

The Kyle Thiermann Show
Kyle Thiermann
Conversations with intellectual athletes and athletic intellectuals. If you're new here, try starting with #96 Albee Layer, #139 Matt Taibbi, #157 Peter Attia, #206 Chris Ryan, #216 Rick Hanson, #233 Steve Rinella, or #340 Mark Healey.
Kyle Thiermann is a journalist, copywriter, and sponsored surfer for Patagonia. His work spans from editorial (Men's Health, Surfer, Outside) to creative (Patagonia, Yeti, MUD\WTR). He has written billboards above LAX, viral commercials seen by over a hundred million people, and steered better-for-you brands to cultural relevance with breakthrough advertising ideas. Kyle is represented by DiFiore Literary Agency and is in the process of publishing his first book. thiermann.substack.com
Kyle Thiermann is a journalist, copywriter, and sponsored surfer for Patagonia. His work spans from editorial (Men's Health, Surfer, Outside) to creative (Patagonia, Yeti, MUD\WTR). He has written billboards above LAX, viral commercials seen by over a hundred million people, and steered better-for-you brands to cultural relevance with breakthrough advertising ideas. Kyle is represented by DiFiore Literary Agency and is in the process of publishing his first book. thiermann.substack.com
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Apr 24, 2017 • 1h 40min
#37 3X Master Of The Ocean Winner - Zane Schweitzer
i tunes stitcher Zane Schweitzer (@zaniac1) is 3X Master of The Ocean Winner and 2X Ultimate Waterman Winner Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 12, 2017 • 59min
#36 Terra Genesis - Ethan Roland
i tunes stitcher Ethan Roland is a founder of Terra Genesis International and the Regenerative Enterprise Institute. With on-the-ground experience in 34 countries, he has designed more than 3000 acres of Regenerative Agriculture landscapes in every major climate zone in the world. Ethan is the Executive Vice President of Research at HowGood and the co-author of Regenerative Enterprise and the Levels of Regenerative Agriculture. He designs, writes, and farms on his permaculture orchard in upstate New York. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 8, 2017 • 59min
#35 Performance Of The Year Nominee - Trevor Carlson
i tunes stitcher Trevor Carlson (@TrevorSvenCarlson) is a professional big wave surfer and 3x Performance of The Year Nominee. He also enjoys playing frisbee. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 3, 2017 • 57min
#34 The Business Of Big Business - Lawrence Koh
i tunes stitcher Lawrence Koh is the founder and CEO of International Diversified Products (IDP). Established in 1987, IDP is built on Lawrence’s commitment to a relationship-centered approach to business and is a natural legacy of his decades of work as a motivational speaker and personal development facilitator. He also founded the Students for a Better Tomorrow Foundation (SBT), which mentors youth in relationship-building and entrepreneurial business skills. In 2003 he received the America’s Promise–Marketable Skills Award for his work in empowering teens. In addition to IDP, Koh is the founder of The UTOPIA Project, which seeks to relieve the effects of poverty by creating jobs opportunities to manufacture and distribute UTOPIA-branded products worldwide. Profits from the Project are used to provide food, clothing, shelter, clean water, education, personal development programs, and skill training to those in need. Description From: Thinkbig.com Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 31, 2017 • 1h 25min
#33 Ireland Slab Hunters - Tom Lowe & Sundaran Gillespie
i tunes Siticher Tom Lowe (@tomloweyo) is a professional big wave surfer from England. Sundaran Gillespie (@sendheron) is an accomplished boogie boarder who enjoys riding shallow, dangerous, cold-water waves. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 27, 2017 • 2h 13min
#32 The Ahupua'a System - Brothers Brandon & Justin Lee
i tunes stitcher Big Island native Brandon Lee is raising organic Berkshire pigs sustainably, and his goal is to create the optimal pig for Hawaiian cooking. To create a healthy environment, Lee uses an open pasture system and rotational grazing. After the pigs graze in a field, chickens run through and eat all the fleas and maggots that have developed in the dirt, creating a clean pasture: There’s no stench, and the pigs are free of pests. Goats are the next animals up in the rotation; they come through to eat the weeds. Description taken from: Eater.com Video: http://www.eater.com/video/2017/2/6/14505112/raising-pigs-hawaii Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 22, 2017 • 1h 15min
#31 Salvaging Wood & Surfing In The Eddie - Big Ben Wilkenson
i tunes stitcher Born to a blue-collar family, Ben Wilkinson (@pitmove) was raised in a caravan at North Narrabeen. At 16, after outgrowing both the caravan and the Sydney beachbreaks, his quest for more challenging surf began. These days, settled on the North Shore of Oahu, he dedicates his life to charging the biggest surf possible. "I'm interested in pushing the performance aspect of paddle-in surfing," he says, "coming hard off the bottom and drawing critical lines on XXL waves." Out of the water Big Ben combines carpentry and art, working with salvaged wood to create custom furniture for clients in Hawai'i and around the world. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 19, 2017 • 1h 20min
#30 Vice Correspondent - Thomas Morton
i tunes stitcher Thomas Morton (@BabyBalls69) is a writer, producer, and on camera correspondent for Vice. During his tenure at the magazine, Morton wrote first-hand accounts of infiltrating religious cults, competitive binge-eating and living with a Dominican family for a week. He was also the first non-Juggalo to attend and report on the Gathering of the Juggalos. When Vice launched its online video channel in 2007, Morton began appearing as an on-air correspondent in numerous documentaries and video series, covering environmental catastrophes in the Pacific Ocean, the Louisiana Gulf coast, and the Brazilian Amazon. Morton has been a producer and correspondent for Vice HBO since 2013. From 2014 to 2015, Morton served as a field reporter and host for Noisey's music documentaries Noisey Chiraq and Noisey Atlanta. In early 2016, Vice began broadcasting a new television channel, VICELAND. Thomas Morton currently hosts a long-form, pop anthropology docuseries called Balls Deep, which features in-depth investigative pieces focused on different American subcultures in each episode. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 9, 2017 • 1h 2min
#29 Fall In Love With Surfing Again - Leah Dawson
i tunes stitcher Leah Dawson (@LeahLoves) is a professional surfer who is helping to create a new wave of women's surf culture. Originally from Orlando, Leah is now based in Hawaii, and travels the world to help spread positive knowledge, ocean awareness, and give back to local communities with her organization The Changing Tides Foundation. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 4, 2017 • 1h 28min
#28 How To Tag A Shark & Negotiate A Contract - Mark Healey
i tunes stitcher As a professional big-wave surfer, award-winning spear-fisherman, free-diver, photographer, filmmaker, and part-time Hollywood stuntman, Mark Healey (@healeywaterops) relies on just one tool to command his ever-frenetic schedule. “I check the global forecast at least six times a day, starting from when I first wake up, and find out what the ocean conditions are all around the world,” explains Healey, who hails from Oahu’s North Shore. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe