Josh Dueck is an inspiration. A working-class kid from Kimberley, BC, Josh took skiing as far as he could afford to before becoming a coach. His coaching career was cut short due to a life-altering injury that put him in a wheelchair and eventually on Paralympic Podiums. It’s a heavy story, and I ask all the questions that people want the answers to, but were afraid to ask.
Josh Dueck Show Notes:
3:30: Chef De Mission, Kimberley, BC, and getting into skiing on his own via a paper airplane contest
11:00: His crew on the freestyle team, his face piercings and look, partying, and the BC Team
14:00: The end of moguls, coaching, working with the future of skiing, and making them better
21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
23:30: Jumps, and how he injured himself, how it impacted Woody, and the immediate aftermath
29:00: Finding out he will never walk again, the pain, the support of his parents and Lacy, other people’s reactions to the injury, and going to the BC Championships 3 weeks after surgery
39:30: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
41:00: Everything you were afraid to ask about paralysis, his arms are his legs, retrofitting or not, and the expense of it all
50:00: Getting back into the mountains, getting into racing, crashing, and being humbled on the World Cup circuit
57:00: Paralympics in Whistler, the Paralympic hangover, X-Games and Tom Morello
67:00: The Freedom Chair movie, the backflip, going on Ellen and airing over Abma
72:00: Sochi infrastructure, winning the gold and partying with the Austrians
75:00: Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany