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“I was literally in the start gate laughing, I was like what am I doing here. I got to ride pretty wild, loose and free (referring to his gold medal run at the Para SBX World Cup in Colere, Italy 2021)” – Tyler Turner
In this episode of “Fear of a Flat Planet” presented by Toyota Canada, John Leslie interviews Tyler Turner (Gold – World Cup Colere, ITA 2021).
Topic Rundown:
- His take on winning the first world cup – his first WC event ever.
- Learning to snowboard with two prosthetics as a bilateral below the knee amputee.
- Making fast friends with the global para community.
- Side hustles as a snowcat operator, tail guiding, and sky diving instructor.
- Full-time sailboat living – yes, Tyler lives on a sailboat!
- The good times to the struggles and sacrifices as an athlete.
- Getting on the NextGen Team.
- Working towards his goal of going to the Paralympics in 2022!
