Thursday, April 25, 2013

Ingrid Backstrom, professional skier, to appear on The Edge with Kim Kircher on VoiceAmerica's Radio Network.



Voice America Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced that professional skier Ingrid Backstrom will join Kim Kircher, host of The Edge radio program on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel (http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2179/the-edge) Wednesday, May 1st at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.

Ingrid Backstrom will discuss her career as a professional big mountain skier, the death of her brother Arne and the future of ski movies. Ingrid recently won her 8th Reader Poll award from Powder Magazine. He has also taken the Best Female Performance Award six times and in 2005, took away the Breakthrough Performance award, an honor most often given to a man.

Ingrid's career started in 2003 when she filmed Yearbook with Matchstick Productions. She's worked with the company ever since. She's also skied numerous mountains, including Mt. Vinson in Antarctica and Denali in Alaska. Ingrid is one of the most influential skiers in the world.

Ingrid has appeared in "Attach of La NiƱa," "All.I.Can," "Steep," and numerous other films. She has also joined Conan O'Brien on Late Night. She regularly contributes to Powder Magazine and has been interviewed extensively in the skiing media.

“The Edge” airs live on Wednesdays at 8 AM Pacific / 10 AM Central / 11 AM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamerica.com/channel/249/voiceamerica-sports. All shows will be available in Kim Kircher's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel for on-demand and pod cast download. http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2179/the-edge

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Executive Producer Doug McCormack 480-553-5794 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

ABOUT Kim Kircher
Kim Kircher (http://www.kimkircher.com) is a professional ski patroller and author. She has logged over 600 hours of explosives control, earning not only her avalanche blaster's card, but also a heli-blaster endorsement, allowing her to fly over the slopes in a helicopter and drop bombs from the open cockpit, while uttering the fabulously thrilling words "bombs away" into the mic. Her memoir, THE NEXT 15 MINUTES, takes the lessons she learned on the slopes as an EMT and applies them to her husband's battle with bile duct cancer and subsequent liver transplant. Her articles have appeared in Women's Adventure, The Ski Journal and Powder Online. She is currently at work on a book about risk and reward in action sports. Her awards include the National Ski Patrol's Purple Merit Star for saving a life and the Green Merit Star for saving a life in arduous conditions. Her memoir received the Hirsch award from the North American Ski Journalists Association.

About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:

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