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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Coco Zurita: X-Games Medalist and Philanthropist

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

“Winning requires your spirit, mind, body and attitude.” Chile's Francisco "Coco" Zurita is a world-class action sports athlete. Recalling a scene from the 2017 X-Games, Coco is remembered on the vert ramp for a number of reasons: his bike is set up like a modern street rider's machine -- no brakes -- and he blasts some of the highest airs of the entire field while riding the halfpipe like a flowing set of trails. His bike control results in airs that are so stylish, he doesn't need to do tricks to capture attention. Coco told me he wins when he's having fun, saying “often the guys that smile are the ones who win.” Zurita's one of the most talented riders on tour, maintaining this high performance for over a decade. He's 32 and focuses on his training and nutrition, where his focus lies on plyometric workouts and periodical juicing diets. Through different improvement vehicles, Coco's won the BMX world championship, became the first rider in the world to land a triple tail-ship, has competed in more than 11 X-Games, and won Rider of the Year at the Dew Tour Series. What I love about Coco is his introspection. His personal and professional growth are dedicated to embracing the uncomfortable. He calls it change – telling me that most people hate change, yet the only thing constant in life is change. Finally, if you’re like me and have always dreamed of adopting and speaking another language, Zurita will tell you how. His native speaking language is Spanish, but he became fluent in English in a short 9-month window. Suiting Up is a show that explores the psychology, playbook of tools, and strategies of the most influential people in sports, entertainment and business. Navigating each conversation, I strive to unpack how world-class performers think, compete, improve, operate, train, eat and sleep.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Soon and Up Podcast. I'm your host Paul Rabel and today we have

0:07.2

Chile's very own. Francisco, otherwise known as Coco's Arita. He's an action sports athlete and

0:13.6

Koko stands out on the VRT ramp for a number of reasons.

0:16.6

His bike is set up like a modern street riders machine. No brakes and he

0:21.7

blasts through some of the highest airs of the entire field while riding the half pipe like a flowing set of trails.

0:27.0

Cocos bite control results in airs that are so stylish, he doesn't even need to do tricks to capture the attention of the crowd.

0:33.7

In fact he told me on the pod that win or lose he wants to be remembered for his style and

0:38.4

is confident he does so.

0:40.4

At X Games Minneapolis 2017, Coco did both.

0:44.0

His attention to style and height earned him a bronze medal in BMXvert,

0:48.0

and the crowd talked about him for days on end.

0:51.4

He's also one of the most talented riders on tour and he's maintained

0:54.2

that high performance for over a decade. He's 32 now and he focuses on his

0:58.1

training and nutrition to endure but as a photographer by Hobby which happens to fashion well with action sports as capturing content is a core feature of their brand building and monetization strategy.

1:09.0

What I love about Coco is his introspection. His personal and professional growth are dedicated to embracing the

1:15.6

uncomfortable and he calls it change and says that most people hate change

1:19.9

yet the only thing that's constant in life is change.

1:25.0

And finally, if you're like me and I've always dreamed of adopting and speaking a foreign

1:28.8

language, Coco is going to tell you how.

1:31.6

Growing up speaking Spanish, he learned to speak fluent English in a short nine

1:35.8

months. Suiting up is a show that explores the psychology, the Playbook of Tools

1:40.6

and Strategies of the most influential people in sports

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