In Episode 36 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we learn about blind golf. Our two guests, Greg Hooper and Ty Thompson of the United States Blind Golf Association (USBGA), spoke about:

• Their personal lives, careers, and their unique visual impairments

Learn more about blind golf and the USBGA at www.usblindgolf.com. Follow the USBGA on Facebook at https://facebook.com/USBGA and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/us_blind_golf.

In Episode 35 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with blind long distance runner and marathoner Abigail Shaw. She talked about:

• Her diagnosis of a visual impairment at age four

Learn more about Achilles International at http://www.achillesinternational.org. Learn more about Learning Ally at http://learningally.org.

In Episode 34 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we chat with deaf blind athlete Brian Switzer of Massachusetts. Switzer, who has competed in a number of sports and challenging running events, discussed:

• His early years growing up in Massachusetts

Check out his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/briandeafblindathlete/.

In Episode 33 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Joshua “The Jedi” Loya is our guest. In Part 2 of our chat with Loya, he talked about:

• Getting to work with an Olympic alternate who helped train Ronda Rousey

Follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/joshuathejedi/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaTheJedi/, and on Twitter at  http://twitter.com/servantwarrior.

In Episode 32 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Joshua “The Jedi” Loya is our guest. In Part 1 of our chat with Loya, he talked about:

• Growing up in Santa Cruz, CA

Learn more about Joshua “The Jedi” Loy at http://servantwarrior.me.

In Episode 31 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Kevin Broussard of the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is our guest. Broussard talked about:

• His early years growing up in San Clemente, CA

Visit www.talksbykevin.com to learn more about his story, watch some of his videos/speeches, and to follow him on social media.

In Episode 30 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, host Greg Lindberg speaks about a book he just finished reading. The book is titled Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story – A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles. Greg provided a brief overview of the book without giving away too many details. His life has included getting to know some U.S. presidents, Hall of Fame baseball players from the 1930s to the present, having four guide dogs from The Seeing Eye, and finding ways to persevere in many aspects of his life despite being blind since age 12. Lucas was also inducted into the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame which is recognized by the main Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

In Episode 29 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we hit the skatepark to learn all about skateboarding for the blind and visually impaired. Guests Matt Janz and Curtis Ruttle of Calgary, Alberta, Canada spoke about:

- Matt’s background and attending the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the University of Calgary to earn journalism and communications degrees

- His volunteer work in teaching skateboarding and how he got into low vision skateboarding

- His visual impairment and how his parents spotted it quickly when he was a youngster since he has an inherited condition

- How Curtis attends a self-directed high school program

- Curtis’ involvement in skiing with Canadian Adaptive Snowsports and playing blind hockey through the Calgary Seeing Ice Dogs and Canadian Blind Hockey

- How they each got into skateboarding, including Matt’s introduction to skateboarding while living in Vancouver and how Curtis was introduced to the sport by Matt

- The unique Skate Bats program Matt started to offer skateboarding lessons to visually impaired kids

- Curtis’ Alt Route program and how he got grant funding through the CNIB Youth Council

- The adaptations Curtis and Matt have come up with to make skate parks more accessible using some very creative techniques for both low vision and totally blind participants

- How blind skateboarders can actually use a white cane to help guide them

Learn more about Skate Bats at www.skatebats.ca and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/skatebats.

Learn more about the Alt Route project at www.altroute.ca and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/altrouteprojects.ca.

In Episode 28 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Tim McCorkle of Ski for Light, Inc. joins the conversation to speak about:

• Growing up in Juneau, Alaska and the winter sports he learned to love as a youngster, especially cross-country skiing

In Episode 27 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, blind skier Tyson Ready of the Braille Mountain Initiative was our guest. Ready spoke about:

• His early years and how he got into winter sports like hockey and skiing

Learn more about the Braille Mountain Initiative at http://www.braillemountaininitiative.com and on Facebook at http://facebook.com/braillemountaininitiative.