Kristen Ulmer is routinely called the best female big mountain skier of her time, maybe ever, and that annoys her, and she’ll let you know it.  If you’ve seen Kristen ski, you know her gender doesn’t matter, she’s always been about sending it and most of the time it’s bigger than her male peers.  Kristen is a living legend, a unique personality and in part one of the podcast, we talk about her not really falling in love with skiing until HS, being blind as a bat, extreme skiing, injuries, the US Ski Team, and more. Kristen Ulmer Show Notes: 3:00:  Art Cars, New Hampshire, being blind, and sports 12:45:  Beauty Pageants, partying at 14, semester abroad, and moving to Utah to ski 18 :30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast Alpine Vans:  Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life 10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone 20:15:  Scott Markewitz, ski modeling, and filming for the first time 24:00:  How the other girls reacted to her success, being more competitive against the guys, and being in the US Team 31:00:  Squaw Valley, blowing her knee, rehab Kristen style, quitting the team, and more knee problems. 36:00:  Winning the US Extreme’s with a blown knee and being mortified for not winning worlds, 38:15:  Peter Glenn Ski and Sports Rollerblade:  Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program 40:00:  Hiding injuries, her peers, and being part of the boy’s club 45:00:  The Princess nickname, women’s product, not getting on fat skis, and money 55 :00:  Inappropriate Questions with Kent Kreitler