Clint Kimmins went from being a childhood surfing professional prodigy to prison inmate before then morphing over to become a Professional Long Course Triathlete and also a big wave Surfer pursuing the World's Big Wave Surfing Tour. In this conversation you're going to hear Clint share around the highs, the lows and the learnings of his sporting career and pursuits to date. Clint takes us back to the early highs of his Junior Professional Surfing Career where he was touted as one of Australia's hottest up and coming talents. Travelling the world through his teens and also into his early 20's.

And then the crossroad, Clint shares very vividly around how he found himself sentenced to 18 months in prison with a minimum time of six months for an unlawful wounding incident which he was convicted of before the Courts. Clint takes us through his time behind bars and how coming out on the other side has shaped him into the man he is today. He now completes competitively in Long Course Triathlon around the World with his ultimate goal being to compete in the professional category, the World's Top 50 Athletes who start in Hawaii Ironman Professional Ranks of the World Triathlon Championships in Kona Hawaii.

In tandem with that Clint knows he has the talent to compete on the world big wave world tour. He shares today around the process of being selected to compete on that tour, he also shares around the goal he has and that is to become the World Big Wave Surfing Champion and the belief that underpins that. This is a fascinating conversation with the fascinating remarkable athlete and human.

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