The Mindful Surfer

Ep.49 | Just Breathe

Thanks for getting towed into the latest show gang. This week we are looking at performance anxiety, sweating the small stuff, contagious behaviour, fear – real and perceived, bigger waves, heart rate, mind-to-body connections, intuition, trusting your instincts, safety zones, hold downs, training for life and our menacing local seal.  There is infinite and finite games, cheat codes for life, being happy for others and dealing with pushing comfort zones.
Liam is back in the pool training for surf lifesaving and Will is chatting ego and Will Ferrell movies.
All this and more in the double over toe micro-wave that is episode 49 of the Mindful Surfer podcast.
Mentioned in the show
Dylan Graves - https://www.vans.co.uk/team/surf/dylan-graves.html
Weird Waves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQCi2ELHow
Daddy’s Home - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528854/
Old School - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/
 

Ep.48 | Liar Liar

Thanks for paddling back out with us gang. This week we find out if Will really did give up surfing for meditation in the face of a long awaited swell?  We are also discuss the mad race to the beach when a swell arrives, long suffering families , not taking our own advice, forgiveness, control and the art of being kind to yourself. There’s more on judgement, fear, ego, novelty, joy, longboards and the importance of laughing at those in power.
Liam’s accepting his zero wave sesh and learning to let go and Will has had a rare post cricket cider. Find out whether that was a good idea and if surfers are indeed natural liars, in the shore-break body-surf-sesh, that is episode 48 of the Mindful Surfer podcast.
Mentioned in the show
Lost Track Atlantic Torren Martyn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjCQEbM_9_M
https://lostsurfboards.net/

Ep.47 | Tiny Wave Dancers

Welcome to the latest show gang, this week we look towards light at the end of the flat spell tunnel, stress and the effects on mind and body, nootropics, bullet proof coffees, mush burgers,  new boards, taking things out of context, Instagram, Ben Gravy’s trolls and Will giving up surfing and swearing.
And did Matt Biolos and Occy really drop into the mindful surfer studio? All this and more in the novelty wave that is episode 47 of the mindful surfer podcast.
We would love you to share any ideas, recommendations or questions for the show so please get in touch if you do. x
Mentioned in this episode. 
https://www.instagram.com/matt_biolos/
@lostsurfboards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Occhilupo
Ben Gravy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qa5EroJxnQM6Sng9WhgsQ
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/coconut-oil-in-coffee
 

Ep.46 | Hello flat spell my old friend.

Thanks for paddling back out to join us for the latest show gang! This week we chat Beckham, hair bands, critics, comments boards on surf websites, labels, getting lost in your own biases, weirdness, good surf crowds, loving people with different views, cycling, rest, finding flat spell activities, out-training bad diets, aerobic conditioning, meditation, spontaneity, music and more...
All this in the flat spell inspired scenic paddle board ride that is episode 46 of the Mindful Surfer podcast. 
Mentioned in the show.
Aubrey Marcus https://www.aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus-podcast
Tim Samuels https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Who-Stole-My-Spear-by-Tim-Samuels-author/9781784753368
Erik Davies https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/high-weirdness
Gearoid McDaid https://www.ripcurl.eu/en/news/team-news/over-the-ledge-with-gearoid-mcdaid.html
Jamie O’Brien https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_q6aOlvPH7M-j_XGWVgXg

Ep.45 | Burnout. 10 hacks for surf recovery.

Hello again gang and if you are joining us for the first time it’s nice to have you along for the ride. This week Will is doing his best to keep things clean as we delve into long board vs short board musings, burnout, hitting the surf wall, saggy balls, nuance, supplements and sleep.
Liam has a new board and Will is sharing his 10 hacks for surf recovery. We chat functional patterns, injuries, mind – body connections and loads more all in the magnificently blown out mush burger wave that is episode 45 of the Mindful Surfer Podcast.
We are also spreading some brotherly love in the surf media section, as we cover Adz’ latest interview with surfer and writer Chas Smith on the Grumpy Surfer Podcast.
Mentioned in the show.
https://www.aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus-podcast
https://grumpysurfer.podbean.com/
 

Ep.44 | Let it go

Welcome back gang! This week’s show has bottom turned its way to BOLT scores, board choices, selfishness, nutrition for wellness rather than the look, visualition and putting in the hard yards to create free and fluid expression in every aspect of life.
There is confessions of snaking and dropping in, real grumpy surfers and are any of us free of sin or ego.? Will is reading the oxygen advantage and Liam is still battling Will’s toilet humour. Liam is still bigging up Clayton and the Ombe team for the way it is helping his surfing gains and Will runs the Mindful Surfer segment.
We chat the power of music and the Solfeggio frequency , the frequency of love, mind movies, not forgetting to breathe and being the change you want to see in the world. All this and more in the open ocean monster wave that is episode 44 of the mindful surfer podcast.
 
Mentioned in the show.
https://theuksurfshow.co.uk/the-best-post-surf-playlist
https://www.instagram.com/the_grumpy_surfer_podcast/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/eve3xz/healing-properties-music-frequencies-therapy
https://ombe.co/courses/surfing-analysis/

Ep.43 | One for the road...

Welcome back gang, the weekly show has landed it’s latest 360 air and this time we are looking at leaving the party on a high, knowing when to get out of the water, 10,000 hours of practice, taking training seriously but with a smile on your face, not trying-trying, nudity, image, meditation, change, crowds, hierarchies, hustling and knowing your happy place when it comes to waves.
Liam is waxing lyrical about beer and signing up to the brilliant Ombe Surf coaching platform and Will is talking, flat spells, surf skates and dialling fins for his new board
All this and much more in the peeling, uncrowded reef break that is episode 43 of the Mindful Surfer podcast.
Mentioned in the show.
https://stabmag.com/
https://ombe.co/courses/surfing-analysis/
https://surfstrengthcoach.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkvqMwrkCI
@torrenmartyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2JUb6dV8w4
https://www.crossedanchors.co.uk/
https://www.staustellbreweryshop.co.uk/
 

Ep.42 | Whose wave is it anyway?

Welcome back Mindful Surfers. This week we are chatting, good vibes at wave pools, summer crowds, queues, snaking, happiness, fixed states, control, fear and how good vibrations attract waves. We look at Eckhart Tolle, serotonin, over consumption of 24/7 news cycles and whether the happiest people are those who escape the addiction of wall to wall bulletins. Especially if they get out and get in the Ocean.
We are attempting to take our own advice to take breaks from the mind numbing effects of social media and building on the many reasons to be cheerful rather than fearful.  
Liam drops in on Will, there is more breathwork in the mindful surfer segment and Will opens a whole new line on the ‘potty mouth bingo’ card.
All this and more in the pint sized point break that is episode 42.
 
Mentioned in the show
Great photos by @kb_pho_vid
https://www.kylebakerphotography.com/
@rrymorgn
https://eckharttolle.com/a-new-earth-excerpt/
@thewave
https://drjoedispenza.com/
 

Ep.41 | Why Don't You?

Welcome back gang. This week we are chatting, FOMO, being stoked for others, gardening,  micro waves, hitting the right notes and on land practice.  We mull the freedom of not caring what others think and how this is a gateway to joy and play whatever your age. There is more breathwork in the Mindful Surfer Segment and how mindfulness practice is a slow burner but the rewards of getting comfortable with stillness and silence are deeper over time.
We cover Pre bed rituals, the distraction of surf and social media, being sucked into the comparison vortex, self-honesty and there is anarchy in the room as Will pocket dials the Mindless Surfer  
Not to mention surfing Guinea pigs, gut instincts, circadian rhythms, financial wellbeing, buying new boards, affordable kit and the tyranny of choice.   All this and much more in the gnarly shore dump that is Episode 41.
Why don’t you turn off the internet and go out and do something less boring instead?
 
 

Ep.40 | Pumping Profanities

Hello gang! This week we are talking - Drop ins, mistakes, living in glass houses while throwing stones around, surfing nemesis, grafting, selfishness, surf blockers, Italian podcast charts and even a bit of non-surf media, surf media.  
There is the mindful surfer segment as well as the usual mind, body and stoke hacks.  
Will is talking ‘hutters crutch’ , Liam is playing sweary bingo and is a taste for booze interrupting all those surfing gains?  Paddle in and take off with us on the barrelling wave that is Episode 40.
Mentioned in the show. 
https://billyconnolly.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qa5EroJxnQM6Sng9WhgsQ