Today’s podcast guest is the always affable, ever insightful, and fun loving Carter Johnson. Carter is now best known as the founder and organizer of the Gorge Downwind Paddle Festival in Hood River, OR. After just two year this festival has established itself as the biggest SUP, Outrigger, and SURFSKI event in the US and […]
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PPP Episode 008: From Flat Water Sprinting to Big Ocean Surfing with Zsolt Szadovszki
Today’s guest, Zsolt Szadovszki started paddling at the young age of 7 years old in Budapest Hungary, in the heart of a country that takes it’s paddling very serious. Zsolt was a semi-pro at the age of 14 and continued accelerating up the ranks to the national team at age 17. Unfortunately the […]
PPP Episode 007: Winning Gold, Becoming Explosive, and the Future of Surfski Design, with Greg Barton
In today’s episode I sit down with the ever humble, focused, and driven Greg Barton, founder of Epic Kayaks (originally Epic Paddles) and the most decorated US paddler in history. Greg won Bronze in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics then broke a 52 year drought for the US when he won back to back […]
Tips and Tricks from the Pros
A Summary of What I’ve Learned This Summer from The Best Starting the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast this summer has been a ton of fun and I’ve now had the chance to record podcasts with Oscar Chalupsky, Sean Rice, Boyan Zlatarev, Dawid Mocke, and Greg Barton. Needless to say, I”ve learned a lot and […]
The Most Accessible Form of Surfing
The Most Accessible Form of Surfing It seems that no matter who you talk to or where you go in the world, surfing is constantly recognized as the ultimate cool and desirable sport. I can’t imagine anyone ever saying that they wouldn’t want to try surfing if given the opportunity. Although I haven’t done […]
