How Chris Benchetler Transcended the Ski Industry

The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Bent RealityChris Benchetler is everywhere. On best-selling skis, across a wall inside the Amer Sports North American Headquarters and one outside the Evo flagship store in Seattle, in the goddamn Las Vegas Sphere—at this point, anywhere you look, his artistic handiwork is almost impossible to miss.
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