Spencer O'Brien | The Bomb Hole Episode 129

A proud member of Canada’s First Nations who started competing at age 11 growing into a power house stacking X-Games medals and even becoming an Olympian but this is really only part of the story as she has evolved her discipline to the backcountry. We discuss Indigenous culture, Canada’s First Nations, writing sponsor letters, the power of a strong mindset, positive self worth, pre contest rituals, the current state of competition, style, rheumatoid Arthritis, and so much more! As Spencer battled her way through women’s competition's just month’s away from Sochi 2014 she realized she was getting excessive joint injuries and started to have large amounts of stiffness and pain, bad enough to bench her for seven months discovering she had Rheumatoid Arthritis. Join us as we sit down with Spencer and hear this amazing story of how she overcame the pain of arthritis moved from contest’s to powder producing snowboard projects that bring awareness to her Haida and Kwakwakaʼwakw heritage and her given name sake ‘Ma̱lx̱tłu’g̱a (Mountain Goat) as well as making her upcoming film “Precious Leader Women” all on this week’s episode of The Bomb Hole!