In this podcast, the tables are turned and I’m in the hot seat as Buzz Burrell (a long time endurance sports athlete and entrepreneur and new surfski addict) interviews me. We cover a wide range of topics from paddling the Great Lakes through the winter months, to trying to make a surfski business viable in […]
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PPP Episode 31: Calm Intense, Silly Songs, and Finding your Flow with Jasper Mocke
Today’s podcast guest may be best known as the younger brother of paddling legend Dawid Mocke, but Jasper Mocke is in every way a legend in his own right. Jasper is an incredibly talented athlete with several notable accomplishments including World Surfski Champion in 2014, World Champion in K2 Marathon 2014, and 3x Perth Doctor […]
PPP Episode 29: The Early Days of Surfski Racing with Oscar Chalupsky
In early December the guys @CarbonologySport shared some vintage footage of the 1983 Port Elizabeth to East London (PE2LE) 4 Day Stage Race. It generated a lot of intrigue on Facebook, and I thought it would be great to sit down with Oscar and have him walk us through what it was like to race […]
PPP Episode 25: Getting Amped for The Gorge Downwind Festival 2018 With Carter Johnson
In this podcast episode I catch up with Carter Johnson, Race Director for the Gorge Downwind Festival. In just four years this race has become the single biggest downwind event in the world. With 750 participants, featuring equal numbers of Outrigger Canoe and Surfski paddlers, plus a good contingent of Stand Up Paddle Boarders. But […]
Insights and Highlights from the First 10 Peak Paddle Performance Podcasts
PPP Episode 001 – My Introduction The moral of the story here, is that if I can learn to paddle a surfski, anyone can. I started out as the absolute worst, not even keeping the boat upright to take more than 4-5 strokes. The sad part is this continued for at least 4-5 […]
