# Waterpeople Surf stories, ocean adventures + the aquatic experiences that shape us. Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they gather stories, insights and useful skills from some of the most outstanding waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is where our global ocean community dives into the facets of watery lives lived well: ecology, adventure, community, activism, science, egalitarianism, inclusivity, meaningful play, a sense of humour. And, surfing, of course. Page: Feed: --- ## Whaia: Mana Waka _2026-08-14_ Who has the right to speak on behalf of water? Who carries that responsibility? Drawing on her lineage of wayfinders and traditional music makers, Whaia regularly takes the stage of international political gatherings – like the United Nations Climate Summit – to invoke the voice of water . She is a Māori vocalist, surfer, multi-instrumentalist, and cultural producer whose work moves between the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/19646018-whaia-mana-waka.mp3) ## Jon Swift: Making Friends with the Cosmos _2026-07-29_ Has something astronomical ever made you reassess your life's trajectory? Jon Swift is an astrophysicist and lifelong surfer with a PhD from UC Berkeley. He runs a research observatory at The Thatcher School in Ojai, California, teaches math and science, and his music has featured in cult surf films from the 2000s, like Shelter and The Drifter. Jon shares his story of living alone in Mexico after… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/19566494-jon-swift-making-friends-with-the-cosmos.mp3) ## Bryanna Bradley: All That Lingers _2026-07-16_ How good are you at convincing people you're fine? On a burnout-inspired whim, Bryanna Bradley booked a one-way ticket from inland Canada to Hawaii. She quit her job and started putting in hours in the water at Waikiki. Surfing first, but her goal? To become a surf photographer. Bryanna has become one of the surfing world's leading cold water photographers, building a community and career based in… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/19501170-bryanna-bradley-all-that-lingers.mp3) ## Ziggy Alberts: Wildly Underprepared _2026-07-02_ What does it take for you to slow down? Ziggy Alberts started playing live at 17, admittedly underprepared, but fizzing. By 21, he was staring at a studio ceiling noticing the lights had gone dim, but no one had touched the switch. It led him to break down to a friend. After years of “hell-for-leather” world-touring, he'd finally stayed still long enough to feel what he'd been outrunning. Ziggy is… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/19434693-ziggy-alberts-wildly-underprepared.mp3) ## Howie Cooke: Artivism _2026-03-11_ When was the last time you had an epiphany? Artist/activist Howie Cooke shares the sudden realisation that steered the course of his life's work - a handful of decades on the front lines of marine protection via NGOs, art, music and direct action. Howie has spent 50 years boogie boarding, playing guitar and painting. He has shown in hundreds of art exhibitions around the world – in addition to his… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18832062-howie-cooke-artivism.mp3) ## Soli Bailey: Maps to Now _2026-03-01_ There's no straight lines in the ocean - nor in a surfing life. We sit with professional surfer and Bundjalung waterman Soli Bailey to trace his lines from early talent and success, through the grind of competing and a life-threatening neck injury, to a grounded love of surfing that’s deeper than any accolades. Soli opens up about the quiet crisis that arrived during lockdowns: paddling out and… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18767644-soli-bailey-maps-to-now.mp3) ## Patti Paniccia: Raising the Bar _2026-02-09_ What are you unwilling to ignore? Through her experience in pro surfing, journalism and law, Patti Paniccia is a formidable advocate for equity in the water and the workplace. Patti helped build the IPS tour from the ground up, organised the Hawaii Women’s Surfing Hui to create opportunity, and then carried that same tenacity into law and journalism—ultimately winning a landmark workplace… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18641938-patti-paniccia-raising-the-bar.mp3) ## Living the Questions: answering your queries _2025-12-22_ Ever felt the ocean fix what land couldn’t? This episode, we turn the mics on one another and answer your questions about grief, love, parenting, and crowded lineups. Hear the stories behind the sails, the garden, and the choices that have shaped us. Also: It’s time for our annual giveaway – you can enter by leaving a review of the podcast before January 15th – wherever you listen to podcasts. A… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18398061-living-the-questions-answering-your-queries.mp3) ## The Rivers Run: Theory of Change (pt. 2) _2025-12-17_ What's a river to you ? After cyclone Alfred crossed Australia's East Coast earlier this year, tens of thousands of fish died in our local river, Dave got a persistent staph infection and our community tousled with a question: what's wrong with our river? And what can we do about it ? How does change happen when we, and the world, seem stuck in our ways? We’re curious about how change happens –… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18367508-the-rivers-run-theory-of-change-pt-2.mp3) ## Sterling Spencer: Fan of the Universe _2025-12-12_ At age 8, Sterling Spencer was signed to surf sponsorship and then had a successful amateur career before chasing the Pro Tour. He was an early internet adopter who found his stride not in competitive surfing, but in making good fun of an earnest surf industry and culture. Sterling is a pro surfer and media maker from Florida’s Gulf Coast known for blending high performance surfing with comedic… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18342018-sterling-spencer-fan-of-the-universe.mp3) ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jXr3Sk8WSDCR) _2025-12-12 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## Peter Gash OAM: Custodian of Curiosity _2025-12-05_ Not long ago, Lady Elliot Island was basically unrecognisable. In the late 1800s, it was mined for guano used as agricultural fertiliser. The island was stripped bare. This is a story about what happens when one person has a vision and refuses to let hard work, qualifications or accepted definitions of 'possible' get in the way of curiosity. Regenerating the precious coral cay Lady Elliot Island… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18302063-peter-gash-oam-custodian-of-curiosity.mp3) ## Ethnomads: Ke'ili Mcevilly + Chris Miyashiro _2025-11-21_ Grief, love, and lineage shape a rite of passage as our guests recall learnings from storms, stars, mentors, and manta rays at midnight. Ke'ilii Mcevilly is an environmental scientist with a Masters degree in sustainability. Ke'ili grew up surfing in California, and is now based on the island of Oahu. She is an artist and waterwoman involved in the flourishing of traditional Hawaiian cultural… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18228015-ethnomads-ke-ili-mcevilly-chris-miyashiro.mp3) ## Chris Miyashiro: Homecomings _2025-11-16_ A captain wakes in the night certain he’s wrecked in mangroves—only he’s on his own porch. That jarring reentry from a month under sail becomes our portal into a deeper story about attention, tradition, and becoming a different kind of person at sea with artist-sailor-filmmaker Chris Miyashiro . Chris takes us from his grandfather’s walls—painted with visions of Hōkūleʻa —to a 2,700‑mile,… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18188339-chris-miyashiro-homecomings.mp3) ## John Peck: Rebirth _2025-11-04_ What does it mean to live a life of service? Pipeline pioneer John Peck was devout to many things over this 81 years, and exploring this question was amongst them. In 2015, we hosted John for what was a precursor to this podcast - a storytelling evening in our local community hall. He was captivating - virtually no one moved for hours, as Dave's questions and John's stories interwove with… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18128544-john-peck-rebirth.mp3) ## Layne Beachley + Tess Brouwer: Mental Fitness _2025-10-21_ Two friends chart a path from pain to agency: Layne Beachley examines the drive behind seven world titles and finds a search for self-worth, while Tess Brouwer turns a hidden spinal injury and a hospital-bed reckoning into a mental fitness toolkit. Together, Layne and Tess are the co-authors of the book Awake Academy , wherein they share the life altering changes that shook their respective senses… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/18007747-layne-beachley-tess-brouwer-mental-fitness.mp3) ## Brenden 'Margo' Margieson: Renaissance Man _2025-09-23_ Every mid-aged Aussie bloke's favourite surfer? That's Margo. Widely recognised as the first paid freesurfer - Brenden 'Margo' Margieson is famed almost as much for his gentle demeanour as his explosive power surfing. We traced some of his undulating journey through a surfing life's highs and lows. From early days being propelled by legendary filmmaker Jack McCoy, to unexpectedly winning a major… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17888803-brenden-margo-margieson-renaissance-man.mp3) ## Theory of Change (pt. 1): Waterwomen Camp Out _2025-09-01_ How does change happen when we, and the world, seem stuck in our ways? We’re curious about how change happens – and what people are doing on the ground, in our community, to create the causal pathways to shift social and environmental ideas, norms, and policy. Listen in for stories from the 2025 Waterwomen Camp Out put on by the NGO Surfers for Climate . The Waterwomen Camp is an annual weekend of… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17764450-theory-of-change-pt-1-waterwomen-camp-out.mp3) ## Holly Beck: Simplicity + Therapy _2025-08-10_ Is there a particular fear that's still holding you back? Holistic surf therapist and coach Holly Beck talks us through the way she sees terrestrial life play out in the water - in terms of how we behave and how we engage with others and with the ocean. Holly spent 10 years as a professional surfer, where she pioneered new pathways for women in the industry as a competitor, savvy freesurfer and as… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17646331-holly-beck-simplicity-therapy.mp3) ## Hunter Williams: Shapes + Templates _2025-07-21_ Who's your youngest friend? We just met one of ours: 11-year-old surfer, shaper and filmmaker Hunter Williams . This year, Hunter won the grom shorts category at the Noosa International Surf Film Festival with his movie Heirloom . Informing an impressive depth of knowledge about surfboard building and design, is Hunter’s spectral surfing skill – he talks us through peak moments of tube time and… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17535488-hunter-williams-shapes-templates.mp3) ## Arne Rubinstein: Rites of Passage _2025-06-25_ Rites of passage , once central to marking life’s transitions, have faded in modernity. As we navigate rising anxiety, social fragmentation, and a world where technology permeates nearly all aspects of our shared human experience, what role could a revival of rites of passage play in reclaiming our resilience and our capacity for social cohesion? Dr Arne Rubinstein is the CEO and Founder of the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17387681-arne-rubinstein-rites-of-passage.mp3) ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MPBQddNsFn1e) _2025-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## Bonnie Tsui: On Muscle + Movement _2025-06-08_ What moves you through the world? In the most literal sense, it's the same answer for all of us: muscle. In On Muscle , Bonnie Tsui brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are - but what they mean to us. Bonnie attended Harvard University, where she rowed crew, snowboarded, and studied American literature. She… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17303984-bonnie-tsui-on-muscle-movement.mp3) ## Dylan Graves: The Levity Effect _2025-06-08_ How much has your homebreak shaped you - your life, livelihood, the person you've become? The quirkiness of Dylan Graves ' Puerto Rican homebreak shaped a lifelong obsession, and subsequent career in chasing, riding, and documenting Weird Waves around the globe. Tidal bores, standing waves, wedges, glacial calving swells; Dylan's Youtube channel shares an astonishing diversity of wavelengths.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17303812-dylan-graves-the-levity-effect.mp3) ## Sarah Gerhardt: Unstable Bonds _2025-06-08_ Besides being a professor of chemistry, Dr. Sarah Gerhardt was the first woman to ride one of the world’s most feared waves, Mavericks in icy Northern California. She is a mother of two and acknowledged as the first female tow-in surfer. Amidst a tumultuous childhood, Sarah found stability in an unexpected place: The Periodic Table of Elements. Sarah learned to surf in the late '80s at Pismo… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/17303643-sarah-gerhardt-unstable-bonds.mp3) ## Kiana Weltzien: More with Less _2025-05-17_ When was the last time you followed a spark of curiosity all the way to some distant shoreline? Kiana Weltzien 's ocean adventures began in 2016 when she left her real estate career in Miami for a year of travel. Along the way, she met a mentor and moved onto his boat; a replica Polynesian double-canoe. She sensed that this was her new way of life. In 2018, Kiana acquired her own boat, Mara Noka,… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16068067-kiana-weltzien-more-with-less.mp3) ## Putting Tech in its Place with Helena Norberg-Hodge + friends _2025-02-05_ What's lost when we hand over skills or experiences to technology ? We sat down with localisation pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge to learn more about the waves of radical economic and social changes she has experienced first hand. In 1975, as a student of linguistics amongst the glacial melt of the Himalayas, Helena witnessed the rapid erosion of traditional culture that followed the introduction of… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16332691-putting-tech-in-its-place-with-helena-norberg-hodge-friends.mp3) ## Gary McNeill: Make It Last _2025-02-03_ How do we make magic boards last longer? Gary McNeill and Dave have been experimenting with alternative, non-petrochemical materials for the last decade. The front runner in their experiments? Flax cloth, for board strength and durability. Stab recently ran The Electric Acid Surfboard Test , to explore the validity of their flax tinkerings. This episode features the flax master himself, shaper… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16174558-gary-mcneill-make-it-last.mp3) ## Krista Comer: Reading Power _2024-12-23_ How do you better a culture? How do we better surf culture? Dr. Krista Comer is a scholar of American literature and cultural politics. She has written widely about women and surfing as a way "to build bridges between university and community, or subcultural knowledges. Because we need each other to understand the worlds we inhabit, and to make better worlds. I need bridges to stay true to who I… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16318709-krista-comer-reading-power.mp3) ## Otto Flores: Stepping Up _2024-12-21_ Many professional athletes struggle to transition from their sport-as-career. The highs are often out of reach for pedestrian life - especially for pro surfers who spend their years in whirlwinds of hedonistic wave chasing. For Puerto Rican tube connoisseur Otto Flores , the key to transition was community. After many national titles and a spell on the World Qualify Series, Otto veered away from… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16136608-otto-flores-stepping-up.mp3) ## Gail Couper: With Bells On _2024-12-21_ Called the "most underrated sports person in Australia" and the "greatest Bells surfer of all time” Gail Couper has been both: at the centre and the sideline of surf culture and sport for the better part of her 77 years. She's seen a lot change, and helped to lay the foundation for Aussie surf culture as we know it today. Gail is a five-time national champion, and 10-time winner of the prestigious… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16318511-gail-couper-with-bells-on.mp3) ## Lane Davey: Body Language _2024-12-21_ How many kids from Tennessee end up devoting their life to the world's heaviest waves? At least one. That's Lane Davey: Pipe Disciple, PhD, journalist and college lecturer at UH Mānoa. Lane has dedicated much of her adult life to being present in the line-up at Pipeline – she was long the lone woman amongst the sword fight. We trace her unlikely trajectory from growing up in Tennessee, to… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16318327-lane-davey-body-language.mp3) ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YqPgbcsyEbdv) _2024-12-20 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## Danny Johnson: Don't Overthink It _2024-11-19_ We’re getting tangential. This episode is part of a three episode slip slide behind the scenes of a project that Dave’s been working on for the better part of 2024: The Electric Acid Surfboard test . It's a series that explores “alternative” surfboard design. Basically, iconic surfers on left-field, experimental surf craft. Our very own aquatic wombat, renowned question repeater, one David… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16132623-danny-johnson-don-t-overthink-it.mp3) ## Jamie Brisick: Breaking the Surface _2024-11-07_ Who modelled kindness for you? Who showed you how to be kind and curious in the face of difference? Before he was a Fulbright Scholar, Jamie Brisick surfed on the ASP world tour from 1986 to 1991, and has since documented surf culture extensively. His writings and photographs have appeared in The New Yorker , The New York Times , and The Guardian. Jamie hosts the podcast Soundings and is the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/16067967-jamie-brisick-breaking-the-surface.mp3) ## Josie Prendergast: Tidal Transitions _2024-10-20_ Longevity in any career begs for reinvention. With more than a decade at the pro surfing game, Josie Prendergast has been navigating new waters in her career - by taking the reins on her own storytelling. Born in Siargao and raised in both Australia and the Philippines, Josie is a standout surfer on any craft – from 10+ gliders to fishes – and she’s expert at nasal navigation on heavy logs. We… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15929058-josie-prendergast-tidal-transitions.mp3) ## Hanneke Boon: At the Helm _2024-09-23_ Did sailing have more to do with early human locomotion than the wheel? Hanneke Boon , head of James Wharram Designs , suggests that may be so. Born in the Netherlands, Hanneke grew up in a sailing family. She was building and sailing Polynesian Catamarans at the age of fourteen and joined the James Wharram team at the age of 20. A gifted artist / graphic designer / craftworker, she became James… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15792342-hanneke-boon-at-the-helm.mp3) ## Bob McTavish: Trim & Wonder _2024-08-30_ Over the last half century, Bob McTavish has shaped thousands of custom surfboards. Always an innovator in surfboard design and technology, Bob pioneered cutting edge changes to the basic concept of a surfboard. In 1965, he started tinkering with rail and bottom design to maximise performance . This was part of the movement that would become known as the shortboard revolution, in which Bob’s role… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15666910-bob-mctavish-trim-wonder.mp3) ## Ruby Southwell: Natural Action _2024-08-14_ Did you feel safe in your childhood home? If not, were you able to leave, or did you have to stay? Ruby Southwell hit the road, travelling solo for years, searching for guidance. What she found was a deep and clear inner well - and a renewed love for riding waves. At age 22, Ruby moved to Indonesia’s remote Mentawai Islands, where she surf guided, taught herself how to tube ride, and lived offgrid… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15579877-ruby-southwell-natural-action.mp3) ## Brett Burcher: Deep Breaths _2024-07-26_ What's the most challenging experience you've faced? Did it ultimately hinder or heighten your self-clarity? Brett Burcher is a heavy water specialist - a slab hunter who chases the thickest waves to some of the most far flung locations. He was given an irrevocable invitation to learn to lay down, be still and breathe when he hit the reef and suffered a spinal cord injury in remote South… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15482714-brett-burcher-deep-breaths.mp3) ## Levelling Breath Practice with Brett Burcher _2024-07-26_ As a follow up to our episode with heavy water specialist Brett Burcher we wanted to share a couple of breathwork practices that Brett found most practical in his own life - whether he’s dealing with insomnia, or about to drop into a bomb set wave. This is a levelling breath practice— not an upper or downer -- just a way to reconnect with a gentle balanced breath state. Send us Fan Mail ...… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15483383-levelling-breath-practice-with-brett-burcher.mp3) ## Energising Breath Practice with Brett Burcher _2024-07-26_ In this bonus episode slab hunter Brett Burcher takes us through an energising breath practice that he’s found useful when you need a little extra pep in your step. This is your reminder: breathe like you mean it. Send us Fan Mail ... Co-Hosts + Production: Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich Sound + Video Engineer: Ben J Alexander Theme song: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music by Kai Mcgilvray +… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15483402-energising-breath-practice-with-brett-burcher.mp3) ## Nidala Barker: Where We Belong _2024-07-06_ “Whether or not you think you belong to the Earth is irrelevant, for you simply do. By virtue of breathing in you receive a gift of oxygen given by the tree and soil, by virtue of breathing out you gift carbon dioxide to the kelp so the fish may have their home. To accept our shared responsibility to the Earth, IS to remember our belonging.” – Nidala Barker Nidala is a surfer, musician and… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15368331-nidala-barker-where-we-belong.mp3) ## Dr. Kevin Stone: How to Play Forever _2024-06-23_ Why are some octogenarians still surfing, while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn’t luck. Harvard and Stanford trained Orthopaedic surgeon Kevin R. Stone, MD , believes that injuries present as opportunities to better our athletic potential - they can make us fitter, faster, and stronger than before. He is the author of Play Forever: How to Recover From Injury and Thrive. Dr. Kevin… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15295756-dr-kevin-stone-how-to-play-forever.mp3) ## Pauline Menczer: The Uncensored Underdog _2024-06-09_ How to fund a pro surfing career in the 1980s? Sell stickers, Levi’s jeans, bicycles, whatever. Sleep in your board bag. Live on a diet of mushrooms and bread. World Champion Pauline Menczer got resourceful and hustled however it took to get her to the next stop of the tour. “In the 80s and 90s, surf culture was toxic, especially towards women. Pauline was a dirt-poor, chronically ill teen from… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15217755-pauline-menczer-the-uncensored-underdog.mp3) ## Sung Min Cho: African Aloha _2024-06-08_ When is surfing about more than just selfish wave hoggery? Mozambique’s first professional surfer, Sung Min Cho , or ‘Mini’ for short, is writing a new story for surfing – he’s part of a burgeoning surf culture rising from the wake of three decades of armed conflict in the region. In 2018, Mini co-counded Tofo surf club , Mozambique’s outpost of Surfers Not Street Children , which empowers street… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15215358-sung-min-cho-african-aloha.mp3) ## Torren Martyn & Aiyana Powell: Solo, Together _2024-06-08_ Ever want to pack up normalcy and set sail over the horizon? What’s it really like to live at sea for a year and rarely be further than 35 feet from your new significant other? Torren Martyn and Aiyana Powell talk us through the peaks and troughs of life aboard Calypte, a borrowed 35-foot sailing boat that they spent 12 months sailing 9,000-kilometres - from Pattaya in the Gulf of Thailand to… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/15215270-torren-martyn-aiyana-powell-solo-together.mp3) ## Annie Ford: Adventurous Activism _2024-01-17_ The loudest human-made sounds: Nuclear Bomb (224 dB), Rocket launch (204 dB). And clocking in at 260 underwater decibels is the seismic blast, part of a process for exploring for oil and gas in the ocean. Unlike bombs and rockets, however, seismic blasts "fire approximately every 10 seconds around the clock for months at a time." For eight years, Marine Biologist Annie Ford worked onboard seismic… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/14309655-annie-ford-adventurous-activism.mp3) ## Sally Parkin: Sell the House _2024-01-02_ Are you investing in yourself and your curiosities? At 63, Sally Parkin sold her home to spend the better part of 2023 surfing in Australia with her family. Sally is known for "single handedly" reviving the 100 year old tradition of English surfing on wooden bodyboards. She first surfed one at age 5, and decades later, when her family's quiver started to break, she realised there was only one… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/14231517-sally-parkin-sell-the-house.mp3) ## Stu Nettle: Voice & Vertigo _2023-12-28_ Injuries are mostly out of our control. But recovery offers many choices. Will we allow the scar tissue to stiffen or soften us? Stu Nettle is the editor of Swellnet, one of Australia's leading independent surf media and forecasting sites, where he has written about board design, surf industry happenings, surf science, and coastal geology since 2008. Stu is a lifelong surfer but late-comer to surf… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/14185517-stu-nettle-voice-vertigo.mp3) ## Pacha Lina Luque Light: Learning the Language _2023-12-18_ Raised on a diet of deep ecology and the DIY spirit of her single mom, Pacha Light earned her first surfboard busking as a tween. She then forged her way into professional surfing as a teenager on Australia’s Gold Coast: signing a big endemic sponsor, training every day, and making a name for herself as a competitor and surf model. Until she couldn’t do it any longer. She felt she was not fully in… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/14164739-pacha-lina-luque-light-learning-the-language.mp3) ## Tyler C. Wilde: The Missing Piece _2023-11-26_ Have you ever felt like something was wrong, but you weren't quite sure how to name it? Tyler Wilde is a teacher and bodysurfer from southern California. In 2017, Tyler won the prestigious International Surf Festival bodysurfing contest and was later voted into the Gillis Beach Bodysurfing Association as one of their youngest members. As a physical education teacher, his goal is to help his… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/14036472-tyler-c-wilde-the-missing-piece.mp3) ## Tom Carroll: Under the Lip _2023-11-18_ A little fire can keep you warm; a big fire can burn your house down. Two time ASP World Surfing Champion Tom Carroll speaks candidly about his struggles to harness the power that made him famous. From the highs of professional surfing to addiction and meditation, his large life is a study in harnessing and honing one's power in mind and body. Few surfers ever perform a wholly memorable maneuver .… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/419566/episodes/13993607-tom-carroll-under-the-lip.mp3)