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The Amazing Race => The Racers => Topic started by: georgiapeach on December 07, 2017, 01:37:45 PM
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Name: Kristi Leskinen
Age: 36
Hometown: Uniontown, Pa. and Scottsdale, Ariz.
Connection to teammate: Retired Professional Skier and friend
Qualifications: 2nd Place World Champion and 3rd place X Games skier
Instagram: @kristileskinen
Twitter: @kristileskinen
Name: Jen Hudak
Age: 30
Hometown: Park City, Utah
Connection to teammate: Professional Skiers and friends
Qualifications: 2-time X Games Gold Medalist and 4-time National Champion
Instagram: @jenhudak
Twitter: @jenhudak
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Kristi Leskinen and Jen Hudak (#TeamExtreme)
Kristi
Age: 36
Hometown: Uniontown, Pennsylvania and Scottsdale, Arizona
Current occupation: Retired professional skier, athlete mentor, and entrepreneur.
Three words that describe you: Adventurous, daring, and literal.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the race (other than winning $1 million)?
The experience of traveling to places I may never get the chance to see otherwise, meeting new friends, and sharing the adventure of a lifetime with them.
Jen
Age: 30
Hometown: Park City, Utah
Current occupation: Professional skier, coach/mentor, and marketing manager
Three words that describe you: Indomitable, intelligent, competitive, and empathetic.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the race (other than winning $1 million)?
Besides winning, I hope to reignite my inner competitor, to fight hard for something again, and to work as a team toward a common goal! My competitive ski career ended short because of injury and I left some things on the table—I don’t want to let that happen ever again!
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Biography
#TeamExtreme
Name: Kristi Leskinen
Age: 36
Instagram: @kristileskinen
Twitter: @kristileskinen
Hometown: Uniontown, Pennsylvania and Scottsdale, Arizona
Current occupation: Retired professional skier, athlete mentor, and entrepreneur.
Describe what you do: My family owns a resort hotel and a marina in Pennsylvania. I help there where I can. I also have investments in sports-related startups and have a love for mentoring young female athletes.
Three words to describe you: Adventurous, daring, and literal.
Favorite hobbies: Skiing, wakeboarding, biking, hiking, golfing, and painting.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?
All my medals pale in comparison to the honor of helping to develop a brand new sport and watching it grow from one or two women competing all the way to the Olympics. I'm also very proud to have competed as a pro in multiple sports.
What scares you most about traveling?
Food poisoning and mosquitos.
What excites you most about traveling?
Experiencing new and different cultures and seeing all of the world's natural beauty.
What country and place would you most like to visit and why?
I'd love to see the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. As a skier, I traveled to cold destinations all over the world and I'd love to see the tropics.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the race (other than winning $1 million)?
The experience of traveling to places I may never get the chance to see otherwise, meeting new friends, and sharing the adventure of a lifetime with them.
Name: Jen Hudak
Age: 30
Instagram: @jenhudak
Twitter: @jenhudak
Hometown: Park City, Utah
Current occupation: Professional skier, coach/mentor, and marketing manager
Describe what you do: As a professional skier I formerly competed intensely on the world stage in halfpipe skiing. I now create content (video, photo, and written word) to share the power that outdoor adventure can have in one's life. It's time spent outdoors, pursuing new challenges, that teaches me about this world and helps me be a better person. I also help various publishing entities make money through referral-based advertising (that's technically my day job now!).
Three words to describe you: Indomitable, intelligent, competitive, and empathetic.
Favorite hobbies: Skiing, writing, mountain biking, and coaching.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?
I am most proud of my impenetrable mind. Coming back from numerous injuries to continue my pursuits in skiing, I was able to return strong and have big wins after some pretty major knee injuries.
What scares you most about traveling?
Not being able to communicate effectively to get where we're trying to go. Also, potentially getting sick from food and/or water.
What excites you most about traveling?
Seeing the different ways that people go about their daily lives, immersing myself in someone else's culture, realizing how BIG the world truly is, and experiencing new cuisine!
What country and place would you most like to visit and why?
I would most like to visit Southeast Asia (Vietnam or Thailand)—it's an area of the world that I've never been able to visit. The mountains and hills look breathtaking and the architecture is majestic. Most of my travels have taken me to snow-capped mountains, so traveling to a warmer climate would be a nice change of pace!
What do you hope to accomplish by running the race (other than winning $1 million)?
Besides winning, I hope to reignite my inner competitor, to fight hard for something again, and to work as a team toward a common goal! My competitive ski career ended short because of injury and I left some things on the table—I don't want to let that happen ever again!
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Version 2. Thanks Will!
https://www.youtube.com/v/mpCbykVQS3k
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Lovely article!
Utah champion skier Jen Hudak is not afraid to run The Amazing Race
Hudak is certain she wants to compete, but she isnt sure she wants to be on TV.
By Scott D. Pierce
Jen Hudak is a two-time halfpipe skiing world champion and two-time Winter X Games gold medalist, known for performing all sorts of death-defying stunts. She insists she isnt afraid of anything.
Except, maybe, a fear of seeing herself on television. The Park City woman was gung-ho to compete in the upcoming season of The Amazing Race, which premieres Wednesday at 7 p.m. on CBS/Ch. 2. But she wasnt interested in seeing how the CBS television series turned out.
Going into it, I was, like, I am not going to watch a single episode. I dont want to see my face or hear my voice, Hudak told The Salt Lake Tribune.
She teamed up with fellow free skiing champion Kristi Leskinen theyre #TeamExtreme in a season that features former NBA players Cedric Ceballos and Shawn Marion, Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi and a fellow driver, competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut and a fellow competitive eater; along with lifeguards, champion debaters, firefighters, musicians, Big Brother alumni and goat yoga instructors. Really.
(The actual Race is run before the show begins airing. The new season began production on Oct. 1; the results are kept confidential until the finale airs.)
Hudak has wanted to compete in the round-the-world competition for a million dollars for a long time. She and her ski coach applied to Amazing Race four years ago, but never heard back. A year later, Hudak applied to Survivor and made it pretty far along in the casting process, but didnt get on the show.
And then, this past summer, a Race producer called to see if I was interested in going on. And I was, like, Yup, she said with a laugh.
Hudak and Leskinen are no strangers to competition, but this is considerably different than freeskiing.
With skiing, we train specifically for a certain task in a specific run and work on a specific trick, she said. But with this, you dont know what theyre going to ask you to do, so you cant really prepare. You just have to hope that you had enough life experience to take anything that they throw at you.
The Amazing Race isnt just about racing around the globe. Contestants must complete tasks and overcome challenges.
This is weeks of competing intensely, versus a 30- or 45-second halfpipe run, Hudak said. Its definitely different, but equally as awesome.
The Race casting directors asked Hudak if she had someone else in mind to compete with her, and she immediately pointed to Leskinen. They competed against each other for a dozen years, and have probably gotten closer post-retirement and bonded over that shared experience and finding life after free skiing.
But wed never spent more than a week at a time together. And certainly not 24-7, glued to the hip nonstop, Hudak said with laugh. Honestly, I dont even think Ive spent that much time with my husband.
They agreed beforehand to communicate to the best of our abilities and make sure that were not bottling things up and getting on each others nerves. And dont take anything personally.
They looked to two other Utahns for an example Dave and Connor OLeary, who had to drop out of Season 22 because of an injury but came back to win Season 24.
I havent met them, but both Kristi and I really admired the way that they ran the race. Hudak said. Theyre both really good people and were kind throughout their journey.
The two members of #TeamExtreme have insane travel stories from their time as competitive skiers. It once took Leskinen 52 hours to get from New Zealand to Arizona, which somehow involved her going all the way to Pennsylvania., Hudak said. And same for me. Ive missed flights on my way to World Championship events or a World Cup final event. And were sweet-talking the flight agents to upgrade us so well be able to sleep on the plane because we literally get off and have to be competing the next day.
I think all of that kind of stuff was advantageous for us.
But the Race also includes one physical challenge after another. And Hudak said #TeamExtreme had a leg up there because they have no paralyzing fears.
Were not scared of heights or extreme situations, she said. Obviously, were free skiers and enjoy mountain biking and climbing and all sorts of crazy stuff. So we didnt have to worry about that kind of stuff.
A longtime fan of the show, Hudak has seen more than few contestants get into trouble because they either cant swim or cant drive a manual transmission car. But that was another nonissue for #TeamExtreme.
Kristi is like a fish and I can tread water for a long time, Hudak said. I wont drown, let me put it that way.
And she borrowed a friends stick-shift car to practice. Ive driven stick a lot, but I dont do it regularly.
Hudak is no longer worried about the TV aspects of this TV show. I actually totally forgot about the cameras, she said. Im such a competitor that anything that wasnt purely about the competition was nonexistent to me.
And shes decided shes anxious to see episodes of the show after all.
I should probably be more nervous than I am, she said. Im not too worried about how much of an idiot Im going to look like.
Youre going to see the real Jen, let me put it that way.
http://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/tv/2017/12/29/utah-champion-skier-jen-hudak-is-not-afraid-to-run-the-amazing-race/
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They were great to watch!
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Jen's blog: Ep1 recap
http://jenhudak.com/blog/
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Finally another alpha female team in the likes of Dustin & Kandice, Nat & Kat, Brooke & Claire and Kym & Alli. Love the competitiveness of these 2.
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Are you reading Jen's weekly blog? If not--you should be! Full of all sorts of insights!
EP 1: http://jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-1/
EP 2: http://jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-2/
EP 3: http://jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-3/
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:welcome2: to Jen who has joined us in the Racers Corner (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,34091.0.html) for some strictly NON spoiler TAR discussion. Please welcome her to RFF!
And latest Blog is up! https://jenhudak.com/blog/
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Better late than never. Most of this is info you already have, but thought I'd share here: https://jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-7-8/
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:tu Jen!!
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I love how the episode highlighted that Kristi & Jen got to the ARI in Bahrain 2nd, chose a different strategy than IndyCar, and finished the task 1st to the surprise of the boys.
It's little moments like this that make me think they are one of the smartest, most competitive, best performing teams in TAR history :colors
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Hard luck girls!
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Exit Interview.. good insights!
http://triblive.com/aande/movies/13337616-74/fayette-county-native-and-partner-say-theyd-do-the-amazing-race-again
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This one is a must read:
https://parade.com/648403/mikebloom/the-amazing-race-30-kristi-leskinen-and-jen-hudak-on-the-thrill-of-victory-and-the-agony-of-defeat/
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http://triblive.com/aande/movies/13337616-74/fayette-county-native-and-partner-say-theyd-do-the-amazing-race-again
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Jen will be having an AMA on The Amazing Race subreddit tomorrow at 7 PM ET.
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Link please?
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Love all the involvement with fans. :luvya:
Jen being here and discussing/answering questions for everyone has likely improved my enjoyment of this season a lot.
Link please?
Just google Amazing Race subreddit, it's one of the top topics.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAmazingRace/comments/806qy3/announcement_jen_hudak_ama_scheduled_for_monday/
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Last Blog!
https://jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-11-12/
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Jen is having a baby boy next spring.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2W_7RrF249/?igshid=xa4oqkoift3a
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CONGRATULATIONS
JEN & CHRIS HUDAK
IT'S A BOY!
HUDSON RAYMOND HUDAK
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 @ 7:22 AM
7 LBS 15 OZ, 20 1/2 IN
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:2hearts: Thanks for the love all! Hope you're staying safe & healthy through this pandemic. :2hearts:
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:2hearts: Thanks for the love all! Hope you're staying safe & healthy through this pandemic. :2hearts:
Likewise Jen, stay safe and immense congratulations! <3
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Oh wow, I just read this news!
A massive congratulations to you & your husband Jen, on the safe arrival of a happy & healthy baby boy! :2hearts:
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Lovely to see you JEN!
Sending all of you the biggest (safe) HUGS ever!!