Timo Mullen is a professional windsurfer one of the best know faces in the industry from over the last 20 years.

He is also a bit of an entrepreneur, having started and run multiple companies, alongside his professional windsurf career. We discussed how he balances this, the beachbum mentality, the importance of looking after yourself and of course, our shared love of my homeland, Scotland.

Great insight into the life of a very successful, and very cool human.

Recorded this solo episode the other day all about mens body image, it's something I've wanted to chat about for ages, and after the reception from the instagram post it had to be done. As men we don't talk enough about the worries of the way we look, and I think thats silly. As body positivity only grows for women (about time), it's getting worse for men, now if you don't look like Chris Hemsworth, you're a failure. But as I discussed, we need to learn to be happy with ourselves and realise that just because we don't have much hair, or a bit overweight, or not as tall as we'd like to be, doesn't mean we can't enjoy our lives and doing the things we love. You don't need a 6 pack to enjoy music, you don't need a full head of hair to enjoy a pizza. Hope you enjoy the episode, please let me know your thoughts!

Ollie Scott is the manager of Club Vass, one of the largest windsurfing centres in the world. We discussed his approach to managing people, his experiences of almost 20 years in the watersports industry and taking ownership of your own actions.

Great to be joined once more by my friend Alex Bruce discussing getting into seasons, how they prepare you so well for any avenue you take after in life, frustration behind people considering it not 'a real job', the difficulty people face when finishing seasons, why he prefers the park to powder and a whole lot more.

You can follow Bruce's ventures below.

Global Seasonnaire Network: https://www.facebook.com/groups/159803494676230

Turtle Straws: https://www.instagram.com/turtle.straws/

Ed is a podcaster, hosting A Need To Read, he reviews books and has important conversations with authors and other figures within the self help & well-being industry.

This is my 2nd episode with Ed, was great chatting to him about the podcast becoming his job, dealing with mixing business and pleasure, writing his first book and a whole lot more.

You can follow everything Ed does here: https://linktr.ee/Aneedtoread

You can follow everything I do here: https://linktr.ee/theafterhourslounge

I discuss my own experience with being consistent, something that I consider more important than nearly anything. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't show up day after day, you're never going to improve. I chatted about quitting as child, before learning the value of consistency at 18 when I started windsurfing and how thats helped me keep consistent in other aspects of my life. Finally I talked about the value of failure and why learning to embrace it only helps us in life. Actually really pleased with this one, hope it can help anyone out there!

Lewis Crathern is a pro Kitesurfer, motivational speaker and Global Wind Energy Council ambassador.

10 years ago he brought kitesurfing to the masses when he jumped over Brighton Pier, and since then has made a huge name for himself within the industry, taking multiple British titles and vice big air world champion in 2016.

Find our more about Lewis via the link below.

https://www.lewiscrathern.com/#lewis

Awesome to be joined this week by Nikki from The Bookish Mindset. Having grown up with a huge passion for reading, Nikki, like many others, decided to spend more time pursuing her passion and turning it into something during lockdowns last year. We discussed why so many people have done this, and how amazing it is that these positives have come out of such a terrible time. We discussed why reading is often viewed as uncool among younger people, the differences between fiction and non-fiction and why people feel so much pressure to read non-fiction self help books all the time these days. Full disclosure, I've only started reading again this year after not really reading at all since childhood. With me being in this mental health space I felt the pressure to be reading self help books, trying to better myself and mindset etc. But if I'm honest, they kinda just cooked my brain a bit and actually made me feel a bit worse about myself. So instead I've been really enjoying reading fiction again. It was great getting Nikki's advice and insight about reading when it comes to mental health and all of this. It's always just awesome having a conversation with someone who's really passionate about something. Nikki is definitely that, you can tell she lives and breathes books. As I say all the time on the pod, having a passion is so essential in life for our mental health.

Head over to @thebookishmindset on instagram or to her site via the link below for more of what Nikki does!

https://www.thebookishmindset.com

Graham is an artist, vlogger, surfer and mental health ambassador of Youth Art Connect, organising art events and workshops for his community's young people down in Newquay, Cornwall.

Find more about his work via the links below!

http://www.patreon.com/grahamcullisart

https://www.facebook.com/events/468314121130356/?ref=newsfeed

https://www.youtube.com/user/gcullis1

Paul is the founder of Golden Buoy Clothing, having founded it at the start of the first lockdown in 2020. With a background in watersports and a professional career in marketing, he has grown the company to a huge level in just 1 year.

Here Paul discussed how he did it, his motivations behind it and navigating the rocky road of running a company, dealing with social media criticism, staying true to your vision and a whole lot more.

Hope you enjoy and head to the link below to shop the products!

https://www.goldenbuoy.com