Mike Stewart & SeaTrees: Building a Scalable Model to Prioritize Ocean Health Worldwide
Pink beanies made from the dye of purple sea urchins? Biodiversity blocks to plant a mangrove tree?? Tapping into the business mindset to achieve audacious goals on a scalable, fast track plan to protect our coastal ecosystems? This is not your ordinary environmental non-profit. This is SeaTrees.Business acumen + passion for the environment is what SeaTrees co-founder, Michael Stewart brings to the table for this skyrocketing non-profit who's end game is saving our coastal ecosystems and protecting planetary diversity. How do they do it? By engaging customers in fun, innovative ways, offering multiple exciting projects at any given time and aligning themselves carefully with the UN's Decade of Biodiversity Sustainability Goals. SeaTrees is more than just a non-profit, it's a MOVEMENT.LISTEN NOW to this episode and find out how easy it is to help grow back our kelp forests, protect biodiversity, maintain healthy watersheds for coastal ecosystems and/or plant a mangrove - or sea tree. Beyond that, learn about how SeaTree's scalable, fast-growing business model has become an innovative new model for environmental non-profits around the planet. Think BIG. Get INSPIRED. It's EASY to have IMPACT with SEATREES.This episode of On Water is brought to you by Session Magazine, the magazine for water lovers. If you enjoy what you hear, please like, share and subscribe to this podcast now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Google Play and at www.session-magazine.com . We thank you for listening!
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Edo Tanas: 2024 Koa Kai Triple Crown Champion and in Hot Pursuit of a Pro Career in Downwind Foiling
In this episode, Edo Tanas - last year’s inaugural Koa Kai Triple Crown champion for downwind foiling - gives his insights around the importance of equipment choices for competitive events, his recent travel escapades, love of fishing and what his future goals look like. One thing is certain: Edo will be found on the water either in Hawaii or around the world for 2025. His positive energy and good nature is the essence of stoke. His skill and wisdom around downwind foiling reflects the upward spiral of this new watersports’ discipline and his exuberant passion which is bringing young people like himself into the foiling arena. A natural leader and ferocious competitor, we will be hearing a lot more from Edo Tanas in the year(s) to come! This episode of On Water is brought to you by Session Magazine, the magazine for water lovers. If you enjoy what you hear, please like, share and subscribe to this podcast now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Google Play and at www.session-magazine.com . We thank you for listening!
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Maui as the Epicenter of Innovation: Kai Lenny Discusses Shaping his own Equipment
Kai Lenny's extraordinary skill set across multiple disciplines informs his approach towards board design and shaping. Plus, it gives him a unique perspective for always pushing the boundaries across the spray of watersports.  For this episode of On Water: The Session Magazine Podcast, we find Kai at home on Maui developing his board shaping skills while enjoying the extensive R&D he is doing on everything from foiling, to windsurfing, kiting and big wave guns. His current focus is on fine tuning his own modifications to his equipment to perform at the highest levels. Whereas previously Kai relied upon different shapers to make his vision a reality, today Kai is shaping his own equipment - which he enjoys - as it gives him 100% ownership of each board’s performance.  As always, Kai is vibrating with high energy and innovation. His passions are always on point and at the center of his existence. He is an extraordinary character of rare value whose dedication to the world of watersports makes all of us raise the bar a bit higher for ourselves. Every conversation is a massive download of deep watersports education, high octane motivation and experiential innovation. This episode is no exception. Here is the latest from Kai Lenny ...This episode of On Water is brought to you by Session Magazine, the magazine for water lovers. If you enjoy what you hear, please like, share and subscribe to this podcast now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Google Play and at www.session-magazine.com. We thank you for listening!
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Mike Lay: A Look at Surfing Across the Globe vs. Exploring Your Own Backyard Breaks
Cornwall Free Surfer and Pro Longboarder Michael Lay takes us on a journey from surfing around the globe, chasing dreams and photographs, to reinstilling his original passion for surfing through digging into his roots back home along the U.K.'s rugged seascape. In this episode, we dive into Mike's decade-long career as a professional free surfer, his love of the wild Cornish coast and his commitment to sustainability through traveling less, and celebrating his own homeland along with the birth of his next child.Â
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Episode 22 | Relentless Hope: Marguerite Hofmeyr Offers South African Kids a Chance through Sentinel Ocean Alliance Efforts
Marguerite Hofmeyr offers a deep download of wisdom around ocean conservation and activism through her experiences as Managing Director at Ocean Sentinel Alliance, So. Africa's Board Member for Parley for the Oceans and more in this compelling conversation around her personal connection to water, the aftermath of Apartheid and how it has separated indigenous Africans from their relationship with the ocean, and her current, exciting work with Parley for the Oceans to map out and certify the largest Marine Protected Area to date along the So. African coast. Â
From the perspectives of surfing, foiling, kiting and stand up paddling, through interviews, casual conversations, recollections and readings, On Water captures the essence of every water lover's heart. Come dive in and remember the pre, post and in-the-moment passion for a life well-lived on the water.
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