Doing Epic Stuff

Riding mountain bikes is fun.
Riding mountain bikes for 24 hours in a competitive environment is straight up masochistic!

How did Peter Arch; a young, enthusiastic bike mechanic from Torquay, Australia, take his passion for riding bikes with mates to the point of becoming the World Solo 24 hour MTB Champion in under 18 months?!

Do you even ride, bro?!

Join Pete and I as we discuss:

• How riding that long can create delusions of paparazzi hiding in bushes
• Nutrition planning for 24 hours of pedaling (mmm; liquid cake!)
• Self-sabotage / winning the mind game that is this sport
• The tribe aspect to solo 24 hour MTB racing
• The power of hugs (when your 14 hours in to a 24 hour MTB race) and you just... need... one...

Come get it.

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Being a full-time surfboard shaper feels like one of those mythical careers reserved for the 1% of the 5% who live next to a wicked surf break and don’t have to worry about money.

Like most things in life it turns out that life is stranger than misconception.

José Raimundo walks.

Born and raised on the pristine Algarve (Southern Portuguese coastline), José decided that, rather than following his head (legs?) toward a potentially lucrative professional career in Football (the round ball kind), that surfing, more precisely; surfboard craftsmanship, was his calling.

Join me as I catch-up with José in an AirBNB in Bali, Indonesia, shortly after we'd chartered a boat together to go and surf a remote reef break called 'Airports'... Epic.

Tings:

• What's the difference between a surfboard shaper and a surfboard craftsmen?! 
• How José bootstrapped a surfboard company with nothing but a wood plane and a copy of John Carper’s ‘Shaping 101'.
• The one thing a surfboard craftsman does every day to ensure he continues to evolve (you can probably guess)...

https://www.instagram.com/nothing_surfcrafts/

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What would you spend an inheritance on?

• Paying off a home loan?
• School fees?
• Tax debt?

Chances are it isn't a SCHOONER QUEST!
Well, more fool you (and me)!

With husband and 4 year old daughter firmly in tow (nautical terminology), Zoe and fam embarked upon a 10 month, 4.5K nautical mile (or 8334 km) adventure up the East Coast of Australia; swilling coconuts, dodging semi-submerged shipping containers (a la Robert Redford in ‘All Is Lost’), trying to stay Zen during 36 hour stints of constant heavy motion across Bass Straight – where do I sign up?!

Zoe made the kick-ass decision to invest in an adventure that, as we find out, ends up being an unexpected catalyst through which she discovers an inner strength in adversity which has continued to resonate throughout her life, long after the boat (edit; schooner) is put back on the market.

"Maybe I’ll buy a boat.
Schooner or later…"
>_

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Skydivers: Baggy-fluorescent-parachute-material-pant-wearing-dare-devil-death-wish-stoner-wasters, right?

Wrong.

Ossie Kahn has made a career out of his passion for cloud walking, developing commercially-viable models such as:

• Australian skydiving centres that were acquired by an ASX listed company!
• Innovative marketing activations for a number of corporate entities includes National Australia Bank, Ford Australia, Carlton United Breweries and others!
• A risk mitigation methodology that has translated to the corporate world
• Aero Sports Tourism across South East Asia 

Aaand the dude is 50 years old and can do muscle ups on Olympic rings.
*sigh*
Join Ossie and I as we discuss overcoming fear, how to know when to pivot your career path, aircarft engine malfunctions and opportunity triage with a legit, serial aero sports entrepreneur that has his head firmly in the clouds…

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The largest rogue wave ever recorded was 84 feet high and struck Draupner oil platform in the North Sea in 1995.

One could argue that humankind is experiencing a kind of collective 'Rogue COVID Wave' at the moment - for many of us it feels like we’re stuck in a kind of stasis; unable to go forward or backward with our lives until the world rights itself again.

What if this is the new normal?

Would we find a way to move forward and thrive or would the realisation be crippling?

In this episode I talk with Tasmanian surfing pioneer / legend, accomplished documentary film maker, author and the subject of autobiographic feature length film; Rogue Waves: Mr Mick Lawrence - a man better equipped than most to provide guidance when an unusually large, unexpected and suddenly appearing wave threatens to destroy you.

No Bueno.

Learn the secret to thriving under adversity by the man who has spent a lifetime, as Mick so eloquently puts it “dancing with waves”…

You can find the Rogue Waves trailer and feature length film on Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/358715442

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Ever wondered about the mindset of a professional fighter?
Surely you'd have to be nuts to get in that ring, risking life and limb, for questionable (at best) financial remuneration?
What does it take to do it 10 times?
How about 50?
- Sylvie von Duuglus-Ittu: "Hold my beer"...

SHE'S THE WESTERNER (dudes included) WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF MUAY THAI FIGHTS, IN THAILAND, OF ALL TIME!!

Pause.

At the time of posting this podcast she's sitting at an incomprehensible 264 BOUTS! (with the scars to prove it)... It's not every day you get to meet a legitimate living legend, especially one who is still actively striving for their ultimate EPIC summit (with no signs of slowing down).

Join your host, Mike Drohan, as Sylvie (and her pet dog) and I get DEEP into the mindset of a legend whilst Sylvie is literally on the road to her next fight...

For anyone looking to get PEEE-UMPED about finding, starting (or re-starting) their own side-hustle, passion project, spirit quest, secret thrill or just needing a good old distraction from the doom-and-gloom of mass media (Can I Get a Hallelujah?!) - come get it. 

Topics include:

• What sort of mental training does it take for a professional fighter to willingly enter a life or death situation over 264 times and counting?!
• How to sustain yourself financially when your passion pursuit doesn’t make enough money for you to pay the bills or even your post fight medical expenses..
• How to deal with a young Thai pad holder who has decided that YOU are going to be the butt of his joke, and he’s the only one laughing.

Delve deeper into Sylvie-world, here:
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https://www.patreon.com/sylviemuay

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Juggling your passion or side-hustle with a paying gig is tricky for most of us - passion doesn't necessarily directly translate to paid - who knew?! 

Aaron Static (aka Aaron Danks) is a self-professed homebody and unassuming kind of cat. He’s managed to be a long term active contributor to the electronic music scene; heading up music labels, continually releasing music and DJ’ing some of Australia’s best dance parties, all whilst being at the forefront of innovation in the mobile application development space, for over 15 years. 

He works mostly at night, I might add (They Walk Among Us)…

Join your host, Mike Drohan, as we discuss Aaron’s formula for achieving the balance between pay and play, his latest musical release, how to get started on your own bedroom-beats quest AND his latest cross-over project titled ‘StreamBeans’ – a timely fusion of his love for live music events and application development that has recently received mass media interest.

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https://www.facebook.com/DoingEpicStuff/
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https://streambeans.com.au/