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Episode 007: Inspired Surfers - Fergal Smith
Wavelength Community Radio
English - February 17, 2022 14:57 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBSports Health & Fitness Mental Health surf inspired surfing surfer work life work life balance lifestyle entrepreneur coffee icedcoffee Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode Jim is in conversation with Fergal Smith; surfer, environmentalist and regenerative farmer.
For long time fans of British and Irish surfing, Fergal needs little introduction.
From the late naughts to the early 2010s, he set the bar at Ireland’s heaviest waves, gracing magazine covers, laying down incredible video parts and cementing himself as one of his generation’s greatest surfing talents on the international stage.
Then in 2012, he made the sudden shift from jet-setting free-surfer to hard-grafting farmer, establishing a small community garden in County Clare, spurred on, in no small part by a decision to quit flying for good.
In this episode, Fergal takes us deep into the thought process that led up to that moment, charting how his upbringing, his surf career, the Fukushima disaster and a chance encounter with Kelly Slater in Fiji all converged to see him plough his unique furrow.
From the tale of his last ever tow wave in Tahiti ten years ago, to a recent two-wave hold down beneath the cliffs of Moher, it’s packed with great stories and wide-ranging insights on food, land management and the changes we desperately need to secure the future of our planet and all who inhabit it.
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