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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 174: Adapting to Overcome and Have Fun with Matt Feeney

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Science, Health & Fitness, Sports, Nature, Fitness, Wilderness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Alright folks, no more excuses. No matter your challenge, you will benefit from enlarging our life with adventure sports. Check out today's show where Matt Feeney rocks the mic with the stories we all need to hear to remind us that life is to be lived powerfully and on purpose, no matter the circumstances. Matt Feeney was an avid mountain biker and skier when a cliff diving accident at Lake Powell in 1988 left him paralyzed from the waist down. Since then he has again become an amazing skier and biker and SCUBA diver and more..., as well as founding the amazing organization, Adaptive Adventures. He teaches us all NOT to give up, but to adapt to a life better lived. Thanks, Matt!

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0:00.0

This is the adventure sports podcast brought to you by 180Tack.

0:22.9

Get out there and have some fun.

0:26.0

Episode 174, Matt Feeney, Adaptive Adventures.

0:50.6

Thank you. Hello and welcome to the adventure sports podcast. This is your host, Kurt Linville.

0:55.6

Today I have special guest Matt Feeney with us from Adaptive Adventures.

1:02.9

Matt is the director of advancement and co-founder for Adaptive Adventures, and he is here today to talk to us about the Adaptive Adventures program, about a lot of the adventure sports that he does,

1:09.6

as well as opportunities are out there for a whole lot

1:12.7

of other people to do some amazing adventure sports. Matt, we're really excited to share what you

1:18.2

have going on with adaptive adventures, so welcome to the program. Well, thank you, Kurt, and thanks

1:23.2

for having me. So, Matt, you just told me that you moved to Colorado when you were eight and just fell in

1:29.0

love with all the sports here. Tell us a little bit more about yourself and who you are and how you

1:33.9

came to be a adventure sports enthusiast. Well, I guess, you know, it's fairly typical to people

1:40.0

that grow up in Colorado. I mean, there's a lot of opportunity to get involved in outdoor sports.

1:46.3

And I started with, I guess, with the traditional team sports.

1:50.3

As a kid, I played football, basketball, baseball.

1:54.0

I was on the swim team.

1:55.7

You know, I was always out doing something.

1:58.6

You know, I was always very active.

2:01.4

Staying active and being involved in sports was always out doing something. I was always very active. Staying active and being involved in sports was always very important to me growing up.

2:07.7

And I think that's kind of stayed with me throughout the years.

2:12.2

And especially something like skiing.

2:15.3

I learned to ski at a young age.

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