The Eat for Endurance Podcast Fueling the Ride: Tessa Timmons on Surfing, Body Image, and Adventure
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Welcome to Episode 82 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Tessa Timmons, a professional long-board surfer with O’Neill.
I know this show is mostly focused on endurance athletes, but I love talking to athletes in different sports and learning about their nutrition journeys. So today is one of those episodes!
As you guys know, I grew up in Santa Cruz, a major surfing town, but I never surfed here. The only time I attempted to surf was in Hawaii and let’s just say, it’s NOT my sport. But I love to watch it, and I’ve worked with many clients who are recreational surfers, so it was only a matter of time until I featured a surfer on my show!
Tessa technically lives in California, but it’s hard to pin her down. She frequently travels the globe chasing waves and at the time of our recording, she had just gotten back from a VERY long surfing adventure across Asia and Africa.
Tessa and I covered so much in this episode. We discussed surfing culture and the differences between short and long board surfing, growing up as 1 of 11 siblings, struggles with nutrition and body image as a model and surfer, her dreams of turning pro and how that came about, how she fuels (and sometimes doesn’t fuel) her surfing, how her nutrition changes when traveling around the world, and so much more.
I loved chatting with Tessa, and I hope you enjoy this break from the world of endurance.
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