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The SnowBrains Podcast, launched in October 2020, has been an unmitigated success, breaking into the top 20% of all podcasts on Earth and exceeding our wildest dreams. And next season is going to be even bigger and better.
We’re super stoked about some of the legends of the industry we have lined up for your listening pleasure. Let us know in the comments anybody you’d like to hear an interview with.
For those of you who missed it the first time around, over the coming weeks, we’re going to share our favorite guests from last season…
This week, we bring you Cody Townsend, a California beach kid from Santa Cruz who was the high school quarterback dating the head cheerleader while simultaneously winning the Junior Olympics Downhill ski race at 16 years old and ended up becoming a legendary freeskier out of Lake Tahoe, California. He’s done Hollywood stunts for Vin Diesel, he skied “The Most Insane Line Ever” in Alaska, he’s in approximately 1 zillion amazing ski movies, and he now is the star and producer of The Fifty Project where he’s attempting to climb & ski the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.
In this episode, Cody & Miles discuss the best stories from The Fifty Project, poohing in helicopters, growing up on the beach in Santa Cruz, climate change, “The Most Insane Line Ever,” Noah Howell, Cody’s favorite mountain ranges to ski, Shane McConkey, Cody’s company Arcade Belts, being a stunt double for Vin Deisel, surfing, avalanches, Cody’s favorite books, and much more.
“I shit my pants in a helicopter once… Just like trying to press a fart out way too hard and maybe had a little something bad to eat the night before We were forced to land the helicopter because the pilot got so pissed off.” – Cody Townsend
“We almost got killed by Vladimir Putin, like truly…we got ran off the road while we were driving down this like two-lane highway, all of a sudden a cavalcade of like limos and army cars come racing around the corner in the middle of the road going like 70 miles per hour. We had to slam off into this cliff wall, on the other side was like 400 feet of cliffs. Nearly got ran off the road and killed by Vladimir Putin himself.” – Cody Townsend
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The SnowBrains Podcast Episodes:
- Episode #1: Why Is The Colorado Backcountry the Deadliest in the USA?
- Episode #2: Are Ski Resorts Safe To Visit During COVID-19?
- Episode #3: Why Do Skiers Tear Their ACLs So Frequently?
- Episode #4: What’s The #1 Tool Available To Skiers & Riders in Avalanche Terrain?
- Episode #5: Renaming Squaw Valley, CA & Squaw Alpine’s 2020/21 COVID Strategy
- Episode #6: Alta Ski Area – Skiing First, COVID, Canyon Traffic, & Possible Mt. Baldy Tram
- Episode #7: Andrew McLean, The Big Mountain Scientist [Part 1]
- Episode #8: Andrew McLean, The Big Mountain Scientist [Part 2]
- Episode #9: Whistler Blackcomb – Climate Change, The Future of Summer Skiing, COVID
- Episode #10: Chris Davenport – Legendary Freeskier, Ski Mountaineer, Mountain Guide
- Episode #11: Cody Townsend – Star & Producer of The Fifty Project
- Episode #12 | Randall Osterhuber – Winter Survival Instructor, Search & Rescue Badass, Snow Scientist, Avalanche Forecaster, Mountain Guide
- Episode #13 | Adrian Ballinger – Climbing Mt. Everest & K2 Without Supplemental Oxygen
- Episode #14 | Bode Miller – The Winningest American Male Ski Racer of All-Time
- Episode #15 | Dr. Ethan Greene – Why Did The USA Just Have Its Deadliest Avalanche Cycle in History?
- Episode #16 | 27 Avalanche Deaths in Only 29-Days in the USA… Why Did the US Just See Its Deadliest Avalanche Cycle of All-Time?
- Episode #17 – Dr. Michael Fischman: COVID Vaccine – When Will Ski Resorts Go Back To Normal?
- Episode #18: Jeremy Jones – Legendary Big Mountain Snowboarder, Climate Change Activist, CEO/Founder of Jones Snowboards
- Episode #19: Angela Hawse – President of the American Mountain Guide Association
- Episode #20: Daron Rahlves – 4 Time Olympian, King of Kitzbühel, and World Jet Ski Champion
Episode #11:
Cody Townsend – Star & Producer of The Fifty Project
Cody Townsend – Star & Producer of The Fifty Project | Brought to you by Alta Ski Area
“I shit my pants in a helicopter once… Just like trying to press a fart out way too hard and maybe had a little something bad to eat the night before We were forced to land the helicopter because the pilot got so pissed off.” – Cody Townsend
“We almost got killed by Vladimir Putin, like truly…we got ran off the road while we were driving down this like two-lane highway, all of a sudden a cavalcade of like limos and army cars come racing around the corner in the middle of the road going like 70 miles per hour. We had to slam off into this cliff wall, on the other side was like 400 feet of cliffs. Nearly got ran off the road and killed by Vladimir Putin himself.” – Cody Townsend
Cody Townsend, a California beach kid from Santa Cruz who was the high school quarterback dating the head cheerleader while simultaneously winning the Junior Olympics Downhill ski race at 16 years old, and ended up becoming a legendary freeskier out of Lake Tahoe, California. He’s done Hollywood stunts for Vin Diesel, he skied “The Most Insane Line Ever” in Alaska, he’s in approximately 1 zillion amazing ski movies, and he now is the star and producer of The Fifty Project where he’s attempting to climb & ski the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.
In this episode, Cody & Miles discuss the best stories from The Fifty Project, poohing in helicopters, growing up on the beach in Santa Cruz, climate change, “The Most Insane Line Ever,” Noah Howell, Cody’s favorite mountain ranges to ski, Shane McConkey, Cody’s company Arcade Belts, being a stunt double for Vin Deisel, surfing, avalanches, Cody’s favorite books, and much more.
Cody Townsend answers these questionable questions:
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What’s the funniest accident you’ve had in the mountains?
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What’s challenges you most intellectually on a daily basis?
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What’s your favorite book?
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How Long are you giving yourself to finish The Fifty Project?
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What are your 3 favorite lines from The Fifty thus far?
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Which was the hardest, most grueling from The Fifty?
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Would you please tell us about the Joffre Peak rescue where you saved a life?
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What is “The Crack” (most insane line ever), and how did you find this thing?
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How did Arcade Belts come about?
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What’s next?
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Many more…
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The SnowBrains Podcast Episode #11 – Cody Townsend, Star & Producer of The Fifty Project
Recorded on December 1, 2020, in Park City, UT (Miles Clark) and Tahoe City, CA (Cody Townsend).
This episode was edited by Robert Wilkinson.
Music by Chad Crouch.
Host, producer, and creator = Miles Clark.
C.T., please learn how to lead belay like a person that actually gives a shit about your partner. Saw some serious complacency at the crag the other day. And as we all know….”complacency kills.”