About

Other places my writing and editing can be found: 

The Vail Daily

Nordic Insights

Minnesota Monthly

Fasterskier.com

Vismaskiclassics.com

Alamosa Courier

Bad Medicine Lake Area Association Newsletter

My name is Ryan Sederquist.

I currently live in Leadville with my wife Christie, daughters Novi and Ella, and border collie-German shepherd mix, Ajee. I love to bike, run, ski write, podcast and toot my own horn, literally and figuratively (I also play trumpet!).

As Johannes Klaebo said, “If you want to go your own way, you have to swim against the stream.” That’s pretty much the modus operandi of seder-skier.com.

We haven’t carved out a narrow niche, drawn in a specific crowd or written Google-friendly headlines to grow our audience. We just kind of post whatever is on the heart…and it’s generally related to sports and skiing. Almost always, however, it’s just real life.

If I had to give an elevator pitch, I’d say I’m a ‘skieologian,’ which is to say the literature here falls into the ‘applied theology for athletics.’

I know I know…there’s a high demand for this kind of presuppositional apologetic interpretation in the sports columnist world. I found(ed?) it, and I’ve filled it. You’re welcome.

The heading at the top of my homepage reads, “Search for Truth. Play with purpose. Strive for success.”

This is underlying theme for my coaching philosophy, which can be downloaded from this site. Basically, I’m always looking to search for the truth in my pursuit of knowledge, whether that is knowledge regarding the best methods for waxing skis, training a quarter miler, or defending my Christian apologetic. Searching implies a dedicated pursuit for knowledge, and that is what I’m about and what this site is about, even if it is simply for providing viewers with an accurate description of a product.

Play with purpose has to do with living out our passions because they are fun. I ski because its fun. I play music and teach young kids because there is joy in it. This blog is about celebrating the joy and fun that inherently exists in the pursuit of excellence and in the activities themselves.

Finally, strive for success means giving 100% effort to become the best version of ourselves. This John Wooden-based principle requires 100% in preparation, competition, reflection, mental effort, etc. If something is worth doing, I believe it is worth doing well.

Someday, I hope to race the Ski Classics and wear a Team USA singlet. If you know of anybody I can reach out to to help me accomplish these goals, please email me at sederskier@gmail.com.

Also, we take the four C’s: compliments, critiques, concerns, and cwestions. You can send those to that email, too, and I’ll probably respond within the day.

Keep on striving. Keep on skiing!

Ryan