Life's A Beach

This week, joining Hoppo in the beach shack is retired, National Rugby League player Keegan Hipgrave to share his story about his career as an athlete. Despite the unfortunate, premature ending to his NRL career, he has found a new path in the organisation What Ability which deals with supporting differently-abled individuals. Josh Burke returns for this week's beach banter. For all things Life's...

This week on Life's a Beach, Hoppo is joined by Harries and Deano to talk about their experience as lifeguards, the production of Bondi Rescue and how it led to their nominations and winnings of the Logies Awards! They share their stories on the beach and the times they found themselves on the red carpet. Deano joins Hoppo in the beach shack for beach banter this week! For all things Life's a Beac...

This week on Life's A Beach, Hoppo is joined by sports writer and author Rupert Guinness! He's covered multiple sports events from Tour de France to the Olympic games.  Matt Colquhoun returns for beach banter this week! Rupert Guinness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/race-across-america-campaign?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer For all th...

Harris Saffron joins Hoppo for Life's a Beach this week to tell his stories and experiences living in Bondi for his whole life. He chats about his childhood and some of the changes to Bondi that he witnessed growing up. Josh Burke joins Hoppo for beach banter this week. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?...

This week on Life's a Beach, American Paralympian Jamal Hill joins Hoppo for a chat about his life leading up to his career as an athlete and the foundation of his organisation Swim Up Hill. He speaks of his childhood and the struggles he faced up to becoming the person he is today. Matt Colquhoun joins Hoppo in the beach shack for beach banter this episode. For all things Life's a Beach, visit ou...

Sam White joins us in the beach shack this week to tell us about her experience with domestic violence, and how she turned her life around to become the positive and entrepreneurial person she is today. There is no beach banter this week, but instead a wonderful letter from a listener about how the podcast has helped her. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/...

This week on Life's A Beach, Hoppo chats to footy legend Mark "Sparkles" McGaw about his experience as an athlete and the ups and downs that come with it. Mark tells us about his time playing in different teams, the people he's met along the way, the successes and struggles in his career. Wally joins Hoppo in the beach shack once again for beach banter. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our sit...

This week on Life's A Beach, Hoppo invites Charlotte Griffin into the beach shack to talk about her daughter living with autism. Charlotte chats about their journey, the challenges but most importantly breaks down stigmas surrounding disabilities.  Wally joins Hoppo this week for beach banter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Life's A Beach, we have the phenomenal Emma Sayle in the beach shack. Emma is the founder of Killing Kittens and is has made a living from liberating women and couples and breaking stigmas towards sex.  Jesse joins Hoppo for beach banter talking about the Logies. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/life...

Well you loved the first one so we thought we'd give you a second! Each week, Hoppo talks to people about their stories but we quite rarely hear about his. Tune in this week as Hoppo opens up even more in part 2 of his story with his wife Karen. Wally joins Hoppo this week for beach banter For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram...

We’ve seen news and footage circulating around the ongoing war in Ukraine, but Hoppo wanted to go beyond what we are seeing on our screens. This week, Hoppo chats to journalist Hollie McKay who takes us behind it all and shares her experiences reporting on the grounds of the war. Lifeguard Jesse joins Hoppo for beach banter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another week, another fresh episode of Life's A Beach! Enjoy this amazing chat with Candice Janit. 20yrs ago Hoppo resuscitated Candice after she drowned at Bondi while surfing. This week Jesse joins Hoppo for beach banter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo welcomes the one and only Anthony Seibold into the beach shack. Anthony coached the Sth Sydney Rabbitohs and Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He went through some dark and tough times during his time with Brisbane. He now is the assistant coach for England Lions rugby team preparing for next years world cup. Lawrie Williams joins Hoppo for beach banter chatting about who has swum the...

This week, Hoppo chats to Sarah Davis who fulfilled her dream of paddling the Nile River. They cover her journey towards this and what it took to get there. Jesse joins Hoppo in the beach shack for beach banter. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

This week, Hoppo welcomes former profession ironman Phil Clayton into the beach shack where they talk about his incredible career and so much more. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo chats to melanoma survivor Jay Allen as they dive much deeper into dealing with the effects of skin cancer and sun prevention. Jay has been working hard raising money for his  charity @AustralianSkinCancerFoundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo speaks to Jess Van Der Meer who recently lost a dog she has been training, as a result of illegal baiting in her local government area. To understand more, Hoppo invites a Northern Beaches Councillor, Mike Gencher, to talk about the issue and find out what can be done about it.  For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://ww...

This week, familiar voice and friend of the podcast Lifeguard Mario Marfella joins Hoppo in the beach shack to talk about his lifeguarding career and his latest endeavour which saw him partake in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

This week, we welcome actor Brendan Cowell into the beach shack. They chat about his life, career and everything inbetween. You won't want to miss it!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo chats to motocross world champion Robbie Maddison who achieved the impossible, jumping his motorcycle to the top of the Arc de Triomphe at the Paris Las Vegas. Then he came back down. He rode his motorcycle on water and catching waves at the famous Tahiti surf spot Teahupoo. Lawrie Williams joins Hoppo for beach banter chatting about the lifeguard relay. See omnystudio.com/listene...

This week, Hoppo welcomes Guy Leech into the Beach Shack. Guy was the first person to win the famous Coolangatta Gold race on the Gold Coast. The movie Coolangatta Gold was made at the same time. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Life's A Beach, Hoppo opens up to friend and Clinical Psychologist Dr David Said about the time he hit rock bottom.  For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 3 of Life's A Beach! Hoppo is kicking off the new year with a masterclass about water safety through a chat with Rob Brander AKA DR Rip See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo jumps behind the mic to wish you all a happy holiday, chat about his highlights of the year and hint at what to expect for Life's A Beach next year. Enjoy! For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Hoppo sits down with Craig Alexander about his amazing triathlon career and the training preparation physically and mentally. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesabeachau/?hl=en See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.