Ep. 625: Legendary Freeskier - Mark Abma
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mark is so easy to talk to about all sorts of topics that you forget he’s an iconic freeskier with numerous awards under his belt. In 2005 and 2007 he won the Powder Video Awards for Best Male Performance and is well known by his amazing freeskiing skills that are captured in film through his nearly two-decade relationship with Matchstick Productions. In fact, he’s been featured in every single MSP film for the last 18 years, as well as several Warren Miller and Poor Boyz movies.
It hasn’t gone to his head, though. He started mogul skiing before switching to park competitions and chipping a career out over the years. He says it has humbled him and led to a certain amount of contentment over the years.
He’s incredibly down to earth and always eager to talk about health, longevity, and his used veggie oil-fueled adventure truck. He joins us from his home near Whistler, BC.
This interview originally comes from the other podcast I host, Without Compromise. Check it out here: athleticbrewing.com/blogs/podcast
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| 0:00.0 | all of a sudden that stability wasn't there for me anymore. |
| 0:03.2 | All of a sudden, I started worrying about losing my sponsors, losing my career, |
| 0:07.1 | how am I going to make money? |
| 0:08.6 | And through that process, realizing that whatever happens is going to happen. |
| 0:15.1 | And it's really all what you make of it. |
| 0:17.7 | And realizing that even though I was going to have this injury |
| 0:20.3 | and let's say I had to get a completely new career, I was going to have this injury and let's say I had to |
| 0:21.1 | get a completely new career, I was going to be okay. |
| 0:27.2 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast where we hear stories of adventure from every corner of the |
| 0:32.5 | planet. We interview all sorts of folks who are using their sport to explore the world around |
| 0:37.0 | them and give you the |
| 0:38.0 | inspiration you need to get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:52.1 | Hey folks, I hope you're doing well out there. I hope you're staying safe. Thank you for tuning in. I know there's a million things you could be doing right now. Well, maybe not right now. A lot of us are sitting around. Nonetheless, if you're healthy, if you're safe, that's a huge blessing. You know, I feel like we've been covering just coronavirus a little too much lately. |
| 1:11.1 | I'm sure you're just sick of it in a lot of ways and want to focus on other things. |
| 1:15.1 | So I figured, you know, let's stop talking about it. |
| 1:18.6 | It's hard not to because it obviously is world changing and a huge deal and affecting all of us. |
| 1:23.6 | But, you know, a lot of you are looking for this, you know, |
| 1:26.6 | look towards shows like this for inspiration and maybe to not think about stuff for just a little while so I |
| 1:32.2 | wanted to bring you this brand new episode it is with Mark Abma who is a legendary |
| 1:37.3 | free skier just highly highly respected in the sport and he's a great guy tons of |
| 1:42.6 | interesting hobbies and lots of interest, |
| 1:45.7 | and so we have a great time talking. He joins us today from Whistler, British Columbia, which is |
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