Dear Listeners,

Skateboarding is in the Olympics for the first time!
I think back to the skateboard I rode on our driveway way back when. Were the wheels really metal? Could that be possible or am I thinking of the wheels on my roller skates? Either way, what this episode’s guest, Bryce Wettstein, does is far removed from my poor attempts. And also, the sport has come a long way. There's even equal prize money thanks to some badass women skateboards. (See I'M READING below for more on that.)

Bryce is a professional skateboarder and 2019 USA National Champion for Women's Park format. This summer, in Tokyo, will be the first time skateboarding is in the Olympics and Bryce is on Team USA Skateboarding with a shot at skating Park in Tokyo.

What I keep thinking about and also what listeners have been commenting on is how Bryce talks about creativity. She is an artist and musician, in addition to being an athlete, so it's not a complete surprise that she's found a relationship between the two. What's exciting and interesting is that her thoughts are nuanced and incorporate ideas on language and travel. I’ve listened several times to her discussion about losing control in creativity and wonder how I can embrace that more in my own studio and training.

HOT TAKES
☄️"In skateboarding, it’s kind of like language, you know, everybody has their own little secret code language. So we can all relate to each other on the skateboarding platform, but then everybody dives like a million miles deeper because everybody has their own separate language apart from everyone else."
☄️"It’s so from your heart."

IF YOU LIKE THIS EPISODE, TRY THESE:
🎤 Ep77 Dagmara Wozniak, competing as way to showcase hard work. Listen Here.
🎤 Ep52 Mary Grace Stocker, creative climber and skier. Listen Here.

I'M READING (WATCHING) NOW
✶ Language does matter. Many times I click on a sports news story when I've assumed it's about women only to be surprised that it's about men. This article is about the impact of male being the default.
✶ On March 29, 2020 a woman will umpire the men's Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race for the first time in its 166-year history.
✶ History of equal pay in skateboarding. In 2005 "first place for the men’s vert contest came with a $50,000 purse, but the woman who finished first would only win $2,000." This article covers the history Bryce talks about in the episode.

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