Unfiltered | Hosted by John Knopf

Episode #22 - Kim Feast


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My next guest is Kim Feast, former world number one ranked professional drop-knee bodyboarder, ocean photographer, and multidisciplinary artist, whose career spans elite competition, visual storytelling, and creative reinvention. Raised on the Australian coast, Feast reached the top of his sport while competing in one of its most technically demanding disciplines, often without sponsorship or institutional backing. Alongside professional competition, he earned a degree in architecture and quietly built a parallel life behind the camera, developing a distinctive visual language shaped by years inside heavy water and remote landscapes.

In this episode, Feast walks through the realities of life after elite sport and the search for purpose when adrenaline fades. He reflects on spinal injuries, the collapse of professional bodyboarding, and how photography became both therapy and craft. The conversation moves through his transition into ocean photography, the parallels between wave riding and image-making, and his eventual entry into NFTs during the pandemic. Throughout, Feast speaks candidly about burnout, integrity, decentralization, and why solitude, nature, and intention now guide his work and life.

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