Latest Sidemountdiving Podcast Episodes
E068 - Prof Simon Mitchell - A Line Under Deep Stops
Speaking Sidemount - September 08, 2021 01:54 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode has been produced with the support of XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Huge thanks to both for their support. In this episode, I catch up with fellow Kiwi and world-renowned Hyperbaric Physician, Prof Simon Mitchell. In this, the first of two special episod...
E067 - Skanda 2 - KISS Sidewinder Exploration
Speaking Sidemount - August 16, 2021 23:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsHey, here it is. "Skanda Strikes Back"... with the support of XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Huge thanks for the amazing support of this podcast :)!! In Episode #67 Skanda 2 - KISS Sidewinder Exploration, Skanda shares more on his very best cave exploration projects and in...
E066 - Skanda Coffield
Speaking Sidemount - July 13, 2021 23:55 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is brought to you with the support of our brilliant sponsor XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Huge thanks to both. A few weeks back I received a message from Patrick Widmann asking if I had seen the efforts of Skanda Coffield... and for sure I had seen him featured in a...
E065 - Daniele Pontis
Speaking Sidemount - June 16, 2021 21:42 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is brought to you with the support of our sponsor XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Huge thanks to both :)!! Late last year I was honoured to be invited to speak at the FLOW Sidemount event in Cala Gonone, Sardinia. The event was originally slated for June this year but...
E064 - Mikko Paasi
Speaking Sidemount - May 18, 2021 21:18 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsAwesome to be able to share Episode #64 - Mikko Paasi brought to you with the support of XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Huge thanks to both for their support. By now the name Mikko Paasi is, or should be well known to all of us as a key member of the support diver team that contr...
E063 - Laurent Miroult - Live For Moments You Can't Put Into Words
Speaking Sidemount - April 14, 2021 07:56 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsWelcome to the 2021 season of Speaking Sidemount brought to you with the support of XDEEP and our patrons. In this episode, I catch up with renowned cave diving photographer, Laurent Miroult. Huge thanks to Stratis Kas for the introduction. Laurent and I dive into... his background and how h...
Special Release - E054 Matt Jevon - Diving after COVID-19
Speaking Sidemount - March 23, 2021 00:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIt's awesome to be able to bring you with the support of XDEEP, another great episode from the Speaking Sidemount Patreon vault. In this episode, I catch up with my old friend Matt Jevon, just a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic. I first met Matt Jevon back in late 2015 when I was being t...
Special Release - E052 PJ Prinsloo
Speaking Sidemount - February 18, 2021 19:33 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsAs our summer hiatus continues, it's awesome to be able to bring you with the support of XDEEP, another great episode from the Speaking Sidemount Patreon vault. This time I catch up with PJ Prinsloo. PJ is a technical diving instructor trainer and the Director, Technical Diving for RAID South ...
Special Release - E050 Chris Jewell: Beyond Thailand
Speaking Sidemount - February 05, 2021 04:10 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsI'm super excited to publicly release Episode #50 with Chris Jewell. Previously this episode was only available to Patrons of Speaking Sidemount and is brought to you with the support of XDEEP. Chris is a member of the British Cave Diving Group and was part of the team involved in the acclaime...
E062 - Rob Neto - The Almost Comprehensive Guide to Sidemount
Speaking Sidemount - January 26, 2021 19:20 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsHey all, Happy New Year. I hope that wherever you are, that you are well and doing OK. Excited to provide the first episode of 2021 brought to you by XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Thanks so much to both for their support. In this episode, I catch up with Florida based, cave inst...
E061 - Sean Wheller
Speaking Sidemount - December 30, 2020 08:24 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsHere it is... the last episode of 2020 with Speaking Sidemount Gold Patron, Sean Wheller. Sean and I have been communicating online for well over a year, and in fact, he was one of the very first patrons to support the show. He's a sidemount diver, a decompression and cave diver and continues to...
E060 - Tamara May
Speaking Sidemount - November 26, 2020 05:46 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by XDEEP and supported by the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. I'm really excited to share this episode with you featuring my chat with Tamara May. I first sighted Tamara on YouTube, I think about 5 or 6 years ago as the star of an excellent sidemount configuration and ...
E059 - Victor Tovar
Speaking Sidemount - October 17, 2020 00:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by XDEEP and supported by the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. Victor Tovar is the principal of Cave Tribe through which he provides specialised and personalised diving training with an emphasis on sidemount and cave courses. Victor is passionate about foundation...
E057 - Steve Bogaerts Dealing With Career Ending DCS
Speaking Sidemount - August 19, 2020 08:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by XDEEP and supported by the patrons of Speaking Sidemount. This is the second episode in this series where I catch up with renowned cave explorer Steve Bogaerts. Over the past two years, Steve has had it pretty tough with respect to diving. A series of DCS in...
E055 - Mathieu Burdon - Surviving COVID-19
Speaking Sidemount - July 21, 2020 01:41 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsGreat to release Episode #55 with our VIP Patron of the Month, Matt Burdon. Matt is a Public Safety Diving Team Leader, Tech Dive Instructor, VIP Patron of Speaking Sidemount, and survivor of a serious infection of COVID-19. Matt graciously joined me to share in detail his experiences con...
E053 - Robert Thomas - The Next Generation
Speaking Sidemount - June 18, 2020 05:11 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode, brought to you by XDEEP with the support of the patrons of Speaking Sidemount, I catch up with British cave diver and instructor Robert Thomas. Robert has had an extraordinary beginning to his dive career, first diving at the age of 6... Joining the ranks of certified divers at...
E051 - Brendon Allen - Fixing Sidemount
Speaking Sidemount - May 22, 2020 05:12 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is brought to you with the support of XDEEP and our amazing patrons, which makes everything you are about to listen to possible. If love Speaking Sidemount and would you'd like to know more about how you can support the show by becoming a patron, go to www.patreon.com/speak...
E050 - Chris Jewell - Beyond Thailand Extended Trailer
Speaking Sidemount - May 06, 2020 02:25 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsI'm super excited to release Episode #50 as our very first premium episode available exclusively to patrons. This is an extended trailer brought to you with the support of XDEEP. To access the full episode go to - https://www.patreon.com/speakingsidemount In this episode, I speak with Britis...
E049 - Brian Kakuk Interview II
Speaking Sidemount - April 28, 2020 04:14 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThanks so much to XDEEP and also to the patrons of Speaking Sidemount whose support enables this podcast. In this episode, I catch up again with Brian Kakuk of Bahamas Underground and he shares the emotional story of his recovery following Hurricane Dorian and how he is dealing with the curren...
E048 - David Debruyne Interview
Speaking Sidemount - April 14, 2020 20:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I interview David Debruyne of Outcast Explorers in Belgium. Huge thanks to the patrons of Speaking Sidemount who are helping to produce the episode you are about to listen to. David teaches sidemount and cave diving in Belgium and other parts of Europe. We...
E047 - Ryan Custureri Interview
Speaking Sidemount - April 01, 2020 21:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsAs I've mentioned a few times, I am often frustrated with the level of criticism and lack of respect shown on some of the sidemount Facebook groups. I guess there's an element of human nature in there and also comments are taken out of context or misunderstood due to language barriers or the lim...
E046 - Sandra Clopp Interview
Speaking Sidemount - March 11, 2020 02:20 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Sandra Clopp. Sandra is an exceptional diver, instructor, adventurer, and role model for aspiring divers. I seriously enjoyed our discussions and the depth of thought and practice she has put into her growth as a diver and teacher. She ...
E045 - Roger Williams Interview
Speaking Sidemount - February 10, 2020 03:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Mexico based cave diver, explorer, and instructor, Roger Williams of Xoc-Ha. We talked about how Roger got into diving, cave diving and instructing. We contrast the paths that you can take in diving - becoming an instructor or... focusin...
E044 - Thorsten-Toddy-Waelde - Project Utopia & The Caves of Sardinia
Speaking Sidemount - January 19, 2020 07:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up again with Toddy and we talk all things caves in Sardinia. We then go deep into his staggering cave exploration Project Utopia where Toddy is set to break cave exploration distance records while employing cutting edge decompression strategies to acc...
E043 - Turning the Tables - Steve Davis with Audrey Cudel
Speaking Sidemount - December 30, 2019 07:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP and Shearwater Research, we "turn the tables" and Audrey Cudel interviews me! We talk about, my vision when I started Speaking Sidemount, how I develop episodes and find interview guests, how my own knowledge has grown through the interviews. We discuss the...
E042 - Chris Dawson on Dive Against Depression
Speaking Sidemount - December 05, 2019 05:57 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Chris Dawson to discuss his experiences dealing with PTSD and depression following two operational tours in Iraq with the British Army. In this inspiring story, Chris shares his journey from rock-bottom to recovery through diving and how he h...
E041- Richard Harris - Against All Odds: The Thai Cave Rescue
Speaking Sidemount - November 19, 2019 21:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsWhat you are about to hear is the first-hand account of the experiences of Richard "Harry" Harris during the Thai cave rescue. His excitement at the opportunity to participate was quickly replaced by the trepidation of what the rescue team faced. They almost certainly would witness the deaths o...
E040 - Edd Sorenson on KISS Sidewinder CCR Training
Speaking Sidemount - November 06, 2019 05:13 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP and Shearwater Research, I sit down with Edd Sorenson and discuss my experiences training and diving with him on the KISS Sidewinder mCCR. I spent a brilliant two weeks with Edd at Cave Adventurers, Marianna, Florida so we had much to discuss and cover: Side...
E039 - Gareth Lock on Human Factors in Diving
Speaking Sidemount - October 21, 2019 02:23 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Gareth Lock of "The Human Diver" and author of the book "Under Pressure". We discuss Gareth's application of human factors principles taken from the aviation industry in diving and their subsequent benefit in supporting dive safety. While not...
E038 - Stratis Kas on Sidemount Videography & Cave Diving
Speaking Sidemount - September 14, 2019 01:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I interview Greek cave diver and instructor, Stratis Kas. Stratis is a professional fashion photographer and videographer who successfully combines his profession with his passion for sidemount and cave diving. He is a super cool guy and I really enjoyed his...
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