The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 33 - A Visit with Joshua The Jedi Loya (Part 2)

In Episode 33 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Joshua “The Jedi” Loya is our guest. In Part 2 of our chat with Loya, he talked about:

• Getting to work with an Olympic alternate who helped train Ronda Rousey
• How he got into surfing and the unique intersection between surfing and judo
• Competing in the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships and a national event as well
• Competing in the AmpSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championship
• What slack lining is
• The importance of athletes surrounding themselves with positive coaches and actually enjoying the sports they compete in
• Why he believes blind and visually impaired people should take some risks and do some “scary things”
• His Adventure Mind podcast and initiative to get more blind people into surfing
• What it’s like skydiving as a blind individual
• Jumping off the Stratosphere building in Las Vegas
• His personal mental health challenges and strategies he uses to cope

 

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Learn more about his podcast at www.adventuremind.net and feel free to contact him at joshua@adventuremind.net.