Chris Benchetler is a pro skier, an artist, a dad, husband, and one of the hardest working athletes out there. Over the past 2 decades, Chris has built an amazing career that has a foundation built on style and flow. On the podcast we talk about skiing, loss, collaborating with the Grateful Dead, and everything in between. It’s a must listen episode.
Chris Benchetler Show Notes:
2:00: Mammoth, and feedback for me
9:00: Re-edit starts: Family, early days skiing, and Rory Silva
15:00: Healthy lifestyle, and losing his father
21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
23:00: Injured at Parkasaurus, K2, Atomic, and getting sponsors to help with projects
37:00: 2019 starts here: Sponsors and the details behind how he gets money
44:00: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
46:30: Having a child, Nimbus, and Skye Walker
61:00: Intro to the Grateful Dead and healing his brain
70:00: Being trusted with the Dead’s image, checks and balances, and the crew
76:00: The making and challenges of making “Fire on the Mountain”
88:00: Inappropriate Questions with Tyler Hamlet