

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - February 01, 2024 22:50 - 47 minutes
The spirit of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City still resonates across the state. This July, there will be more cause for excitement as it’s anticipated that the International Olympic Committee may name Salt Lake City-Utah as the 2034 host for the Winter Gam...

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SE5:EP7 - 2034 Winter Games: Will the Olympics Return to Utah?

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - February 01, 2024 22:50 - 47 minutes
The spirit of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City still resonates across the state. This July, there will be more cause for excitement as it’s anticipated that the International Olympic Committee may name Salt Lake City-Utah as the 2034 host for the Winter Gam...

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Episode 40: On The Line Discusses Industry Trends, Year Ahead

On the Line - January 18, 2024 17:19 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This marks our 40th episode of Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast and to celebrate we decided to turn the interviewer into the interviewee as PF senior editor Lori Beckman interviews PF editor-in-chief Scott Francis about some of the trends that are top of mind for finishers, industry even...

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SE5:EP6 - Craig Gordon: Helping Others Understand the Danger

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - January 16, 2024 18:11 - 51 minutes
The Christmas blizzard of 2003 still ranks as one of the biggest winter storms in Utah’s history – legendary enough to have its own Wikipedia page. It dumped four feet of snow in the valley and upwards of twice that in the mountains, closing resorts. But it also brought tragedy. On Dec....

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SE5:EP6 - Craig Gordon: Helping Others Understand the Danger

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - January 16, 2024 18:11 - 51 minutes
The Christmas blizzard of 2003 still ranks as one of the biggest winter storms in Utah’s history – legendary enough to have its own Wikipedia page. It dumped four feet of snow in the valley and upwards of twice that in the mountains, closing resorts. But it also brought tragedy. On Dec....

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Episode 39: An Interview with Frank Laster, A1 Paint, Powder and Sandblasting; Jordan Peterson, Steehead Technologies

On the Line - December 21, 2023 14:06 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In the latest installment of On the Line, Products Finishing learned about a recent ERP deployment by manufacturing software solutions provider Steelhead Technologies that was completed in record time for A1 Paint, Powder and Sandblasting in Kansas City, Missouri. Frank Laster, president and o...

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SE5:EP5 - Evan Thayer: Bringing Us Utah Powder

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - December 14, 2023 23:00 - 36 minutes
It’s early season at Alta. OpenSnow forecaster Evan Thayer has left his meteorological screens in the hotel and is bashing his way down some fresh powder under the Collins chair. Life is good. If there is anyone we tens of thousands of Utah skiers owe a ‘thank you’ to, it would be Thaye...

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SE5:EP5 - Evan Thayer: Bringing Us Utah Powder

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - December 14, 2023 23:00 - 36 minutes
It’s early season at Alta. OpenSnow forecaster Evan Thayer has left his meteorological screens in the hotel and is bashing his way down some fresh powder under the Collins chair. Life is good. If there is anyone we tens of thousands of Utah skiers owe a ‘thank you’ to, it would be Thaye...

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SE5:EP4 - James Coleman: The Freedom to Ski

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - December 07, 2023 19:32 - 42 minutes
Ski Utah's new Last Chair will take you inside Utah's resorts for the story behind the Greatest Snow on Earth®. In a weekly series of audio features, host Tom Kelly will bring you behind the scenes with resort leaders, athletes and fascinating figures who are the stories inside Utah skiing and sn...

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SE5:EP4 - James Coleman: The Freedom to Ski

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - December 07, 2023 19:32 - 42 minutes
Ski Utah's new Last Chair will take you inside Utah's resorts for the story behind the Greatest Snow on Earth®. In a weekly series of audio features, host Tom Kelly will bring you behind the scenes with resort leaders, athletes and fascinating figures who are the stories inside Utah skiing and sn...

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SE5:EP3 - Chris 'Gunny' Gunnarson: Building on Progression

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 22, 2023 15:20 - 1 hour
Head to any Woodward Mountain Center and you’ll immediately be drawn to the kids in the Jib Park and Peace Park pushing themselves to new heights. Since Woodward’s humble beginning over 50 years ago as a gymnastics camp in Pennsylvania, progression has been central to its mission. Today...

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SE5:EP3 - Chris 'Gunny' Gunnarson: Building on Progression

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 22, 2023 15:20 - 1 hour
Head to any Woodward Mountain Center and you’ll immediately be drawn to the kids in the Jib Park and Peace Park pushing themselves to new heights. Since Woodward’s humble beginning over 50 years ago as a gymnastics camp in Pennsylvania, progression has been central to its mission. Today...

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SE5:EP2 - Alex Schlopy: Rollercoaster Ride of X Games Champion

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 15, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes
Thinking back on it today, X Games champion Alex Schlopy still shakes his head. A homegrown product of Park City, Utah, in a month-long span in 2011 he won an X Games title in Aspen, became a world champion on his home hill at Park City Mountain and soared to Dew Tour gold in Snowbasin....

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SE5:EP2 - Alex Schlopy: Rollercoaster Ride of X Games Champion

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 15, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes
Thinking back on it today, X Games champion Alex Schlopy still shakes his head. A homegrown product of Park City, Utah, in a month-long span in 2011 he won an X Games title in Aspen, became a world champion on his home hill at Park City Mountain and soared to Dew Tour gold in Snowbasin....

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Episode 38: On the Line — Looking Back on 2023

On the Line - November 07, 2023 19:59 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The end of 2023 marks the completion of the third full season of Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast. This installment marks our 38th episode of OTL (not counting several bonus episodes, video eps, etc.) and our last of 2023.  To celebrate, PF is looking back at some of the stories from the...

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SE5:EP1 - Sophie Goldschmidt: America's Best in Utah

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 02, 2023 19:30 - 47 minutes
It was a typical day at the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah as Olympic and Paralympic athletes were sweating it out on the training center floor, preparing for their winter competition seasons ahead. Sophie Goldschmidt, the president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, talked...

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SE5:EP1 - Sophie Goldschmidt: America's Best in Utah

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast - November 02, 2023 19:30 - 47 minutes
It was a typical day at the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah as Olympic and Paralympic athletes were sweating it out on the training center floor, preparing for their winter competition seasons ahead. Sophie Goldschmidt, the president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, talked...

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Episode 37: An Interview with John Mulder, Master Finish

On the Line - October 17, 2023 18:52 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
One of the biggest issues in the metal finishing industry is the move away from hexavalent chromium-based finishing technologies. While trivalent chromium alternatives have existed for decades, hexavalent has been favored by many in the industry. Today, as trivalent chemistries improve and regul...

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Episode 36: An Interview with Peter Mirabello, Metal Finishing Technologies LLC

On the Line - September 21, 2023 19:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this installment of On the Line, we take a look at evolving material solutions trends and what they mean for finishers, particularly with regard to ways in which lightweighting and electrification of aerospace and automotive applications are influencing finishing operations. Peter Mirabello i...

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Episode 35: Advancing Trivalent Chromium for Functional Coatings

On the Line - August 22, 2023 13:28 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Recently, Products Finishing attended the 2023 SUR/FIN finishing trade show and technical conference organized by the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF). Unsurprisingly, one of the big topics of discussion was the increasing adoption of trivalent chromium technologies for finishin...

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Episode 34: An Interview with Chrissy Pullara, Astro Electroplating

On the Line - July 29, 2023 11:10 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
From research chemist to chemistry teacher to marketing manager to business development, Astro Electroplating’s new president Chrissy Pullara has already had a prolific career in finishing — she recently sat down with Products Finishing's On the Line podcast to talk about her experience, trends ...