Waterpeople Podcast
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Waterpeople Podcast
Stories about the aquatic experiences that shape us. Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they talk story with some of the most adept waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is a gathering place for our global ocean community to dive into the themes of watery lives lived well: eco...
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Living the Questions: answering your queries
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, parentin...
The Rivers Run: Theory of Change (pt. 2)
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...
Sterling Spencer: Fan of the Universe
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...
Peter Gash OAM: Custodian of Curiosity
Not long ago, Lady Elliot Island was basically unrecognisable. In the late 1800s, it was mined for guano used as agricultural fertiliser. The island w...
Ethnomads: Ke'ili Mcevilly + Chris Miyashiro
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...
Chris Miyashiro: Homecomings
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 po...
John Peck: Rebirth
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...
Layne Beachley + Tess Brouwer: Mental Fitness
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 Tes...
Brenden 'Margo' Margieson: Renaissance Man
Every mid-aged Aussie bloke's favourite surfer? That's Margo.
Widely recognised as the first paid freesurfer - Brenden 'Margo' Margieson is fam...
Theory of Change (pt. 1): Waterwomen Camp Out
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 th...
Holly Beck: Simplicity + Therapy
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 terres...
Hunter Williams: Shapes + Templates
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...
Arne Rubinstein: Rites of Passage
Rites of passage, once central to marking life’s transitions, have faded in modernity. As we navigate rising anxiety, social fragmentation, and a worl...
Dylan Graves: The Levity Effect
How much has your homebreak shaped you - your life, livelihood, the person you've become?
The quirkiness of Dylan Graves' Puerto Rican homebre...
Bonnie Tsui: On Muscle + Movement
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 s...
Sarah Gerhardt: Unstable Bonds
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...
Kiana Weltzien: More with Less
When was the last time you followed a spark of curiosity all the way to some distant shoreline?
Kiana Weltzien's ocean adventures began...
Putting Tech in its Place with Helena Norberg-Hodge + friends
What's lost when we hand over skills or experiences to technology ?
We sat down with localisation pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge to learn more ab...
Gary McNeill: Make It Last
How do we make magic boards last longer?
Gary McNeill and Dave have been experimenting with alternative, non-petrochemical materials for...
Krista Comer: Reading Power
How do you better a culture? How do we better surf culture?
Dr. Krista Comer is a scholar of American literature and cultural politics...
Otto Flores: Stepping Up
Many professional athletes struggle to transition from their sport-as-career. The highs are often out of reach for pedestrian life - especially for pr...
Gail Couper: With Bells On
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...
Lane Davey: Body Language
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...
Danny Johnson: Don't Overthink It
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...
Jamie Brisick: Breaking the Surface
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, Ja...
Josie Prendergast: Tidal Transitions
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...
Hanneke Boon: At the Helm
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.
B...
Bob McTavish: Trim & Wonder
Over the last half century, Bob McTavish has shaped thousands of custom surfboards.
Always an innovator in surfboard design and technology, Bob...
Ruby Southwell: Natural Action
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, travelli...
Brett Burcher: Deep Breaths
What's the most challenging experience you've faced? Did it ultimately hinder or heighten your self-clarity?
Brett Burcher is a heavy wa...
Levelling Breath Practice with Brett Burcher
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 prac...
Energising Breath Practice with Brett Burcher
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...
Nidala Barker: Where We Belong
“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 th...
Dr. Kevin Stone: How to Play Forever
Why are some octogenarians still surfing, while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn’t luck.
Harvard and Stanford trained Ortho...
Pauline Menczer: The Uncensored Underdog
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 a...
Sung Min Cho: African Aloha
When is surfing about more than just selfish wave hoggery?
Mozambique’s first professional surfer, Sung Min Cho, or ‘Mini’ for short, is writin...
Torren Martyn & Aiyana Powell: Solo, Together
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 y...
Annie Ford: Adventurous Activism
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...
Sally Parkin: Sell the House
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 f...
Stu Nettle: Voice & Vertigo
Injuries are mostly out of our control. But recovery offers many choices. Will we allow the scar tissue to stiffen or soften us?
Stu Net...