Cory Richards
Amy Purdy
Yuko Arimori
Nontraditional Competitions
Good 'ol Vocabulary
100

According to Cory Richards, this is the most important tool for connecting with anybody that you’re photographing.


To make someone laugh

100

What did she do after finishing high school?

Amy was 15 when she started snowboarding.  This is the stage in her life when she moved to the mountains where she could spend her free time doing what she loved.

100

Where was she born?

In Japan

100

This opponent, unlike in traditional sports where athletes compete against one another, can be very hazardous even though for extreme athletes like Jussi Oksanen, risk is just part of the job.

Nature

100

This means to do what one sets out to do.

to achieve

200

This became his voice in this big, very confusing world.

Photography

200

What is meningitis?

This horrible disease, which involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord, is what Amy contracted when she was 19.

200

When Arimori tried to join a top track team in Japan, this was the spot on the team that opened.

A marathon runner

200

These three obstacles pose serious risks to extreme big-wave surfers like Koa Rothman.

Sharks, jellyfish and the force of the water.

200

This means to take part in a competition or a sporting event on behalf of the country or town where you live. 

To represent

300

The moment Cory says this event pushed his life in a dramatic direction towards telling that larger story of what it means to hurt, and what it means to triumph, and what it means to be human.


When he was hit by an avalanche.

300

How did she influence people with physical disabilities to action sports? 

We know that Amy started a company that makes artificial limbs, but this is what the organization that she created does.

300

What are the two top athletic achievements by Yuko Arimori.

They are winning the silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.

300

The country that Nur Muhammad Shafiullah represented in a tough academic competition.

 Bangladesh

300

This means as far as something can go. 

limit - boundary

400

Two things that Cory has witnessed, which inspires him to keep doing what he does.

A sunrise over the highest mountains in the world, or polar bears standing on the last piece of ice on the farthest north piece of land in the Eurasian continent.

400

What are Amy three occupation?

A world-class athlete, model and actress.

400

What is a United Nations Good Will Ambassador and the President and CEO of Special Olympics Nippon?

One of two of the most recent positions that Yuko Arimori has held or holds outside of marathon running.

400

Nur Muhammad Shafiullah knows first-hand how this competition can push mental limits, because he is the youngest student ever to compete in it, winning the bronze medal.

The International Mathematical Olympiad

400

This means the ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time.

Endurance

500

What is Gasherbrum II, in the Karakorum Himalaya, in Pakistan?

It was in the winter of 2010/2011, Cory says, on this 8,000 meter peak, in this mountain range, in this country, where Cory almost died in an avalanche on first descent after summiting.  

500

What is the Para-Snowboard World Champion (2012) and winning the bronze medal in the Paralympic Games (2014)?

These were Amy's top two athletic accomplishments, achieved in 2012 and 2014 respectively.

500

What is Hearts of Gold?

A volunteer organization that Arimori started in 1998.

500

What is the Marathon des Sables, or MdS?

In this extreme competition, participants must cross a distance of around 250 km over five or six days in the Sahara Desert in 50 + degree heat, requiring incredible endurance.

500

This means farther or more than what someone thought or expected.

Beyond

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