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Jemma Smith is not just the queen of water sports she is a wonderful human being.

Listen how Jemma deals with competing at the highest levels of sport whilst juggling, school, uni, work and her social life.

This is a story of a girl who works very hard to be the best she can be, World Champion, Australian Champion and Nutri Grain Ironwomen.

Hear the story of a dad who took his kids to the Cronulla nippers and went onto being one of the countries leading referees in surf sports.

Waynes story is one of great courage in making changes to a sport that is intrenched in tradition and history. Wayne has made changes in the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships program that was a massive gamble, hear how it paid off.

Wayne also talks about the challenges he faces with the organisation that is focused on life saving with a sport attached, also dealing with boats, craft and water events. 

Lizzie Welbourn is a star of the surf life saving movement. Lizzie is a multiple Australian iron women champion, Nutri Grain iron women place getter.

Lizzie has crossed the Molokai channel on a malibu multiple times and knows what it takes to win. 

Enjoy hearing from a sports star who works hard at everything.

Peter Scott grew up 2hrs north of Sydney, listen how the boy from Redhead became a dual Olympian Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000. 

Peter went on to win multiple Australian surf ski titles. Hear how Peter rose to the top of his kayaking and surf ski game.

Riley is a paddling sensation, Riley's story about making it to the top is a great story.

National Team: Olympic / Senior / Under 23

DOB: 27/07/1996

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Scott Thomson affectionately known as Scotty T was an ironman from North Bondi who trained hard and got rewarded. 

Scott Thomson was part of the Uncle Tobys Super Series from the very start, winning in Southport in 1994 was a highlight for Scott. Scott also placed in the 1991 Australian ironman championships gaining a bronze medal.

Scott is a wonderful coach doing great things in Sydney, NSW and his home club North Bondi. 

This is a wonderful story about a bloke who worked hard and achieved lots.

Courtney Hancock is an impressive athlete competing at the highest level for 15 years.

Courtney Hancock is the only athlete to win the triple crown of elite iron person racing in one year, the Nutri Grain iron women series, National iron women championships and the Coolangatta Gold.

Courtney Hancock has won 3 x Nutri Grain iron women series, 3 x Coolangatta Golds, 2 x National iron women championships plus multiple national surf life saving championships. 

Courtney Hancock is a wonderful person and athlete is has her ups and downs and her story is one that is an inspiring and educational.

Michael King iron man who competed in the Uncle Toby's Super Series was a professional Australian Iron Man circuit that ran from 1989 to 2001. It was considered by many to be the pinnacle of Surf Lifesaving and inspired many young kids to become involved in the sport. It also made the sport professional and gave the opportunity for contracted competitors to make a full-time living from the sport.

Televised on Network 10, The Uncle Toby's Super Series became a major event on the Australian Sporting Calendar each summer. Michael was the series winner in 1994-95 also a winner of the Coolangatta Gold in 1991.

Michael is also a multiple Australian surf Life saving champion.

Michael King is one of surf life savings great surf coaches listen how he turns from athlete to coach.

Talking all things paddling with the worlds best male and female paddlers, Hank Mcgregor and Hailey Nixon. Their take on paddling is amazing.

Oscar Chalupsky (born 1 March 1963) is a South African paddler. He was South Africa's team captain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he competed in K-4 1000 m event, reaching the semi-finals. He is also a 12 time World Surfski Champion - his latest win (2012) coming at the age of 49, 29 years after his first win.

He attended Westville Boys' High School in Durban, South Africa. In 1979 he became the youngest ever South African to represent his country in life-saving. In his final year at school, 1980, he represented Natal at Craven Week Rugby, received South African colours for water polo and life-saving, and became the first person ever to win both the junior and senior men's Iron Man titles at the South African Surf Lifesaving Championships.

He co-founded Epic Kayaks with Greg Barton and was Vice President until 2015 when he joined Nelo Kayaks as CEO of the Surfski division. He is currently based in Portugal.

He remains extremely active in the sport of surfski worldwide and is one of the sport's most prominent athletes and advocates, attending events and hosting coaching clinics.