The Kyle Thiermann Show

i tunes Siticher Tom Lowe (@tomloweyo) is a professional big wave surfer from England. Sundaran Gillespie (@sendheron) is an accomplished boogie boarder who enjoys riding shallow, dangerous, cold-water waves.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

i tunes stitcher Big Island native Brandon Lee is raising organic Berkshire pigs sustainably, and his goal is to create the optimal pig for Hawaiian cooking. To create a healthy environment, Lee uses an open pasture system and rotational grazing. After the pigs graze in a field, chickens run through and eat all the fleas and maggots that have developed in the dirt, creating a clean pasture: There’...

i tunes stitcher Born to a blue-collar family, Ben Wilkinson (@pitmove) was raised in a caravan at North Narrabeen. At 16, after outgrowing both the caravan and the Sydney beachbreaks, his quest for more challenging surf began. These days, settled on the North Shore of Oahu, he dedicates his life to charging the biggest surf possible. "I'm interested in pushing the performance aspect of paddle-in...

i tunes stitcher Thomas Morton (@BabyBalls69) is a writer, producer, and on camera correspondent for Vice.  During his tenure at the magazine, Morton wrote first-hand accounts of infiltrating religious cults, competitive binge-eating and living with a Dominican family for a week. He was also the first non-Juggalo to attend and report on the Gathering of the Juggalos. When Vice launched its online...

i tunes stitcher Leah Dawson (@LeahLoves) is a professional surfer who is helping to create a new wave of women's surf culture. Originally from Orlando, Leah is now based in Hawaii, and travels the world to help spread positive knowledge, ocean awareness, and give back to local communities with her organization The Changing Tides Foundation.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack...

i tunes stitcher As a professional big-wave surfer, award-winning spear-fisherman, free-diver, photographer, filmmaker, and part-time Hollywood stuntman, Mark Healey (@healeywaterops) relies on just one tool to command his ever-frenetic schedule. “I check the global forecast at least six times a day, starting from when I first wake up, and find out what the ocean conditions are all around the worl...

i tunes Stitcher Justin Lee (@bigisleboy24) is a professional hunter and spear-fisherman from The Big Island.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

i tunes stitcher Shane Winsor (@shwinsor) holds multiple national titles as professional jump roper. Today he works for RPM Fitness, a company that specializes in jump ropes. In this conversation we talk about, you guessed it, jump roping.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

i tunes stitcher Steve Hawk (@stevehawk6211) was the Editor of Surfer magazine from 1990 to 1998, and a Contributing Editor since 2004. Steve moved on to become the editorial director of Surfline/ Swell.com , from 1999 to 2001, he then helped start the Tony Hawk Foundation, a charitable group co-founded by Steve's younger brother Tony. He helped write the surf-themed HBO show John From Cincinnati...

I Tunes Stitcher Margaret Brown (@margaret13brown) earned her BA from Brown University  in creative writing/modern culture and media and her MFA in Film from New York University . She directed Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt  (2004) which chronicles the turbulent life of American singer- songwriter   Townes Van Zandt .  Time Out  magazine listed it at number 7 on its "50 Greatest...

I Tunes Stitcher Amy Baldwin (@AmyPurePleasure) is a Sex Educator and Co-Owner of Pure Pleasure adult store in Santa Cruz, CA.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Matt Rosado (@MattRosado1) is a professional skydiver and wingsuit flyer. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Dr. Wallace "J." Nichols, called “Keeper of the Sea" by GQ Magazine  and “a visionary" by Outside Magazine  is an innovative, silo-busting, entrepreneurial scientist, movement maker, renown marine biologist, voracious Earth and idea explorer, wild water advocate, bestselling author, sought after lecturer, and fun-loving Dad. He also likes turtles (a lot). His experiences as a fiel...

I Tunes Stitcher Nicolas Rios (@nicorios) is a Journalist for CNN Chile. He was the Producer for our most recent story on the Mapuche indigenous conflict in Southern Chile. See full video here. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Dr. James Fadiman is considered America's wisest and most respected authority on psychedelics and their use. In 1974 he co-founded the Institute for Transpersonal Pyschology, and has since continued to explore potential medical and creative uses of psychedelic drugs. In his most recent book, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred Journeys (2011), he provide...

I Tunes Stitcher Randy Garrett is a spearfisherman, surfer, and mushroom hunter. During this conversation Randy blows our minds about the world of edible mushrooms.  Suzanne Simard https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other Merlin Sheldrake http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-secrets-of-the-wood-wide-web David Arora http://www.davidarora.com/publications.html Paul...

i Tunes Stitcher Peter Mel (@Peter_Mel) is a broadcaster for the World Surf League. He was also the  2011/2012 Big Wave World Champion and the 2012/2013 Mavericks Invitational Surfing Champion. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Melissa O'Reilly (@MostExtremeSwims) is a 2X World Champion Ice Swimmer.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Charles Post (@charles_post) is a storyteller and ecologist with a passion for character-driven narratives, especially those woven into confluence of society's relationship with our rapidly changing natural environments. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Greg Long (@GergLong) is by any standard the sport’s most celebrated big wave surfer—and by those same standards the most successful. In a career that now spans two decades Long, 33, has been awarded virtually every title in the big wave riding arena, including multiple XXL Global Big Wave Awards including Biggest Wave, Ride of the Year and Performer of the Year. He is the only su...

I Tunes Stitcher Andy Hardy ( hardywater@gmail.com ) is an Emergency Trauma Nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and served as a medic at the Standing Rock protests. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I Tunes Stitcher Evan Marks is the Founder and Director of The Ecology Center (@theecologycenter.) with his background in permaculture and agroecology, and, having worked extensively in California and Hawaii and internationally in Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, Ghana and Nigeria, Evan Marks knows that people have the ability to directly impact the environment through individual change. Get full access...

I Tunes Stitcher Andy Macdonald (@AndyMac720) has been crowned as skateboarding’s World Champion for nine years in the World Cup Skateboarding Series. He has competed in every X Games since its inception and owns 23 medals. Known for his clean image, Andy has made many high profile TV appearances in recent years, promoting a positive drug-free lifestyle, and of course, skateboarding. Andy’s appear...

I Tunes Stitcher Trace Dominguez (@tracedominguez ) is a professional geek for Discovery Communications who constantly seeks interesting stories in space, biology, history, animals, earth, internet, politics, pop culture, and physics. Some science YouTubers call themselves "science communicators," but Trace considers himself more of a science enthusiast meets Wacky-Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing T...

I Tunes Stitcher Frank Solomon (@franksolomon) is a South African professional big wave surfer and the star of the latest Red bull Media Film, Let's Be Frank.  Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe