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Christian and Torey link back up to make their picks for each divisional winner for the 2019 NVSL season, as they contemplate @NVSLstatistics methodology and predictions. Later, Chris Mack, NVSL Seeding Committee chair and longtime coach, joins the show to discuss the process for seeding divisions as well as share a few memories of her own.

Christian and Torey are joined by longtime NVSL coach Doug Burns to hear about his memories from swimming and coaching in Northern Virginia over the past 40 years.

Torey and Christian kickoff the start of the 2019 NVSL season with a two-part series as they welcome the Founder of Swim Ninja, Ryan Shipley, onto the show to celebrate 10 years since the inception of Swim Ninja in 2009. In Part 2, the conversation broadens with a few stories and thoughts on coaching and gamesmanship in the sport of swimming

Torey and Christian kickoff the start of the 2019 NVSL season with a two-part series as they welcome the Founder of Swim Ninja, Ryan Shipley, onto the show to celebrate 10 years since the inception of Swim Ninja in 2009. In Part 1, the guys discuss the history of Swim Ninja and how the world of swimming coverage has changed over the past decade.

With the conclusion of the 2018 NVSL Summer Season, Torey and Christian recap the final standings of each NVSL division as they look back to their preseason picks to see how they did. Additionally, the hosts have a larger conversation about the sport of swimming and how it is covered on TV while pointing out a number of changes they would like to see made to make the viewing experience more in-depth.

Christian and Torey record live from Chesterbrook pool before the Overlee - Chesterbrook Division 1 championship meet. Torey and Christian do a final league recap, looking at how each division has shaped out over the previous 4 weeks, and make predictions for the final meet. Additionally, former head coaches of the Tigersharks and Flying Fish, Colin Stuver and Beth Baker, join the hosts to talk about the history of this epic rivalry between these two dominant pools before making their own meet predictions!

Recorded on July 13th. Patrick and Ryan breakdown their favorite things around the NVSL from week 3 and Divisional Relays, and also talk about what makes certain cheers and skits great.

Christian and Torey recorded live from Dowden Terrace pool in Bailey's Crossroads with the head coach of the DT Dolphins Evan Stiles. The trio caught up on the NVSL action, giving a midseason update, as well as looked at the upcoming Divisional Relay Carnivals happening around the league

Join Patrick and Ryan for Episode 1 of "Lane 9" a Swim Ninja Studios production.  They break down their #meatoftheweek review from Monday night.  A continued discussion of spirit from #week2.  Followed up by Patrick's Wisdom of the Week and What's Ryan Into? 

On this weeks episode of Shave and Taper, Christian and Torey break down the results from the first weekend of the 2018 NVSL season.  

In Episode 2, Christian and Torey take a look at the NVSL league records, noting a few that stand out to them as the 2018 season is about to get underway. Additionally, they discuss league-wide changes to dual meet and All-Star formats that have occurred, as they speculate about what could be next!

In episode 1, hosts Christian Doud and Torey Ortmayer break down the 2018 divisional outlook for all 17 divisions of the Northern Virginia Swim League. Throwing in some memories and history of the league while discussing each team, we are building hype for the summer ahead!