Salt Water High by Derek Dodds: Recent Episodes
Derek Dodds
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The waves are our home… and it’s in danger. Ocean plastics and unsustainable industries threaten the world we live in, not only our oceans. In this episode, we meet Kathryn Keating, the woman behind RenewBluSurf, promoting and maintaining clean ocean waters and a healthy coastal environment one surf product at a time.
Living on Long Beach Island, Kathryn Keating formed an early and deep love for the ocean and the coastal environment. From sunrise walks to waiting for the right wave, she noticed the impacts of humankind on the beaches. Following her passion, she co-founded RenewBluSurf to offer 100% eco-friendly products to surfers, teach the community on the effects they have and give back through profit-sharing with a local ocean-based foundation.
Social Media Profiles:
- RenewBluSurf:
- Website: https://renewblusurf.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/renewblusurf/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/renewblusurf
- Kathryn Keating:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/k_keats16/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-keating-857749213
Podcast Questions:
- Tell me a little about your background.
- What is it like not being in school?
- How did you come up with the idea for RenewBluSurf?
- Tell me about your products—what is it made of, how they are produced.
- How do you find products?
- How do people find out about your company?
- I like the idea of the surf box, are you going to continue?
- What is Alliance for a Living Ocean?
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your best wave?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- Any departing comments?
Location: Long Beach Island, NJ
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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In this episode of Saltwater High, we will introduce you to Lesley Zonnekein and let you in on a great hack, especially if you are keen on surfing trips or simply stoked about handcrafted artisan surfboards!
Surf Neutral is a platform that lets you connect to shapers wherever they are and wherever you may be—bringing surfers closer to surfboard shapers through the boards made. The brainchild of Lesley’s love for surfing and extensive background in IT gives you access to hard-to-find and unique surfboards crafted by local shapers, aiming to keep the stoke globally on-hand, anytime and anywhere.
Surf Neutral is designed so shapers can use the Surf Neutral blueprint to get a complete shaper profile and digitize and rent out their surfboards with insurance. In addition, Surf Neutral enables surfboard craftsmen to track and keep their portfolios and the history of the boards made online. Surf Neutral introduced a unique QR code for each uploaded board. A scan of the code reveals information about the board, the shaper, the location, and the surfer surfing it. Based on the work done over the years, Surf Neutral is in the process of making a new marketplace in 2022 for shapers and surfers, introducing surfboard NFT sales.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.surfneutral.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/surfneutral/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/Surfneutral/
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbZRrevYi1jl4bH8ob3BhQ
Topics Discussed:
- What's is it like in South Africa these days?
- What are the protocols in South Africa now?
- Tell me how you got to South Africa from Belgium.
- Is there a large expat community in JBay?
- Has the water in JBay gotten more crowded?
- How did you get the idea for Surf Neutral? What is it about?
- NFT (Non-fungible tokens)
- How to use the Surf Neutral site
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your best wave?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
Location: South Africa
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Music and surfing harbor a tight bond that adds more fuel to the stoke. In this episode, get to know the Northern Californian band, The SoulShake, who spreads positivity and speaks love and life through heartfelt music inspired by Jason Mraz and the instrumental musical stylings of Sublime.
Domenic Bianco, Charlie Sisemore, John Hendricks, and Jake Stillman share how they mothered a band from scratch and helped each other hone their inner hidden musical geniuses while getting through disagreements and forming a bond more than just as band members.
Tinker Bell surfboard and shark cages? That is just bibs and bobs of the fun and wacky that is in this episode. Do not forget to stay at the end for a quick serenade.
You can listen, download, and purchase their music at:
- Apple Music
- Spotify
- Wilson Street Records
Social Media Profiles:
- THE SOULSHAKE
- Website: https://www.soulshakevibe.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/soulshakevibe/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/soulshakevibe
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcPDZ-l8S6jzPlfVmYmEZgw/featured
- DOMENIC BIANCO
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/domenicbianco/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/DomenicBiancoMusic
- CHARLIE SISEMORE
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/chiefchaliwali/, https://www.instagram.com/chiefchaliwaliart/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/charlie.sisemore
- JAKE STILLMAN
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/stillmansound/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/jakencake
Podcast Questions:
- Tell me a little about yourselves.
- How did you come up with the idea to form a band?
- Do you guys disagree?
- What was the first song you collaborated on?
- Favorite songs?
- Which band has influenced you most?
- What's your genre?
- Does everyone surf in the band?
- What's your first surfboard?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
Location: Petaluma, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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From sustainable packaging to incredible ingredient deck, the co-founders of Nurtrium, Ryan Moore and Clayton Bried, are here as this episode's guests to share about their company and the future of hemp.
Ryan and Clayton let us in on why they chose hemp, how they manufacture their products, and all the fantastic benefits their products can give (and with live testimonials, too)!
This episode will be full of hemp stoke and vibes, which we and the planet definitely need.
Social Media Profiles:
- Nurtrium
- Website: https://www.nurtrium.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/nurtrium/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/Nurtrium/
- Clayton Bried
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/claytonbried/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/cbried
- Ryan Moore
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicalifestyl/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/ryantmo
Podcast Questions:
- Tell me a little about your background.
- How did you get the idea for the products?
- How did you come up with the idea to be partners?
- What is it about hemp that you love?
- Tell me about the packaging.
- Why hemp?
- What was the process like making the product?
- How do you deal with advertising?
- What are the hemp laws in Arizona?
- Have you guys thought about the farm-to-table idea?
- What's next on your product timeline?
- How did you get the company name?
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your best wave?
- What was your best surf trip?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- Where can people find you?
- Any departing comments?
Location: Arizona
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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This episode features Lori Mallini, the founder of Protea Zero Waste, Hawaii's first zero-waste refill store, encouraging people worldwide to embrace the zero-waste lifestyle to lessen the need to use and produce plastic, which only ends up in landfills or in our oceans and destroys our planet, people’s health, and marine life.
Lori is an environmentalist and policy advocate with a degree in Environmental Studies from Hawaii Pacific University. Originally from Houston, TX, Lori grew up near the largest petrochemical hub in the country. This is where the beginning stages of plastic production occur and communities near her home are severely impacted by the effects of this process.
Lori now lives across the world in Kailua, Hawaii, where beaches and wildlife are severely impacted by the end life of plastic. She has spent her time in Hawaii advocating with Sierra Club Hawaii at the state legislature and city council for waste management, plastic reduction, and recycling bills. While change at the top is important, Lori realized that it's equally important to make positive change at the community level, which is why she decided to open Protea Zero Waste Store.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://proteazerowaste.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/proteazerowaste/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ProteaZeroWaste
Podcast Questions:
- Tell me a little about your background.
- How did you get from Texas to Hawaii?
- How is it living in Hawaii?
- How did you get the idea for Protea?
- Tell me about the swaps you're doing at Protea.
- How does Hawaii deal with landfill issues?
- Do you see a movement growing beside zero-waste?
- What do you think is the future of zero-waste in Hawaii and America?
- Any departing comments?
Location: Kailua, Hawaii
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Why are trees important? How does planting a tree make a difference in the lives of people around the world?
Learn the answers to those questions and know more about the difference Community Carbon Trees is making in restoring rainforests and providing livelihood to the men and women of Costa Rica through Community Carbon Trees' founder, Jennifer Smith.
From a young girl who loves trees to founding an amazing nonprofit organization that could plant more than 556,000 trees and many more through their different restoration projects, Jenny and her crew are doing everything they can to find solutions to deforestation. You can help, too, by sponsoring a tree here.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.communitycarbontrees.org/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/communitycarbontreescostarica/, https://instagram.com/treejenny/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/communitycarbontrees/
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTCostaRica
Podcast Questions:
- Tell me a little about your background?
- You have been in Costa Rica since 2000—what took you there?
- How has it changed?
- How did you get the idea for Community Carbon Trees?
- Why trees? Why are they important?
- If somebody wants to sponsor a tree, what's the process?
- Is sustainable building a thing? Are developers putting aside parts of land for conservation?
- How does planting a tree make a difference?
Location: Costa Rica
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Laurelove - otherwise known, in Hawaiian, as Lahela, has been known to be called a health coach, yogini, farmer, inspirator, water woman, nutrition coach, cleansing specialist, and kid and animal Evangelista.
She has created Cleansing Retreats on Maui, teen and youth farm clubs, and built and ran yoga studios in a few countries. Laurelove started out as a pro windsurfer in 1980 with her 1st business in life called Malibu Windsurfing. She then joined her mates who created the 1st U.S. Windsurfing team.
Today she’s halfway to 70 and spry as a chicken with endless curiosity to learn and to make things better in the world. It’s the youth and kids that she’s all about now, (and the soils they stand on) so the future can be bright for them and their future generations.
Hence a trade school to dive into an aspect of one of 3 things in life: food, yoga, sound.
If a kid has a curiosity to learn more about any of these subjects they start learning something that within weeks or months will be a start of their own business. They can be 6 years old or 16.
We invite you to renew yourselves and those you love. Come join Laurelove and the 3 sisters in celebrating and awakening to our New Earth Renewal.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.thrivingwithlaurel.com/ and https://laurelove.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/mauilaurel/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/laurelwhiteMAUI
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/laurelannie
Topics Discussed:
- Tell me a little about your background?
- Thyroid, thyroid dysfunction, power of seaweed
- Tell me about the New Earth Trade School and food, yoga, and music?
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Let’s talk about how you selected the virtues and why you chose them?
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Kuleana: responsibility
- Aloha: Love first, not $$
- Lokahi: Harmony in all things
- Laulima: Group work approach
- Akahi: Modesty
- ‘Olu ‘Olu: Pleasantness
- Ha ‘Aha ‘A: Humility
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Ahonui: Patience
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I read Thriving is Abundance, tell me a little about that phrase.
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your best wave?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- Any departing comments?
Location: Maui, Hawaii
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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This episode is for all powerhouses in our lives—our moms!
Elizabeth Madin and Anna Shoemaker, the founder and founding member of Surfing Moms, share what their nonprofit organization is all about, their mission, and the magic and beauty that this community has created in their lives and hopes to create in the lives of other surfing moms out there.
Elizabeth Madin is a mother of three, the founder of Surfing Moms, and an Assistant Professor of marine biology in Hawaiʻi. She started surfing in her 20s - first in Hawaiʻi, then in California, and most recently in Australia. She took an unintended surfing hiatus after her first two children were born, which might have continued indefinitely had she not found Surfing Mums. Getting back into surfing - regularly, and with an amazing group of supportive and fun mothers - was such a game-changer for her that when she moved permanently to Hawai‘i, she knew she had to start a Surfing “Moms” group there. Elizabeth’s research focuses on ocean health. Likewise, she sees Surfing Moms as a way to help moms keep themselves happy and healthy (and catch some awesome waves at the same time!).
Anna Shoemaker, on the other hand, is a founding member of Surfing Moms in Hawaiʻi. Surfing Moms is a way for Anna to care for herself on a regular basis as well as provide postpartum support to like-minded moms in the community. Anna posts for the Surfing Moms' Instagram and from there does much of the organization’s community outreach. In the Summer of 2020, she learned how to pilot a drone to film their Surfing Moms Documentary. This is a new skill that she loves to work on!
From a handful of moms and keiki (Hawaiian for children) who started meeting on the beach to do ’surf-swaps’ about three years ago, they are now an established nonprofit organization that encourages moms to continue to follow their pre-motherhood passions and remember that before they were amazing moms, they were already incredible women.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: http://www.surfingmoms.org/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/joinsurfingmoms/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joinsurfingmoms/
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn-994a3lE0DpSEXzXwqXNQ/featured
Topics Discussed:
- Tell me a little about your background?
- The roots of surfing moms go back to Australia—how did it start?
- What are some examples of how you accomplish your mission?
- Do you meet regularly and how is the meeting structured?
- How are the Dads responding to the movement?
- How are you getting the word out?
- How difficult was it to set up the nonprofit?
- Do you have a strategic plan to move around?
- If someone wants to start a group, what are the steps?
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your best wave?
- If you could go back and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- Any departing comments?
Location: O'ahu, Hawaii
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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The ocean is changing. Surfers are the first in line to notice that as we spent most of our time enjoying its magnificent waves. Us surfers should also be the first ones to take action in healing it so that the next generation gets to enjoy it, too.
In this episode, we have the CEO and Founder of Reefer Wax, Marissa Gochar, tell us her journey of being an entrepreneur, her mission of choosing regenerative products, and trying to make products that will undo some of the damage due to climate change. She shares how they make their hemp-based wax and how it can help put essential minerals needed by corals and shellfish back into the ocean.
This episode is filled with lessons that both entrepreneurs and consumers need to hear.
About Reefer Wax:
Reefer Wax is a hemp-based surf wax company with a mission to regenerate our lost coral reef population. They utilize byproducts from industrial hemp production once thought to be unusable waste, revolutionizing the surf wax industry with simple and traceable organic ingredients. Their wax puts essential minerals back into our oceans to reverse coral bleaching and degeneration. As an aspiring B Corp, they are building a responsible, sustainable company alongside other forward-thinking companies and research institutions while prioritizing a thriving eco-system for future generations over profit margins and gain.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.reeferwax.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/reefer_wax/
Other Websites Mentioned:
- http://epsrecycling.com/ - Where you can check if your board is recycled or not
- Resurf.org - A company in San Diego that turning foam into asphalt. Here's an article about them.
Topics Discussed:
- Tell me a little bit about yourself.
- What is it about hemp that you like?
- What is conventional wax?
- What's the process of your hemp wax?
- What is it about hemp that creates a usable wax?
- How's it like being an entrepreneur?
- Tell us what a B Corporation is.
- What was your first surfboard?
- What's the best wave you've ever caught?
- If you were to give your younger self some advice, what would it be?
- Where can people find out more about you and your company?
Location: San Diego, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Do you want to surf in warm waters and heal your mind, body, and soul in one life-changing trip? Room to Roam in Nicaragua is the place to be.
In this episode, Room to Roam’s CEO and co-founder Chancie Pinkerton shares with us all the wonderful things that Room to Roam offers to help you travel off the beaten path with peace of mind and enjoy the best trips of your life with no hassle.
From purchasing the right flight and getting all travel requirements met to reconnecting with yourself with their different retreats and enjoying some great waves, Room to Roam will guide you all the way and make your trip enjoyable and relaxing.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://room-roam.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/roomtoroam.retreats/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/RoomtoRoam.Retreats
Location: Playa Gigante, Nicaragua
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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This episode features the adventurous and exciting life of retired U.S. Army Airborne soldier Tracy Hines.
Tracy lets us in on how she got hooked into surfing, her surf therapy journey, the surf therapy camp for veterans that she joined down in South Carolina, healing from trauma, and all the activities she's been doing after she retired—paddleboarding, kayaking, skateboarding.
Tracy is undoubtedly someone who always has an exciting story to tell.
Social Media Profile:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/tracyhines7770/
Topics Discussed:
- What's the process for filing a Costa Rican residency?
- Tell me about being a US Army Airborne soldier.
- Tell me about being an Olympic kayaker—how did you become one?
- What's the hardest course you ever experienced?
- At what point did you make a transition from kayaking to surfing.
- Surf camp therapy for veterans
- Do you think surfing and jumping out of a plane are similar in some ways?
- What's Virginia Beach like?
- How did you get to Costa Rica? How did you decide to take a trip down there?
Location: Virginia
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Sixteen years ago, Daniel George moved to Malibu from Gainesville, Florida. He graduated with MA in Ceramics 10 years ago and has been working as an artist since then.
Describing himself as a batch artist, Daniel is a ceramic artist, a surfboard shaper, glasser, surfer, all rolled up into one incredible human being with so much artistic creativity and love for the environment.
Daniel shapes surfboards out of old foams giving them a new life by turning them from trash into something beautiful. As a ceramic artist, Daniel puts his creativity in creating beautiful, functional ceramics that can touch people’s lives and become part of their daily existence.
He was also one of the finalists of The Inertia Film & Photo Challenge 2021: Short Profile Film.
Social Media Profiles:
- https://www.instagram.com/danielgeorgedesigns/
- https://www.instagram.com/foamwrangler/
- https://www.instagram.com/danielgeorgeinsta/
Topics Discussed:
- How did a Florida boy end up moving to Malibu?
- Story of meeting Kelly Slater on IG?
- Ceramics—what got you into that?
- Do you think there's energy infused in the ceramics as you're making them?
- What’s your style?
- How did surfboard-making come about?
- What's special about glass-ons?
- The Inertia Film & Photo Challenge 2021: Short Profile Film
- As a foam gets older, it doesn't surf as well: What's your take on that?
- How do you decide what to work on in the day?
- How do people find your stuff?
- Tell me more about your lighting designs
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was the first board you shaped?
- What's your best surf trip?
- If the aliens come and they tell you you can only take one board with you on
- this new planet, what board would it be?
- What advice would you give to your younger self?
Location: Malibu, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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In this episode, Prue Jeffries shares her pro surfing career with us and how water & nature support life, our health, and our well-being.
Prue Jeffries of Body of Wonder and Surf the Flow is a Craniosacral Teacher and Therapist, Continuum Teacher, Certified Massage Therapist, Registered Somatic Movement Educator, and founder of Vital Dynamics®.
Prue has always been a water person and explorer. She is a pioneer of women's surfing with 15 years on the ASP World Championship Tour, now known as WSL, co-founded a women's clothing line, was a writer and editorial consultant, and is now an avid nature photographer. She is also Creative Director for Watermark Arts, a somatic informed artistic endeavor.
Water, waveforms, and movement have been her life. Surfing is a spiritual, natural, and artistic endeavor that informs her deeply. She weaves experiential learning from nature and her body with the study of well-being, spiritual and somatic approaches for wholeness.
Right now, her focus is on the embodied knowing of ourselves as water and as nature—how that translates into the water being not only a metaphor but a conveyer for interconnection—shifting people's capacity to be more humane towards life and nature and protect and regenerate our planet.
Social Media Profiles:
- Body of Wonder
- Website: https://www.bodyofwonder.com/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/bodyofwonder/
- Vital Dynamics
- Website: https://vitaldynamics.bio/
- Surf the Flow
- Website: http://www.surftheflow.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/surfingtheflow/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/surfingtheflow/
- Personal:
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/prue.jeffries
- Member of Continuum Teachers Association
- Registered Somatic Movement Educator at ISMETA
- Creative Director of Watermark Arts
You can get a copy of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art here.
Topics Discussed:
- Why did you start surfing?
- When and how did you decide to compete?
- What was it like being on tour for 15 years?
- What was your high point? Low point?
- How's the transition like retiring from being a professional athlete?
- What is Somatic Movement?
- The embodied knowing of ourselves as water and as nature
- What is Craniosacral?
- How important is breath?
- What's next for you in your journey?
- First surfboard?
- Favorite surf trip?
Location: San Diego, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Ilaria is an architect who escaped the 9 to 5 to pursue her deepest passions: traveling and surfing. A few months ago, she arrived in Costa Rica and headed north in Central America, looking for the best waves.
Ilaria is also on a journey to inspire other digital nomads who love to surf to pursue their passions and create sustainable designs.
She also has a guide called Become a Digital Nomad Starting From Zero about traveling the world and making money.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://ilariabagalini.wordpress.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_surfing_architect/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ilaria.bagalini.9
Topics Discussed:
- Where are you now?
- Where are you from originally?
- How did you come to decide to travel?
- Why Central America?
- What it's like traveling on a chicken bus in Central America?
- What do surfing and travel give you?
- Architecture
- Are you working?
- How's it like working remotely as an architect?
- What are the top 3 things one should consider for surfing nomad life?
- Let’s talk about design—what makes something beautiful?
- What has been your favorite place so far?
- How do you pick where you go next?
- What is surfing like in Italy?
- What was your first surfboard?
- Describe your best wave.
- Where are you going next?
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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This podcast with Reefscapers' resident Marine biologist, Amélie Carraut, celebrates Reefscapers' mission to protect the ocean with their coral reef restoration projects in the Maldives and raise awareness about the importance of coral reefs.
As surfers, we all have a relationship with the reef. And in this episode, Amélie shares interesting details about them, their process of restoring corals, and how we can help their cause by adopting a coral frame. These coral frames are built & monitored by their team of marine biologists to follow the corals’ growth online, thanks to underwater photos taken every six months.
Amélie also shares her love for the ocean and how’s it like being and surfing in the Maldives.
Social Media Profiles:
Reefscapers:
- Website: www.reefscapers.com
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/reefscapersmaldives/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/Reefscapers/
- Adopt a coral frame here.
Amélie's:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/amelie_carraut/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/amelie.carraut
Topics Discussed:
- What did you learn from spending a year studying chimpanzees?
- Tell us about Reefscapers.
- Tell us about reefs and why they are dying and need restoration?
- What are the effects on the environment when a reef dies?
- How do you restore a reef?
- How long does it take to restore a reef?
- What is the Maldives like?
- What is the surf like in the Maldives?
- What other conservation activities are happening on the island?
- If you surf, what was your first surfboard?
- What was your favorite trip?
Location: Malé, Maldives
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Different things in our daily life instill in us that our body should be perfect—thin, bikini-worthy, flawless. But truth be told, the perfect body does not exist.
In this episode, the amazing woman behind Hakuna Wear, Jessica Boynton, will teach us that every body is a bikini body and to just be free to be you.
Hakuna Wear is more than just your ordinary swimwear brand. Not only do they make functional and sexy swimsuits from plant-based fabrics, made to fit all body types, and do not fall off as your surf, but they also empower women and men to be true to themselves.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://hakunawear.com/
- IG: https://instagram.com/Hakunawear
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/hakunawear
Topics Discussed:
- Where did the brand name Hakuna Wear come from?
- How did Hakuna Wear start?
- What is Hakuna Wear's vision?
- Hakuna Wear products
- Hakuna Wear's manufacturing process
- "Be free to be you" tagline
- Product research and development
- How are you acquiring customers at this point?
- Connecting with other entrepreneurs that have a similar ethos and passion
- What was your first surfboard?
- Best wave you've ever caught?
- Most memorable surf trip?
Location: San Diego, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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In this episode, get to know the man behind the world's best surfing helmets—Terry Simms, the founder of Simba Surf, where he shares what inspired him to create the helmet, how he made it, and the many benefits it gives to all surfers of any age.
Some of the helmet’s benefits include fostering long and healthy surfing lives for everyone and protect us from the damaging effects of long-term exposure to sun, wind, and water.
Terry also takes us back to the 60s and 70s by sharing the start of his surfing journey until he became a pro longboarder and his experience being with some of the legendary surfers during that time.
Social Media Profiles:
- Simba Surf
- Website:https://www.simbasurf.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/simbasurfhelmet/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/simbasurfhelmet
- Terry Simms
- Website: https://terrysimmssurf.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/terrysimmssurf/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/terrysimmssurf/
Topics Discussed:
- Surfing J-Bay, what's it like being in Africa
- Effects of COVID
- Surfing Simuelue and Telos
- Surfing lifestyle
- Working with legendary surfers from the 60s and 70—Bob Pearson, Pat Farley, Jeff Maldonado, Cy Lucas, Dorian Paskowitz, and many more
- Teaching surfing
- Vision and the start of the Simba Surf Helmets
- Trying to help humanity recognize some flaws
- Being responsible
- Surfing contradictions
If you got any problems or questions for Terry—may it be about surfing, the helmets, or anything at all, you can email him directly at simbasurf@yahoo.com.
Location: Ojai, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Next to having a big affinity for cultural anthropology, Kyra also has a love for making art and design. She aims to explore the junction between academia, research, and multimedia technology in order to communicate complex topics through creative narratives. She aspires to work in academia or an NGO environment that supports research and the translation of social issues through creative storytelling.
She is currently on a book tour along the European coast and will visit at least 10 surf camps to exhibit her work, Sea-ing the Land—a photo and video installation, accompanied by a photobook, based on the anthropological research she conducted in Australia that explored the interplay between the land and the sea.
You can get a copy of Kyra's Sea-ing the Land here.
Watch Kyra's multimedia ethnographic exploration of 'Waves of Freedom', an anthropological research conducted in Rainbow Bay (Australia) here.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://kyralenting.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/seaingtheland/
Topics Discussed:
- Sea-ing The Land
- What is anthropology?
- Why is anthropology interesting to you?
- Tell us about the anthropologist you were working with in Oz.
- How did you come up with the idea for the book?
- Tell us about the book
- Tell us about the tour
- Have you visited any of those countries before?
- What is the story you are trying to tell?
- Tell me about your interest in art?
- How do art and anthropology intersect?
- What was your first surfboard?
- What was your favorite trip?
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wavetribe/message
Last March, I was honored to become a guest on Naomi Olson's The Sea of Medicine Podcast, where she interviews sea-lovers from all walks of life and share with everyone the ocean’s power to heal, inspire and transform our lives. Naomi is also the creator of Boundless Waves offering daily seaspiration, sea ceremonies, retreats, courses, and many more.
In this episode, we talked about the greatest love of my life—the ocean.
Links:
- Website: https://www.boundlesswave.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/theseaismedicine/
- Podcast: https://anchor.fm/theseaismedicine
Topics Discussed:
- How did I get involved with the sea
- What drew me to a life revolving around the water and surfing.
- Healing and magical powers of the ocean and how it can transform one's life
- Wave Tribe—bringing eco-consciousness to the surfing industry, hemp
- Chaos and order
- Using joy as a metric in business and relationships
- Being vegan
- Naomi's decision in moving to Mexico—what made her decide to move, how's it like being near the ocean
- My favorite break
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wavetribe/message
The beautiful thing about being in business is meeting someone who is aligned with your ideals and how you look at the world, and fortunately, I was able to find someone like that in Christian, the founder of Poseidon Paddle and Surf.
From having a business relationship to becoming one of my great friends, the episode this week highlights Christian's journey as the founder of Poseidon Paddle and Surf, as a great musician, brother, son, and friend.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.poseidonstandup.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poseidoncollective/ , https://www.instagram.com/christianshubin/
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/PoseidonCollective/
Topics Discussed:
- Poseidon Paddle and Surf—how did it come to be, how is it now, where is it located?
- Mom being a surfer in the 50s
- Working with his brother
- Music journey—how did it start, playing in a band, performing at Whiskey a Go Go
- SUP
- Surf trip to Simeulue, Indonesia before COVID hit
- From being a customer to becoming a great friend
Location: Santa Monica, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Are you planning to travel the world solo once the pandemic is over? What's it like traveling solo if you're a woman?
In this episode, Gabi Brody, an experienced traveler, and travel coach shared her adventures traveling alone in today's world. She shared some tips on the beautiful places to go, beaches to surf, couch surfing, saving a ton of money during the trip, and so many essential information that will help anyone interested in traveling solo.
Gabi also documented all of her travel in her vlogs.
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/inspiregab/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/gabibrody
Topics Discussed:
- One year traveling—why?
- What did you learn about yourself?
- What did you learn about others?
- Best moment?
- Worst moment?
- Your photography is amazing—how do you set up the shots, and what equipment do you use?
- Rio carnival?
- Top three places on your list?
- How are you dealing with COVID?
- Do you feel safe traveling alone?
- Who is one person you met on your trips that you wish you had more time with?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: San Diego, California
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wavetribe/message
Dive deeper into the power of the ocean and the specifics of surf therapy for trauma healing with the founder of Groundswell Community, Natalie Small LMFT, the founder of Hakuna Wear, Jessica Boynton, and Jackie.
Groundswell offers different surf therapy programs to help and give women a safe community to overcome various forms of trauma and mental health effects, heal, learn from them, and become their truest selves.
These 3 amazing women share their sisterhood and their experiences with the healing powers of the ocean.
Social Media Profiles:
- Groundswell Community Project
- Website: https://www.groundswellcommunity.org/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/groundswellcommunityproject/
- FB: https://web.facebook.com/groundswellsd/
- Natalie Small LMFT
- Website: https://www.nataliesmalllmft.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/captsmall/
- Watch Nat Geo's Docuseries #IMPACT with Gal Gadot Ep. 2 "Surf Sisters" at https://youtu.be/F3LS8CQJW4A
Other Brands/Surf Retreats Mentioned:
- Hakuna Wear
- Website: https://hakunawear.com/
- IG: https://instagram.com/Hakunawear
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/hakunawear
- Surf with Amigas
- Website: https://surfwithamigas.com/
- IG: http://instagram.com/surfwithamigas
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/surfwithamigasretreats/
Topics Discussed:
- Surf with Amigas—what it is about, their mission
- Groundswell's surf therapy programs and surf therapy journal
- Finding bravery and resiliency through surfing
- Embracing failure
- Overcoming trauma and learning from it
- Creating balance and the magic it brings
- Techniques or tactics to utilize for anxiety
- Healing powers of surfing and the ocean
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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In this episode, I got to talk to an amazing big wave surfer from Torquay, Australia—Jeff Rowley.
Jeff has been surfing big waves for 23 years, including paddling on the biggest days at Peahi on Maui and Cloudbreak in Fiji.
Jeff started the website paddleinmastery.com, an online learning platform dedicated to helping surfers of all skill levels take their big wave surfing to the next level.
His first online course, The Breath Hold Blueprint, teaches surfers of any level how to safely increase their breath hold, giving them the freedom to ride any wave they want to. It’s an online breath hold training system where surfers can learn to hold their breath for up to 5-minutes in 27 days.
And great news to all our listeners! You can get Jeff's The Breath Hold Blueprint course at 25% OFF by visiting this link.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://paddleinmastery.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/jeff_rowley/
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrEQ_3_aP0VdGWdM4lERgQ
Topics We Discussed:
- Big waves? Big Cajones?
- How did you get into big wave surfing?
- Why do you surf big waves?
- What’s the biggest wave you ever surfed?
- Toe-in big wave surfing vs. paddle in—what do you say?
- How do you figure out what the right board is?
- Let talk about your course and learning how to breathe correctly—what was the inspiration for creating that course?
- What is the number one biggest mistake people make?
- What will surfers learn from the course?
- Where can they sign up?
- Wim Hof?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wavetribe/message
In this episode, I had the chance to talk to a #1 bestseller author from Pensacola, Florida—Nic Schuck.
Native Moments is Nic's debut novel. It's a coming-of-age surf adventure novel set in Costa Rica. 2.5 years after it was published, it reached #1 bestseller status in the Central and South American Travel and Tourism category on Amazon, which lets him know that it survives in an era of easily disposable fads.
In this episode, he lets us in on what the book is all about, his inspiration in writing it, what his process is like, and so much more.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://nicschuck.wordpress.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/nic_schuck/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1184058670
Get a copy of Native Moments and Nic's 2nd book, Panhandlers on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nic-Schuck/e/B01AFM1FM4%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Topics Discussed:
- Tell us about Native Moments.
- What inspired you to write Native Moments?
- Why Costa Rica?
- Did you read in search of Captain Zero?
- What was your writing process like?
- When did you know that was this book you wanted to write?
- Tell us about your second book.
- What writers inspire you?
- What are your 3 all-time favorite fiction books?
- What recommendations would you give to new writers?
- Are you working on anything right now?
Location: Pensacola, Florida
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Dom Taylor is the founder of Shaka Surf, an eco surf product marketplace established in 2018. He is a surfer, environmentalist, keen traveler, and entrepreneur. He currently splits his time between Portugal and the UK, loves learning new languages and meeting people from all walks of life!
He started Shaka Surf because he wanted to "be the change" rather than passively watch our oceans and beaches get progressively worse with rubbish. He came up with the idea of creating eco surf fins from recycled waste materials and plastics after coming in from a surf and seeing so much waste on the beach. He pledged to put this rubbish to good use. As well as recycling waste materials and plastics to make the recycled fins, he wanted to create a standout design. So he enlisted the help of a street artist to come up with a unique aesthetic. This led to the development of the Swell lines, paying homage to surf culture and oceanography.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://shaka-surf.com
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/shakasurfstore/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/shakasurfstore/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShakaSurfStore
Other links mentioned in the podcast:
- The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
- Yuyo Surf's Website: https://yuyo.surf/
Topics Discussed:
- Tell us a little about your journey?
- How did you get the idea?
- What was the first product?
- Tell us about the fins?
- What are your challenges?
- I read somewhere that by 2030, 505 people in the UK will be vegan? Is that true? Why do you think people in the UK are so progressive?
- What was your first surfboard?
- What is the best surf trip you ever had?
- Tell us about the best wave?
- Where can people find you?
- Anything else you want to say?
Location: UK
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Have you been wanting to surf the cool and awesome waves in Alaska? Same here, bro!
In this episode, I got the chance to talk to Scott Reierson, the owner and operator of Alaska Surf Guides, and he's here to let you know of the amazing surf adventures that are waiting for all of us in Alaska and his journey on how he was able to make his passion and dream become a reality.
Alaska Surf Guides focuses on remote surf trips exploring Alaska’s waves. Based out of Seward, Alaska, they use helicopters (heli surfing) & boats (boat surfing) to access remote surf breaks in Alaska for half-day adventures and multi-day expeditions.
Social Media Profiles:
- Alaska Surf Guides
- Website: https://www.alaskasurfguides.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/alaskasurfguides/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/alaskasurfguides
- Scott’s Personal Accounts
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/alaskanscott/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/scott.a.reierson
Topics covered:
- How far is Alaska?
- When did you start going there?
- What is the water temperature?
- What is the surf season? Winter? Summer?
- What’s the local scene like?
- The waves look insane?
- What are the waves typically like?
- Critters on land and sea?
- The last frontier?
- Let's talk about the trips. Heli Trip? Boat Trip?
- Describe your first surfboard?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: Alaska
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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"My philosophy is pretty simple: to take every surfer, of every ability, to the next level of their surfing life." - Joel Zemenick, JZ Surfboards.
Joel and Andi went on a surf/dive trip in Maui last year before COVID hit, where they fell in love with each other and decided to build a surfboard factory—JZ Surfboards.
JZ Surfboards specialize in building high-performance boards with an artistic appeal tailor-made for each surfer and every wave. Andi is a divemaster and runs all business operations and marketing, while Joel, with 29 years of experience shaping and glassing boards, oversees the crew, manufacturing, and the factory. With their individual styles and backgrounds, they are committed to running a safe and fun business where both experienced and junior board builders can craft the highest quality boards in the NorCal market.
Social Media Profiles:
- Website: https://www.jzsurfboards.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/Jzsurfboards/, https://www.instagram.com/andicummings/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/jzsurfdesigns
Topics Discussed:
- How did you two meet?
- The new shop sounds killer, tell us about it?
- What do you like to shape?
- What do you not like to shape?
- Do you have a foam preference?
- Walk me through your rail design technique.
- What is your opinion on CNC’ed blanks?
- Glassing is a dying art form, do you like it?
- Stringerless is gaining momentum—any opinion?
- What is your theory on old foam?
- Describe your first surfboard you shaped?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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With the unrest that happened in summer 2020, more and more surfers of color are emerging and finding a space in the lineup. And yet, there is still resistance from other people of color and certain disbelief from others.
In this podcast episode, I got the chance to talk to Kwame LaBassiere about diversity in the lineup, Tribe of Zen, being an activist and ocean conservationist, how's it like surfing in Rockaway, and many more.
More About Kwame LaBassiere:
- He has been surfing for 19 years.
- He is the Head Surf Instructor for New York Surf School and also a yoga instructor.
- He participated in the Black Surfing Association East Coast Chapter paddle out for racial injustice last June in the wake of George Floyd’s murder as the Kahuna Nui or ocean priest.
- He is an activist and ocean conservationist.
Social Media Profiles:
- Kwame:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kwamelabassiere/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kwame.labassiere * Tribe of Zen:
Website: https://tribeofzen.org/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/Tribe_of_zen/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tribeofzen/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxgPT9x-RK29ciBkUyf2Ew * Black Surfing Association East Coast Chapter:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/black_surfing_rockaway/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Black-Surfing-Association-EC-372705273264748/ * Other links Kwame mentioned:
Benny Surf’s Collective: https://www.instagram.com/bennys.club/
Topics Covered:
- You are originally from the Caribbean—how did you end up in NY?
- What’s it like surfing in Rockaway?
- What was the inspiration for Tribe of Zen?
- What kind of activities are you doing at Tribe of Zen?
- Talk to me about diversity in the lineup.
- Are you optimistic about the future of America?
- What needs to change in your opinion?
- Describe your first surfboard?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: Rockaway, New York
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Sherry and Briana Tautiva are a mother-daughter team who sought out to reject traditional industry norms and invite athletes to be rebels for the Wild. Their company, Wild Habitat, is bringing together brands that are proving that animal rights, environmental concerns, and giving back are their first priority. Wild Habitat aspires to bring together communities of caring human beings, willing to take a stand and eradicate the damage done to our planet. They are proud to create a platform to unite inspiring companies and conscientious adventurers who are shaping the future together.
Briana left the fast-paced, profit-driven corporate lifestyle to start a family company that put passion before profit. Together, Sherry and Briana have searched high and low to bring together the brands that commit to doing the right thing. They truly believe that sustainability is the only business plan: From the clothes we wear to the boards we ride, they are banning together with the tribes of adventurists and outdoor enthusiasts who shape the future together.
Topics Discussed:
- What is Wild Habitat?
- How did you get the idea for Wild Habitat?
- Why is ecology important for you?
- How do you find businesses to work with?
- How will you market Wild Habitat?
- How will you attract athletes to be part of the business model?
- What’s it like working as partners?
- How do you split roles?
- For Briana: What skills did you bring over from corporate and which did you leave behind?
- For Sherry: Share a little of your journey and why you decided to launch this company.
- Did we miss anything?
Social Media Profiles:
Wild Habitat
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/wild.habitat/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/shop.wildhabitat/
- YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD0as0L_zKSvAh7RRdD1WIA
- Website: https://wildhabitat.co/
Personal
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/btautiva/,https://www.instagram.com/sherrytautiva/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/briana.tautiva, https://www.facebook.com/sheryl.tautiva
Location: Miami, Florida
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Love to surf but living far from the coast?
In this episode, I got the chance to talk to Leo Rossini, who is a surfer living in Texas. Leo was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and surfing has been a very important and huge part of his life.
But currently living in Texas, Leo shared how he has to drive 4 hours to reach and surf in Galveston and how he continues to find alternatives to continue surfing and get stoked.
Listen to Leo's journey and learn that if you have the stoke and the kind of fortitude to get out there and surf, you can always find ways.
Social Media Profile:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardo-rossini-95b509a/
Topics Discussed:
- How long have you been in the USA?
- I see you have no social media—is that intentional?
- What is the closest beach to you?
- Is there any surf culture in Dallas?
- What is it like to surf a wave pool?
- Describe your first surfboard.
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: Dallas, TX
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
https://www.wavetribe.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wavetribe/
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Entrepreneurship: Building a brand that has a positive impact on people
Steve runs the podcast Trust The Grind, where he explores how creatives, athletes, and business owners discovered their path to a more authentic and meaningful life. Each interview takes a close look into how these leaders overcame obstacles to pursue their calling, manage the daily grind, and make the most out of every day.
He also created Plan Dope Shit, a planner that helps him have a clearer mind and know exactly what to focus on for the day. His mission is to create work that helps people get their sh*t together while giving back.
A portion of their proceeds will be donated to Art Start, a non-profit organization based in NYC that hosts various workshops empowering the youth through art.
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/trustthegrindco/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/trustthegrindco/
- YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_zjQHD_pq7sMlqmJOzxJ8Q/videos
- Website: https://trustthegrind.co/
- Podcast Links: Apple, Spotify
Location: Maryland
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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This podcast celebrates Julie Brondeel's journey as a videographer and content creator. She is from Belgium—currently working as a Brand and Content Coordinator for Jack Black Brewing Company in Cape Town.
I came across Julie's video of Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for Brand New Ancients and widely regarded as the UK's leading spoken word poet. Hold Your Own is a riveting tale of youth and experience, sex and love, wealth and poverty, community and alienation.
The result is a rhythmically hypnotic tour de force—and a hugely ambitious leap forward for one of the most broadly talented and compelling young writers today.
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/juliebrondeel/
- Website: https://juliebrondeel.com/
- YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/JulieBrondeel/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliebrondeel/
Topics Discussed:
- Tell us about Cape Town.
- Where are you surfing?
- Have you been to J-bay?
- Where did you surf in Europe?
- You are also a musician—what kind of music do you play.
- What do you shot with?
- What does your process look like?
- How do you pick the music?
- Hold Your Own
- Be who you are in life?
- French Video with piano.
- Describe your first surfboard?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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“We've all heard that the unexamined life is not worth living, but consider too that the unlived life is not worth examining.”
― Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Liba is a multimedia artist. She loves creating colorful imagery, fun jewelry, and creating art that has a purpose and touches humanity. She is self-taught and has been making art her whole life.
Topics Covered: Art
- The process of creation: Inspiration, Motivation, Choice of Expression
- Building the belief muscle
- Ego
- Creative bursts and lulls
- Growth while doing no art, the inner process of becoming a more skilled artist because of inner evolution
- The feeling of making masterpieces or shit, it’s all perspective
- Art is a way of living as opposed to being a certain type of artist that does one style of art
- “Good and Bad Art”: What does that mean?
- Useful art, working through thoughts about creating clutter or useful items
- Working through inner judgmental dialogues
- Working on not letting the idea of and need for the money destroy creativity
- Empathy, honesty and an eye for details, fearless expression
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/libartationillustration/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/liba.sosna.3
Where you can find and get Liba's arts:
- Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Libartation/explore
Location: San Diego, CA
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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This week, we launch my conversation with Natalie Small & Javier Larco straight from Peru. Peru has a rich culture in surfing and a connection to Mama Cocha and Madre Tierra as healing sources.
The surf industry and surf tourism have introduced another side of surfing; a darker side is driven by consumerism and competition. Natalie and Javier are on a mission to realign the local surf culture with its roots. Their intention has deep roots in healing and connecting humanity by caring for all members of the community.
About Natalie:
- Founder and executive director of Groundswell Community Project. Groundswell Community Project offers various surf therapy programs for self-identifying women overcoming various forms of trauma and its effects. They are a transformational community of surf sisters who provide intersectional, brave, and safe spaces for all self-identifying women to find their unique healing, community, and power in the waves of Mother Ocean.
- Also, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.
About Javier:
- Professional surfer and surf coach
- Has explored and surfed up and down the Peru coast, Ecuador, Mexico, California, Indonesia, and river surfed in Germany.
- He started his first surf school in 2003 in Las Delicias, was the surf coach for the Junior Pro Peru team 2016-2018, is the official Peru surf coach for Unleashed (Canada), Safari Surf Adventures (US), and Surf Adventures (Brazil), and now provides free coaching and adaptive surf therapy for local kids in Huanchaco.
- President of the Asociacion de Talentos Libertenos Del Surf and founded Surf Habilitados, a surf project providing surf therapy for local kids living with mental and physical disabilities and their families.
Social Media Profiles:
Groundswell Community Project:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/groundswellcommunityproject/
- Website: https://www.groundswellcommunity.org/
Natalie:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/captsmall/
- Website: https://www.nataliesmalllmft.com/
Javier:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/javierlarcosurfcoach/
- Website: https://www.ldcsurfbags.com/take-action
Topics Explored:
- How do we realign surf culture with its roots?
- Is it surfing or humanity that needs to realign?
- Where did surfing take a wrong turn?
- Where did surfing go right?
- What are some things we can do to realign?
- What do you mean by heal and connect?
- How can therapy and surfing work together?
Location: Huanchaco, Peru
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Greg is the owner of CR Surf Travel Company. Greg grew up surfing the East Coast of the United States. He's lived in New York, Virginia Beach, Cocoa Beach, and Miami Beach Florida, and so understands the value of having good, clean waves since they didn't come that often. He has also lived close to Swami's and Santa Cruz in California so he understands the value of having uncrowded waves and warm water.
Greg made his first trip to Costa Rica in 1996, has lived there for more than 5 years, and has made over 40 trips back and forth in between. He has surfed both coastlines extensively, planned hundreds of trips for clients and friends over the last 23 years, and has written surf travel articles for Surfline, The Inertia, and the Tico Times. When he is not surfing, writing, or helping clients, he is helping out at beach cleanups, playing guitar, and just enjoying and appreciating the natural beauty around him.
Topics of Podcast
- Why Costa Rica?
- What do you love about Costa Rica?
- Favorite part of Costa Rica?
- What are the top 3 things people should not miss?
- Community Carbon Trees
- Where can you find uncrowded surf these days?
- How different is the East to the West?
- What are some things you don’t like about CR?
- What about Panama, any tips?
- Have you ever thought about living there full time?
- What services do you provide?
- Describe your first surfboard?
- What is the best wave you have surfed?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/crsurf/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/CRsurf/
- Website: https://crsurf.com/
Also Mentioned:
- Community Carbon Trees: http://www.communitycarbontrees.org
- CREMA: http://www.cremacr.org
Location: Right now in Virginia Beach, otherwise Costa Rica
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Have you ever thought about starting over?
Here is an idea: quit everything and move to Bali to restart your life as a surf photographer.
Originally a Russian police officer, Sasha started her new life in 2014 on the island of Bali. Swimming skills and passion for photography have defined her current occupation. She learned to surf and never looked back.
She said in an interview for Saltwater Magazine,
"Water photography is a long journey . . . It pushes me from my comfort zone . . . and forces to keep on moving."
I think we can all relate to that.
Some of the topics we cover include the following:
- How did you go from working as a police officer in Russia to a surf photographer?
- Why photography?
- How did you start—did you enjoy photography when you were younger?
- I see you have some great water shots, what is it like shooting in the water?
- What do you shot with—what equipment do you travel with?
- What is your favorite lens? (45mm - AP - Speed Auto - 2.2 - 1.8 - recommend 5.6 for beginners)
- Post-production? Color correction, Adobe Lightroom 100:1 Marc 3 - full-frame
- What is your process—many of your photos have people in them, do you like capturing humans in action?
- You were in Bali, then Brazil, and now Mexico—can you tell us a little about your journey this past year.
- Does photography lead you or do you lead it?
- How does social media influence your photography?
- What’s next on your horizon?
- Who are some photographers that you admire?
Social Media Profiles:
- IG (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/sasha.golyanova/
- IG (Surf Pics): https://www.instagram.com/sashafr0mrussia/
- FB:https://www.facebook.com/sashagolyanova
- Portfolio: https://cheeese.co/portfolio/sasha.g
Current Location: Cabo, Baja
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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We are launching a new series called Backstage Pass. These episodes are a backstage pass into running and building a surf brand. I am pulling back the kimono and giving everyone a peek at what it takes to run an eCommerce brand.
In this episode we talk about the following:
- The new business model that is emerging in today’s world—brands are selling directly to customers.
- COVID is accelerating the online shopping trend away from brick and mortar retail.
- Amazon has changed the way we think about buying products—but you are always an Amazon customer when you buy from that platform.
- Why Wave Tribe cares for you more deeply if you buy directly from us.
- Relationships with customers and factories are the key to growing a successful business.
- Have a business idea? Keep it simple.
- Why surfing is a spiritual experience.
- Any product ideas for Wave Tribe out there?
Resources mentioned
- Cal Newport Podcast -https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World -https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted-ebook/dp/B00X47ZVXM
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Today, I speak with my friend Mark about his journey with lifelong depression and feelings of suicide. Mark's father committed suicide at 50 and Mark didn't think he was going to make it past this anniversary without taking his own life.
He was introduced to plant medicine at just the right moment and this podcast conicals his journey from the dark side of depression to a totally new outlook on life and what it has to offer.
Please note we are not giving any advice in this podcast, we are telling the story of a personal journey where plant medicine changed Mark's life and that story is worth telling and listening too.
If you are interested in more information on how plant medicine can also help you, I recommend the following resources:
Books:
- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence | By Michael Pollan
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma | By Bessel van der Kolk
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha | By Tara Brach
- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self | By Alice Miller
Resources:
- Joyful Heart Foundation
- Paradigms of Ketamine Treatment | MAPS
- Psychedelic Science: Magic Mushrooms | MAPS
- MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy | MAPS
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (Resources) | tim.blog
- The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research | Johns Hopkins
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Tyler Farnham is a world traveler, international lifeguard, and public speaker. In 2009, Tyler suffered a horrendous accident, which changed his overall perspectives as well as his life decisions.
As an EMT Ocean Rescue Captain, the physical rehab meant not only walking again but getting back in shape to pass the extremely rigorous physical tests to regain his active duty status. In one year, he achieved that goal.
Still learning and still growing, Tyler shares the stories of his own personal development through visualization and motivation using surfing, yoga, meditation as tools for happiness, self-discipline, and emotional growth.
Tyler's new book, Journals From Cloud 9, was released in April of 2020, along with his second edition Reaching Cloud 9.
Current Location: Indonesia
Topics Discussed:
- Tyler's skydiving accident where his parachute did not open, he tells the story.
- The epic story of Tyler's recovery.
- Did you ever want to give up?
- What was your thought when your parachute didn’t open?
- The odds of a parachute not opening are 1 in 1000—these seem like high odds?
- Do you think skydiving and surfing create similar feelings?
- What is the number one thing you learned from the experience?
- Tell us about writing your book.
Links & Connect
- Tyler's books: Journals From Cloud 9, Reaching Cloud 9: Surviving a Near-Death Skydive
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/tylerfarnham/
- Website: https://tylerfarnham.com/
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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In this episode, we meet Sanny and Iñakifrom Spain.
She left a successful career in acting and he left the world of stock markets to live a different kind of life.
Located in Haiku, Hawaii, the eco couple talks about how they both left successful careers to live a deeper and more fulfilling life in Hawaii.
Sanny and Iñaki run a blog called the Eco Couple blog with eco-friendly articles and products. They talk about how they overcame their illness and other challenges along the journey from Spain to Hawaii. They each found a new light inside themselves that pushed them toward a new life surrounded by nature, new friendships, ecology, and the ocean
Some issues covered:
- How did you get where you are?
- Do you love living in Hawaii?
- Why is ecology important for you?
- You bringing awareness about other brands, have you thought about creating your own eco brand?
- Did having a child change the way think about the world?
- Describe your first surfboard?
- Your favorite surf trip?
- Did we miss anything?
Social media profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/ecocouple/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecocouple/
- Website: https://ecocouple.blog/
- Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/shop/ecocouple
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
For more info, email support@wavetribe.com
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Inclusivity, history of surfing, inequalities in surfing, localism, and why mostly white men are the grumpiest in the line-up.
Manav and I dive into some of the current hot issues in today's world and look at them from within surfing.
Social Media Profiles:
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/yo.manav/
More Information:
Manav was invited to be on a panel in November 2018 about diversity in surfing hosted by a travel surf shop.
Topics Discussed:
- Inclusivity
- History of surfing.
- Inequalities in surfing
- Localism
- Why mostly white men are the grumpiest in the line-up
This podcast was an awesome journey into how we can live in a deeper way that is not dependent on the color of our skin.
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Passion truly drives Radbeh Ravaz as he chases his dream to bring a product to life.
Radbeh invented the next generation beach chair, it passed the 1st SharkTank audition but he was never called back this season. His invention is not anything close to the traditional beach chair that we see on the market. It's something from nature and for nature.
You can wear it like a shield or you can ride it like a bodyboard. He took it to the former bodyboarding world champion and got tons of great feedback and stoke.
We talk about manufacturing challenges and domestic production. He laments about why we cannot have a sustainable business if we want to keep the production in the US. He suggests that we are outsourcing our economy and we are shutting down innovation and innovative thinking in an industry that belongs to us and Pacific beach.
We review his challenges from the very first stage: insurance, fulfillment, manufacturing, R&D, investors, and basically anything that you can think of when bringing a product to market.
Follow Radbeh here: https://www.instagram.com/radbehravaz/
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Starting out as a bodyboarder, turned SUPer, and got spit out as a surfer.
Evolution's finest dance.
Kane and I talk about professional bodyboarding and growing up in the 90s as a surf rat. How is moved up to a SUP and how he always felt like an outsider.
He eventually found his way to a surfboard but continues to enjoy all the water activities—a true waterman.
We talk about being a fireman during COVID and how he started getting his art on this year during the pandemic.
He gives some great advice about being in the ocean air and offers some solid perspectives from a first responder point of view.
Link & Connect
- Online art classes Kane mentioned: https://brophyartacademy.com/
- Follow Kane here: https://www.instagram.com/kaner50/
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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In this episode, we talk to Mark about traveling to Cabo Mexico during the current pandemic. He walks us through getting to Cabo by air via Tiajuana and tells us what the experience is like being in Mexico during his pandemic surf trip.
He reviews his first surf sessions at The Rock, Zippers, and Shipwrecks on a solid south swell.
His stoke comes through strong as he unravels his first trip to the Cabo region.
For more on traveling to Cabo see Wave Tribe's extensive article: https://www.wavetribe.com/blogs/surf-travel/surfing-cabo-baja-mexico
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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In this episode, I caught up with Melodie Meyer from Mermaid Wavewear.
Mermaid Wave Wear makes a sexy and sustainable wetsuit line for women. They use Yulux glue which is a solvent-free and sustainable material in the construction of the suits.
Check them out here . . .
- Website: https://mermaidwavewear.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mermaidwavewear/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mermaidwavewear
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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The reason I love traveling is that the people you meet while on the road tend to impact your life in more ways than can be imagined.
I meet Monica 15 years ago in northern Brazil. I was picking up a friend at the airport in Salvador when we meet and later when I saw her again while surfing I told her I was going to Itacare in a few days and asked her if she wanted to join me.
She said yes.
We lost touch and a few weeks ago she emailed me after a 15-year hiatus.
In this episode we speak for the first time in 15 years; we talk about the pandemic in Chile, surfing in Sri Lanka, Peru, and other fun places. Monica tells the story of leaving her job as a doctor to pursue her passion for surfing.
surfing #chile #sharethestoke #saltwaterhigh #podcast
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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Looking for something to do during quarantine? Why not shape your first surfboard.
We go through the tools and software you need and also I walk you through each step of the process.
If you love surfboards as much as I do then you'll love shaping them even more.
Have fun.
SKU Shaper, Shaping Software
- http://www.akushaper.com/
Basic Surfboard Shaping Tool List
- Planner (Home Depot) | $50
- Sandpaper: Grit Sanding Screen 80 - 100 - 150 - 220 | $20
- Block Plane: For Stringer (set) | $100
- Calipers (Spring Calipers) | $11
- Brick or Sandbag
Surfboard Blanks (Wave Tribe Article)
- Eps
- Poly
- Wood
Surfboard Blanks & Supplies
- https://www.foamez.com/
- Fiberglass Hawaii: (805) 644-0009
Shape Tips
- Surfboard Rails (Mini Simmons Rails)
- Fins Placement
Glasser & Master Shaper
- https://www.robertssurf.com/#/
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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In this first episode, we talk about how the surf company Wave Tribe started and we explore the details of some of the eco-friendly products created by Wave Tribe. Wave Tribe was created over a decade ago and is the world's first eco surf company.
Wave Tribe designs eco-products like hemp board bags, recycled surfboard leashes, and cork deck pads—a trifecta of eco surfing accessories.
Check out for more info: https://www.wavetribe.com/
This podcast is produced by Derek Dodds, founder of Wave Tribe and lover of the sea.
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