Episode 65: Chris Davenport — World Champion Big Mountain Skier

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The list of accolades awarded to skiers doesn't get much more impressive than those belonging to Chris Davenport. Two-time world champion, X-Games medalist, Chris set an FKT on all of Colorado's 14ers and then all of Colorado's tallest 100 peaks. He's been in more than thirty ski movies by Matchstick Productions and Warren Miller, he's a commentator for ESPN, ABC, and Outside Television, plus he's pretty handy on a bike. Ted caught up with Chris in his hometown of Snowmass, Colorado where this conversation took place in Chris's garage which is like a living museum of cool outdoor toys. He's philanthropic with his time, as we'll discuss today, and is a husband as well as father of three terrific boys. For more about Chris, visit www.chrisdavenport.com or on instagram, @SteepSkiing

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0:00.0	I'd never been to Alaska.
0:03.6	I'd never been in a helicopter,
0:05.5	and I certainly had never skied a face or faces like we were about to ski.
0:10.0	I mean, it would be like going, you know, from your local crit
0:13.4	to like a tour de France sprint finish.
0:16.5	I mean, just a totally different ballgame.
0:19.2	And I loved it.
0:20.7	And I ended up winning.
0:25.6	Hey there, folks.
0:26.6	Welcome back to another episode of King of the Ride podcast.
0:30.6	We have a great show in store today.
0:34.6	Our guest today is Big Mountain Skier, Extreme Skier, Pioneering Skier, World Champion Skier.
0:41.5	Yes, he's a skier. Chris Davenport on the show today. I won't lie, this was extra special
0:48.3	for a variety of reasons. One, Chris and I have been playing this game of global musical chairs.
0:55.3	We have nearly been in the same place at the same time to record a podcast on a handful of occasions, but it is only recently that we are able to find the time to sit down and do it.
1:05.9	Not only that, amid COVID, amid a time of Zoom get-togethers and Zoom podcasts, Chris and I were lucky enough to sit down during this King Family Drive across the country and record in person.
1:19.6	And number two of Wyatt's special, Chris is something of a childhood hero of mine.
1:24.0	I try not to let that cat out of the bag while I stayed with him.
1:26.9	But as mentioned in
1:27.9	today's podcast, we are recording in his garage, which is something of a mini museum to his skiing
1:33.7	career. There are skis and memorabilia everywhere throughout the garage, including posters.
1:40.8	Some of those same posters hung in my room when I was a kiddo.
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