Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis.  

Reggie Crist keeps turning the page on one skiing’s most illustrious careers. A decade on the U.S. Ski Team. Pioneer in the Olympic spot of Ski Cross. One of the first to helicopter skiers into Alaska’s Chugachs. And now a globe-trotting ski guide whose Stellar Adventure brings skiers to Japan, South America, Alaska and the backcountry of Idaho. 

Tune in as Reggie tells us where he would take us if we win the lottery and want to spend an entire year crushing powder. 

Topics: 

2:30 - Raised in California and Idaho 

3:30 - Earning a PhD in skiing on the U.S. Ski Team 

5:10 - Ski Cross and a second ski racing career 

6:20 - Ski Cross is more intense than downhill racing Kitzbuhel 

7:00 - Stellar Adventure 

11:00 - Bringing ski racing technique to the big mountains of Alaska 

12:30 - A year in powder 

16:49 - Best way to prepare for a month in Alaska 

18:30 - Alaska off the couch 

22:32 - Catching the Santa Rosa storm in the Andes 

26:50 - The rewards of helping people find their best ski day 

29:30 - Follow your passion and be a stoke broker 

 

Resources: 

Stella Adventure Travel 

Wagner Custom Skis