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This Ocean Life Podcast
by Josh Pederson
This Ocean Life Podcast. 150+ episodes. Interview-style podcast series capturing the stories and perspectives of people around the world who have based their lives on the ocean. Fishing, free diving, art, music, surfing, paddling, spearfishing, conservation, sailing, anything in the ocean... Hosted by Josh Pederson, from Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Episodes
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Ryan Allen - Irish surf community, the balance of professional success and surfing passion
In this podcast episode, we dive into the incredible life of Ryan Allen, a surfer based on Ireland’s rugged coast with world-class waves right outside his doorstep. Ryan takes us through his water time in Norway and New Zealand, working on commercial fishing boats near Russia, and building a...
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Shivani Goberdhan - dynamic woman of the water, freediver, ocean paddler, sailor
In this episode, we dive deep with Shivani Goberdhan, an expert freediver, instructor, and ocean adventurer who has found her calling in the ocean. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago and now thriving in Hawaii’s rich ocean culture, Shivani shares her passion for freediving, sailing canoes, surf...
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Natalie Bruce - Competitive free diver, USA National Team,
In this episode of This Ocean Life Podcast, we dive deep with Natalie Bruce, a competitive freediver, U.S. record holder, and Team USA captain. Splitting her time between Tenerife, Canary Islands and Colorado, Natalie excels in both depth and dynamic freediving disciplines. She shares her journey...
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Alo Slebir - Big wave surfer, Mavericks Performer of the Year, Charger
Stoked to get back with my long time family friend, Alo Slebir, to catch up since our last episode in April of 2019. Alo takes us through the last ~4 years of surfing Mavericks on the regular, evolving his entire routine at this legendary heavy water break. We learn about Alo's new routine with…
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Dris Mhammedi - Moroccan surfer, world traveler, professional coach using the state of flow
Join us on an exhilarating journey as we dive into the world of Moroccan surf culture, guided by the remarkable Dris Mhammedi, a true son of this captivating land. In this episode, we explore Dris's incredible progression in surfing, from his early days as a part of the development of surf…
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Vince Broglio - surfer, shaper, big wave water rescue, waterman, artist
Vince Broglio of Santa Cruz, CA is the definition of 'waterman'. Strong across a wide variety of disciplines in the ocean for over 40+ years, the cliff notes of his waterman resume go like this: 40 plus years surfing Santa Cruz, surfing Mavericks before pictures were ever published of that wave…
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Bill Newton - Hawaiian islands fishing tackle, fishing Oahu, HIFishGear
Bill Newton is a man of Hawaiian fishing tackle. Whether it's providing the best gear to fisherman worldwide or crafting his own line of equipment, Bill has built a strong brand and reputation in the fishing world today. I had the privilege of visiting Bill at his tackle shop on the island of…
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Amber Jade -- free diver, underwater model, world traveler
In this episode, Amber Jade, born and raised in the Hawaiian Islands, shares her stories of the beautiful challenge of underwater modeling on a breath. Amber shares her perspective on finding flow in the ocean, setting up for underwater photo shoots, free dive training, and life growing up on the...
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Anesti Vega -- scuba diver, citizen scientist, diving for veterans and the disabled
Anesti Vega's colorful life includes homelessness, combat duty in the US Army, film making, activism for indigenous peoples, and more. But in this podcast episode we hear of Anesti's core passion for scuba diving and the ocean. Anesti takes us through his progression of scuba dive training…
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Lachie Lansdown -- legend of the prone paddle board, world champion athlete
In the relatively niche sport of prone paddling, a few names stand out across the world -- one of those is Lachie Lansdown. As a top finisher of world class events such as Molokai 2 Oahu and The Catalina Classic, Lachie has built an incredible competitive career that has taken him around the…
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Brooke Basse -- diver, spearo, captain, in the pursuit
** Interview episode 129 ** Brooke Basse is a legend on and under the water. Growing up in Southern California Brooke has found her calling as part-time commercial diver, part-time spearfisher, and full-time charger. From surfing to blue water breath holds waiting for the right shot on huge fish,...
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CJ Hobgood -- professional surfing, movie making, family, life evolution
** Interview episode 128 ** I’m really excited to share with you all a figure in modern surfing that continues to evolve and expand his influence in the surf industry, Mr CJ Hobgood. You hear his name, and you may automatically identify CJ with an amazing professional surfing career where he was...
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Sam Clothier -- hike and spear, seafood foraging, Wet Mammal YouTube
** Interview episode 127 ** Born and bred in the UK, Sam Clothier has found his calling diving and foraging in and around the ocean. From a young age Sam found his deep connection with the water and has been on a path of pursuit ever since. Honing his skllls in the breath hold and spearfishing on...
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Vicky Durand -- Wave Woman the book, Waikiki surfing in the 1950s
** Interview episode 126 ** Today Vicky Durand takes us through the colorful life of her mother, Betty, charging waves in the 1950’s. From stories she’s captured in her recent book, Wave Woman, Vicky tells the story of her mother finding and thriving in the world of surfing, the legendary Waikiki...
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Dr Enric Sala -- National Geographic explorer, scientist, ocean protector, author
** Interview episode 125 ** Dr Enric Sala grew up in Spain along Costa Brava where at a young age he found passion for the undersea world by watching Jacques Cousteau's Undersea World television series (like so many of us did). Pursuing a life of research and conservation to help protect all of…
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Sean McClenahan -- towing Jaws on the skimboard, big waves and family dedication on Maui
** Interview episode 124 ** Today we talk story with Sean McClenahan, skim boarder, surfer, skater, family man, and much more. Sean takes us through his days surfing the left at Jaws, including the story of his personal biggest wave this last winter of 2019. We hear of Sean’s dedication to the...
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Stoked Grom Stories: Bella and Leila -- surfing, diving, fun in the Outer Banks
** Stoked Grom Stories #9 ** Born and raised in the legendary Outer Banks of North Carolina, two great friends, Bella and Leila, share their stories with us today. As young women of the water, Bella and Leila, take us through their local surf scene describing the waves, the community, and the...
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Dr Gregory Stone -- ocean scientist and conservationist, making cleaner energy from the ocean a reality
** Interview episode 123 ** Today, we have Dr Gregory Stone. Career oceanographer, conservationist, author of books, and overall expert on the ocean. Dr Stone takes us through his transition from ocean researcher to ocean protector touching on the many roles he’s held within his career…
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Eric Anderson -- from US Marine to Northern California freediver and spearo
** Interview episode 122 ** Today we talk with Eric Anderson who checked out of the military life and into an ocean life here in the waters of Northern California. Eric takes us through his time deployed around the world as a United States Marine to finding his true calling underwater through his...
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Madison Stewart -- life dedicated to saving sharks, helping fishermen convert to ecotourism
**Interview episode 121** Madison Stewart has been focused on sharks since she was 7 years old. Growing up on the Gold Coast she was attached to the ocean at an early age, scuba diving and traveling the world as a teen ager, spending countless hours in the water with sharks of all kinds. Today we...
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Neil Pearlberg -- Off The Lip Radio Show, chronicling Santa Cruz surfing
** Interview episode 120 ** Neil Pearlberg surfs, SUPs, writes and talks on all things skate and surf. As co-host of Off The Lip Radio Show Neil has been documenting the colorful surfing and skateboard lifestyle of Santa Cruz for over a decade. With over 375 episodes, Off The Lip Radio show…
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Kara Muzia -- So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist podcast, sea turtles of South Florida
** Episode 119 ** In the waters of South Florida, marine biologist and podcaster Kara Muzia splits her time between working to protect sea turtles and sharing stories from other marine biologists. With a strong dedication to helping the next generation understand the wide variety of paths to...
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Stoked Grom Stories: Max Hart -- shredding guitar and waves, spearfishing, fishing
** Stoked Grom Stories #8 ** Max Hart is a 12-year old legend-in-the-making from Sydney's Gold Coast. With a well rounded set of skills and knowledge in the ocean that includes fishing, surfing, and spearfishing Max is constantly busy enjoying life in the water with friends and family. Competing…
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Envoy:Cull -- documentary film on Australia and 83 years of shark killing
** Interview Episode 118 ** For over 80 years the Australian Government has supported the killing of sharks along popular Queensland and New South Wales beaches through nets and baited hooks under the guise of public safety. Today we hear the truth behind this senseless ‘culling’ of sharks that…
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Sailing Wildside -- kiteboard adventure trips, Caribbean, Greece, life afloat
** Interview episode 117 ** Today we hear the rad story of two people coming together and building a lifestyle business around their love of the ocean. This story of Steve and Monika takes us from the waters around Turkey where they first bonded over their mutual obsession for kiteboarding, to...
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Francesca Trotman -- protecting waters and wildlife of Mozambique, alternatives to shark finning
** Interview episode 116 ** Francesca Trotman has dedicated her life to preserving the marine life of Mozambique. As a British scholar and marine biologist, Francesca formed a deep connection to the ocean animals in this part of Africa during her university field work and has since planted roots…
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Erin Carey -- family sailing in the Caribbean, trans-Atlantic crossing, S/V ROAM
** Interview episode 115 ** Erin Carey and family set out to sail the world with zero previous experience at sea. With true grit, determination, and some luck her family of 5 enjoyed 18 months sailing the Caribbean aboard S/V ROAM and topped it off with an Atlantic crossing into the Azores. With...
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Sam Hart -- ocean paddling, Coolangatta Gold and M2O competitor
** Interview episode 114 ** Sam Hart is a man of the paddle. With deep experience in surf ski racing, including a relay win at Molokai 2 Oahu in 2017, he rounds out his paddling with both the prone and SUP boards. Along the Sydney's Northern Beaches Sam has been involved in the surf rescue club...
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Stoked Grom Stories: Cooper Sisters -- sailing South Pacific, surfing, diving, life afloat
** Stoked Grom Stories Episode 7 ** Growing up in my hometown of Santa Cruz, CA, The Cooper Sisters, 9 year old Isla and 12 year old Malia, left it all behind with their parents for life at sea. Since January 2019, the entire family has been living in the South Pacific aboard sailing vessel...
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Greg Norman Jr -- kiting, surfing, spearfishing, world travel
** Interview Episode 113 ** With a family name synonymous with the sport of golf, Greg Norman Jr has carved out an incredibly deep and well—rounded life in the ocean. From growing up in the waters of Florida to years on Maui Greg has developed love and skill for riding all types of boards on the...
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Shannon Quirk -- big wave world tour, empowering women in the water
** Interview Episode 112 ** From professional snowboarding to organizing big wave surfing events, Shannon Quirk has been part of the action sports world for over a decade. As a reporter and coordinator with the WSL Big Wave Tour Shannon has developed a close connection with the world's big wave...
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Chris Fuentes -- a better insect repellant, spread of insect-borne diseases
** Interview Episode #111 ** Chris Fuentes knows first hand about the growing spread of insect-born diseases associated with global warming. After battling with his own case of Lyme Disease, Chris has seen friends and family deal with the spread of ticks in the Northeastern US and associated Lyme...
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K.C. Scott -- fishing, diving, spearfishing, art
** Interview episode 110 ** K.C. Scott has based his life off of two core natural abilities revolving around the ocean. The first, his ability to interact first-hand with fish through angling, freediving, photography, and spearfishing, to return with vivid imagery of their natural beauty and…
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Guy Harvey -- blending art and science of the ocean, spokesman of marine life
** Interview episode 109 ** Raised in the waters of Jamaica, educated in England, from his earliest days Guy Harvey has had a strong connection to the ocean that has manifested into a lifelong career of art, science, and business. With a doctorate in marine biology and incredible natural gift for...
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SV Delos -- 10 years of sailing adventures, 45 countries
** Interview episode 108 ** Sailing Vessel Delos is a 53 foot boat that has journeyed over 70,000 nautical miles, visited 45 countries, and kept safe over 50 different visiting crew for the past ten years. Brady Trautman, and brother Bryan, started their epic adventure together in 2010 and have...
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Noah Oppenheim -- fisheries management, the human element of commercial fishing
** Interview episode 107 ** Born and raised in the rich fishing area of Maine, Noah Oppenheim has pursued a life on the ocean that has taken him from the beauty of the Galapagos Islands, to the wide open expanse of the south pacific, up to the rich waters of Alaska. On his way to building a…
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Surf Expo Stories: Part 2 -- More from North America's largest watersports and beach culture retail show
Surf Expo Stories: Part 2 Here we go with Surf Expo Part 2. So many great stories from north america’s largest watersports and beach lifestyle show in the retail industry, I had to split it into 2 episodes to be sure I could do them all justice. If you didn’t listen to it already, check out part…
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Surf Expo Stories: Part 1 -- North America's largest watersports and beach culture retail show
Surf Expo is North America’s largest watersports and beach lifestyle show in the retail industry. With hundreds of brands and thousands of retailers connecting to stock the stores that we all buy our gear from, Surf Expo is a key platform for the commercial side of many of our ocean lives. I was...
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Nik Strong-Cvetich -- Save The Waves Coalition, protecting surf ecosystems
** Interview Episode 105 ** Nik Strong-Cevitch has travelled around the world setting up conservation and ecostourism projects in coastal communities. As a lifelong surfer NIk has been able to blend his love of surf with his professional abilities and now leads the Save The Waves Coalition to...
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Lin Pardey - 200k miles of sailing, dual circumnavigations, book author
** Interview #104** In her early 20’s, Lin Pardey found her calling to live a sailing life at sea. 50 years later and over 200,000 miles sailed, Lin has completed 2 circumnavigations of the world, enjoyed countless adventures at sea, and sailed some of the heaviest water on the planet including...
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Heavy Water Stories -- storms, injuries, big waves, general gnarliness
Today we have a compilation of some of my favorite heavy water stories from past guests on the podcast. These stories include injuries at sea, insane storms and conditions, big waves and take place from the Bering Sea to Loch Ness, Mexico, and beyond. Each story is short, intense, and helps…
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Adam Paskowitz -- legacy of nomadic family life, reality of plastics in the ocean
**Interview Episode 103** As a father, husband, surfer, licensed captain, and general man of the water, Adam has continued the legacy that his father, Doc Paskowitz, set forth some 30 years ago of living life on the road and the ocean, experiencing nature in all of its rawest forms. Whether...
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Maria Fernanda -- big wave surf photography, fins and a camera
** Episode 101 ** Maria Fernanda swims with fins and a camera in waves that most of us won’t paddle out for. As a native of Mexico City, Maria found her love of the ocean through years of family trips to the coast to ultimately discovering natural strength in big surf. Tied to Maria’s passion for...
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Scott Kennedy -- jack of many trades in the ocean
** Episode 102 ** Every now and then you meet someone who blows you away with their strength across multiple disciplines in the water. Scott Kennedy is one of those people. As a fisherman, surfer, diver, spear fisherman, boater, and more Scott takes us through his life growing up in Southern...
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Zeb Walsh -- prone paddling Bass Straight, winning Molokai 2 Oahu, big wave rescue training
Episode 99!! Zeb Walsh grew up in the waters of Southern Australia to become a world-class ocean athlete with a strong focus on long-distance and semi-crazy endurance events. Today Zeb shares his stories of winning the Molokai 2 Oahu paddle board race, paddling with friends across the Bass Strait...
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Greg Lewandowski -- boat captain, scuba instructor, freediver, fisherman
Born in Poland and raised in the cold ocean waters of Maine, Greg Lewandowski began scuba diving at age 9, running boats, and developing a strong love for being in the ocean at a young age. Today he takes us through his stories of living and working across the Caribbean, running scuba diving...
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James Casey - winning Molokai 2 Oahu, foiling, coaching, surfing
In episode 97, we hear the stories of professional athlete and man of the water, James Casey, who takes us down his path from a young grom taking his beatings in Hawaiian surf to the dominant standup paddle boarder he is today, winning the infamous Molokai 2 Oahu paddle race on his SUP in 2019....
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Animal Stories — sharks, rays, and whales
In this episode I compile 5 of my favorite animal stories from past guests that range from the gnarly to the beautiful. We have Bobby Twitchell (episode 88), free diver and spear fisherman on Maui, Mike Bolton (episode 28) legendary conservationist and shark photographer, David Ochoa (episode 8)...
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Hayley-Jo Carr -- scuba diving, coral restoration, Bahamas
In episode 96 I spend time with Hayley-Jo Carr, a woman dedicated to marine conservation in the Bahamas. Hayley-Jo takes us through her youth on the coast of England to finding her passion for scuba diving and undersea life on vacation in the Whitsunday Islands of Australia. We hear of…
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Kevin Dunn -- sunscreen pioneer, surfer, environmentalist
In episode 95 I speak with Kevin Dunn, founder and operator of BurnOut Suncare, one of the first environmentally-friendly and health conscious sunscreens to hit the market almost 20 years ago. Kevin takes us through his days of living and surfing on Maui, traveling and surfing Indonesia, to his...
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This Ocean Life Podcast. 150+ episodes. Interview-style podcast series capturing the stories and perspectives of people around the world who have based their lives on the ocean. Fishing, free diving, art, music, surfing, paddling, spearfishing, conservation, sailing, anything in the ocean... Hosted by Josh Pederson, from Santa Cruz, California, USA.
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