The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 33 - A Visit with Joshua The Jedi Loya (Part 2)

<p>In Episode 33 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Joshua “The Jedi” Loya is our guest. In Part 2 of our chat with Loya, he talked about: </p> <ul><li>Getting to work with an Olympic alternate who helped train Ronda Rousey</li> <li>How he got into surfing and the unique intersection between surfing and judo</li> <li>Competing in the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships and a national event as well</li> <li>Competing in the AmpSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championship</li> <li>What slack lining is</li> <li>The importance of athletes surrounding themselves with positive coaches and actually enjoying the sports they compete in</li> <li>Why he believes blind and visually impaired people should take some risks and do some “scary things”</li> <li>His Adventure Mind podcast and initiative to get more blind people into surfing</li> <li>What it’s like skydiving as a blind individual</li> <li>Jumping off the Stratosphere building in Las Vegas</li> <li>His personal mental health challenges and strategies he uses to cope</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Follow him on Instagram at <a href='https://www.instagram.com/joshuathejedi/'>https://www.instagram.com/joshuathejedi/</a>, on Facebook at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaTheJedi/'>https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaTheJedi/</a>, and on Twitter at  <a href='http://twitter.com/servantwarrior'>http://twitter.com/servantwarrior</a>. Learn more about his podcast at <a href='http://www.adventuremind.net'>www.adventuremind.net</a> and feel free to contact him at <a href='mailto:joshua@adventuremind.net'>joshua@adventuremind.net</a>. </p>