Jacob Perkins - Speed skiing, engineering and mindset. The road to the Olympics.

Jacob Perkins is a 28-year old Speed Skier from Southern Indiana. He is also a Manufacturing Engineering team lead for Amatrol Inc., a global leader in technical education and training for industry, community colleges, and technical colleges. He is heavily involved in tennis and played Division 1 tennis for Wright State University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUe) and competed on ITF and UTR Pro Tennis circuit.

Jacob Perkins recently placed in the 2022 FIS World Cup. He relies heavily on his background in manufacturing and engineering for innovation in the sport, where not only the athlete, but equipment can be a deciding factor of winning and losing.  Although speed skiing was eliminated from the Olympics after 1992, there is a high likelihood of it returning in the 2026 games and Jacob is on a mission to see that happen.

Statistics and results:

  • Current Top Speed 166.96 kph

  • Top 18 Finish World Cup Speed Skiing 2022 Season

  • World Rank S2 2020-2021 6th 

  • World Rank S2 2019-2020 14th

In this podcast:

  • Jacob explains exactly what speed skiing is

  • How he manages the anxiety that comes with skiing at over 100mph

  • How his speed skiing and engineering careers overlap

You can find out more about Jacob at https://www.jacobperkins.org/

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