Episode 16: Tom Wayes; Chasing Lines, Building Gear, Racing Rocks: The Relentless Pursuit Of Flow
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A 400-foot ski hill in Pennsylvania shouldn’t produce a heli-ski guide who opens Alaskan lines, designs technical gear, and races a 900-horse rock car at 140 on dirt—but here we are. We sit down with guide and multi-sport athlete Tom Wayes to trace the decisions, near-misses, and outrageous stories that shaped a life built on edge.
Tom takes us from late-blooming collegiate gates to the big-mountain crucible, where Europe doubled as a gear lab and sponsors arrived through grit and proximity. He breaks down what makes Haines so singular—Sanitarium to the river, the sheer east…
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