Winter Olympics: James Woods & the 'internal battle' when counter culture meets elite sport
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Free Spirits is available on BBC iPlayer from 1 February and will be on BBC Three at 21:10 GMT on 3 February
In late September, in the northern Italian Alpine town of Bormio, Britain's most decorated free skier James Woods is detailing a list of everything he owns. It's very short.
Fresh off a plane from Nicaragua, where he's spent the summer surfing and spear fishing, Woods is a showman and a natural talker.
Fuelled by two giant gelatos we're well over the two-hour mark into an interview for the BBC TV documentary Free Spirits. He's been subject, director and interviewer and is showing no sign of slowing down. Until we get onto the subject of his worldly possessions, that is.
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