HORSES MOUTH

Shaun O'Callaghan is one of those people that I don't see all the time even though we blow around the same town. Still, when I do it's usually a great chat - O'y is a lightning rod of ideas and high octane energy which I love, the banter is always on. Even though it may start left field and loose, it usually turns deep and philosophical pretty quick which I also love. O'ys a family man and hard wo...

Hi there and welcome to another edition of Horse's mouth, no.70 in fact !  It gives me great pleasure to Introduce Jeff Rowley, Jeff is the real deal, Has charged some of the biggest waves mother nature has to offer in Australia, Hawaii, and Fiji  - His commitment to knowledge and understanding how to get to the level of excellence isn't happenstance, he's super thorough and with amazing detail to...

Will Hanigan is one of those guys you meet that are truly running their own race, having grown up in the North West of Western Australia on a Pearl Farm, His adventures pearling and learning the business of pearls are quite uncanny and fascinating, His inquisitive nature has taken Will far from the shores of Western Australia, he's a spiritual being that's often taken swaths of life to further sel...

Sil is a lot of things to a lot of people, Shes is a loving partner to Tony, a mum and writer, and a modern philosopher, she likes to tackle the heavy subjects with an alternative point of view - she solidly believes in humanity and the fragility that is the precipice we find ourselves standing on as a species at this moment in time - I think she has a great point of view and worth thinking about,...

Molly is an unassuming powerhouse and just what the world needs more of, I meet Molly and her bestie Freya on a surf trip to King Island, They had just finished a Lap of Tassie surfing and exploring and were doing a trip to KI with King Island surf Safaries, before heading west on the mainland when our paths crossed.  Their good vibes and cavalier approach left me scratching my head a few times -...

In this episode of the Horses Mouth I had the good fortune of speaking with Local legend Xavier Huxtable, Xav is such a great guy, don't let his chill demeanor fool you he obviously gets white line fever - whether he's pulling on a contest jersey or a pair of footy boot's you better be bringing your A-game Xav is the real deal. He's currently on the World Qualifying circuit and looking for big fis...

This Horses mouth I had the pleasure of chatting to Silas Hickey, Silas has had an amazing life from being a surfing grommet here on the coast to currently having an Animation concept and development studio in Japan called Custom Nuts, He's grounded humble, and funny as fuck - for someone who recently held the title Senior Director, Asia Pacific Animation Development, Turner International Asia Pac...

Anita is one of those amazing people, has a real glint in her eye - works hard always stoked in and out of the water, always has time for a chat and notices the beauty in the natural world, and often points it out which I love! In this chat we arc through her life and she walks us through a challenge that is everyone's worse nightmare, but with the love and support of her family and her tenacity a...

Taylor is a modern man with old school values, he's transformed his life through travel and experience, he's a journeyman who loves the adventure and consistently asks himself and others what's next and are you following your heart, he realizes in the end life's short - Why not ! if your not happy dig a little deeper - I hope you enjoy our ark through Taylor's experience thus far. 

Finn Barry is a family man / Watermen / Bat outta hell, all-round good egg having a crack - Adventurer and lover of all things outdoors. Part of the Patagonia family and he wears it well - certainly an ambassador of the live and love life! Go Finn 

Welcome to another episode of the Horses Mouth, This episode I had the good fortune of talking to my friend Amber, who said yes to a chat if I kept her name anonymous - which I can totally get on board with, she really lays out her Journey into Adulthood which really isn't for the faint-hearted, it's not a linear life - from Gymnastics and associated pressures to hospitals, beating addiction, sex...

Jim Allen is a one out of the box Fisherman's fisherman, for as long as he's been breathing air it seems to have been about fishing, but not only is it fishing Jim has an air about him, a twinkle in his eye a zest for life you might say, that has him a warm no bullshit good for a laugh kind of Demeanor, He's lived and breathed fishing so much that he's been given an Order of Australia medal ( OAM...

This Episode I had the good fortune of chatting with Morgan Rossiter, Morgan is a player but not in the sense you might think, she is behind the scenes working at helping push our world in the direction it needs to go in the energy sector, an Energy - Climate change kinda player, she's worked for BP since University and it a job that's taken her all over the map, She's finishing her Masters at Mon...

Richy Bennett is a real good egg with an amazing skill set and he's been able to marry two loves, his love of surfing and his profession as a psychologist, He's an author, a surfer a working psychologist, he's worked for WSL, AIS, AFL and is a great guy with an amazing constitution and its always a pleasure to cross paths with him, I hope you enjoy our chat.

Simon Flannery is a salt of the earth, quintessential Aussie walking dichotomy, tough exterior, family man, builder, pub owner, modern philosopher, political commentator, surfer, creative heart, actor.....should I go on ?!? he's many things to many people, I always enjoy a cuppa and a chin wag with Flanno - Calls a spade a spade and has an amazing ability to see complex things as they are. Loved h...

This Horses Mouth I had the good fortune of speaking with Henry Gillespie, Henry studied law straight out of school, but obviously had bigger dreams than just slogging it out 9-5 in old Melbourne town, His journey has seen Henry partying in studio 54 New York City with the iconic and the infamous, lunches and dinners with friends who happen to be American aristocracy truly the whos who of the time...

In this episode I had the good fortune of speaking with my old mate Suzie Browne, Suzie is one of those people that stays with you, a real live wire whose enigmatic energy has had such an impact on so many people over her life, It's a road not for the faint-hearted, Suzie so kindly and openly came round and shared her life experience with me, From the high flying world of ad executes of the '70s a...

This horse's mouth I had the good pleasure of talking to none other than John Law, John a family man is the co-founder of Quiksilver, this chat John talks about growing up from humble beginnings, the things and people that influenced him, competitive skateboarding in the '60s, Surfing the bay, and then exploring further afield.  John while hanging and surfing in Torquay in those early days made fr...

Mallacoota Rik is from Mallacoota - he is a serious jack of all trades, Diver, Plumber, Chippy, Captain, surfer, Relic hunter / Smuggler, tour guide, Rik is the quintessential Australian she'll be right mate have a crack loveable rogue. A dying breed as Australian society gets more and more gentrified by the minute. Rik has lived more lives than most, he's got more far-flung adventures and experie...

This HORSES MOUTH I had the good fortune of speaking to Rachael Parker, CEO and founding member of Oceanmind, Oceanmind is a fantastic organization, who has dedicated itself to bettering our community and the world starting at the ground up, they specialize in helping kids and teenagers who are going at it rough be that on the family front or mentally and helping young people who are experiencing...

Boz Parsons was born in 1918, a natural lover of people, places and things and being an adventurer quickly saw Boz to a life in the skies, a seemingly natural born aviator he fought in world war ii, this chat he talks through his experiences through the war to first meeting his wife Barbara. I only just re-found this audio file after losing it in a shift of multimedia platforms a few years ago  -...

Joy Clarke is a salt of the earth, kind hearted soul with a hell of a story, She was one of many that witnessed the Westall UFO encounter that happened on 6 April 1966 in Melbourne,It all happened around 11:00 am, for about 20 minutes, more than 200 students and teachers at two Victorian state schools and other businesses witnessed more than one UFO flying and landing in a bush area nearby known a...

This time I had the good fortune of chatting to Simon Mulvany, Simon has a website www.beethecure.com for Save the bees which he started to help relocate bees rather than people exterminate them - it's been a wild ride for Simon from relocation to seeing the Australian bee industry being robbed to a battle with a honey giant that tied him up for five years and went to the Supreme court, Simons lif...

So stoked to have had Gerr in the Captain's Chair, if you told me in high school I'd be getting to interview Brad Gerlach one day I would have said you've been smoking weed without me haven't you, you little bug eyed hoover ....If you're into surfing you probably know who Brad is but if you don't I'll help paint a picture, Hailing from the USA in 1986 he rocketed to be the no.1  rated surfer in th...

Ray Wilson is surfing royalty and all round good guy, having grown up on the Esplanade in Torquay, Ray has witnessed so many great events that have come to be legend in the surfing world. He was on the beach in 1956 when 30 thousand people descended from melbourne during the olympic games to witness a surf demonstration in which the Americas would change Ray's life and the direction of surfing in...