Latest Women surfers Podcast Episodes
REWIND - Aurélie Madec - The Very First Dropping In Podcast!
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - March 31, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsREWIND TIME! Two and a half years ago, I paddled through an impact zone of technophobia, stagefright, and impostor syndrome to launch an experiment called the Dropping In To Power podcast. My question: Had other women's lives been transformed by surfing like mine had, and did they want to talk a...
"Auntie Mo" - Maureen McNamara - Maine
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - December 22, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings"Auntie Mo" - Maureen McNamara - Maine On Halloween of 2023, when Surfline shared her (now viral) video, we fell in love with a salty New England surfer hurling clean insults and sage advice to an offending “whippasnappa” in the lineup. “Auntie Mo” barreled into our hearts and has since grace...
Mermaid's Lament - Island of Hawaii
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - November 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings“Moments before drowning, she became the sea.” - Mermaid’s Lament In this episode, we temporarily ditch our surfboards and plunge into the raw power of the ocean, its intersection with salvation, and creativity. I talk with the director and stars of Mermaid’s Lament, a film about trauma, grief,...
Victoria Feige, Vancouver and North Shore, Hawaii
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - October 03, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPara surfer Victoria Feige, the winningest female adaptive surfer on record, unveils her inner nerd and offers us a breakthrough that will rock your world: a simple, visual explanation of the mechanics of the DUCK DIVE and WAVE MECHANICS. I promise, you will have an AHA moment! At heart, beyond ...
Mindy Pennybacker - Oahu, Hawai'i
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - August 04, 2023 19:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings🏄♀️“Surfing well with a smile is the best revenge.” Mindy Pennybacker 🏄♀️ Mindy Pennybacker, lifelong soul surfer, author, journalist, and surf columnist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, just released the gorgeous tome, Surfing Sisterhood Hawaii, a history, celebration, and, really, guideboo...
BONUS (RANT) EPISODE: Get Out Your Pom Poms! Women Pro Surfers Need Our Cheers, Today!!
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - July 13, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOne of the joys of women flocking to the water is how we are learning to cheer for one another. (I know, some of us, ahem, are still working on this on particular days and in particular conditions.) This is NOT something we are raised with, cheering for other women, especially successful ones. W...
Dr. Stephanie Han, Honolulu, Oahu
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - June 29, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings“To be in the water like this is to be in movement to a musical note, it is to be one with color while painting, to be with a line while drawing.” From the upcoming, Break. Dr. Stephanie Han, Korean-American author, educator, speaker and self-proclaimed “bad surfer” came to surfing with a dream...
Melissa Volker, South Africa
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - May 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMelissa Volker found a way to obsess about surfing in any conditions--by obsessing about writing about surfing! A mid-life blooming writer and water woman from South Africa, Melissa’s delicious fiction blends “surf noir” with “environmental romance suspense.” (Check out the addictive Shadow Flic...
Lena Siebertz, Cold Water Sirens, Northern Germany and Denmark
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - April 05, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLena Siebertz, founder of Cold Water Sirens, not only braves near-freezing conditions, but relishes them. In temps as low as 37F/2.7C, Lena is forging a community of feminist surfers in Northern Germany and Denmark to transform surf culture beyond the old competitive paradigm, using cold water a...
Jade Chang Sheppard, Los Angeles, Oahu and Popoyo, Nicaragua
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - February 28, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratings“If I didn’t have this fear, what could be better?” Jade Chang Sheppard has made it her mission to inspire women to ask and answer that question. On the surface, she seems to have fear *licked*. She built her own fortune in her 20s, birthed 3 gorgeous kids, had a successful marriage *and* divorc...
Lifeguard Jessie Kilgour - Outer Banks, North Carolina
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - February 02, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAre you a tasty treat for a shark during your period? Finally an answer to the question that plagues every woman surfer, at least once a month! Lifeguard Jessie Kilgour has a pretty strong take on the subject, but you’ll have to get to the end to find out. You’ll want to, though, as Jessie bring...
Injury Interlude -Sheila Takes A Fin to the Head and Has an Epiphany
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - January 20, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat a start to Season 2! I had a serious surf accident last week with a major head trauma - so I thought, why not do a mini-podcast with a concussion!? This is a little "bonus episode" of me sharing the blow-by-blow of what happened, and the epiphany I had on the other side of the miracle. Com...
Junko Yamasaki - New South Wales, Australia
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - November 21, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJunko Yamasaki went on holiday to Australia from her native Japan at 20 years old, and never looked back. Breaking away from her culture’s traditional expectations, she trailblazed a life fueled by curiosity, compassion and courage. Over her 52 years, she has embodied many aspects of both person...
Surfer Stacey Mac - Costa Rica
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - September 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsStarting at 43 in Boston (!!!), Surfer Stacey Mac rocketed into a pro career as a SUP surfer, defining diehard as she chased hurricanes across state lines to hone her skills. A natural adrenaline junkie, Stacey funneled her focus into her newfound passion, creating a career as a competitor, judg...
Jenni Lund - Kona and Costa Rica
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - August 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJenni had become expert at many sports, vocations, missions, but, at 55, living in Hawai’i, she was still ruled by an old story of “I can’t surf, I’m too old to learn, it’s never going to happen.” When Covid hit, she found herself surrendered to the call she had been hearing her whole life, brea...
Curvy Surfer Girl Elizabeth Sneed, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - July 21, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsElizabeth has overcome so many obstacles on her shero’s journey to becoming the Curvy Surfer Girl - a harrowing childhood, very real near drowning, a landlocked life, and zero representation of surfers who look like her. She has not only returned from her ordeal with shining success, but she has...
Captain McKenzie Clark - Kona, Hawaii
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - May 19, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMcKenzie Clark is a self-made waterwoman who headed to Kona on her own at the tender age of 18--with a mission. Her life since has been a testimonial of courage, adventure, humility, and badassery. From solo adventures around the world with a backpack and a Lonely Planet book, to surviving a sha...
Sara Wright - Join Surfing Moms - Santa Cruz
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - April 24, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsSurfer moms—current and future—this podcast is for you! My guest is a newly minted mama fitness trainer, and the founder of Santa Cruz's chapter of Join Surfing Moms, a non-profit that helps moms get their much-needed waves. Sara's story is so important for moms to hear! She grew up surfing, but...
Gabi Del Rosario - Cabangan, Zambales, Philippines
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - March 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsGabi Del Rosario entered the sea in a shroud of grief and emerged like the proverbial butterfly from her chrysalis! This Manila city girl unexpectedly found herself in Covid lockdown on the Philippine coast, where everything about her life transformed. At first, surfing was not even in her consc...
Regina Orlando, Kona and Oregon
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - February 25, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAfter 13 years, Regina left the surfer's paradise she had created in the mythical blue waters of Kona to answer another kind of deep blue call—becoming a police officer! In her 40s! On the mainland! In a city! This courageous life choice required her stepping away from the relationship she had ...
Ivana Bajic Nature of Surf Women
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - January 31, 2022 04:53 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings“If you drop in with a full heart, you are going to get in return something bigger, stronger, and better than you could ever imagine.” Ivana Bajic’s gorgeous interactive multi-media project, Nature of Surf Women, is a real-time testament to her credo, and documentary evidence of the transformat...
Jeanne Fernandez-McShane Nosara, Costa Rica
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - December 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIt’s never EVER too late, and never EVER not possible! Meet Jeanne Fernandez-McShane, who at 67, has just started her surfing journey, and she is fierce! She is such an incredibly accomplished woman, you will want to just vibe on her grit! Jeanne’s story is a little different - rather than her w...
Kris Primacio, CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organization (ISTO)
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - November 22, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest this week is the phenomenal Kris Primacio, co-founder and CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organization (ISTO, https://intlsurftherapy.org/) Kris started surfing at 41 ,and in 10 short years metamorphosed her life into a sea-salty dream she never even knew she had. She starts her d...
Me, Myself & I - Sheila Gallien, Kona, Hawaii
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - October 29, 2021 03:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy own sudden health crisis derailed the interviews I had set up with amazing women, but, like paddling through an endless impact zone, I knew I had to keep going! This episode is me interviewing me - awkwardness and all - and telling my own story of transformation, TMI included. It definitely m...
Dr. Candice Myhre - Kauai, HI
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - October 08, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsToday’s guest is Dr. Candice Myhre, @drcandysurfvival, surf doctor, ER doctor, mermazing surfer, and champion for equality for women in two male-dominated arenas - medicine and surfing. Coming from a surf city where women were not welcome in the lineup, it took a friend flaking on her to send he...
Aurélie Madec - Cornwall, UK
Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over. - September 27, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy very first guest is Aurélie Madec, a born storyteller with a divine accent. Aurélie is a teacher, surfer, and mother, who sculpted her career and life around her passion for surfing. In our conversation, she shares many pieces of her life, from her pioneering grandmother, having to save pock...
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