Angel Collinson on Her Retirement from Skiing, Processing Change, & More
BLISTER Podcast
BLISTER
4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is one of our all-time favorite skiers, and one of our all-time favorite people: Angel Collinson. Angel recently announced her retirement from skiing, so we discussed why she felt that now was the time to make this announcement; the factors that led to her decision; how she thinks about and processes change; what she’s up to now; what might be next; and more.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- What led you to announce now? (3:17)
- How are you feeling about it? (9:24)
- Knowing when to move on (12:26)
- Retiring while on top (21:39)
- Social media (25:52)
- Risk vs readiness for a new chapter (31:52)
- Boat Life (44:52)
- What’s next? (49:11)
RELATED LINKS
- Angel's retirement announcement video
- How to Get Here: Gunnison & Crested Butte
- Register for the 2022 Blister Summit
- This Week’s Gear Giveaway
- Gear Giveaway / Newsletter Signup
- Become a Blister Member / Get our new Buyer’s Guide
- Blister YouTube Channel
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at |
| 0:13.3 | BlisterReview.com. |
| 0:16.8 | Our guest today is Angel Collinson, who recently announced her retirement from skiing. |
| 0:23.9 | So I caught up with Angel to talk about why she felt that now was the time to make this announcement, |
| 0:30.8 | the factors that led to her decision, how she thinks about and processes change, |
| 0:42.1 | what she's up to now, and what might be next for her. |
| 0:52.9 | Now, before we get started, I just want to remind you that our second annual Blister Summit will be kicking off on February 20th, and we'd love to have you there. |
| 0:58.8 | You can find all the up-to-date details about the summit in the show notes of this episode, |
| 1:04.4 | or on the navigation bar of our website, where it says, Blister Summit. |
| 1:10.7 | And you can also check out our getting here guide, which is our guide to the Gunnison Valley, which includes very helpful |
| 1:12.7 | travel information and the latest flight information and kind of everything you need to know |
| 1:18.0 | to make your way up to Gunnison and Crested Bute. So check those things out and then come see us. |
| 1:26.6 | And now let's go ahead and get to my conversation with Angel Collinson. |
| 1:31.3 | Here we go. |
| 1:33.3 | Well, Angel, how are you today and where are you today? |
| 1:41.3 | I'm good. I'm really good. Yeah. I am in the Canary Islands right now. |
| 1:47.0 | Just, yeah, not too far away from Africa, actually. |
| 1:51.0 | Yeah, not too far away from the Sahara Desert. |
| 1:53.0 | It's kind of wild. |
| 1:55.0 | That's very wild. |
| 1:56.0 | You are literally on a boat right now. |
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