Surfing takes a back seat in philosophers corner as Will and Liam are sidetracked by hair styles, hair loss and pubes. Yes pubes. Well Will is!  Connecting all the way back to the power of image and peacock mindsets. With the growing Instagramification of life and surfing. The marketing machine places a ‘life should look like this’ filter on everyone’s world .  Hiding all the rich depth and nuance of reality.

The boys discuss a recent video of Will surfing and how if you record everything and watch it back you forget how it felt. This applies as much to life as the ocean .  They attempt to Focus on feeling surf stoke and life rather than obsessing over how everything looks.  

There is discussion of How to reach beyond the idea of image. Do you surf  to look good or to feel good?

Liam and Will discuss the importance of finding out what you do and don’t like in the Ocean. Especially when it comes to wave size and power. The boards you ride, the places you go, the conditions that bring the most flow. One surfers joy is another one’s fear. However ego and showing off can lead (especially us men) to do things we are not hugely comfortable with. The duality being it can also help to push your boundaries. To bounce you into progression.

Overall it is about giving something a go before you decide. Better to work out what you do and don’t like while you are doing something rather than waiting for the ‘perfect’ conditions or thing to come along.  Waiting for perfection is a long wait and life passes fast.  Don’t let that ‘Perfection fetish’ hold you back from trying

It is only by giving lots of different things/conditions a go that you can find ‘your happy’.

After the recent social media meme the boys get on to the tricky subject of SUPs in the line up and how and why they get a bad press.

It takes true strength to be admit your weaknesses. And especially in surf what you like and don’t like and don’t be afraid to be your authentic surf self.

Liam talks about increasing comfort  and fitness levels in dealing with surf improvements and larger waves.

And again asks do male egos get in the way of admitting what you do like in the surf.

Will run’s the Mindful Surfer meditation with a chance to check in with your breathing. Helping to Drop those labels and how our minds attach a judgement to people The guys discuss how being mindful and kind does not equate to passivity, people pleasing and being a pushover. Working on building your own voice to set your own boundaries.  Surfing hard and being nice to people

In the Mind Body Stoke segment Will chats cold therapy with a twist. The guys then discuss cold therapy as a treatment for pain and depression. Bigging up the daddy of cold water therapy. Wim Hof. https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

Liam recommends Amanzisurf https://www.instagram.com/amanzisurf/ and how online tips like these and surfskating is helping his own surfing progression.

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