Second Breakfast with Surf With Amigas
Welcome to Second Breakfast: a podcast by Surf With Amigas. From our table to yours, this space serves as an extension of those caffeinated post-surf chats. It’s a way to connect and engage in meaningful conversations, sharing our stories of play, challenge, and triumph in and out of the ocean. Listen to be inspired, empowered, educated, and challenged while connecting to a community of women surfers through storytelling.
New episodes every other Thursday.
Connect with us more at: surfwithamigas.com or @surfwithamigas
Watch select episodes at SWA Online: collective.surfwithamigas.com/browse
Episodes
69 episodes
Is Colombia's Surf Potential Overlooked?
Ana Rahlves, amiga and surfer from Colombia, shares her experience of growing up in Colombia, relocating to California and learning to surf, and her experience involved in the Colombian surfing community. Ana talks about growing up in Colombia ...
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1:00:13
How To Trust the Process and Embrace A Nomadic Lifestyle: with Chloe Piester
Chloe Piester, the social media manager for Surf With Amigas, shares her journey from being an amiga on a retreat to becoming a surf instructor and later pioneering SWA's online marketing techniques. In this episode we chat about Chloe's recent...
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54:42
Surfing In Denmark and The Surprising Benefits of Cold Water Waves
Lena, the founder of Coldwater Sirens, shares her experience of surfing in Denmark and creating inclusivity in the surf community. Coldwater Sirens is an organization that aims to create an inclusive and empowering surf community through surf c...
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57:09
Navigating Motherhood in Surf Culture
In this conversation, Holly and Danielle Zirk discuss motherhood, surfing, and the challenges faced by mothers in the surf industry. Danielle shares her journey of becoming a mother, how she managed without having had a mom herself, and her pas...
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42:20
Serena Brooke on Surfing's Golden Era, Adventures on Tour, and Life Transitions
Serena Brooke, a former professional surfer, discusses her transition from pro surfer to mom life and reflects on the early days of women's pro surfing. She shares her journey of getting into surfing, becoming a pro surfer, and the camaraderie ...
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48:03
How Sex Appeal Influences Success in Women's Pro Surfing: with Alana Brennan
In today's conversation, Holly and former pro surfer Alana Brennan discuss their experiences as female surfers and the challenges they faced in the industry. They chat about femininity and sex appeal in surfing and how it affected their careers...
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1:04:45
A Hacker's Surf Journey: Busting Stereotypes and Embracing Identity
Maddie Stone, a cybersecurity researcher and hacker, discusses her surf journey, her experience working in the tech industry, and her recent decision to relocate to Central America. We chat about the culture in both tech and surfing, ster...
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56:03
Adventure Parenting: A Single Mom's Travel Guide
Chelsea, a single mom and avid traveler, shares her experiences of traveling with her kids and surfing around the world. She started documenting her family adventures after taking a trip to South Africa with her baby and toddler. Even after her...
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49:30
Reviving With It Girl: Empowering Women in Sports and Creative Cultures
Today we chat with Molls and Grace from With It Girl, a platform that aims to empower and unite women in action sports and creative cultures. It was originally founded in 1996 by Molls, starting as a zine and later becoming an online platform, ...
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1:04:59
Tools to Manage Your Emotions When You Feel Wronged in the Surf
Today's conversation with clinical social worker Karen Lane covers various topics including self-empathy, nonviolent communication, and how surfing can be a medium for understanding ourselves and our communication practices. Karen shares her su...
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55:37
The 90s to Now: Alex White on Surf Skating, Advocacy, and Evolution of Sports
Today we chat with talk to Alex White, a skateboarder, brand consultant, media and content producer and global advocate for women’s/non-binary and queer folks. We chat about her story and how she got into the sport in the 90s, social difference...
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58:55
Cold Water, Big Waves: Gaby Scott on Filmmaking and Shaping Ocean Stories
Gaby Scott, a filmmaker and director, shares her journey into surfing and filmmaking. Gaby discusses her passion for capturing the essence of surfing (specifically big wave surfing) through her films, focusing on local stories and the experienc...
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Cold Water, Big Waves: Bianca Valenti on Developing a Positive Surf Mindset
In the second installment of our mini series, Cold Water, Big Waves, we chat with Bianca Valenti. Big wave surfer Bianca Valenti believes that growth and fun lives within challenges; in her case the fun involves careening down the face of a mas...
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1:07:49
Cold Water, Big Waves: Sachi Cunningham on Capturing Monsters
In this episode we chat with Sachi Cunningham, an award winning filmmaker, water surf photographer, and Associate Professor of Journalism at San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in global brand campaigns and for outlets in...
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1:06:57
The Truth About Life As a Roxy Girl
Today we get to chat with Meg Roh, who at age 12 made a commitment to surf every day for 8 years. As a sponsored surfer and model for much of her young adult life, Meg has a wealth of adventures under her belt. From surf trips in California and...
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53:30
The Story of SWA Founder and Second Breakfast Host Holly Beck
We're kicking off season two with a deeper introduction to our host, Holly Beck. We're joined by Natalie Small, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of the Groundswell Community Project. Listen as the two chat about Holly's chil...
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1:11:13
A Year of Second Breakfast: Recapping Waves & Wisdom
It has been (nearly!) a year since we released our first ever episode with Second Breakfast! Time for a recap. In this episode, Holly and SWA surf instructor/podcast producer Beany review our last year on Second Breakfast. Listen to us banter a...
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49:54
Beyond Binary: Sasha Jane Lowerson’s Story
The WSL, the governing body of pro surfers, has altered the rules about the competition qualifications in the women’s division, following along with the olympic guidelines based on hormone levels. This has led to great controversy, both in and ...
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57:20
Leah Dawson on Finding Flow and Fulfillment in Surfing
Today we chat with Leah Dawson, a style icon in surfing. Leah has lived through incredible growth in women’s surfing, confronting many challenges of her own in the industry while also bringing a unique perspective to the sport. In this episode ...
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55:53
Debunking Chip Myths, Syncing Food with Your Cycle, and Other Nutrition Facts
How can we prioritize our health through food? Lisa Hoopes is a registered dietician, who’s own journey with nutrition stemmed from early difficulties surrounding food and body image. In this episode we chat about inner self dialogue, alternati...
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57:57
How Can We Create Generational Change for Safer Surf Culture?
How can we ensure that all surfers are safe in the water? As a Mexican American, Dionne had the idea to start an organization, Wahine Project, to get more underrepresented humans surfing and feeling welcome in the water. Her organization’s goal...
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55:10
Rockaway’s Yeasty Revolution: Creating Inclusive Surf Spaces
Today we chat with Gina Jurlando, the founder of Yeasty Boys, a fem focused, beginner surf club and community group based in Rockaway Beach, New York. Yeasty Boys was born from the desire to support diverse groups of people in the surfing world...
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47:45
From Alaska to Antarctica: Chasing Waves in Uncharted Waters
Rachel Gordon, cold water charger and Alaskan surf guide, just became one of the first women to surf in Antarctica. Looking for a lifestyle filled with outdoor adventure, Rachel moved up to Alaska for a summer and after 9 years, she still hasn’...
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56:24
Unlocking Courage: How Breathwork Powers Freediving and Surfing
From competitive swimmer to endurance paddle boarder and now free dive instructor, Morgan has pursued a life full of water-based activities. For 20 years she trained to qualify for the USA olympic swimming team until she realized she needed a m...
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51:45
How Can Our Emotions Influence Physical Symptoms?
Nadia is a frothy surfer and Chinese medicine practitioner. When she was younger, she had a dream that she would live in Nicaragua one day. After graduating from college, she made the dream come alive and starting working for SWA. Nadia tells h...
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