From Skiing Park to Working for NASA: LJ Strenio

Last week, the well-known and well-loved park skier, LJ Strenio, posted a photo of a letter — from NASA — that was congratulating him on being accepted as an intern to the Armstrong Flight Research Facility. Wait, what?? How does a park skier from Vermont, this star of the LINE Traveling Circus, this guy who once served as Vin Diesel’s stunt double, and this guy who has a 29-minute crash reel that is, frankly, almost as hard to watch as it is inspiring to watch — how does this guy get accepted to work for NASA? We talked to LJ to get the whole story, and it’s a great one. TOPICS & TIMES:LJ’s acceptance at NASA last week (4:30)Rollerblading to skiboarding to contest skiing (8:25)Getting connected with LINE Skis (16:10)Specializing vs. Not Specializing (18:55)LINE Traveling Circus (28:34)Being Vin Diesel’s Stuntman (38:26)Real Grit: LJ’s Real Ski & Real Attempt videos (43:14)More on NASA (1:10:42)Envisioning the next 5-10 years (1:18:22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.