When I was thinking about maybe starting a podcast, Max Vince was one of the first people I had on my list of people to talk to. He was my first ski instructor and took me for my very first ski lesson. While I was falling all over the beginner slope, hands on my knees and trying to snow plough, Max was skiing backwards and making jokes with with me. The next lesson I had with Max during the same season, I had progressed a lot, but I didn’t know what to do with my ski poles. During my first lesson, Max threw my poles away, and told me I didn’t need them yet. So after I got better and could ski on the blue and red runs some friends who are also ski instructors told me it was time to start using poles. That it would help me turn better So I booked Max for a lesson, and asked him how I use the poles. I was also keen to show him my progress, so we went to a really nice Red run, he showed me how to plant my poles to help initiate the turns. I thought I was skiing fast, but the entire lesson Max was skiing backwards faster than I was skiing forwards and the entire time he was cracking jokes at my expense. I knew from friends that Max was a pro skier and competed on the Freestyle tour, I wanted to learn more about this, and the local Freestyle ski show he and his friends used to put on in the resort. and I also had the feeling from a few conversations we had over the years that Max had lost some of his enjoyment for Skiing. This was something I wanted to ask him about, as his job was to be a ski instructor. He skis everyday in the winter. I have also been pretty impressed by Max’s entrepreneurial spirit to start a new business, something not ski related. His competitive spirit and self determination has helped him to expand and grow.