Stressing about what you’re going to do with your life is something a lot of young adults battle. Whether the thoughts of doom and pressure arrive in their teen years or sometime in their 20s, when most people are starting to truly venture out on their own, the list of doubts, questions, and worries can feel like sitting in a room with four walls closing in fast.
One thing that can be tough to do is take a step back and recognize that many of the people we look up to most, or at least the people whose careers and accomplishments we view from the outside and think “that’s success,” went through those same struggles at one point. Spencer Whiting, aka Gimbal God, is no exception. To the rest of the world, Whiting is living the dream. He travels the world, he rides every bucket list destination snowboarders dream of, and he’s often doing it alongside (or just behind) some of the biggest names in the game. And the guy rips too. It’s all part of his routine creating unique follow-cam films, which he’s always created with GoPros and appears to have built a helluva career doing it.
“Every day is either the best day of my life or the worst day of my life,” he admits, talking about his one-of-a-kind career.
Spenny opened up in a recent video about the road he took to get here. That road wasn’t the straight path where everything came easy. At one point in his early adult life, Whiting was diagnosed with manic bipolar disorder.
“That was the craziest trip for me. Getting this new label. You’re this thing,” he says of the time, navigating his mental health while “having negative-68 cents” in his account. “You can either be depressed and look at the negatives, or you can look at how you can grow from this.”
He grew, and he’s having a helluva ride.
