Paige Alms is a professional big-wave surfer and 2X Big-Wave World Champion. She’s on the Canadian National Surf Team and one of a handful of women pushing the boundaries in big waves. We sit down and talk about training, jaws, injuries, dealing with fear, pushing for pay parity in woman’s surfing, and much more. 

-

00:00:00 - Paige’s intro

00:02:50 - Canadian National Surf Team

00:07:15 - Jaws

00:17:20 - Training regiment 

00:19:35 - Other big waves 

00:20:00 - Mexico Trip/Injury

00:23:50 - Upcoming Projects

00:25:30 - #TrashySelfieProject 

00:27:20 - Gardening 

00:31:10 - Hunting

00:35:30 - Questions from IG

00:36:00 - Fear

00:38:30 - Closing thoughts

Albee Layer is a dynamic and one of the more versatile professional surfers there is. From doing 540’s and corkscrew airs to getting absolutely drained on 40-foot waves at Peah’i (Jaws) – he pushes the boundaries and is one of the best in both big-wave and progressive surfing. Albee’s a good friend, we sit down and talk about his past quarrels with sponsors, big-waves, directing/editing is feature surf movies, competitive surfing, and more. 

-

0:00:35 – Albee’s intro.

0:01:30 – Losing sponsors at 19.

0:07:00 – Surf movies.

0:08:15 – Editing/Directing “Rainbows in the Rearview.”

0:20:15 – Peah’i (Jaws).

0:37:07 – Problems with big-wave judging criteria.

0:47:45 – That one slab wave we won’t mention the name of.

0:55:50 – Inspiration for progressive surfing?

0:58:20 – Surfing in the Olympics.

01:00:10 – Does competitive surfing push or stifle progressive surfing?

01:04:38 – Questions from Instagram.

01:06:00 – Questions from the bag.

Yuri Soledade is an entrepreneur, restaurateur, big-wave surfer, and more. He is a pioneer of big-wave paddle surfing and an early adopter of tow-surfing Peah’i (AKA Jaws). We talk about his life story, big-wave surfing and training for it, how he went from dishwashing to owning multiple restaurants, his management style and more. 

-

0:00:45 — Yuri’s intro and background.

0:07:00 — Big-Wave surfing and Peah’i/Jaws.

0:19:30 — Biggest day at Peah’i?

0:32:05 — Restaurant business.