Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis. Maggie Voisin soared from her Whitefish, Montana, roots into three Olympics and 11 X Games, where she's collected 7 slopestyle medals. Now 26, she's bounced back from several injuries and surgeries to build a soaring career in front of the cameras, filming with Teton Gravity Research and announcing for the X Games. She's navigated incredible pressure as one of the youngest American Winter Olympians, as devastating grief, finding strength and solace on skis. Listen in as Maggie talks about transferring her slopestyle-honed mental fortitude over to big lines in Alaska, strategies for healing, recovering from "the hardest thing ever," and inspiring the next generation of female rippers.

Topics:

1:10 Growing up in Whitefish. Dad was a semi-reformed ski bum.

2:00 "Something in the water in Whitefish." Tanner Hall. Tommy Moe. Parkin Costain.

3:50 15 years old and winning silver in first X Games months before skiing in the Olympics

4:20 Younger sibling rippers

6:30 The transition from a decade of teams, coaches and training to filming in AK

8:40 Mental fortitude in slopestyle moving over to steep lines in Alaska

12:10 Breathwork to settle nerves

13:40 Calming concerns around injuries

14:30 Four knee and one ankle surgeries

16:00 Red light, sauna, yoga, breathing, stretching and mindset. "The body is powerful. It's going to heal."

17:40 The importance of rest, meditation

21:30 "The hardest thing ever." Losing Michael to suicide.

23:40 Living and carrying Michael's legacy forward. "I walk through this life differently."

26:40 "They are everywhere."

29:00 A deep, internal knowing that the strength was there.

30:00 "We are human beings who need community."

31:00 Announcing at the Winter X Games with deep knowledge and a feminine perspective

34:30 Inspiring the next generation.

35:30 Best advice: "Fun comes first."

Quotes:

"The mind can just take over. We all know this."

"I always take a deep breath, and on the exhale is when I drop, and I feel like that just really centers me."

"In this world, we're always athletes."

"If I can live every day, half the way that [my brother] lived his 23 years, that's what I wake up every day and remember."

Resources:

Maggie on Instagram

Maggie Voisin Unleashed: An Exclusive Season Edit

Wagner Custom Skis