Professional Freeskier and Filmmaker Chris Benchetler Honors Hall of Fame Basketball Player Bill Walton with New Episode of Ship of Fools Series Professional freeskier and filmmaker Chris Benchetler has released a new episode of his behind-the-scenes docuseries Ship of Fools, paying tribute to the late Bill Walton on the one-year anniversary of the NBA Hall of Famer’s death. Episode 16, titled “Making of ‘Fire on the Mountain’ w/ Bill Walton – The Wheel Keeps Turning,” revisits the acclaimed 2020 ESPN special Fire […] Martin Kuprianowicz | May 29, 2025 0 Comments
How Chris Benchetler Turns Skiing into Art The dozens of canvases cluttered in Chris Benchetler’s art studio at his Mammoth Lakes home give an impression as if you had just walked inside a small temple where the walls were melting, oozing every possible mixture of color imaginable. The canvases are all sorts of different shapes and sizes; some are hanging up on the wall, tilted or upside […] Martin Kuprianowicz | May 29, 2025 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Mammoth Mountain, CA, & Chris Benchetler Release ‘The Spark’ Mammoth Mountain, California, and Chris Benchetler have released a video called ‘The Spark,’ which shows in beautiful motion how Benchetler brings his vision to the canvas. The video is a deep dive into the artist and freeskier’s creative process, captured in action shots from his skiing as well as his painting. Go behind the scenes of Benchteler’s work entitled ‘The […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 2, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Arc’teryx Welcomes Chris Benchetler to the Team [arve url="https://youtu.be/rL0FDhWQSEM"] SnowBrains | January 9, 2023 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Pro Skier/Artist Chris Benchetler and Wife Kimmy Fasani Benchetler Start Charitable Foundation to Help Others Heal Through Nature Healing through Nature 🙏🔮https://t.co/NuHiHNm88j pic.twitter.com/ZHNo5ACgbQ — Chris Benchetler (@ChrisBenchetler) October 3, 2022 The natural world has powerful healing properties that go beyond words. Professional skier and artist Chris Benchetler along with his wife Kimmy, also a professional snowboarder, have started the Benchetler Fasani Foundation to provide a meaningful connection to the outdoors for those who have suffered loss or hardship, […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 7, 2022 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘Fire On The Mountain’ – Official Grateful Dead & Chris Benchetler Full Film [arve url="https://youtu.be/E6XyzhH93JU"] SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Mammoth Mountain’s 2019-2020 Season Is About To Pop Off Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain For all of us regular people, the end of October means carving pumpkins, picking apples, and crafting the spookiest costume. But in the midst of all of the PSL drinking and Oktoberfest parties, the friendly folks at Mammoth Mountain, CA were hard at work preparing for yet another epic winter. There has been no […] Featured Article Lindsay Hayden | November 8, 2019 0 Comments
Video: End of Season Winter Camping with Chris Benchetler I too went winter camping last weekend, but it wasn’t as cool as this! I wish we had some sleds and a gimbal to film everything with! Anyways, lets just say you wont wish for these 7.5 minutes of your life back after watching the video– instead you’ll be more motivated to get out there and have some fun! As […] Keenan Grady | May 26, 2016 0 Comments
Video: Chris Benchetler Slaying British Columbia Despite the lack of good conditions and stability, Chris Benchetler and Nick Mcnutt are able to make the right, safe decisions and still were able to pull a couple banger shots out of the week of frustrating futility. This 10 minute clip showcases some of their athletic prowess despite unfortunate conditions. In this episode of Chris Benchetler’s new series, “Chasing […] Keenan Grady | May 10, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Nimbus Coordinates II | a POV Masterpiece… Our latest video project “ [COORDINATES II] “ was shot entirely on the GoPro 4 camera, by Eric Pollard, Chris Benchetler, Pep Fujas and John Jackson with cameo appearances by Elias Elhardt and Louif Paradis. Filmed on location in Japan – Italy – Austria – Switzerland – Chile and the Pacific Northwest. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously at Nimbus, […] SnowBrains | November 23, 2015 0 Comments
Eric Pollard, Chris Benchetler, Nimbus Present: “Nippon (Japan)” Chris Benchetler and Eric Pollard go to Japan (Nippon, one of the ways it’s pronounced in Japanese) every year. These boys have jumping off They were in Japan over a month this year and they’ve already pumped out an edit. The Compass series captures a visually stunning full spectrum experience from ski trips to three beautiful countries: Russia, Italy, and Japan. The contrasting culture, mountain shape, terrain, snow quality, food, language, music, pace of life and architecture all play into what it feels like to ski and travel […] SnowBrains | February 18, 2014 0 Comments
10-Seconds of Chris Benchetler in Japan Right Now Chris Benchetler is currently up in Hokkaido, Japan skiing pow and jumping off goofy pillows. This is Chris’ normal method of operation: Japan in January. He’s been going there for years and he finds a lot of inspiration in that land of powder snow. We love the Nimbus video shorts and […] SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 0 Comments
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