Zeb Walsh -- prone paddling Bass Straight, winning Molokai 2 Oahu, big wave rescue training

Episode 99!!

Zeb Walsh grew up in the waters of Southern Australia to become a world-class ocean athlete with a strong focus on long-distance and semi-crazy endurance events. Today Zeb shares his stories of winning the Molokai 2 Oahu paddle board race, paddling with friends across the Bass Strait to Tasmania, and hand-carving a dugout canoe for a 250km / 2 week paddle across the Torres Strait. Along the way we share a bunch of laughs while talking foiling, big wave rescue training, getting the groms out into the wild, and Zeb and me first meeting days before paddling M2O way back in 2011.

 

After you listen to Zeb here you’re gonna be fired up to get out in the water. Before you go though, decide on 1 way you will not use plastic today and then follow through on it. It’s pretty rad to do.

 

Thanks for sharing Zeb's ocean life with us. Be sure to check him out on Instagram and his rad documentaries on Red Bull. You can also find fun stuff on the ThisOceanLife.TV website, Instagram, and Facebook, and Twitter. Host: Josh Pederson, @surfpaddletailgate  

 

 

 

More highlights of our conversation:

• Wealth of local paddling legends, John Jacoby, inspiration to paddle hard
• Physical and mental torture of paddling through the gnarly conditions of Bass Strait with heavy winds and currents for multiple days
• Inspirations from legendary Australian prone paddlers like Jamie Mitchell, Mick Di Betta, and others
• Prone racing for the local surf clubs then moving to years of racing Molokai 2 Oahu starting in 2011 and winning stock prone class in 2013
• Going to California to win the Catalina Classic 
• Importance of nutrition and hydration in endurance paddling events
• Paddling a hand-made dugout canoe from Papua New Guinea across the Torres Strait with 3 other guys, camping and foraging for 15 days
• So much more with this legend!