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Fernie toddler wins hearts with adorable skiing pep-talks

Three-year-old Adia Leidums is world-famous after being mic鈥檇-up by her dad as she skis Fernie Alpine Resort
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Three-year-old Adia Leidums gives her dad a hi-five at Fernie Alpine Resort. (Image courtesy of Erich Leidums)

Three-year-old Fernie local Adia Leidums is internet famous, even if she doesn鈥檛 know it.

Adia鈥檚 parents, Erich Leidums and Courtney Haeusler decided to mic-up little Adia as she honed her skiing talents into being a future Olympian on the slopes at Fernie Alpine Resort, and , her pep-talks are now world famous.

鈥淚 got the idea a couple of years back from a hockey dad that mic鈥檇 up his son at a practice to catch his narration and self-monologue,鈥 said Erich, who said Adia鈥檚 self-talk was well worth capturing.

鈥淲e would hear those things before we mic鈥檇 her up, she would say those things.

鈥淲hen I was using my go-pro without the mic, I would try to get closer to her, and after she fell and got up she鈥檚 have something to say to the camera but I always had to get really close. With a microphone it doesn鈥檛 miss anything she says. Any sigh, laugh or giggle- it鈥檚 pretty adorable.鈥

Adia likes to remind herself what to watch out for on the slopes- whether it be dirt or ice, and likes to say hello to characters and animals that decorate the trails for younger kids.

Adia is the youngest of Erich and Courtney鈥檚 three kids, along with Luca (five) and August (seven), who鈥檝e all been skiing since Erich was first able to get them to stay in a pair of ski boots (so, around 18 months). They鈥檙e all accomplished skiers, and feature heavily in Erich鈥檚 videos of skiing Fernie Alpine Resort as part of his 鈥楾hat Mountain Life鈥 videos on YouTube and Instagram.

Adia and her family are now all over the internet, after CNN featured her pep-talks last week. Erich has since seen his follower count on Instagram spike from 3k in early February to over 83k.

There will be plenty more of little Adia, even though winter鈥檚 wrapping up in B.C., thanks to the Leidums family being all about the outdoors.

鈥淚鈥檒l keep documenting and micing her up next year. We hike mountains and paddle and all that sort of stuff so we鈥檒l be documenting our journeys here moving forward.鈥

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