Matt breathes the ocean every single day and has built his world around the element of water. The calm that Matt experiences every time he is in the water, be that the ocean or an ice bath, never ceases to amplify the effects water has on keeping us enlivened physically, mentally, and spiritually.
For Matt, being your own dolphin, means having the freedom to flow with the water and contribute to your pod as a valuable member of a larger team. Matt has done this by imparting the knowledge he has gained from a lifetime of surfing into the lives of others, giving them the tools to enhance their freedom in the ocean and building a community of frothing ocean goers.
Matt has coached surfing for 40 years, and the stoke he sees in people when they achieve something they didn’t think was possible is the fuel that keeps him passionate about this work. The results are not only surf related, but trickle into all parts of life, and Matt uses the surf apnea techniques to improve the quality of a person’s life, from how they show up in the world, to increased performance in the face of intense situation, to learning how to remain calm amidst the unknown waves of life.
Breathwork, especially resonance breathing, played a significant role in Matts life, improving his sleep and heart rate variability. While C02 tolerance has helped him to remain calm in heavy water sessions in Nazare, Fiji, Tahiti and Hawaii. There is no stopping this man!
Matts extensive expertise and experience is sought after in the elite World Surf League, yet he proudly takes on clients from the beginner to the professional, treating everyone the same, and sharing the same foundational guidance to all. Matt gives all those who are seeking to expand, improve and advance themselves access to this wisdom through his tailored teachings.
Matt’s Lifeforce comes from living what he loves, chasing big waves, coaching others, and of course giving all that good energy back to his beautiful family. Matt carries a stoke through his life that encourages others to believe in themselves and achieve things they thought they couldn’t do. Matt continues to be an example of this, he practises what he preaches and is still getting barrelled like a true legend.
