Micaela Ramirez on Advocacy,  snowboarding, and Free Lift Tickets

First, this podcast is not only about free lift tickets, In fact it is about Micaela Ramirez. I seem to run into Micaela Ramirez on the deck of random skateboard contests. She always says hello to me, and we have brief words about whatever is going on at that particular moment in the skateboarding world. Recently Micaela reached out to me regarding Poseiden Foundations 10th annual Ladies Day and the Berrics event, and I happily agreed to come down to the Berrics to shoot skateboarding pictures. I have to say I was stunned by this event she  (and her friends) puts on. Alhtough skateboarding is on one of its up-waves, Ladies Day somehow retained that precious element of skateboarding we all love…skateboarding and fun. After attending the Ladies Day event I thought to myself who is this person that created such a great skateboarding thing?

In part 1 (of this 2 part podcast series) Micaela Ramirez talks about her love for snowboarding and education. Micaela even includes tips on how a college student might obtain free lift tickets. And how snowboarding lead her to skateboarding. Among the varied topics in part 1 Micaela talks about the transcending power of literacy.

The very early days
  • Travel from a very early age
  • Moved to Vail at 18
  • Snowboarding Colorado in 1997
  • Snowboarding injuries
  • Roadeo’s
  • Greeley Rodeo
  • Boulder life
  • “it smells like Greeley how much time do we have to get up to the summit”
  • “I would go to my lecture in my snowboard pants and snowboard boots”
Anti Technology
  • Held 3 jobs
  • political poetry
  • firm believer on the paper hardback soft cover back dictionary and thesaurus
  • Q: What is it about a book as opposed to a digital device? A: You have to think to find what you want to find, and you have to define that meaning.
  • reading leads to communication
  • learning how to learn
Some interests
  • advocacy
  • becoming more concience
  • change the mindset of society
  • Leslie Cohen
  • Amelia Brodka
  • her parents were her inspiration to help others
  • Micaela’s student loan was her contribution to society
  • free lift tickets
  • what people do to hit the powder
skateboarding and keeping things fresh
  • How snowboarding led to skateboarding
  • the sensation that triggered snowboarding
  • Keeping things fresh
  • “everyone demands perfection including myself”
  • “doing something because you know you have to continue to do it and it brings so much good vibes”
related links

Poseiden Foundation

Micaela Ramirez podcast part II

Listen to podcast on Google Play