Jess Kimura’s life has never been easy. Yeah, she’s a pro snowboarder who travels the world to ride, which sounds like a dream - But, hearing about the path that led Jess to snowboard superstardom, I doubt many people would trade places with her. What she has achieved is incredible. On the podcast, we talk about life lessons of the skatepark, leaving home at 16, being broke, snowboarding, mental health issues, losing snowboarding, love, losing love; oh, there is so much in this must-listen episode. Marie-France Roy asks the Inappropriate Questions
Jess Kimura Show Notes:
3:00: Alpenglow Speaker Series, Flipping her truck, early life of gymnastics and team sports, and skiing at Silverstar
12:00: Skateboarding, bad stuff at the skatepark, leaving home at 16 and getting a place with a boyfriend, alternative school, and societies stereotypes
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24:00: Snowboard culture, inspiration, her contest mentality, traveling on Wendy’s paychecks, Nationals, her attitude and look, traveling to Switzerland for her first World Cup, and the start of mental health battles
40:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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43:00: Getting on powerful meds, getting put in a group home for kids with psychosis, losing snowboarding, getting off meds, and getting her life back
50:00: Picking up hitchhikers, trying to go to SuperPark with a lacerated liver, moving to Whistler, concussions, and cameramen not shooting her because she’s a girl
61:00: Sexismin the mountains, sponsorship, finding love, finding inspiration, losing love, and The Uninvited
72:00: Inappropriate Questions with Marie-France Roy