The Surf Strong Show
Greg Finch
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We are focusing on Conversations For a Healthy Community with Surfing as a thread. Join us as we chat with people working in diverse areas and leading interesting lives. I am committed to helping Surfers remain strong in the ocean till their last breath and this podcast is dedicated to pushing the needle forward.
I look forward to getting to know you and building our Surf Strong Show Community.
STAY SURF STRONG,
Greg Finch
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010 - Greg's Surf Strong Coach Adventure
This episode is from a live stream where I talked about my path and journey as a coach and trainer. How injuries and early athletic experiences influenced me and steered me toward coaching. How the opportunity to connect with our surf community, give back, and coach surfers to stay strong and stoked in the water till their last breath is an absolute joy.
This Surf Strong Show is a fun extension of that mission. I'm having a blast with these in depth conversations with true experts in the surf community, who have so much to provide, and are just giving back so much.
This is a first of a series of live podcast events that I attend to do. Each will have a focused topic with an intention to keep them as quick takes around 30 minutes and hopefully full of actionable steps to real problems amd issues we face as surfers.
We will often answer listener questions that you can submit before. Since it will be recorded as a live stream you can submit comments from our Facebook facebook.com/surfstrongfit and we may get to them right in that stream.
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Mar 7, 2023
009 - Dr. Angie Mueller Dr. of Physical Therapy
On this weeks episode of The Surf Strong Show we welcome Dr. Angie Mueller to the show. She is a Dr. of Physical Therapy with a practice on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and developer of the Core Recovery Method.
We Discuss:
* Learning to surf later in life
* How it has allowed her to face some of her fears
* Hypopressive Breathing Method and how it allows us to access the involuntary side of our nervous system and reflexively trigger more fully our core muscle activation
* We go through a great breathing tool that you can do anywhere
Links to what we discussed in the episode
* Dr. Angie Mueller Website
* Core Recovery Method
* Dr. Angie Mueller on Instagram
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Feb 28, 2023
008 - Julie Cox: Founder of The Traveler Surf Club
On this weeks episode of The Surf Strong Show we welcome Julie Cox to the show. She is the co-founder and owner of The Traveler Surf Club with 4 locations throughout California and a former 5th in the world ranked Professional Longboard Surfer.
We Discuss:
* Learning to surf at Leo Carrillo beach and how it still feels like her spiritual home
* What is different and the same about paddling out today and the first time
* Her time as the Executive Director of The California Surf Museum in Oceanside
* Starting The Traveler Surf Club and what's in store for the future
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Feb 22, 2023
007 - Dr. Tim Brown: Co-Medical Director of the WSL
Today I am very excited to have Dr. Tim Brown on The Surf Strong Show. He is one of the foremost experts and leading innovators in the world of sports medicine, going into his 50th year of working with some of the world’s most recognizable athletes.
Dr. Brown currently serves as the Co-Medical Director for the World Surf League, a Performance Expert for both the US Olympic Surf Team and RedBull High Performance athletes. As well as working with Ripcurl and NEUX to create cutting edge technologies.
We talk about being the original Medical Director of the first professional Beach Volleyball Association, the AVP In the early 80s and how that experience combined with his own time as a college football, pro beach volleyball, and surf athlete was the start of a lifelong pursuit to change the recurring injury, rehab, recovery and reinjury cycle he was seeing over and over again amongst the athletes.
Dr. Brown revolutionized the world of sports taping and soft tissue treatment with his innovative Specific Proprioceptive Response Technique. You may know it from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when professional beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh brought SPRT to the world stage when she won a gold medal with Misty May-Treanor wearing a version of SPRT for an injured shoulder.
We discuss his 5 progression pillars of fitness, how what you Eat, Think, Do is what you become, and the next event of his Surf Movement Masterclass series.
Dr. Brown is responsible for influencing, training, and supporting countless athletes and the sports professionals that work with them. He is a personal mentor and I am honored to have him on the show.
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Jan 23, 2023
006: Ask Me Anything
This episode is an ask me anything show where I answer questions submitted from listeners like you.
Some of the topics I cover are:
* How to start improving a shoulder that is showing weakness and discomfort and starting to negatively affect their surfing.
* What my personal Surf Fit Program looks like
* 3. What approach I take with my personal nutrition plan and those of my clients
Full show notes can be found at:
https://surfstrongfit.com/podcast
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Jan 10, 2023
005 - Teddy Navarro: Pro Surfer | Mauli Ola Foundation
In Episode 005 of The Surf Strong Show Pro Surfer Teddy Navarro joins us to discuss:
* The amazing and crazy lineup at the Huntington Beach Pier
* His work helping children with Cystic Fibrosis through the Mauli Ola Foundation
* His path through early mistakes and struggles to a more present and positive life with his wife and children
* How losing his brother to alcoholism has greatly shaped his own choices in life
* How his Coaching By Ted surf instruction is a great source of joy for him
Listen to Episode 005 of The Surf Strong Show with Teddy Navarro
In This Episode:
3:00 - How the ocean humbles and helps check your ego
8:00 Huntington Beach Pier surfing scene 12:00 You can't fast forward your surfing
14:00 Never stop learning
18:00 How Teddy gets his amazing first person barrel shots
26:10 Just paddle out no excuses
30:00 Starting Ji Jitsu and his weekly movement plan
37:22 How losing his brother to alcoholism has profoundly shaped his life
49:00 Mauli Ola Foundation
1:02:00 Coaching With Ted
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Dec 28, 2022
004 - Michael Rintala: Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Expert
In this episode of The Surf Strong Show we talk with Michael Rintala. He is a chiropractor based out of San Diego, California and an expert in DNS or Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization.
Michael explains how DNS concepts can feel difficult to connect to in the beginning and then takes us through some practical applications to start with. Our hope and focus is to plant a DNS seed, if you will, so you continue to pursue the concepts and give your practice time to develop.
DNS is really powerful and a great way to compliment any other work that you're doing on your own or with other health and fitness professionals. It helps assess and is a wonderful check in tool.
Michael takes us through a great three-step breath check in tool to identify how well you are, or are not, connecting to your diaphragm. The protocol gives tactical and real time feedback on whether your diaphragm is descending correctly and if your rib cage is expanding effectively through respiration.
We discuss the critical intersection between breathing and stability, define what compensatory patterns are and why you need to know what the functional gap is if you want to perform to your fullest potential.
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Dec 14, 2022
003 - Mike Clancy: Oceanographer, Author, Actor
This week's conversation is with Mike Clancy author of the book surf trip a coming of age story in the Golden Era of Surfing
Most of his career was spent at the US Navy's Fleet numerical meteorology and oceanography Center in Monterey where he worked for 28 years and retired in 2011 as the Director.
Mike is also in front of the camera in the upcoming feature film a long road to Tao. Inspired by the book Tao of Surfing: Finding Depth at a Low Tide.
We talk about these, surf forecasting, and how he stays in the ocean in his 8th decade.
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Nov 30, 2022
002 - Peter Park: Elite Trainer & Endurance Athlete
This week's conversation is with Peter Park, owner of Platinum Fitness in Santa Barbara, California and an elite trainer for over 2 decades.
Peter has trained the best of the best — Lance Armstrong, pro surfers Kelly Slater, Lakey Peterson, and Major League Baseball stars Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Verlander to name just a few.
His personal ultra endurance achievements include 3 time winner of the “World’s Toughest Triathlon”, current record holder for the Catalina 50 Mile Ultra Marathon, and numerous Hawaii Ironman Triathlons.
We discuss his work ethic, how it helped make him successful and why it’s also what makes a balanced life difficult.
* How working with Lance Armstrong was like a PHD in aerobic endurance training.
* Peter lays out a plan to get you ready to get everything out of your next surf trip.
* Here’s our conversation with Peter Park
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Nov 23, 2022
001 - Dr. Mark Kozuki: Physical Therapist to Elite Athletes
On the first episode of the Surf Strong Show I talk with Dr. Mark Kozuki Physical Therapist for World Surf League, MLB, PGA, and Olympic athletes and owner at Elite Performance Physical Therapy in Costa Mesa California.
He also helps mere mortals like us stay strong in the Ocean. Join us as we discuss his morning routine, pre and post surf prep, most gifted books, and his favorite wave in the world.
Mark introduces his Ki Release technique. This therapy is something that he has been pioneering with his patients over the last few years. It has had a profound impact on him and the path of his therapies.
Learn what Ki Release is and how it is delivering amazing results to his patients.
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Oct 28, 2022
Introducing The Surf Strong Show
Really excited to announce the Surf Strong Show. It’s our new podcast which is going to center on conversations on how to keep our community healthy, strong, vibrant and moving forward.
We want to invite you to listen and watch live. We will have it streaming on our:
Facebook page - _https://facebook.com/surfstrongfit_
Surf Strong Fit Community Facebook group - _https://www.facebook.com/groups/surfstrongfit_
Surf Strong Fit YouTube channel - _https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yJY28ibPxRq_JfXZLK7bQ_
Join us, ask questions and interact. It will make the conversation more interesting and dynamic. We want to answer your questions and bring you the content you want.
Together let’s push our surfing forward. So stoked to have you here and I look forward to talking to you soon.
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