The three-time Olympic snowboarding gold medalist has gone to great lengths to create the comforts of home, on the road.
Now that I ’m retired , there ’s style less anxiety when it amount to traveling . There was just so much stress around it before : bring in it to the office in time , getting to the mountain , nonplus the course of action dial in before rival . Now it ’s just like , why do n’t we stay another day ? It ’s a batch looser and more pleasurable . A lot of the place that I have traveled to many , many times before I ’m now seeing again for the first time .
route tripsare great because you see everything a little bit slower . During the pandemic , Nina [ Dobrev , my girlfriend ] was really on it . She realized that with road trips we could still be quarantine and isolated , but out in the wilderness .
When I ’m in a new place I ’m either looking for exciting restaurants or experiences . InSão Paulo , BrazilI checked out thewavegarden surftechnology atPraia Da Grama . Recently inSt . Moritzwe did the classic Swiss chalet fondue on the mountains . It was so Euro : bowls of cheese , fur throw on the bench , and everyone had goggle burn .
We forgot to ask if the tux is more a carry on bag or checked luggage scenario.|Design by Maitane Romagosa for Thrillist
I had trouble with the altitude when I was younger because I had asthma . It was so bizarre . I also did n’t like the cold . come from the beach in San Diego I was just thrust out of my chemical element , but I love the sport so I estimate I just grew into it . To acclimate to the elevation when I was competing , on the first night I would go straight to an elliptical automobile or a motorcycle and exert myself . Or I ’d take a steam .
When I get to a fresh place , I attempt to produce consistency . I ’m travel so much that now I ’ll move around with a pillow , because I do n’t need to administer with the hotel pillow . I even traveled with a mattress once . When I was competing in the Olympics in South Korea , I fly my mattress out there . It was a Casper mattress — they come in box . I had started sleeping on one and got used to it . So I sent one out there so that when I was sleeping at the Olympics , it mat like I was at rest home .
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Window, middle, or aisle seat?
Window . I just like to interlock in and not be bothered . And you ’re controlling the sunshine .
Pack light or overpack?
I prove to pack unclouded , because I know that I ’ll pick some hooey up . I tried to plan pieces for Whitespace that were multifunctional . At one point we were making a mock neck merino woolbase layer . I could put a lawsuit or a pea plant coat over that , or I could go ride with it . I commonly travel with a plug-in suitcase that has all my C gear in it , a rolling cup of tea for all my normal wear , and my two carry - ons . I used tolose stuffall the time , but I AirTag everything now .
Favorite way to pass time on a plane?
Either movies or podcasts . I was a million knot flyer by the prison term I was 19 . With the amount of clip I spend on planes , by now it must have added up to at least a few years . So I ’m start to tend more into podcasts . There ’s a podcast called ManTalks . It face masculinity stereotypes infused in you as a child : As a man , you ’re opine to be tough and you ’re not supposed to share your flavor , that kind of dude stuff . But when you hear other guys talking about the same matter , it kind of pulls the curtain on the whole James Bond lifestyle . So that ’s rad .
Biggest travel fear?
Just things wrong with the woodworking plane . I endeavor to not ascertain any plane clangor movies on a plane . It ’s hard sometimes .
Best tip for fighting jet lag?
If I get on a planer and know I ’ll reach the destination in the morning , I have to catch some Z’s . Taking something for sleep really help . I take these chocolates packed with melatonin and other natural sleep remedies .
Favorite travel snack?
I bring this packet of this protein powder called Ka’Chava that I use at home in smoothies . When I have it with me I can easy strap it into urine and it feel like a meal postscript , rather than just snacking on chips .
Go-to drink order on a plane?
Soda water and calcium hydroxide .
Must-have travel items
