Cody Townsend

Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA

D.O.B.: March 14th, 1983

Bio

SPONSORS

Salomon, Swatch, Arcade, Smith, Levitation Project, Porters Tahoe, Hestra, Squaw Valley USA, ABS Avalanche Airbags, Kask

What’s rad besides skiing?

Fly fishing, Surfing, Backpacking, and Mountain Biking
When Cody’s not following his passion for the outdoors, he writes for ESPN, Powder Magazine and The Ski Journal as well as working on his belt company, Arcade (Swatch)

First memory of going big

Being with my best friend George Hjelte and doing the “I’ll do it if you
do it” game on top of a 30 foot air in Squaw.  We were no more than 11 
years old I will always remember that day as the day that kicked off a 
lifelong obsession with jumping off cliffs.

(Smith Optics)

Worst job you’ve ever had

Bitch-boy at a butchery/fish market. My hands smelled like salmon for a year. (Levitation Project)

“Skiing is the only thing in my life that I’ve never questioned. I knew ever since I was 2 years old that this was what I was going to do for the rest of my life.”