We know the power of sports, so to bring one a top athlete in one of the coolest adaptive sports is going to bring all the fun, excitement and impact. Team USA Para Snowboarder, Zach Miller, who has won two World Championships, six World Championship medals and was on the 2022 Beijing Paralympic team. Born in Colorado with cerebral palsy, Zach was introduced to snowboarding at 13 years old, and has worked through to become the elite athlete he is today. He even won the 2023 Best Athlete with a Disability Award at the ESPYS and is training for the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Games!

Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways:

1. At 3:27 Zach shares all of his lasts, like the last sport he tried, newest meal he  enjoyed, the last video game he played, and the last hobby he picked up…and all the answers will be surprising!
2. At 18:20 Zach and Dominique talk all about his start in para snowboard, how the community of adaptive sports has been a game-changer in the trajectory of his life, what he’s learned as a coach for Adaptive Action Sports and teaching the next generation of para snowboarders, and how has coaching while still competing has changed the way he competes on the professional level.
3. STORY TIME INTERMISSION is major at 35:35 and Zach shares about his impactful experience of winning his ESPYS, and it goes much deeper than the fun night on the red carpet meeting famous athletes, but a connection to how we need to view ourselves as multi-hyphenate individuals.
4. And we end the episode at 50:45 getting to know some facts about Zach’s para snowboarding career, what’s surprised him the most in the sport, how he feels its evolved as a sport from his early days competing, what he’s learned from his first competition that he takes into his current professional competitions, why slow is actually a needed skill in para snowboard, and the one thing he’d want to tell future Zach before hitting the snow at 2026 Milano Cortina in March. 

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