Noob Spearo Podcast

Interview with Bert & Deryck Todays interview is with Bert Keulder & Deryck Tan for part 4, the end of the WA trip! They recount a story of a wild last day of diving involving Cobia, lobster and an angry shark. Take a look back on the trip and reflect on the lessons learned, new fish speared and scary situations they came out of. A great chat around the fireplace to end off a great trip, here's to...

Interview with Melissa Brunning & Dorcas Chia Todays interview is with Melissa Brunning & Dorcas Chia! Two absolutely frothing spearas, these WA ladies are a great example of pure spearfishing passion. They have both been diving for just over two years at this point but have already racked up a scorecard most of us would be jealous of! Regularly dominating the woman's spearfishing category, hear s...

Interview with Bert, Deryck & Adam Todays interview is with Bert Keulder & Deryck Tan for part 3 of the WA trip in the greater Gascoyne region! We do a shoredive after more vehicle trouble, jeepers there are some magic places around here. But even more flies! Join us for a shoredive in a remote and rugged place with loads of great fish. A day filled with first's, banter and great memories. Importa...

Interview with Glenn George Todays interview is with Glenn George from Coffs Harbor! Hear stories from a legend with decades of spearfishing experience and from his times representing Australia at world spearfishing competitions, battling sharks, spearfishing with his boys and so much more. Great advice for being a good buddy, boaty and allround great partner out on the water as well as the most m...

Interview with Bert Keulder & Deryck Tan Todays interview is with Bert Keulder & Deryck Tan as we travel north for part 2 of the WA trip! Today we suffer a vehicle breakdown, go diving around Geraldton and chat about the highlights and memorable fish from the trip. Important times 00:13 Intro 03:20 G'day guys, we have some bad news! 07:25 Diving Geraldton 09:40 Cuttlefish and Dhufish 14:50 Berts n...

Interview with Glenn and Beau George, Andrew and Korben Hart Todays interview is with Glenn and Beau George, Andrew and Korben Hart - father-son spearos entering the WA Spearfishing Nationals! Today is all about father son spearing. Hear how they prepared for the competition, the challenges they faced and how the overcame them. Spearfishing with your dad, or with your boy is such a cool thing to d...

Interview with Deryck Tan, Bert Keulder & Michael Tropiano WA Trip 1 Todays interview is with Deryck Tan, Bert Keulder & Michael Tropiano after a few days of diving the WA Spearfishing Nationals! Hear how Shrek and Deryck got along during the comp, the misadventures on the Hallubaloo with Bert the Old Man Blue and photography legend Michael Tropiano! Join us for WA Trip 1 for a recap of the nation...

Interview with Carl 'Curly' Jongedyk Todays interview is with Carl 'Curly' Jongedyk! A freediving and spearfishing instructor by day and a fin blade maker by night, Curly is a legend from WA and he took us diving! Join in on the car ride to the secret spot and hear the conversation on the ride back home again, talking about the conditions and structure they dove, fish species they saw and a bunch...

Interview with Joe Pike Todays interview is with Joe Pike! Hailing from South Devon, his Youtube channel has over 45k subscribers from the videos he makes of their adventures out in the UK ocean. Sub-zero spearfishing, fighting MASSIVE Halibut and all about UK spearfishing. Hear stories of spearfishing in the UK, White Seabass, spearfishing giant Halibut in Norway, his own spearfishing shop Start...

Interview with Jørgen Jenssen Todays interview is with Jørgen Jenssen from Norway! An exceptionally successful competitive spearo, he has overcome a serious metabolic disorder which leaves him heavily fatigued all the time. Hear how discovering freediving and spearfishing changed his life and opened him up to a whole new world and how he wants to help change it for others. Learn about the best eat...

Interview with Matt Bond, aka @CutProfessor Todays interview is with Bond, Matt Bond! You may know him as the @CutProfessor from IG, but did you know he is a cook and an economist?! A major contributor to 99 Spearo Recipes, Matt has had a lifelong love for the ocean and foraging with a particular interest in mushroom foraging. Hear Matt's humble beginnings as he started hunting and foraging with h...

Interview with Spencer Faucher Todays interview is with Spencer Faucher, president of the Tri-State Skindivers Spearfishing Club! We have a highly experienced spearo boater on today! Thanks to his dad, Spencer has been out on the ocean all his life and has a ton of experience to show for it. Hear about the Great White sharks, massive Blackfish, his first Wahoo and the in's and out's of running a s...

Interview with Kurt Raymond, aka @Exhale_Adventures Todays interview is with Kurt Raymond, aka @Exhale_Adventures in part 3 of our Mackay trip! A coal miner with an extraordinary froth for spearfishing, Kurt Raymond is a local Mackay spearo that you've no doubt seen on social media. Frothing on 3-4m viz, dealing with bull sharks and tips on how to hunt Spanish Mackerel are part of today's show! We...

Interview with Dustin Mann with Smythy and Noffs Todays interview is with Dustin Mann with Smythy and Noffs LIVE from the Neptune Spear & Dive store! We chat with @DeepDropDusty about spearfishing in Airlie, doing monster trips to the outer reef, managing huge tides and poor viz, tips to hunt Mangrove Jack, Spanish Mackerel and so much more! The boys from That's Chat stoke the banter and ask some...

Interview with Thomas Smythe and Ryan Noffke aka Smythy and Noffs Todays interview is with Thomas Smythe and Ryan Noffke, aka Smythy and Noffs from the That's Chat podcast! They run an awesome show that ranges from spearfishing to MMA, working out to banter and all sorts in between. They are a pair of funny blokes that live in an amazing place for spearfishing and absolutely froth on the lifestyle...

Interview with Daniel Mann Todays interview is with Daniel Mann, he's back for the 4th time! He has just returned from a massive road trip with his wife from Europe into Asia, spearfishing along the way with legends and making awesome videos at each stop! You can follow Daniel's latest video series where he takes us with him on his adventure through new lands, almost getting caught in warzones, ma...

Interview with Emma & Marcus Lincoln-Smith Todays interview is with Emma & Marcus Lincoln-Smith, father and daughter spearfishing duo and founder of ocean themed apparel company Ocean Ranger from Sydney! Growing up on and around the ocean has inspired a way of life many dream of! Marcus, being a marine biologist with several published papers, has a unique and fascinating insight into the underwate...

Interview with Jared Rosenberg Todays interview is with Jared Rosenberg, probably the fittest man ever to join us on the podcast! Strength and conditioning coach and frothing spearo, he is joining forces with us to help create our SpearReady program! Do spearos need strength and conditioning training? Jared makes a pretty good argument to say yes! As spearos, we use our whole body in ways that don...

Interview with Robert Schmaus Todays interview is with Robert Schmaus, a spearfishing FROTHER and guide currently based in Panama! If you wanted to plan a spearfishing holiday to somewhere maybe not as well known as other places, Panama seems to be the PERFECT option! Surrounded by 2 different oceans, thousands of islands, unbelievably productive topography and good fishing all year round, this se...

Interview with Ben Rupnik & Tom Sandstrom Todays interview is with Ben Rupnik & Tom Sandstrom as we chat all about the 2024 Australian Spearfishing Nationals, 20-26 April 2024! Shrek and Tom are teaming up for this true pairs spearfishing competition and today they chat to Ben Rupnik, the AUF WA Spearfishing Chairperson for tips, tricks and local knowledge. This is a shoredive based comp with a hu...

Interview with Straddie Spearo Course Legends Todays interview is with Straddie Spearo Course Legends who attended our beginner course 4 and 5 as well as the group that joined our intermediate spearfishing course! Hear stories from each of the courses and meet the legends that joined us! From big first's to PB's, stories of success and struggle and everything in between, listen in on the conversat...

Interview with Matty Turner Todays interview is with Matty Turner from the Becoming A Bowhunter Podcast! The on-land equivalent of Noob Spearo, the BAB Podcast aims to help Noob bowhunters get into the sport, get equipped and become more effective hunters. Hear some epic stories from hunts, the struggles of learning to stalk animals, what to do when things don't go to plan and so much more! We als...

Interview with Prime Hall Todays interview is with Prime Hall, a former MARSOC Raider, an Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO and Master Trainer | Coach, underwater fanatic and pioneer of Deep End Fitness and a new underwater sport: Underwater Torpedo League! Although he doesn't do much spearfishing, Prime has some unbelievable stories and experiences from his time in the military and how that shaped the m...

Interview with Dave Scholefield Todays interview is with Dave Scholefield! President of the South Australia Gulf Skindivers club and a frothing competition spearo, he has a bunch of great tips to improve your spearfishing, find better fish and be a more effective spearo. Some hilarious stories of his rivalry with Rob Torelli, inspiration to get your own kids into the water and so much more! Anothe...

Interview with Ryan from F*ck The Taxman Todays interview is with Ryan from F*ck The Taxman, the shark themed clothing apparel company that isn't afraid to make a statement! As spearos, fishos and almost everyone that harvests from the sea will encounter the dreaded taxman, it's something we can all relate to! That feeling of being sharked just as you're reeling in that prize fish really makes you...