Episode 47: Jeff Provenzano, Skydiver

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Jeff Provenzano studied at New York City’s School of Visual Arts, but the last thing he wanted to do after college was get a job in graphic design. After taking a break from the books and tackling his first tandem jump with friends, he was absolutely hooked. In episode 47, we talk about the #hurdlemoment he faced post-grad, diving head first into his passions (pun intended), relocating to Arizona and buying a trailer to work at the no. 1 skydive school in the country. More than 20,000 jumps later, he’s one of the pioneers of the high-speed, high-stakes skydiving discipline of swooping and just can’t get enough. We chat about how he hooked up with Red Bull Air Force, what it’s like to train government agents, and the insane jump he did landing on a barge in the Hudson River. SOCIAL@jeffprovenzano@redbullairforce@hurdlepodcast@emilyabbate OFFERSATHLETICS GREENS | Head to athleticgreens.com/hurdle to get 20 free travel packs ($99 value) with your first purchase, no code necessary. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hurdle/message

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0:00.0	Hey, hurdlers. Welcome to episode 47 of hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from top
0:08.2	CEOs to entrepreneurs about how they got through tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning
0:13.2	into wellness. My name's Emily Abadi, and today I'm sitting down with the one, the only,
0:19.1	Jeff Provenzano. He's a skydiver, a
0:22.3	wingsuit pilot with more than 20,000 jumps. Insane, I know. He's a good friend of mine and we
0:29.6	happened to both be in L.A. at the same time not too long ago and decided, you know what,
0:34.3	why not sit down and get to hurtling, right? Today's episode is brought to you by
0:39.1	Athletic Greens. I hold my morning routine sacred and trust me, no day it feels right without
0:45.8	shaking up the greens better. And that's because it's got all of the essential vitamins and
0:49.7	minerals, adafidens, superfoods, prebiotics, probiotics, all the things I need to kick off the day right.
0:55.9	They're offering hurdle listeners a special deal. It's 20 free travel packs, a $99 value with your first purchase.
1:03.4	Just head on over to athletic greens.com slash hurdle. Again, that's athletic greens.com
1:08.7	slash hurdle to dive on in.
1:13.7	Speaking of diving, let's talk about Jeff.
1:16.4	I was introduced to Jeff not too long ago.
1:20.7	We do the occasional Bickram hot yoga class here in New York City.
1:26.3	And I was sitting down with Marcus and Tebby, the founder of Juice Press, and he suggested,
1:29.2	Hey, why don't you sit down with my friend Jeff?
1:35.7	Well, he's one of a kind, and it's so funny because born and raised in the New York area,
1:40.5	but talking to him, he would swear the guy was from the West Coast.
1:43.0	He studied at New York City School of the Visual Arts,
1:44.9	but the last thing he wanted to do after college was get a job in graphic design. After tackling his first tandem jump with friends,
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