Chris Benchetler Grateful Dead Art. Months prior to our chat, i’m standing in teton gravity research’s downtown town store. The film finds them all in a psychedelic dreamscape as they appear as. The way he sees the mountain and uses his creativity to draw lines down a blank mountain canvas. Narrated by hall of fame basketball player and television sportscaster, bill walton with music supervision by david lemieux, audiovisual archivist and legacy manager for the grateful dead, fire on the mountain features some of action sports’ most legendary athletes: “chris described his love of life, sport, nature, art, his dreams, passion, purpose, and how music brings it all together — particularly the music of the grateful dead,” walton says of benchetler’s email. Chris benchetler also designed a capsule collection of collaborative tgr x grateful dead apparel. Tgr presents the official grateful dead ski collab with chris benchetler.
Art, skiing, surfing, and life come together to influence the way chris makes his mark on the earth, and the result is this limited capsule collection. Atomic was still new to the freeskiing scene, and benchetler saw this as an. Chris benchetler also designed a capsule collection of collaborative tgr x grateful dead apparel. “chris described his love of life, sport, nature, art, his dreams, passion, purpose, and how music brings it all together — particularly the music of the grateful dead,” walton says of benchetler’s email. See you in the mountains. Everything you see is an extension of me & my love for navigating the natural world.
By Gina Bégin / @Ginabegin / March 7, 2014.
Chris benchetler grateful dead art. The grateful dead and chris benchetler are about to melt minds with new short film, “fire on the mountain” published on october 21, 2019 by samuel taggart. Just as the dead did not fit their music into an established category and had a tendency to meander, this short film finds chris, rob and a cast of some of the world’s best athletes on an improvisational journey. “the way we draw lines down a mountain or wave is the same improv the dead have in their music,” says pro skier and dead head chris benchetler. See you in the mountains. Shot during a snow and surf road trip, the journey starts in california, the birthplace of the grateful dead.
Chris is much more than a professional skier though, he is an artist, a director, filmmaker, dad, surfer, and the list goes on. By gina bégin / @ginabegin / march 7, 2014. Atomic was still new to the freeskiing scene, and benchetler saw this as an. In 08/09 atomic skis saw his creativity and offered him the opportunity to design his first pair of pro model skis—the bent chetler—now 12 years later he has been able to explore a whole new side of his. As an avid fan of.
Tgr presents the official grateful dead ski collab with chris benchetler. The film finds them all in a psychedelic dreamscape as they appear as. For the first time ever, legendary band the grateful dead is bringing its music to the forefront of the action sports world. A bent chetler at 184 cm with a 120 mm waist featuring grateful dead inspired art. Now, we’ve taken it from canvas to towel so you can bring it with you on whatever adventures you have brewing.
Chris benchetler grateful dead art. Produced and directed by chris benchetler. Sign up to win via. As an artist, his partnership. “hosting a grateful dead inspired art show with @skyewalker_art at the tgr store in jackson, wyoming…”
Chris benchetler's cover art for fire on the mountain translated to a stealie. Beautiful blue scale artwork on back and a hand drawn dancing bear on front left chest. “he wisely added at the end that he was already in touch with david lemieux, the current archivist of the dead’s treasure vault. Our friend chris benchetler collaborated with atomic and the grateful dead to produce a unique and special ski: Months prior to our chat, i’m standing in teton gravity research’s downtown town store.
Art, skiing, surfing, and life come together to influence the way chris makes his mark on the earth, and the result is this limited capsule collection. Introducing the smartwool x grateful dead capsule collection in collaboration with smartwool athlete and artist chris benchetler. The grateful dead bent chetler ski is a colab between atomic and pro skier and artist chris benchetler who has. I am grateful and humbled to share my life & art with you. Benchetler’s collaboration with the grateful dead resulted in a 2019 film he produced, called “fire on the mountain” narrated by hall of fame basketball player bill walton and paired with custom artwork for a limited edition grateful dead vinyl lp of the film’s soundtrack, a book, as well as product designs for companies like atomic, dakine, and smartwool.
An official grateful dead collaboration. Watch 'fire on the mountain' — a film by the grateful dead and chris benchetler. For chris benchetler of mammoth lakes, ca., skiing has always held a close relation to art. Benchetler's artistic touch can be felt on both the top sheets and bases of the limited edition ski paying homage to the band. “chris described his love of life, sport, nature, art, his dreams, passion, purpose, and how music brings it all together — particularly the music of the grateful dead,” walton says of benchetler’s email.
It uses the same dimensions and construction as the pro. Whether he’s painting 70 ft murals, chasing a toddler around, or traveling half of the year in a van with his family—chris’ happy place is where. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us below. Chris benchetler's cover art for fire on the mountain translated to a stealie. While skiers have named the dead as their soundtrack.
Art, skiing, surfing, and life come together to influence the way chris makes his mark on the earth, and the result is this limited capsule collection. Art, skiing, surfing, and life come together to influence the way chris makes his mark on the earth, and the result is this limited capsule collection. Beautiful blue scale artwork on back and a hand drawn dancing bear on front left chest. Along with convincing atomic to allow chris to create this graphic he convinced both sponsors and friends to create his latest project call fire on the mountain. Snowboarding’s jeremy jones, danny davis, kimmy fasani, surfing icon rob machado.
Chris benchetler also designed a capsule collection of collaborative tgr x grateful dead apparel. Sign up below to win the last remaining atomic / grateful dead skis. As an avid fan of. After a couple of verifying and clarifying phone. Only 400 of these skis were produced and atomic has sold all but one pair.
Everything you see is an extension of me & my love for navigating the natural world. Chris benchetler x grateful dead. The way he sees the mountain and uses his creativity to draw lines down a blank mountain canvas. Along with convincing atomic to allow chris to create this graphic he convinced both sponsors and friends to create his latest project call fire on the mountain. Narrated by hall of fame basketball player and television sportscaster, bill walton with music supervision by david lemieux, audiovisual archivist and legacy manager for the grateful dead, fire on the mountain features some of action sports’ most legendary athletes:
Art, skiing, surfing, and life come together to influence the way chris makes his mark on the earth, and the result is this limited capsule collection. Featuring skye walker, it will take place at the tgr store off jackson square on feb. Dakine posted a video to playlist ski. Chris benchetler grateful dead art. Introducing the smartwool x grateful dead capsule collection in collaboration with smartwool athlete and artist chris benchetler.
Last year, professional skier chris benchetler and gimble guru matt cook, aka skichef, hit the road in search of inspiration. Watch the best ski edits of chris benchetler throughout the years
