Chris Bertish — Ocean Pioneer on Standup Paddleboarding the Atlantic and Wing-Foiling the Pacific
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Chris Bertish is a big wave surfer, world record paddleboarder, speaker, author and conservationist on a mission to inspire people.
Chris started working in the surf industry for Billabong South Africa as the national sales manager. Afterwards he headed to the UK and was national brand manager for Gul. He would train in his stare time for the big wave season at every given opportunity. In 2009 without major sponsors Chris won the infamous Mavericks Big Wave Invitational Surfing event. This changed the direction of his life. His experience of winning at Mavs turned into the film 'Ocean Driven'.
Chris was set on new challenges and wanted to show that if you train and put in the work anything is possible. In 2017 he travelled 7,500 km across the Atlantic on a standup paddleboard for 93 days. Raising money for charity and conservation work in the process. He uses his stories as a force for positive impact and change and speaks regularly around the world at conferences and gives keynote presentations for companies.
Tune into the podcast to find out how Bertish got into multiple sport challenges, the mindset it takes to accomplish your goals, his latest project the Transpac Wing Project and loads more!
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You can follow what Bertish is up to on Instagram at chrisbertish and be sure to check out his website chrisbertish.com
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