Known as the “Blind Thrasher” on social media we are joined with fellow blind skateboarder and dear friend, Coco Atama. We saved Coco’s episode for episode 69 because we get into all the details this show. Tune in as we discuss what is a furry, Coco’s type of blindness Stand up comedy aspirations, other furry suits, famous people at FurCons, sexuality, Coco in Las Vegas, developing Fur-sonas, driving go carts blind, Coco’s motivation for his life career, shooting range blind, demolition explosions, when Coco lost his sight, poly partners, what are costumes made of, dealing with depression, finding a healthy way to process and feel normal and so much more!

~~~

Find more from Coco Atama:

Coco’s Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/blindthrasher/?hl=en 

Coco’s Pateron ► https://www.patreon.com/BlindThrasher?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator 

Coco’s Twitch ► https://www.twitch.tv/blindthrasher 

Coco’s Skate Park Hero ► https://skateparkhero.org/2023/coco-atama  

~~~

Call or Text the Podcast Hotline at +1-908-349-1480

Or you can Email us to send in those questions ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠ 

More about Four Bad Eyes Podcast ► ⁠https://www.fourbadeyes.com⁠ 

TIKTOK: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@fourbadeyes⁠ 

INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/fourbadeyes⁠ 

 ~~~

More about Anthony Ferraro ► ⁠https://www.asfvision.com⁠ 

Anthony on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/asfvision⁠ 

More about Dan Mancina ► ⁠https://www.keeppushinginc.com⁠ 

Dan on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/danthemancina/⁠ 

~~~

Keep Pushing Adaptive Skatepark ► ⁠https://fundrazr.com/f1zZbe?ref=ab_6VqfaF2Sm6X6VqfaF2Sm6X⁠  

Keep Pushing Inc was founded by Dan Mancina, an accomplished skateboarder who happens to be blind. Dan also holds a Master's degree in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT), which helps to teach adaptive life skills to those dealing with vision loss. Keep Pushing is a non-profit that combines Dan's two passions by introducing the blind/visually impaired (VI) community to the inclusive culture of skateboarding. Through his own journey with vision loss, Dan has found the lack of accessibility in current skateparks.

The goal of his foundation is to build the first fully adaptive skatepark and to host skateboard workshops for the blind and VI using what he has learned on the skateboard and through his VRT training. Dan has teamed up with an experienced skatepark design company, New Line. Using New Line's design expertise and Dan's knowledge of adaptive skating to create the safest and most accessible skate park ever!

Using adaptive methods, such as increasing the size of obstacles, adding contrast to obstacles, tactile ground, auditory cues for echolocation, 3-D models, and a spacious layout. Once the facility is built Dan plans to host monthly skate workshops and skateboard lessons for local youth/adults who are blind and VI, annual adaptive contests to help push for skateboarding the Paralympics, as well as use park adaptations to influence future public skateparks. 

Again more on the Keep Pushing Adaptive Skatepark ► ⁠https://fundrazr.com/f1zZbe?ref=ab_6VqfaF2Sm6X6VqfaF2Sm6X⁠

~~~

0:00 - intro

0:15 - meet our guest Coco Atama

2:20 - what is a furry 

06:34 - Coco’s type of blindness

07:49 - Stand ump comedy aspirations 

12:54 - other furry suit

19:17 - famous people at FurCons

22:11 - how do you eat dinner in a fur suit?

28:28 - sexuality 

30:44 - taxidermy fur creatures

31:37 - Coco in Las Vegas

34:26 - developing Fur-sonas

37:20 - driving go carts blind

42:30 - Coco’s motivation for his life career

46:03 - shooting range blind

50:42 - demolition explosions

54:52 - when Coco lost his sight

58:44 - poly partners

01:02:02 - what are costumes made of

01:05:00 - dealing with depression 

01:09:00 - finding a healthy way to process and feel normal 

01:15:45 - final words Coco wants to cover

01:18:27 - one love and keep pushing