271: Kirsty Muir, Team GB Freestyle Skier

Today is a special interview with Kirsty Muir – the World Cup winning British slopestyle and Big Air freestyle skier.

Host Iain Martin spoke with Kirsty about her comeback from ACL and shoulder surgery to her first World Cup win last winter. We also discuss her journey from a dry ski slope in Aberdeen to becoming Britain’s youngest competitor at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 and look forward to the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.

This episode is the latest in a series of interviews with high-achieving women in the world of snowsports.

Previous episodes in this series have included interviews with Vicky Gosling, CEO of GB Snowsport, BBC Ski Sunday’s Chemmy Alcott, Kit DesLauriers – first person to ski the Seven Summits - as well as fellow Team GB freestyle skier Zoe Atkin.

SHOW NOTES

Listen to Iain’s previous interview with Kirsty in Episode 174 (2:00)
Kirsty was on the show in Episode 242 after her slopestyle win in Tignes (2:30)
Kirsty tore her ACL in Dec 2023 at the Big Air at Copper Mountain (3:15) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9yJucQDxfUQ
Coming back from injury (5:45)
Using the Red Bull recovery centres (8:15)
The psychological side of recovery (10:30)
Training again after coming back from injury (12:30)
Kirsty was Britain's youngest competitor at Beijing Olympics at just 17 (14:30)
Starting skiing at Aberdeen Snowsports Centre (14:45)
Discovering freestyle skiing (15:30)
Being mentor to Sandra Caune – winner of the Big Air at THE European Youth Olympics (16:45)
Competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics (18:00)
Taking part at Milano-Cortina (19:15)
The coaching team (20:15)
Learning new tricks (22:15)
Training in the gym (23:30)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Reece Bell (25:00)
Plans for this season (26:00)
Do you keep your high-value tricks hidden? (26:30)

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