EP019 – MIA + BEN RENNIE – Winter Olympic Hopeful (Ski) | Founder + Leader

First to introduce these two epic humans... Mia Rennie is an 18-year-old professional Freeskier (Slopestyle & Big Air) from the small coastal town of Stanwell Park, south of Sydney. Mia grew up skiing Australia's most modest ski resort, Mt Selwyn, and surfing the local Illawarra beaches; which is a long way from the big mountains of the Rockies in Utah, Absolut Park in Austria and Wanaka, New Zealand - places she now calls home for 6 months of the year. The other months are based at Perisher where Mia trains with the Australian Park & Pipe Team. In her short 3-year career as a Pro Freeskier, Mia has risen to the Top 30 in the world, was ranked 4th in the World Juniors and has a series of medals from Australian & USA Nationals. Mia is also a Youth Olympic Games & Junior World Championship finalist. In February 2020, Mia became the youngest ever Australian athlete to compete at a Slopestyle Ski World Cup and is now working with Mike Hanely, highly regarded as the best Freeski coach in the world. Mia is a team rider for: Roxy, K2, Full Tilt Boots, Giro & Clif Bar and is an environmental ambassador for Protect Our Winters (who M&PP+ Project Blank are supporting by using our discount code: mapplife at www.projectblank.com.au) Mia now has her sights set on Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 2022. Her dad, Ben Rennie, is the founder and CEO of RENY® & frequent speaker and advisor on the value of innovation and design thinking, Ben has participated in some of Australia’s most important design, business and innovation conferences as a speaker and advisor including TEDx, VIVID & invited to speak as a guest at Parliament House. Ben has advised some of the world's most iconic brands such as Nike, Ray-Ban, Oakley, BHP Billiton, Canon, Patagonia, Australia Post, Elgas, Tourism Australia, Bupa and Westpac including local and national government. His views on innovation & design thinking have been quoted in the media including Fast Company Magazine, Wired, PSFK, Good Magazine, The Australian, Sydney Morning Heraldand National News. As a branding and design mecca, RENY® areworking with some of Australia's most innovative brands. Can you imagine the insights you will take-away from this conversation regarding high-performance, mindset, mental health strategies and parenting?! This conversation is one not to miss!