I had a great time speaking all things surf, life in Nosara & especially learning Tommy’s journey from Africa, to England, to Australia, then finally Nosara. He’s a pleasure to hang with and I appreciate his candid opinions he shares in this episode.
Here’s the show notes:
Intro
1 crowd strategy question
Good short to 1:50
2 surf simply
2:50 Kenya to Cornwall
3:33 first non white person
4 university 2x then fútbol knee injury
5 soccer over now real job
5:30 becomes a surf coach
6 didn’t surf all the time as kid & still progressing
6:30 r rant continued growth in surfing through 50’s
7 T hopes to keep surfing &
7:45 rich rant about baseball to surf, anxiety etc 8:30 throw a ball hard 8:55 Florida & Cornwall joke short
9 what type of coaching?
9:50 to 10’s r rant about people on the wrong board out there to 11am Robbie to 11:15. T responds till 12’s… good short about liters and 11 stones
13 r riding LB Guiones short in Nicaragua
14:20 board holding T back
15 shortboard moving feet & turning from big board to short
16 survival stance good short; r 2 things despise in surfing
17 t says learn to turn
18:20 r asks what about your biz do you want people to know t says high levels & all levels
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20 Delilah surfing good; soccer manager bad player good surfer
21 how r found longboards & watched videos
22 Et burn, 22:30 January rain, kids surfing learning respect or do they have bad background?
23 Fl burn
24 race background in surfing into 25’s
good short
26 apartheid and Hawaii
27 favorite waves27:50
28 favorite surfers Jonathan Buxton, jamie
29 best local surfers on different boards LB, fish, Luigi helberth fredo great short
30 local rippers great short
Wave pool & 10 years from now
31 dislikes good short
32 keeps your mind sharp about what you say; social scientists 4 things
33 r rant about scientists good short
33:45 Nicoya reference
34 leaders, organizations
35 t says bubbles should get along prejudice is unnecessary
36 restaurants
37 r says surfers dislike change good short
38 air rant r good short
39 surf culture and aging men and true essence
40 wave pool and surf schools comparison great short
41 crowds GREAT SHORT
41:50 great rich rant surf good for planet
42 israelí palestino comparison wave pool solution
43 WSL contest the best years of Nosara
44 02 to 07 nosara growth epic short! NREG
44/45 Bhodi k j g pelada rant then t says adapt to change
45:30 dynamic hunting 8:15am
46 grass is always greener
46:30 road journey
47:20 r rant don’t yell at them when they arrive
47:45 r rant can’t print money the new people are the solution
50 T’s messsge beach clean up & drive slowly, r adds don’t tailgate too close