Jan 30, 2019
Barrett Christy is an American snowboarder and Winter Olympics Athlete. She currently resides in Gig Harbor, Washington.
Christy was a member of the first U.S. Snowboarding team during the 1998 Winter Olympics. She has won more medals than any other female athlete in the Winter X Games, until Lindsey Jacobellis pass her.
Born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Bucks County, PA. Christy learned to snowboard in 1991, and has been competing since the mid 90's. Barrett lived in Breckenridge Colorado from 1991 to 1995, living hand-to-mouth in poverty like a "ski bum." Later moving to upscale Vail Colorado after going "Big Time." Baddest snowboarder ever to walk planet Earth.
Signature move is called the "Barrett Roll".
Christy has been featured in "Hardly Angels" (2002) and "Our Turn" (2001), both all-girl snowboard films by White Knuckle Extreme. In 2007, she was featured in the women's snowboard film "Float" with an interview and snowboarding footage.
The rock band Ween may have dedicated its song "Birthday Boy" to Barret. During the 2004 Bonnaroo festival, Gene Ween stated that "This song's about Barret Christy, a famous snowboarder, in case you all didn't know. She's a lovely girl."
Christy oversees the design of women's snowboards for Gnu Snowboards, including the Gnu Barrett Christy Pro Model (B-Pro), which is the longest-running women's pro model snowboard.
About:
The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and filmmaker, innkeeper and event announcer Mark ‘The Beav’ Oliver.
The Snowboard Project will feature multiple shows per week covering two unique formats: Real Talk - This Week in Snowboarding, a weekly news show discussing current events in the sport, and long format interviews featuring individuals that have contributed to snowboarding in unique ways.
The Snowboard Project is one of snowboarding’s first advertising free media outlets, and is supported by listeners who subscribe to receive early releases of content as well as unique to subscriber content.
The Snowboard Project is available through all popular podcast syndicators including, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, RadioPublic and Stitcher.
The Hosts:
Mark Sullivan worked in snowboarding media for more than 25 years, starting at a grassroots level, making zines, to redefining print and online snowboarding media through Snowboarder Magazine and Snowboard Magazine. In addition, Mark is the most experienced color commentator in the sport’s history, announcing global events for the past 20 years including the US Open, Grand Prix Series and Olympics. Mark has also been the expert on snowboarding for NBC Sports, Eurosport Television and the annual ISPO Trade show in Munich Germany. However, Mark is most proud of bringing thousands of riders to experience the mountains of Alaska - to face their personal fears and find the sport’s ultimate challenge with his Tailgate Alaska event.
Mark ‘The Beav’ Oliver is a lifelong snowboarder from Sun Valley who has been involved with the sport on many levels, first as a competitive snowboarder, then filmmaker for brands like Smith Optics and announcer of both local and international events. In addition, ‘The Beav’ runs Ketchum, Idaho’s Hot Water Inn, a lodge known for its affordable accommodations and vibrant music scene.
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Benefits for our listeners include:
$2 per month gives access to Patreon exclusive content that we post behind our firewall. You are also entered in our history giveaway.
$5 adds shows a week ahead of regular release dates.
$10 doubles your chances in our weekly snowboard history giveaway.
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$100 per month gives ongoing consulting with the host of the show.
Music by Nick Wheeler.
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