Category: Podcast

The tables are turned on this week’s episode, with Frank Konsella becoming the interviewee rather than the interviewer.  We start off talking about where I grew up, in the foothills above Golden, CO. Like many of my guests, I grew up ski racing at Winter Park, so when it came time to find a place […]

Growing up in the midwest, Stephanie Ballard jokingly described her favorite pastime as “picking tar out of potholes with sticks”.  All kidding aside, she actually had a talent for volleyball and went to school in Charleston, South Carolina.  Her dream of being an interior designer…

Tanith Martinez grew up at the Orvis Hot Springs between Ridgway and Ouray, Colorado.  On a trip to Alaska, she watched a pilot land a bushplane nearby and decided that’s what she wanted to do.  After high school, she immediately started working towards getting her pilot’s license at Northwest Colorado Community College.  By the time […]

Here in Crested Butte, his adventures are more straightforward and familiar to many of us- as simple as spending time with his family or riding the 401 trail on his mountain bike.  The ability to have an adventure right from his front door is one of the reasons why Eric recently relocated here.

In this episode, we talk about all of those accomplishments, followed by what she thought was going to be a move away from skiing.  A series of fortunate events brought her back to competitive skiing in Big Mountain Freeskiing and a life in Crested Butte.