Noah Hoffman Interview

Noah Hoffman, aka “the Hoff“ has 144 individual starts in World Cup, World Championship, and Olympic games. He has finished in the top 30 41 times with 3 top 10 finishes. His best performance came in Ruka, Finland where on the second day of a pursuit he skied through the pack for the fastest time of the day and an overall placing of 9^th. Noah won the 2012 US National Championship in the 30km Classic Mass Start in Rumford, ME. Noah, a 2 time Olympian retired at the end of the 2018 season. Since then Noah has been attending Brown University where he is a junior. He is also doing anti-doping work for USADA traveling to training camps and competitions to educate elite athletes on their rights and responsibilities under the WADA code. Furthermore, Noah is a member of the Global Athlete startup team which is working to elevate the voice and power of athletes in international sport governance. Taking classes remotely this year, Noah is currently in Medford, Oregon. This is for sure one of the absolute best interviews that I have done. We discussed how Noah did things with having specific coaches for different things, his development process, some of his best races, healing from injury, US Ski Team culture, and his work with Global Athlete. The Global Athlete discussion lead to an in depth and nuanced discussion on doping and the situation and how to fix it. I think any fan of Nordic ski racing would be inspired, informed, and entertained by this conversation.