Today we have a wonderful guest from the Canadian snowboarding world who featured in a previous podcast episode if you want to go listen to that one. Crispin is a former Olympic snowboarder and a partner in crime for Katie, specializing in the halfpipe event. Lipscomb made his World Cup debut in December 2002 at Whistler, and made his first podium later that season, with a bronze at Serre Chevalier. Crispin tells us about his experiences in the olympics, injuries and how they have been handled, and then we discuss skiing and sledding in the mountains with a snowmobile and how to make sure you don’t end up with a stranded machine. Crispin’s background 1:00A nasty accident 18:50Dreaming of success 23:55A shocking experience before the Olympic trials 29:40Coaching kids is a tough, tough job 37:10Discipline and structure 40:30Making sure you’re up to check 45:00Going up a slope with a machine to ski or sled down 52:35What he’s doing in Vernon these days 58:45What’s coming up next 75:25“You learn as you go through, they come, they go, time passes, you get fine, but the first time it happens it’s shocking and it’s connected to your self worth, and your dreams and efforts are interrupted. Your goals are—your whole world, the sky falls down. So that was a really important lesson in learning and how to manage those injuries, and learning how to work with the physios and the trainers, and sports psych to put it into proper context.” 19:33@crispinlipscomb

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