The Eyes Free Sports Podcast - Ep. 22:Taking a Splash with Scott Leason

In Episode 22 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, accomplished blind water sports athlete Scott Leason joined the conversation to talk about:

• Growing up in Newport Beach, CA
• The sports he enjoyed playing growing up
• His seven-year stint in the U.S. Navy and how this military experience shaped him as a young man
• The story of how he lost his vision due to an event that nearly took his life
• Attending the Braille Institute and the Foundation for the Junior Blind to learn independent living skills
• How he was introduced to water sports at the Blind Community Center of San Diego
• Competing in events through the Challenged Athletes Foundation and CAF’s Operation Rebound program for veterans
• His accomplishments in water skiing, surfing, and wakeboarding
• The adaptations of water sports like water skiing, surfing, and wakeboarding
• Competing in Ironman events
• His involvement with the Blind Stokers Club
• How his Apple Watch has been a helpful and accessible tool in his sports and fitness endeavors
• Getting three guide dogs from The Seeing Eye
• The positive impact of being involved in sports as a blind individual

 

Check out Leason’s Never Lose Sight Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/neverloosesight/