Designed by Tradition with Dan Egan

Update from Alps & Meters Athletes Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Travis Ganong as they gear up for another race season. Joined on the Podcast host Dan Egan and Alps & Meters Founder & CEO Louis Joseph. Exciting opportunities for these guys and brand as we enter into another Winter just around the corner!

Join us this time on Designed By Tradition with former American ski jumper Brendan Doran as we tells is incredible story of doing whatever it took to compete in the Olympic Winter Games. Brendan competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Thank you Brendan for joining the episode!

A New Hampshire native, two-time Olympian Leanne Smith followed her older sister Laurel into skiing, latched onto racing, and made a successful career out of competing in both Downhill and Super-G. Listen here, on the latest episode while she talks about her career and what she's been up to in the years to follow. Only on Designed By Tradition!

Join us here on Designed By Tradition as U.S. Ski Team Athlete's Travis Ganong & Ryan Cochran-Siegle talk about their race season and new partnership with us here at Alps & Meters. We are thrilled to have these two dedicated individuals join our family with big goals in mind now and for the future!

Based in Montreal, Meredith Erickson has written the definitive cookbook on the food of the European Alps. Alpine Cooking is visually stunning, and the recipes are delicious. Meredith joins Dan to talk about her career as a cookbook author, her exploits in the mountains, and the making of Alpine Cooking.

Few know more about ski equipment than Matt Schiller, owner of Park City Boot Room. Matt has built boots for members of the U.S. Ski Team and some of the best skiers in the world, honing their most important piece of equipment to exact specifications. He joins us to talk about his experiences in the ski industry, the art of building ski boots, and much more.

Writer James Jung is perhaps better known by his Instagram handle, @theapresski, a feed that picture-perfectly captures the essence of the après ski scene. James has skiing in his blood, with family lineage going back to the Austrian Alps and childhood memories at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire's White Mountains. 

"King Henry" joins us to talk about his experiences running the legendary Chilean resort and hotel.

A two time extreme skiing world champion and one of the most accomplished big mountain skiers of all time, Chris Davenport needs little introduction. He joins Dan to reflect on the risks and rewards of his career, his love of the history of the sport, learning from legends like Doug Coombs, and offers some intel on one of his favorite destinations, Portillo Chile.