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.