"Livigno Vibe Check With Anna Willcox"
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Who is Anna Willcox and what is her role at the Winter Olympics?
Right, joining us now on the Agenda podcast, former Olympic free skier, Anna Wilcox, now covering the Winter Olympics from Italy for Sky and Crowd Goes Wild. We've sent, I mean, she was sent our biggest Winter Olympic team of all time out there. And Anna, you must be absolutely fizzing with just a few days to go.
Yeah, I'm next level fizzing. Like so stoked to be here finally. It's like obviously full circle. And yeah, full circle moment coming back and getting to broadcast at my first Winter Olympic Games since competing. So it's pretty special.
Are there many familiar faces for you, Anna, looking around? Is there a few people that you competed with back in what, 2014 in Sochi that are also a part of the broadcast team or even still competing?
So there's a few still competing. There's a few old dogs still competing. And then there is a whole lot of faces. Like a lot of the people that I used to compete against have now turned to coaching. So there's a lot of guys in coaching roles and stuff like that. So it's like really cool to just have like a big reunion here, to be honest.
Before we get into the New Zealand team and our obviously medal contenders, which is a decent list, what's the atmosphere like over Winter Olympics? Because from the kind of snow sports vibe, I feel like there's more of a party vibe in snow sports than there is in the traditional Olympics. And you can see it when they compete. They're all mates. They're not too disappointed when their mate wins. They celebrate with them. They cop a lot of shit from traditionalists about that because they say, you don't care. But I imagine the off-piste action at the Winter Olympics is pretty epic. Are you looking forward to dipping your toes back into that as a non-athlete?
Yes, mate. The apres ski vibes are all on in Europe, like 100%. I scouted out an apres ski bar, which is going to, and there was like, it was a basement bar and there's a slide that goes down to it. You actually jump on a slide to get there, which is pretty unreal. But yeah, there is totally that more laid back attitude. I think when you're doing a sport that is truly so dangerous, I think, you know, there's a whole different vibe that comes with it. And I think people, the athletes, you know, they're just, they want to, they want to push themselves. They also are there for their mates when they crash and they win and all that kind of stuff. And there's that really strong camaraderie. But I think it comes from doing a sport that's really dangerous.
You kind of just have to, you have to be a little bit laid back and you have to have a few screws loose, you know?
Yeah, absolutely. Okay. Speaking of screws loose, let's go through some of the New Zealand medal contenders. Obviously, we've got Zoe, who's competing in the Slopestyle and the Big Ear. And Mashi, do you know the difference between the slope style and big year? I'm just going to dumb it right down.
No, please do. Okay.
I'm not super sure. I've got an expert. But the slope style is various. You go down the mountain and you've got various rails and boxes you can jump. And it's more of an obstacle course.
Yep.
And you get judged on each one. Yep. Big ear is what it is. Just a big ass, big fuck off jump. And then you just hit it and just spin around a thousand times. Is that right? I don't know.
Are you okay with that description?
What is the atmosphere like at the Winter Olympics?
If you want to compare it to say like a Quentin Tarantino movie, the slope style is like the character development, the conversations, the intensity of it. And then the big ear is like the scene at the end where everyone dies. You know what I mean?
It's just like...
Let's go.
That's far more eloquent way of putting it.
That's far better than me. So obviously Zoe's coming in here. She is a defending champion, Olympic champion. She is.
Yeah, yeah, defending slope style champion, and she got a silver medal in the big air. So, yeah, so she's double Olympic medalist there.
Before we move on, have we had eyes on her father? Have we seen him yet? Is he getting stuck into what?
So, Sean's in it here, and he's here with 14 people.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is Anna Willcox and what is her role at the Winter Olympics?
0:00–3:06
2
What is the atmosphere like at the Winter Olympics?
3:06–5:02
3
How do snow sports differ from traditional Olympic events?
5:02–7:57
4
Who are the top medal contenders for New Zealand in the Winter Olympics?
7:57–8:34
5
What are the differences between Slopestyle and Big Air events?
8:34–9:45