Kade Krichko is a contributing writer for 国产吃瓜黑料, a journalist, college professor, and the founder and editor of the print travel magazine Ori and its Ori Creative Grant.
He has reported from the barbed wire surf scenes of Lebanon, to the cradle of skiing鈥檚 origins in China, to Cuba鈥檚 nascent skate movement, and many places in between. His profile on climber Scott Fischer鈥檚 daughter earned him a National Magazine Award nomination for best feature, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, ESPN, Powder, VICE, and The Boston Globe, among others.
Kade鈥檚 connection to the Olympics started before birth, when his mom, Leslie Krichko skied in the 1988 Calgary Games one month pregnant. Since then, Kade has reported on the Games for ESPN, VICE, and Paste and worked with the U.S. Ski Team to push freeskiing into the Olympics.
After years of reporting from the road, Kade created Ori in 2023 to tell travel stories with local journalists around the world. He still loves combining sport, culture, and current event into his own work, but is finding joy in building a new print platform that amplifies these creatives on a global scale.
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