Wild Ice Skating with Angelina Huang

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Angelina Huang is a former Team USA figure skater who made the bold decision to retire from the sport at just 18 years old. After taking a step back to reconnect with herself, Angelina found a new passion—wild ice skating, where her love for the ice was reignited by the beauty of natural landscapes around the world.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. I'm thrilled to share that Camp Monsters, the spine-chilling
0:08.1	podcast from REI Co-op Studios is back for season six.
0:13.0	Camp monsters dives into eerie encounters
0:16.1	with creatures lurking in the wildest corners of North America.
0:20.5	This season, they're exploring mysterious spots like the shadowy woods of Wisconsin, the
0:26.4	haunted rivers of the southwest, and more.
0:29.6	It's the perfect podcast to set the mood for spooky season. So grab some friends, gather around the
0:36.1	fire, and tune into camp monsters wherever you listen to podcasts. Cass. Your horizon is your limit instead of the boards around an ice rink.
0:55.0	Like it takes me two seconds to go across the ice and I have to turn around in an ice rink,
1:00.0	but wild ice is, I could skate miles and miles and I haven't even hit the mountains on the other side of it and that's such a freeing feeling. It's what keeps me going back.
1:12.0	For almost all of her adolescent years, Angelina Wong was a professional figure skater.
1:18.0	She won the US National Championship at age 14 and joined Team USA as one of the top skaters in the country.
1:25.0	Then a few years ago at age 18, Angelina decided to quit and stepped away from the sport completely.
1:32.0	After taking some time off, she discovered a niche that
1:35.1	rekindled her passion, wild ice skating. In videos she posts online, Angelina
1:41.5	coasts over the surface of frozen lakes and rivers in front of
1:45.2	wintery cities and snow-capped mountains. She used to be bound by the walls of the
1:50.2	rink, but skating outside on wild ice has become an unexpected source of joy and freedom.
1:57.0	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI Coop studios production brought to you by Capital One.
2:05.0	Also, before we dive in, just a note that Angelina's sport, wild ice skating can be dangerous.
2:11.0	If you're thinking about going out on the surface of frozen rivers
2:14.8	or lakes, do your homework and make sure that the weather and ice are safe.
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