Nat Segal Podcast

Chris Booth was the leading Australian freeskier in the early 2000s and after graduation from uni worked as a layer before taking up an offer with his ski sponsor Black Crows to move to Chamonix, and help take the brand from a boutique big-mountain French ski company to an international brand. & year later Chris lives in Oslo with his Norwegian wife Lene and their daughter Ingrid and in this interview he talks about living as a foreigner, the ski industry and how skiing has defined his life.

Chris Booth - Reggae catches up with Chris Booth, free skier, adventurer and now family man

Reggae Elliss chats with Australian free skier Anna Segal about living in Canada, growing up in Buller, her career as a slope style skier, making it has a female pro skier and the transition into filming, big mountain lines and the backcountry

Anna Segal -Reggae catches up with Olympian and Aussie pro skier Anna Segal

In this episode Reggae chats with four-time Olympian and bronze medallist Zali Steggall  about her success as a World Cup ski racer, climate change and her move into politics as an independent in Australia's federal parliament

Zali Steggall -Reggae's guest is the 4-time Olympic alpine racer and independent politician

Torah Bright is Australia's most successful winter athlete,a three-time Olympian who won gold in the halfpipe in 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and then silver at Sochi in 2014. Torah is also a two-times X games gold medalist, world champion and has won numerous international competitions. She has enjoyed along and illustrious pro career that started when she was 14 and two decades later is still going strong. Torah now focuses on filming and other projects for her long term sponsor Roxy and also has a young son named Flow.  It's busy life and she has a great story to tell.

Torah Bright -Reggae catches up with Australia's most successful winter athlete.

Mogul skier Britt Cox is a four time Olympian who made her Olympic debut in the 2010  Winter games in Vancouver when she was 15 years old, the youngest athlete at those games. She went on from there to have a stellar World Cup career, winning the World Cup Crystal Globe as overall champ in 2016/17 and was also Australia's first female mogul World Champ. Britt has just announced her retirement and chats to Reggae Elliss about her long and successful career and her future plans.

Britt Cox - Reggae Elliss chats with four-time Olympian and World Champ mogul skier Britt Cox

In this episode Reggae Ellliss' guest is Kiwi Professional Freeskier and mountaineer Sam Smoothy who talks about life growing up in Wanaka, his path into big mountain skiing and filming and his next ambitious project to climb the highest peaks in New Zeland.

Sam Smoothy - Reggae's guest is Kiwi professional free skier and mountaineer Sam Smoothy

Reggae's guest in this episode is Austrian/Australian professional freeskier and 2017 Freeride World Tour Champion Lorraine Huber.  Lorraine was born in Austria but moved to Australia with her Australian mother when she was eight years old and grew up in Torquay and went to school in Geelong.
So how does a girl from Torquay become Freeride World Champ?  Well, every Christmas holidays Lorraine and her sister would head back to Austria to spend time with their father in Lech, a ski resort in The Arlberg where their dad was a ski instructor. Lorraine’s skiing developed every year and she also became a ski instructor and qualified mountain guide.
Lech and the Arlberg have some in incredible off-piste terrain and Lorraine developed a passion for freeskiing which drew her into competition and a 10-year career on the Freeride World Tour, culminating in being crowned World Champ in 2017. She has a Masters in Mental Strength Coaching and is wokiging in that field with athletes and business leaders.

Loraine Huber -Reggae catches up with 2017 Freeride World Champion Lorraine Huber

In this episode Reggae chats with the legendary Glen Plake, freeskiier, ski mountaineer and an icon of the sport. Glen's  a natural raconteur and this conversation covers growing up in Lake Tahoe, mogul skiing, his  multiple ski film appearances, his strong connection with Australia, "extreme" skiing, Chamonix and more.

Glen Plake - Reggae's guest is legendary free skier and big mountain pioneer

Reggae Catches up with Andrea Binning, Australia's first internationally renowned big mountain skier, winner of the 2000 World Extreme Championships in Alaska who enjoyed a lengthy professional skiing career competing and filming in some of the biggest and steepest mountains in the world.

Andrea Binning - Reggae chats with Australia's first professional big mountain skier

Reggae's guest is Australian World Cup park skier Cameron Waddell, a born and bred Jindabyne local who grew up skiing Perisher from the age of two. Cam's competitive career started as a mogul skier but when he was 13 he followed his old brother Thomas into the Perisher park, started hitting the jumps and mogul skiing was done. 10 years later Cameron is our lone male skier on the FIS Freeski World Cup Tour and has been through the highs and lows of elite sport, now focussed on consistent top 10 finishes, his sights set on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

Cameron Waddell. Reggae chats with Australia's number one park and pipe skier

Chris Benchetler - Reggae catches up with pro skier, artist film maker and designer Chris Benchetler

In this episode Reggae catches up a with mogul skier Matt Graham, one of Australia’s most successful snowsports athletes. Matt was just 15 years old when he competed in his first World Cup and since that time he has put together an impressive list of achievements that includes World Cup wins, World Championship medals and he is also a three-time Olympian and won the silver medal at the 2018 winter games in South Korea. Matt is about to head off for his 15th World Cup season and has no thoughts of retiring, his eyes firmly set on competing at his 4th Olympics in Milan in 2026.

Matt Graham - Reggae's guest is Aussie mogul skier and three-time Olympian

Here we go, the first episode of  of Pow!Pow!Reggae, with Reggae Elliss and Vaughan Deadly, a new podcast covering all things white and cold in STRAYA! Is it any good? Well, if you take the 100% elite level knowledge of Australian snow culture Reggae has and combine it with the 0% knowledge of anything snow that Vaughan has, you have an average 50% something worth listening to - which is pretty bloody good, sort of.

Pow! Pow! Reggae

Episode two of the new Aussie snow chat show with Chillfactor editor Reggae Elliss and Ain't That Swell's Vaughan Deadly

Pow Pow Reggae Ep 2

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Valentino Guseli setting a new world record for a hip jump over three stories high! Reggae Elliss and Vaughan Deadly are back with episode 3 of Pow Pow Reggae to talk all things cold and slidey, and their special guest is Olympian, world record holder, halfpipe legend and Aussie snowboarding freak Valentino Guseli

Pow Pow Ep 3 with Valentino Guseli

Reggae Elliss and Vaughan Blakey are back, talking snow and a lot more in the latest episode of the Aussie snow chat show Pow! Pow! Reggae.

Pow Pow Reggae Episode 4

Reggae's guest is Australian freeskier Zanna Farrell who had a solid rookie year on the Freeride World Qualifying Tour with a number of podium finishes including a couple of wins in Europe.

Zanna Farrell - Reggae's Guest is up and coming Australian freeskier Zanna Farrell

As we near the halfway mark of the season Reggae and Vaughan Dead frtoh on the recent snow dumps, the big ski and snowbiard events coming up and doff the beanies to Scott Morrison's cool younger brither Skimo, who coul dbe heading to the Olympics. Pow! Pow!

POW POW Reggae Episdoe 5 - Welcome to Dumpsville

Reggae's guest is Kiwi freeskier Hank Bilous who has just released a new film titled The War On Style, an exploration into the skill sets and self expression he finds in skiing and surfing. Hank grew up in Wanaka and talks about his life there, his time on the Freeride World Tour and is open about mental heath and some dark days a few years ago. The Chillfactor podcast is brought to you by XTM Performance.

Hank Bilous - Reggae's guest is Kiwi Freeskier Hank Biloius

Billy grew up in Melbourne and go into skiing on a few family ski holidays to falls creek. His skiing career started in classic ski bum fashion, working night jobs in falls Creek and later Mt Hotham so he could ski during the day.

That lead to season’s overseas and during a Canadian season he started competing in freeride world tour qualifying events. Over the past few years he has been more focussed on filming and content production and he released his first film, aptly titled Passion, two years ago. His latest project was filmed in Iceland last winter and is due for release in late 2024

Billy Lloyd Blainey - Reggae's guest is Aussie freeskier Billy Lloyd Blainey

Pete Forras is a legend of the Aussie snow industry, Buller born and raised, ex-racer and Winter Olympian, co-founder of Australian snbow brand XTM performance and a full on snow frother!

Reggae's guest is a legend of the Aussie snow industry Pete Forras

Reggae's guest is Briony Johnson, freeride snowboarder who will be representing  Australia in the Freeride World  champs in Spainnext January. Briony is also the terrain park manager at Mt Hotham and one of the many women making a career  in the Australian snow industry

Briony Johnson

Reggae chats with snowboarder Sean Pollard who has been named captain of the Australian team for the 2026 Paralympics in Milan/Cortina in March 2026. Sean suffered horrific injuries in shark attack while surfing in WA in 2014. He took up snowboarding 12 months later and is now heading for his second Paralympic games. Sean's story is one of determination, positivity and grit and one you want to hear.
The Chillfactopr podcast is presented by XTM Performance

Sean Pollard

Reggae's guest is Michael Milton , who is not only an Australian snowsports legend, but a legend of all Australian sport, elevated to Legend status in the Australian Spporting Hall of Fame in 2024.  Australia's most successful snowsports athlete Michael has represented Australia in in alpine racing at five Winter Paralympic games and has won 6 gold, three silver and two bronze medals, retiring after the Turin games in 2026. He  still holds the record for the fastest Australina on snow at 213km/hr and also represented Australia in cycling at the summer Paralympic games in Beiijing in 2008. A three-time cancer survivor, Michael recently announced a return to ski racing and will be competing on the upcoming World Cup tour in a bid to qualify for the 2026 Winter Paralympic games in Milan/Cortina in February 2026. What a story he has to tell!!

Michael Milton - Reggae catches up with the multi-parlympic gold medalistand snow sports legen

Reggae chats with mogul skier Cooper Woods who has been a member of the Australian  team and competing on the World Cup tour since the 2019/20 tour. Copper consistently makes finals, his best result a second place at Waterville Valley, USA in January 2024. Cooper finished 6th in moguls at his first Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022, the highest placed Australian male. After recovering from a knee injury that ended his 2023/24 season early, Cooper is 100% fit, feels he is skiing the best he ever has and his focus now is on a medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina in February.

Cooper Woods - Reggae chats with Aussie mogul skier

Reggae's guest is Australian mogul team member Charlotte Wilson, a 20  year old from Jindabyne who is on track to compete in her first Olympics in  Milton/Cortina in February 2026. Charlotte had a huge rookie World Cup year last season, with a number of top 10 and top 5 finishes before she won gold in dual moguls in the final event of the season in Livigno  Italy, the venue for moguls at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Charlotte Wilson

Interview with Australian Freeskiing legend Russell Henshaw. Reggae talks to Russell about his recent retirement from competitive skiing, career highlights and the future.

01: Russell Henshaw Freeskiing Legend

Cody Townsend, one of the world's leading professional big mountain skiers, chats with Reggae Elliss about skiing, Australia, growing up in Squaw Valley, fear and the life of pro skier.

02: Cody Townsend Podcast

Reggae Elliss sat down with Australian ski legend Steve Lee back in 2019 to discuss his history with Chillfactor, life growing up at Falls Creek, is Olympic skiing career and more.  

Steve sadly suffered a serious stroke earlier this year and has a long way to go in his recovery. You can support his recovery via the link below. 
 http://bit.ly/SLFightback

03: Steve Lee Podcast

The Chillfactor Podcast is the home of authentic stories about freeskiing culture. Hosted by Reggae Elliss, the voice of Australian skiing, it is a long format, interview style podcast released throughout the Australian Winter.
Listen to this podcast as you drive up to the slopes or whenever you feel the need to listen to the World’s most interesting skiers talk about living and loving freeskiing culture.

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