Shwmae, my names Chris Knight. I’m a former Welsh rugby player turned freelance content creator, adventure athlete, and sports media professional.
Born and raised in Swansea. My love of the outdoors originates from my time spent growing up on the rugged coastline of the Gower Peninsula alongside family holidays in the Austrian Alps.
After graduating from Reading University with a Geography Degree in 2012, I moved back to Wales and played professional rugby for several years, representing Wales Sevens, Llanelli Scarlets, and the Cardiff Blues.
However after a brief four year professional career, during which I was lucky enough to play in six different countries across four different continents and in the 2013 Sevens World Cup, I was forced to retire prematurely after slipping a disc in my spine.
To stay active and to overcome the emotional struggles I faced from premature retirement, I escaped into the Welsh mountain ranges of the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.
It was during my time spent hiking these mountain ranges where my passion for adventure and photography began began.
After being placed on furlough in 2020 due to the pandemic, I decided to set up this website as a way to showcase my adventures and photography.
It also acted as an opportunity promote the beautiful landscape and plethora of outdoor opportunities we have here in Wales.
After starting a masters degree in Sports media Broadcasting I also decided to start a YouTube channel as way to further showcase my adventures, alongside improving my skillset both in font of and behind the camera.
In April 2022, I won Vlog/Blog of the Year in the 2022 Wales Media Awards, something I was extremely proud of considering everything on my site is written or edited by myself.
I was also a runner up in the Ed Townsend Student Journalist of the Year category.
Outside of being a freelance content creator, I am extremely passionate about fitness (cycling and trail running), local adventures, and the outdoors.
Alongside recently become an Ordnance Survey OS Champion, I frequently look to challenge myself by taking on various long distance hiking and cycling adventures.
In 2019, I bikepacked 870 miles around the entire coastline of Wales over 15 days to raise money for the charity Restart Rugby.
In 2021, I bikepacked from the north coast to the south coast of Wales via an ancient Roman road known as Sarn Helen. Alongside acting as an opportunity to raise money for charity, I also I filmed the entire cycle and turned in into a documentary for my masters degree.
In 2022 I completed the Welsh 3,000s and Welsh Three peaks Challenge.
In 2023 I am planning to take on my first half and full distance Ironman alongside tackling the Welsh Three Peaks Cycle.
In July 2022, I graduated from my masters degree in Sports Broadcast Media with first class honours.
Over the past 12 months I have worked across a wide variety of roles in live sports production. This has included work as an assistant producer, drone pilot and camera operator, editor, reporter, presenter, and commentator for clients such as Rugby Pass, Twickenham Stadium, Climate Cymru, Welsh Water, The ECB, BBC Sport, and the Fly Lacrosse.
Alongside continuing to seek out work in the sports production world, I also hope that I can turn my passions of adventure, travel, and content creation into a full time career.
Diolch
Chris ‘oh what a’ Knight
