The Kyle Thiermann Show

Chris Cote is a “professional action sports personality.” He got his start as a competitive surfer and skateboarder before he was the editor of Transworld Surf Magazine. Today, Chris is a commentator for the World Surf League, host of the Vans Park Series, editor of Encinitas Magazine, and the host of the Monday M.A.S.S, his own podcast.    Follow Chris on Instagram Follow me on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Ben Horton has based his career on being able to go places that other people either cannot, or don’t want to go.  From thousands of feet underwater to the most remote regions in the arctic, Ben’s passion is to use photography as a means to inspire people to take stewardship of the planet. Ben started his career with National Geographic by telling the story of the sharks of Cocos Island.   He traced the illegal fishing industry from Costa Rica to China, and as a result of his work helped to increase the park boundaries and protection of two of Costa Rica’s national parks.   He was awarded the National Geographic Society’s first ever Young Explorer Grant for his work, and he has since moved on to receive a number of other National Geographic grants, assignments, and recently stared in a documentary for National Geographic featuring his work in Thailand.   Ben is based in southern California, where he works primarily on adventure campaigns.   Jesse Horton is

Taylor White is a UC Santa Cruz graduate researcher studying the population dynamics of pinto abalone in Southeast Alaska. She works closely with the Sitka Sound Science Center and Alaska Department of Fish and Game.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Jamie Mitchell is 10X Molokai to Oahu paddleboard champion as well as one of the best big wave surfers in the world.  Follow Jamie on Instagram Follow Kyle on Instagram     Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Justin Lee (@BigIsleBoy24) is a professional bowhunter and spearfisherman from the Big Island of Hawaii.   Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Kahi Pacarro is the Executive Director of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii. The organization is run by a small team of dedicated staff and supported by passionate volunteers. They inspire local communities to care for their coastlines through fun, hands-on beach cleanups. They also coordinate educational programs, team building corporate cleanups, waste diversion services, public awareness campaigns and help others run their own beach cleanups.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Aaron Alexander (@AlignPodcast) is the host of Align Podcast. He is a rolfer and movement coach as well as an explorer in tantric sex realm.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Ryan Duffy is a journalist and correspondent best known for his work with Vice Media, including accompanying Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters on a visit to North Korea in 2013. In October 2015, as part of a slate of 12 new shows, The Huffington Post launched the docuseries Now What with Ryan Duffy. He currently hosts NatGeo's show, Explorer. Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Clint Kimmons (@ClintKimmons) is a professional triathlete and big wave surfer from Australia.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Albee Layer ( live.fast.die.old ) is a professional surfer from Maui, Hawaii.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Rob Machado is not just one of the world’s greatest surfers, he’s also one of the sport’s most recognizable characters -- a living icon who continues to expand the definition of what professional surfing is all about. Known for his zen-like flow both on land and in the water, Machado was consistently seeded at the top of the rankings as a competitor on the ASP World Tour. With 12 career WCT victories, Machado was ranked among the top ten surfers for eleven straight years and was inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame in 2000 and re-inducted in 2006 and SIMA Waterman of the Year in 2011.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Liz Clark (@captainlizclark) is a Patagonia Surf Ambassador and sailor. Her new book, Swell will be available April 1.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

I first got involved with Surfers Against Sewage way back in 1991, the year after it was formed. I was passionate about the nature, the environment and surfing so the organisation resonated loudly with me in its mission to stop sewage disposal in our seas. Over the years I’ve been an activist, regional rep and trustee with SAS. I had the great honour of taking the helm in 2008 to help shape a new strategy on emerging issue, build a sustainable action plan and community, and most importantly of all carry on delivering a high impact to protect oceans and beaches for everyone. Whilst water quality remains in the DNA of the organisation, after 25 years of successful campaigning we’ve made great progress so our attentions are squarely focused on the most immediate and pressing threats, namely plastic pollution and climate change. I see SAS as a charity connecting people and planet. We connect people and communities, and create opportunities for our supporters to protect the spaces we all love. The orga

Meg Haywood Sullivan is a photographer and environmentalist who splits her time between shooting campaigns and pushing for environmental stories through editorial features & social platforms. Meg’s career has taken her from contributing to a Pulitzer Prize-winning piece with the New York Times and photographing with the world’s leading snowboard brands to documenting a feature with National Geographic Adventure following John Muir’s footsteps to the fastest retreating glacier in Yosemite. Anna Ehrgott is a professional surfer and filmmaker. She has worked on films including Island Earth and From The Ground Up.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Emily Penn has organized the largest ever community-led waste cleanup from a tiny Tongan island, trawled for micro plastics on a voyage through the Arctic Northwest Passage, rounded the planet on the record-breaking biofueled boat Earthrace, and worked on a sailing cargo ship trading western supplies for coconuts. Emily splits her time between running eXXpedition - a series of all female voyages which focus on the relationship between plastics, toxics, and female health - and working to solve the ocean plastics issue with Parley for the Oceans and other corporate clients. Prior to this, Emily co-founded Pangaea Explorations, to enable scientists, filmmakers and everyday people gain access to the most remote parts of our planet; collecting data on global issues and along the way discovered the previously unknown oceanic gyres – huge areas of plastic pollution accumulation. Emily was honored with the Fitzroy Award at the 2016 Ocean Awards and is also the youngest and only female recipient of both the Yach

Rick Carter is a production designer and art director. He is known for his work in Forrest Gump, Amistad, A.I. Cast Away, War of the Worlds, What Lies Beneath, Jurassic Park, Avatar, and Back to the Future Part II and Part III. Many of the films that he has worked on are directed by Steven Spielberg or Robert Zemeckis. For his Art Direction of Avatar, he won an Academy Award and, in 2013, Rick won his second Academy Award, for production design on Steven Spielberg's, Lincoln.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Fergal Smith is one of the most well-known professional surfers to come out of Ireland. He is also the owner of Moy Hill Farms, a permaculture farm located in Lahinch, Ireland.  Farms. http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/moy-hill-farm Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Conner Wanders (@ConnerWanders) works for Onnit and is the host of the Pleasure Monkey podcast. He focuses on how to life the f*ck out of life! Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Carlos Burle (@CarlosBurle) is a professional big wave surfer from Brazil.  Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Amy Baldwin (@AmyPurePleasure) is a Somatic Sex and Relationship Coach (trained in the Somatica® Method), Certified Sex Educator, sales trainer and educator for Uberlube, as well as co-owner of a mother-daughter owned pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop. Amy has a passion for promoting shame-free, pleasure-focused sexuality education while emphasizing the deep emotional and energetic forces behind great sex and intimate connection, offering everything from how-to workshops to erotic empowerment retreats. Amy also appears in episodes #23 and #54 of this podcast. https://www.shamelesssex.com/ Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe