Kimmy Fasani - How to Be a Professional Backcountry Snowboarder and Cookie Tester

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🗓️ 7 March 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Kimmy Fasani is a well-respected athlete, most known for her aggressive free-style backcountry snowboarding. She has won countless awards like Women’s Rider of the Year, Standout Performance of the Year, and has had some incredible video parts with Standard and Absinthe Films. Kimmy loves mentoring other snowboarders, especially other females and is a vocal ambassador for several nonprofits.

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0:00.0	This is episode 64 with professional snowboarder Kimi Fasani.
0:04.8	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living,
0:08.8	an adventure podcast presented by REI Co-op,
0:11.9	the brand who helps get you outside through gear, classes, and
0:15.5	adventures.
0:16.7	We talked to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:21.6	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving
0:24.3	businesses and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most
0:29.1	rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:40.5	Kimi Fasani is a professional snowboarder and an epic human.
0:44.0	She's most known for her aggressive style of backcountry, freestyle snowboarding, and amazing video
0:49.8	parts in absent films and trans world snowboarding.
0:53.0	She's very respected amongst her peers
0:55.5	and has been nominated and won awards like Writer of the Year
0:59.0	and Video Part of the Year for the last few seasons.
1:02.0	She loves helping mentor other snowboarders, especially
1:05.0	other females. She's also a vocal ambassador for several nonprofits. She's
1:09.9	married to a professional skier and she co-owns a bakery.
1:14.0	For this episode I drove to Mammoth Mountain which was amazing, spent a day riding, then
1:19.6	sat down with Kimmy who at the time was very pregnant.
1:23.4	We talk about everything from how she created her dream job,
1:27.2	what it takes to be the kind of professional snowboarder she is,
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