TEDx SKI? Where did your skiing passions lead you?

[Karen_skier2.0]

Every once in awhile I do a little binge watching of TED Talks. (ted.com)

Today I decided to do some searches on skiers and Olympians and have shared the links below.

Jeremy Bloom - 3x World Champion Moguls, 2x Olympian, 11x World Cup Gold Medalist, NFL player, founder, Wish of a Lifetime founder

TEDxMileHigh - Jeremy Bloom - Viewing Age
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxMileHigh-Jeremy-Bloom-Viewi

Grant Korgan - After sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, adventurer Grant Korgan - who had never encountered a slope he couldn't ski or a jump he couldn't land on his snowmobile - refused to balk at his new condition because he still had a mission in store. Korgan found the strength to rise from his wheelchair and reclaim his active lifestyle, becoming the first spinal cord-injured athlete to ski 80 miles in Antarctica's South Pole. Author, "Two Feet Back"

The Goosebumps of Life: Grant Korgan at TEDxYouth@SanDiego 2012
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Goosebumps-of-Life-Grant-Ko

Stand in your Truth: Grant Korgan at TEDxUniversityofNevada

The Power of Unlimited Thinking: Grant Korgan at TEDxYouth@SanDiego 2013

Amy Purdy - World-class snowboarder and 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2nd place Dancing with the Stars, co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports, professional motivational speaker, clothing designer and author.

TEDxOrangeCoast - Amy Purdy - Living Beyond Limits
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits?language=en

Ben Saunders - one of the world's leading polar explorers, an acclaimed motivational and keynote speaker, and the publisher of Avaunt Magazine.

TED2005 - Ben Saunders - Why did I ski to the North Pole?
http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole

12 powerful talks from Olympians and Paralympians
http://blog.ted.com/10-powerful-talks-from-olympians-and-paralympians/


When do we get to see a @Tricia and @Philpug TEDxSki segment how they made their passion into their livelihood? What's you story?

 

[Tricia]

I've met Grant Korgan, and Douglas Stoup, the man who guided him to the South Pole, as well as Roy Tuscany (founder of High Fives)
I think I can speak for Phil and myself when I say that we are humbled in the presence of all of these people.

What Roy has accomplished with High Fives Foundation is inspired!

I would love to see a TedX with our very own @dondenver and @Betsy Keyes . THAT is an inspiring story.

 

[Yo Momma]

Tedx is such a powerful medium for inspirational stories, world change and harmony........... not ski related, but yesterday I got wind of a wonderful story from Germany via Sierra Leone. I watched Mallance Bart-Williams via Tedx Berlin Salon. Look it up on youtube. The title is "Change Your Channel".

 

[Philpug]

One of my favorites....Rodney Mullen.

 

[Karen_skier2.0]

Thank you--keep sharing your favorites. And Don and Betsy's story is incredible!

 

[Mike King]

Elyse Saugstad

 

[Tricia]

Elyse Saugstad

@RachelV and I skied with Elyse at Squaw a few years ago. What an incredibly beautiful person.

 

[fatbob]

I've kinda gone off TED since I saw the prices they wanted for admission at the VPAC in Beaver Creek. I understand it was driven by the inflexibility of the venue but it hardly seemed an index of democratic dissemination of ideas, where e.g. a resort waged employee could easily afford it, more another entertainment for the elite. Guess it's the way of the world like your tickets for the Stones tour etc.

 

[Monique]

Lynsey Dyer:
I swear Betsy went to a Ted (X?) recently to talk. I did find this on youtube, haven't watched yet:

 

[Mike King]

@RachelV and I skied with Elyse at Squaw a few years ago. What an incredibly beautiful person.

Lucky you! She seems like someone I'd really like to ski with. And ski like!

Mike