To achieve optimal performance, you need to live in accordance with your "why". You need to be aware of what motivates you and how much you are willing to do to sustain this motivation. Surfing champion Layne Beachley who became the world’s only surfer to claim six consecutive world titles is well aware of [...]
This week's podcast is with Shannon Quirk - also known as Shannon Reporting. She is a television host, journalist, director, social media manager, and tour coordinator at the WSL Big Wave events. Our conversation is about Shannon's passion for surfing and following storms. She is doing all she can to empower driven women in [...]
Musician Ash Grunwald is one of those rare people who are passionate and genuine about what they do. I met Ash through my surf buddy Michael who introduced him to me as a musician and a surfer just to find out that he is much more than that. In our conversation, Ash talks about his [...]
Israel Llansola is the founder of Fetch, a surf training facility that offers an efficient and safe training program to improve surfing. During this conversation, Israel walks us through his passion for surfing and how it all began in his hometown in Spain. We talk about why land-based surf training is so important, learn [...]
Becoming a great volleyball athlete doesn’t happen overnight. Carly Wopat walks us through her journey of growing into a champion. During our conversation, we talk about the early beginnings with her parents who were a big inspiration, her early years in competition, and her training drills. Throughout this conversation, you will learn about the reason [...]
Craig Durrant is one of the best swimmers and most inspiring and humble people I ever met. During our talk, we discuss how he got into swimming, his pursuit of freedom, his training methods and the life lessons he learned throughout his swimming career. At 58 years old, Craig is a senior swimmer who [...]
Boujemaa Guilloul is the most famous Moroccan windsurfer in Hawaii. He is a true windsurfing artist and has acquired international recognition. Born in Essaouira in 1984, Boujemaâ Guilloul learned to surf at the age of 12. In 2004, he became a professional windsurfer, and since then he has on tour all over the world. [...]
Athletes can carry a wide range of emotions after their sports competition. From being frustrated and disappointed by their performance to being thrilled and stoked by their accomplishment. Whether if the results were good or bad, journaling their emotions and writing about what they think and how they feel, is a good way of [...]
People usually answer this question in a very different way. The factors that strengthen our motivation or undermines it varies from one person to another. Whether it is in business or in professional sports, your success is strongly linked to how you approach this question. But what are the common indicators of that success? [...]
We all know the saying "A healthy mind in a healthy body." This simple but very meaningful quote has a lot of wisdom in it. As we talked about in the previous article, your brain's health is depending on your nutrition; and so do the body and mind. But how does this connection works? Surfers [...]
