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Interviews with spearfishing experts, authorities and characters from all over the world. Actionable, Frothworthy and Mildly Humourous:) If you don't love spearfishing now, give it 3 episodes and some time in the brine
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- 4 days ago1h 31m
NSP:324 Inaugural Papua New Guinea Spearfishing Adventure Debrief | Shrek, Tim McDonald and the crew
Fourteen frothing spearos around one table after an unforgettable Papua New Guinea adventure. There were first dogtooth tuna, Spanish mackerel, a monster humphead parrotfish, a few painful misses and more than enough banter to go around. In this episode, Shrek and the crew unpack the inaugural Noob Spearo PNG Spearfishing Adventure. Everyone shares the fish they'll remember most, including the ones that got away, before getting into what gear actually earned its place in the bag, what should have stayed home, and the lessons they're taking into their next dive. You'll hear about hunting reef edges and current lines, reading fish behaviour, using flashers and chum, learning from more experienced divers, and why having a good buddy is worth more than landing the biggest fish. The boys also reflect on PNG itself: local people, remote reefs, ridiculous moments on the boats, and the friendships made along the way. It's a proper post-trip debrief: practical tips, honest laughs, a bit of chaos and the kind of crew spirit that makes these trips special. Full froth, no ego. Episode chapters / timestamps: 00:01:00 Intro: PNG debrief and the adventure-story competition 00:03:00 How to join the next PNG spearfishing adventure 00:04:00 The crew's most memorable fish 00:06:00 Zac's monster humphead parrotfish 00:09:00 Missed fish and learning from mistakes 00:10:00 Fan's first dogtooth tuna and Troy's Spanish mackerel 00:12:00 The "curse" of the humphead parrotfish 00:14:00 Sharks, a mackerel and a wild fish recovery 00:17:00 Anthony's dogtooth tuna celebration 00:21:00 A first-dive doggy and a dugong sighting 00:26:00 Julian's big Spanish mackerel that got away 00:27:00 Gear review: what stayed in the bag and what was missing 00:31:00 Why several divers wanted a 3 mm wetsuit 00:35:00 Spare gear, bags, electrolytes and trip essentials 00:43:00 Weights, ear care and Shrek's PNG gear setup 00:45:00 The best advice from the trip 00:49:00 Tim on reading fish and hunting effectively 00:54:00 Subtle movements, flashers and learning from others 01:01:00 Unforgettable moments and final reflections 01:13:00 Boat-life memories and awards 01:18:00 PNG communities and the moments beyond diving 01:24:00 Why being a great buddy matters 01:28:00 PNG waitlist and adventure-story competition Links Mentioned, Partner Deals and Discounts + Froth Australian Spearfishing Association: australianspearfishing.org Tim McDonald: @timothy3mcdonald Tim McDonald, Spearfishing Downunder: @spearfishingdownunder Book: Fishing in the Good Old Days: Was it really better? by Bob Kearney NSP:321 with Matty Parker Sail x Spear 2027, new vessel and four-day format Leave a voice message: noobspearo.com → Give Back → Leave a Voice Message 📱 YouTube: @noobspearo 🌊 Instagram: @noobspearo 🤿 PNG Spearfishing Adventure: Information and Waitlist PNG adventure waitlist: https://spearfishingcourses.com.au/png Episode show notes page mentioned by Shrek: https://noobspearo.com/png Send an intrepid spearfishing adventure yarn (voice message, up to three minutes): https://speakpipe.com/noobspearo Alternative voice-message route: https://noobspearo.com → About → Give Back → Leave a Voice Message Competition prize supporter: Ocean Cowboy Outfitters (backpack mentioned in the episode). Spearfishing Courses, Retreats, Charters and Adventures (with Noob Spearo) Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout – Flat shipping rate, especially in AUS! Neptonics Spearfishing and Freediving – Use the code NOOB10 to save 10% off anything store-wide. Free Shipping on USA orders over $99 Old Man Blue | Wickedly tough and well thought out gear! Spend $300 or more at oldmanblue.com.au and use code NOOBSPEARO for a free vinyl filleting apron! Aqualyte Hydration | 10% off for listeners with code: NOOBSPEARO Noob Spearo MAD GEAR | Merch for Frothers Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30-day trial here. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing Dog & Gun Coffee | 10% Off Discount Code: NOOB10 HohnkeOutdoors.com – 20% off with code NOOBSPEARO 56 Patrons are powering the Noob Spearo Monthly – find out more HERE 3000+ frothers are subscribed to the Floater Email Newsletter – find out more HERE
- 1 weeks ago1h 22m
NSP:323 The Vision Behind the Australian Spearfishing Association | Tom Sandstrom, Rhys Clay & Sam Mumford
Three Noob Spearo instructors, one four-hour drive to 1770, and a conversation every Aussie spearo should hear. Tom Sandstrom is a Coffs Harbour reef hunter, a former president of the Coffs Harbour Blue Water Spearfishing Club and now a director of the brand-new Australian Spearfishing Association (ASA). Rhys Clay (No Viz Adventures) and Sam "the Waterman" Mumford keep him honest from the passenger seats. Tom explains why spearos have been split across half a dozen bodies for years, and how $10 a year puts your name on a register that fisheries managers can't ignore. He also takes on the proposed one-kingfish-per-boat limit and the blue groper imbalance on the Mid North Coast. In between there are caves holding 40 oversized crays, wahoo tips with a throw flasher, a 45-year-old Haines Hunter rebuilt from the shell up, and the night Rhys walked into the wrong bedroom on a retreat. If you hate politics but love spearfishing, start here. Important Timestamps 00:00:00: Shrek sets it up: a different kind of episode about the ASA, recorded in the car on the way to the 1770 retreat 00:02:00: Bert's voice message on NSP:321 with Matty Parker, and why the apprentice phase matters 00:03:00: No Shins passes his freediving course with an ear-care tip from the Sail x Spear podcast (flush, plus coconut oil the night before) and gives Eddie from Townsville Skindivers a shout 00:05:00: How to leave Shrek a voice message at noobspearo.com 00:06:00: Rhys introduces Tom Sandstrom and Sam the Waterman from the road 00:07:00: Tom's origin story: Dorrigo, Moonee Beach, seven kids, and diving almost only with his brothers Ollie and Liam 00:10:00: The Solitary Islands, where tropics meet temperate: coronation trout, red throat, mackerel, wahoo and the odd coral trout in Coffs 00:13:00: The Coffs Blue Water Classic daylight-saving blunder: 3am at the FAD, waiting an hour and a half for sunrise 00:14:00: Coral in a kelp forest: how the EAC delivers tropical visitors to North Solitary Island 00:16:00: XL cray honey holes: caves stacked with 20–40 oversized eastern rock lobsters, and when they come back in 00:19:00: Tom's red throat emperor in 13–14m, and why it might be Australia's most beautiful fish 00:21:00: No blackspot tuskfish south of the border, and the blue groper competition theory 00:22:30: Blue groper protection and ecosystem imbalance: "They're a resource. Let's eat 'em." 00:24:30: Why the ASA exists: putting every spearo in the country under one banner 00:26:00: How representation works now: split bodies, conflicts of interest, and the 12–18 month transition to thousands of members 00:28:00: Directors, keeping Australia's spearfishing records, and the new ASA app 00:29:30: Insurance explained: about $70 a year and year-round sanctioned events that cover you on an ordinary dive day 00:31:30: The $10 social membership, and fighting emotional decisions "made in the city because they don't like a picture" 00:33:00: The ASA advocacy tab: every issue, your local member and the documents you need 00:35:00: Tom's Haines Hunter 565C rebuild: hull extension, a Yamaha 250, and Tony Payne doing the worst of the fibreglass 00:39:30: Wahoo tips: the 22–25°C sweet spot, drifting wide of the pressure point, a throw flasher and no burley 00:42:30: Sharks around Coffs, more whites, and the case for shooting small sharks 00:44:30: "If you wanna be sustainable, shoot the shark, not the jewfish": mulloway and the fish hierarchy 00:46:30: The kingfish one-per-boat proposal and the 5.5% stock figure, compared with what divers are seeing 00:48:30: What happens next: solo boats, Queensland's mackerel changes, and snapper slot limits under consultation 00:51:00: Why kingfish are a great hunting school and fight harder than Spanish mackerel 00:52:00: Marlin buck fever: two shot, none landed 00:53:30: Coffs launching: a silted-up ramp, beach launching and Darcy's tractor 00:59:00: Coffs pearl perch at 3–4kg, and some banter aimed at Tim McDonald 01:02:30: Tom's pitch: head to the ASA website and sign up for $10 a year 01:03:30: Why spearos started teaching spearos to freedive, and how Tom became an instructor 01:05:30: The wrong-room story from a Noob Spearo retreat 01:07:30: Molchanovs instructor requirements at Jervis Bay (40m dive, 100m dynamic, 4-minute static) and three months of training 01:10:00: Doing one semi-deep dive every session to keep your depth 01:11:00: What freediving courses changed in Tom's spearing: physiology, buddy systems and trust 01:12:30: Course vibes, and why Full Froth, No Ego lets everyone relax 01:13:30: Tom's goals: a 10kg+ jack, and the story of Angus Knox's 11.5kg jack on his first drop of the day 01:16:00: Emperors, the yellowlip that could have been a record, and diving with Tim McDonald 01:18:30: Sam's 28kg Spanish mackerel PB, landed on one gun 01:20:00: Outro: the ASA call to action, a new vessel and four-day format for Sail x Spear, and Deep North Links Mentioned, Partner Deals and Discounts + Froth Australia
- Sep 28, 20261h 36m
NSP:322 Trivia mashup x Southern GBR Debrief
Shrek left the building, so Sam the Waterman grabbed the mic, and it went about how you'd expect. Recorded on night two of the first ever 1770 Beginner Spearfishing Retreat run without the big fella, this one starts with a full trivia night: buddy rules, Boyle's Law, world record bluefin, Molchanov's 136 m dive and a Bali Files round about Noffs' travel disasters. Then Ben Rennie wins the Shrek-impersonation bonus with a Killshot ad read, and "Bulletproof Buddy Protocol" gets exposed as something nobody has ever heard Shrek say. After that the students and instructors "dob in a legend": Tom Smythe tells the story of a cobia fight that ended in a tangle of float lines, Ting shoots her first fish ever (having never freedived before), and seasick Matt comes back to crack 10 m and have a fish in the boat within 25 minutes. It's for anyone who's wondered what a Noob Spearo retreat is like from the inside, and for every spearo who keeps being told to "slow down". Important Timestamps 00:00:41 — Sam the Waterman takes over the intro. It's the first 1770 retreat ever run without Shrek, and the crew report on how it's going. 00:01:00 — Meet the crew: Mark (lead), Bri, Ben Rennie (camera and scorer), Nick and Tom Smythe (up from Coffs) and Brad (Gold Coast). 00:03:15 — Round 1, Safety and Fundamentals: the four-word buddy rule, and the bonus "Noob Spearo version" nobody has heard of. 00:04:10 — Which gas hyperventilation strips from your blood, and why that sets you up for a blackout. 00:05:40 — The recovery breathing every instructor drills for the moment you surface, then 10 m neutral buoyancy and Boyle's Law. 00:06:40 — Ikejime and the thing it delays (spelling was marked strictly, so "rigatoni mortis" didn't count). 00:07:50 — Answers. "Bulletproof Buddy Protocol" gets a room full of blank faces. 00:10:30 — Round 2, World Records: Terry Maas's 1982 bluefin, a Kiwi who shares his name with a Rat Pack crooner, Greg Pickering's Spanish mackerel from Dorre Island and Carlos Siqueira's 301 kg blue marlin. 00:13:30 — True or false: the women's Indo-Pacific blue marlin record beats the men's. 00:17:00 — Round 3, Freediving and Physiology: the mammalian dive reflex, why most blackouts happen in the last 10 m, samba/LMC, Molchanov's 136 m CWT and Mifsud's static record. 00:21:30 — Round 4, Equipment: why spearos avoid ultra-low-volume masks, shackles vs shark clips, what a flasher does, and speargun rubber in the tropics vs the Arctic. 00:23:30 — The Shrek-impersonation bonus. Ben Rennie's Killshot ad read takes the three points. 00:26:40 — Equipment answers, where Shrek loses a point for his own flasher answer. 00:27:50 — Round 5, the Noob Spearo round: Full Froth No Ego, the launch year, 99 Tips and The Floater (a.k.a. "the big turd"). 00:32:50 — Round 6, The Bali Files: how many things went wrong for Noffs on the way to Bali, the instructor course in Amed, Adam's mindset tools (the nana voice, the poo emoji, no plan B) and the discipline that "feels like cheating". 00:36:50 — Final scores. Nick takes the trivia crown with 21. 00:38:00 — Mark wraps day two: instructors scouting reefs before the students even got wet, and a 100% pass rate. 00:38:50 — Fish comp results: Holly and Andy tie for first, Zach's big fish, Ting's award for the loudest stoke, Matt's one-shot best kill and Sam winning the instructor comp again. 00:42:10 — Dob in a Legend starts. Fozzie on Matt coming back from the dead, Zach's cobia, and staying calm on the drop. 00:44:00 — Brad's instructor takeaway: teaching others keeps you learning. 00:45:15 — Bri on how buddy care between strangers turned into the highlight of the trip. 00:49:10 — Tom Smythe's cobia story: a float line wrapped around two spearos, a fish fighting hard, and then a second "cobia" that turned out to be a shark. 00:53:00 — Tegan's first fish is a coral trout, and her lesson: go slow, but not too slow. 00:55:10 — Andy's trout lesson: dive-bomb them, and wait when they square up. 00:58:30 — Nick on keeping your eyes on the fish through the duck dive, and why a spearo sometimes has to dive before the perfect breathe-up. 01:01:40 — Dan on persistence, and on getting properly familiar with your gear before the trip. 01:03:40 — Holly learns to slow down, and Sam admits what his GoPro footage revealed about his own "slow" diving. 01:07:10 — Chris, a Sydney spearo, gets his first taste of the Great Barrier Reef. Dropping on top of coral trout changed everything for him. 01:12:20 — Kate on women getting into spearfishing, and why the no-ego vibe matters. 01:15:30 — Zach, the retreat's biggest frother, on why a group celebration beats his own cobia. 01:18:10 — Ben Rennie wins People's Choice, then shares Alex's parrotfish moment and his motto: "you make your own luck". 01:21:40 — Alex takes home two fixes: the 45-degree eyes-on-fish descent and a splash-free duck dive. 01:23:10 — Matt: slow down, and remember the look on everyone's faces when the reef came into view. 01:25:00 — Ting's first
- Sep 2, 20261h 45m
NSP:321 Pinnacle Hunting Remote Great Barrier Reef and Beyond with Matty Parker
At 26, Matty Parker was locked into a Pilbara mining job. He came over for one Coral Sea trip, went home, sold everything inside a couple of months, and drove across Australia to get out of the golden handcuffs. Twenty-five years of spearing later he manages Divers World in Cairns — the biggest and longest-running shop up that way — and runs MBP Spearfishing Charters, and he's the bloke every local kept telling Shrek to interview. This one gets into the weeds properly: his entire dogtooth setup top to tail, the three-point brief he gives clients before a Coral Sea drift ("when you think you're closer, get closer again"), why he keeps a scorecard of every fish landed and lost and what one-in-three actually looks like, the 10–30kg window where doggies get eaten fastest, and why he moves off a spot the moment it fires. There's also a proper, unflinching yarn about the shark situation in North Queensland after an ugly year for Aussie spearos, and Matty's flat-out best answer of the episode — what it costs you to spend two years shooting fish in eight metres. Cost 'em nothing. Gain everything. If you're saving for a blue water trip, thinking about your first big gun, or you just want to hear a bloke who's put in the hours talk about hunting instead of depth numbers, this one's for you. Matty Parker @mbp_spearfishing Spearfishing Gallery (Add guest photos here) Important Timestamps 00:00:44 — Shrek sets up the episode: dogtooth gear, guiding pitfalls, social media's grip on spearos, and the shark conversation nobody wants to have 00:01:20 — Free shout out to Spearo App, a completely free spearfishing forecasting app, and the level of detail that gobsmacked Shrek 00:03:00 — Fish One Hook's power band size calculator, plus the free Noob Spearo scorecards at spearfishingcourses.com.au/scorecard 00:05:34 — Matty comes highly recommended — Shrek explains who kept telling him to get Matty on the show 00:06:49 — Started spearing at 10 in a small northern WA town; the Coral Sea trip at 26 that made him sell up and drive across Australia away from the golden handcuffs of mining 00:09:13 — Why "the trip of a lifetime" is the wrong mindset to bring on charter, and what the fish actually are (a bonus) 00:11:01 — WA vs the East Coast: fish density and shore access over there, weather-dependent reef trips over here 00:13:05 — Seven trout a day in Queensland is "astronomical", and why the North QLD weather is a green zone in itself 00:14:12 — His first Coral Sea mission: two doggies landed before he lost one, then the figures went backwards fast 00:15:07 — Why hiding your gear from other spearos isn't okay — shot placement and gear are the only two things we control, so share them 00:18:22 — THE FULL DOGTOOTH RIG, TOP TO TAIL: a 130–150cm conventional gun (he runs a 70" Riffe Rader), three or four 16mm rubbers, 8.7mm shaft, slip tip, 23m float line, a 3-atmosphere float, a short 2–5m line, and a second 3-atmosphere float. Nothing else 00:21:19 — The shot-placement point most people miss: all that gun power is for getting through a foot-and-a-half of fish, not for taking longer shots 00:22:14 — Stone shots, the anti-climax-then-relief feeling, and why hearing the boys screaming on the surface is the best part 00:23:25 — "Doggies bring out the best and the worst in everyone" — diving on each other and shooting each other's fish vs. proper team work 00:25:33 — What happens in the first 60 seconds after the shot: withstand the first run, then get it up fast, because that's when they get eaten 00:26:31 — Matty's shark theory — the 10–30kg window where doggies are too strong to overpower but small enough for sharks to eat quickly, and why big fish often survive longer 00:27:28 — The scorecard he's kept since day one: every shot fired that doesn't end on the boat counts as a loss, and he's landing roughly one in three 00:29:42 — The three-point brief: get closer twice (take two more kicks when you think the shot's on), take your time, and work as a team 00:30:44 — Fish karma — why not taking the bad shot pays you back somewhere else, maybe a year later in another country 00:32:16 — There are blokes on Matty's list who can't buy their way back onto a trip 00:33:53 — Life in the shop at Divers World, and the pre-YouTube days of nagging the newsagent for the first-Thursday-of-the-month dive mag 00:35:00 — The apprenticeship problem: "everyone wants to be the tradesman and no one wants to do their apprenticeship" — plus 100 hours a year, five years, then start pushing depth 00:36:59 — An 8kg red doesn't taste as good as a 4kg red, so who exactly are you shooting big fish for? 00:37:20 — Matty's definition of a good spearo: someone who knows how to find fish and hunt them. That's it. "If you want to be a free diver, go be a free diver" 00:38:31 — Shrek on the gap between physiology and wisdom — you can learn to lay on the bottom in 20m quickly, but the ocean will still beat you 00:42:54 — Advice for green divers: pool training, join the cl
- Aug 24, 20261h 39m
NSP:320 Decoding the Wild with Johnny Mitchell
What if becoming a better spearo had less to do with diving deeper or buying better gear—and more to do with learning how to actually see what's happening around you? In this episode, Shrek sits down with commercial fisherman, spearo, hunter and lifelong observer of the natural world Johnny Mitchell, with Johnny's longtime mate Tim McDonald joining the conversation. Johnny has spent decades living, fishing, hunting and observing in the bush and on the water. From commercially chasing Spanish mackerel and mud crabs to living out of a swag, caretaking Cape Capricorn lighthouse and spending countless hours simply watching animals behave, he has developed an extraordinary ability to recognise patterns in the natural world. The conversation explores awareness, natural intelligence, tides, weather, animal behaviour, sensory awareness and pattern recognition—and why asking simplistic questions like "Is the full moon better?" or "Does falling barometric pressure make fish bite?" can actually hold back your learning. Johnny explains why every productive fishing or spearfishing location has its own combination of features and conditions, and why the better question is often: Why were the fish here today—and why weren't they here yesterday? Tim also shares how Johnny's influence has completely changed the way he approaches spearfishing: shooting fewer fish, observing more, recognising short feeding windows and learning to know where to be, when to be there and why. This one goes well beyond spearfishing. It's a conversation about reconnecting with the natural world, waking up dulled senses and becoming less dependent on apps, assumptions and handed-down rules. Important Times 00:00 – Introduction to Johnny Mitchell 03:00 – Johnny joins Shrek and Tim McDonald 04:00 – Johnny's background: fishing, hunting and living wild 06:00 – Your subconscious is collecting more information than you realise 07:00 – Awareness: the foundation of everything 09:00 – Living at Cape Capricorn lighthouse 11:00 – Why good experiences lead to better questions 12:00 – Hunting versus simply observing animals 15:00 – Watching fish footage 100 times 17:00 – How Johnny changed Tim McDonald's approach to hunting 18:00 – Pattern recognition and exponential learning 19:00 – The most important question: Why? 20:00 – Observational intelligence versus handed-down knowledge 23:00 – Nature is multidimensional: beware single-variable thinking 29:00 – New moon vs full moon: are we asking the wrong questions? 31:00 – Understanding the specific tide window for a spot 34:00 – Johnny's "Zoom Out" technique 36:00 – Using landscape, wind and Google Earth to understand a fishing location 38:00 – How modern life dulls our senses 40:00 – "Unbroken connection" with the natural world 44:00 – How disconnected have we become? 46:00 – From awareness to recognising patterns and predicting opportunities 48:00 – Knowledge removes scarcity and makes you a more generous diver 52:00 – Making more space in your life for the outdoors 54:00 – You can start reconnecting with nature in ten minutes 58:00 – Why understanding fisheries can become extremely complicated 1:00:00 – Observing more and killing less 1:04:00 – Spearfishing has to become about more than killing fish 1:06:00 – Old-school dogtooth tuna and spearfishing stories 1:09:00 – You don't need a $100,000 boat 1:10:00 – Why most fishermen don't actually understand weather 1:12:00 – From reading conditions to predicting a 130 cm barramundi 1:14:00 – Johnny's Break Free three-day program 1:16:00 – Becoming a better spearo by becoming a better person 1:18:00 – Psychology, learning and actually applying knowledge 1:22:00 – Everything Johnny teaches can begin at a duck pond 1:24:00 – Throw the barometer question in the bin 1:28:00 – Testing theories instead of turning observations into rules 1:31:00 – What does Break Free actually mean? 1:32:00 – Johnny's links and wrap-up Links Mentioned Johnny Mitchell / Wild Adventures JM wildadventuresjm.com.au Fishes One Hook fishesonehook.com Check out their free Speargun Band Size Calculator. Spearo.app Free spearfishing-specific forecasting tool. Noob Spearo Patreon patreon.com/noobspearo 🤿 NOOB SPEARO 🌊 Courses, retreats and charters: https://spearfishingcourses.com.au 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noobspearo/ 💻 Website: https://www.noobspearo.com 📧 Newsletter: https://noob-spearo.kit.com/floater 📱 YouTube: @noobspearo 🌊 Instagram: @noobspearo 🤿Spearfishing Courses, Retreats, Charters and Adventures (with Noob Spearo) Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO to save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout – Flat shipping rate, especially in AUS! Neptonics Spearfishing and Freediving – Use the code NOOB10 to save 10% off anything store-wide. Free Shipping on USA orders over $99 Old Man Blue | Wickedly tough and well thought out gear! Spend $300 or more at oldmanblue.com.au and use code NOOBSPEARO for a free vinyl filleting
- Aug 9, 20261h 10m
NSP:319 — The Unknown World Record Dogtooth Tuna Story | Jean Napier-Hattingh
In 1989, Jean Napier-Hattingh hung mid-water off a reef 20km out from the Mozambique coast with a 1 metre speargun and shot a dogtooth tuna the same size as she was. It dragged her until her mask and snorkel came off. They had to cut it into four pieces to weigh it on a 20kg scale. It was 52 kilos — a men's world record she had no idea she'd broken, and a women's international bluewater record that still stands today. Jean spent a year in hospital as a seven-year-old being told she might not walk again, decided she'd live the most adventurous life on Earth, and has spent forty years backing that up: a 138kg marlin landed solo on a 1.2m gun with a rusty spear, a 26kg barracuda world record in Sierra Leone she also didn't know about, and a wrist full of silver bangles that accidentally invented the flasher. She talks about being laughed off boats in a sport that had no place for women, why patience beats strength on big fish, and how she hunts each game fish species differently. For anyone who thinks you need a big gun and big lungs to shoot big fish, and for every woman wondering whether there's room for her out there. KEY TOPICS COVERED: The 52kg dogtooth tuna world record shot on a 1 metre gun Landing a 138kg marlin solo with 90 metres of borrowed float line Being the only woman in South African spearfishing in the late 1980s How silver bangles worn outside her wetsuit worked as the first flashers Why weak arms made her a better hunter — patience, close shots, slow retrieves Species-specific game fish tactics for Spanish mackerel, kingfish and wahoo Two close great white encounters and why Shark Shields only come out in Australia Writing Against the Tide during lockdown and the records she never claimed Conservation in South Africa and Mozambique — abalone syndicates, poaching and trawlers Still diving at nearly 70, and what it takes to keep going CONNECT WITH JEAN: Instagram: @spearfisherlady Book: Against the Tide — on Amazon in paperback and e-book, plus all major online bookstores Full show notes: noobspearo.com/jean NOOB SPEARO: Spearfishing Courses and Retreats: spearfishingcourses.com.au Instagram: @noobspearo Website: noobspearo.com Newsletter: noob-spearo.kit.com/floater PARTNER DEALS: Adreno Spearfishing: spearfishing.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save $20 on orders over $200 Neptonics: neptonics.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% storewide Old Man Blue: oldmanblue.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO for a free vinyl filleting apron on orders over $300 Aqualyte Hydration: aqualyte.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 10% Dog & Gun Coffee: dogandguncoffee.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% HohnkeOutdoors: hohnkeoutdoors.com — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 20%
- Jul 8, 20261h 10m
NSP:318 — 5 Spearos Finish Instructors Course in Bali + Spearfishing Rumpongs | Matty and Liv, Noffs, Rhys (No Viz) and Chiz with Spearo Co
Part two of the Bali crew adventure. Matty, Liv, Noffs, Rhys (No Viz) and Chiz push through flu, blood noses and an LMC scare to finish their freediving instructors course with Adam Sellars and The Pressure Project — every one of them nailing their 32m depth, static and dynamic requirements. Then they head up the coast to spear the rumpongs, Bali's handmade floating FADs, with the experienced local guides at Spearo Co: first-ever dolphin fish, triple tail everywhere, and Matty sprinting across the open ocean after a jammed roller gun. Liv's one-shot redemption dynamic after four failed attempts is the moment of the episode. If you're curious about a freediving instructors course or spearfishing Bali on a budget, this one's for you. KEY TOPICS COVERED: Finishing freediving instructor requirements while sick — and when to listen to your body instead Mouth fill technique made simple: when to charge it and why it unlocks depth Why you don't need a massive pre-dive breath to dive 30-40 metres Dynamic apnea mental blocks and Liv's one-shot redemption protocol Spearfishing Bali's rumpongs: triple tail, mahi mahi and flasher tactics What a $625 Bali spear charter with Spearo Co actually gets you Kraken Spearguns with Helios, owner of Spearo Co, plus fad season (April-December) CONNECT WITH THE CREW: Spearo Co (Bali charters): Instagram @spearo_co NOOB SPEARO: Spearfishing Courses and Retreats: spearfishingcourses.com.au Instagram: @noobspearo Website: noobspearo.com Newsletter: noob-spearo.kit.com/floater PARTNER DEALS: Adreno Spearfishing: spearfishing.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save $20 on orders over $200 Neptonics: neptonics.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% storewide Old Man Blue: oldmanblue.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO for a free vinyl filleting apron on orders over $300 Aqualyte Hydration: aqualyte.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 10% Dog & Gun Coffee: dogandguncoffee.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% HohnkeOutdoors: hohnkeoutdoors.com — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 20%
- Jun 26, 20261h 14m
NSP:317 — 5 Spearos Learning to be Freediving Instructors in Amed, Bali | Matty and Liv, Noffs, Rhys (No Viz) and Chiz
No host behind the desk for this one. Five of the Noob Spearo crew — Matty, Liv, Noffs, Rhys (No Viz Adventures) and Chiz — hand the mic around in Amed, Bali while they work through their freediving instructor course with Adam Sellars at The Pressure Project. You'll hear the full airport saga (a declared speargun, a false-positive drug swab on the podcast recorder, a phone lost forever), Rhys talking through his first-ever loss of motor control on a static, the mouthfill "great mystery" that throws every spearo sideways at 15 metres, and the mindset gold from Adam — the nana voice, the poo emoji, and diving with no plan B. It's Full Froth, No Ego in the flesh: a crew coming up short, laughing about it, and getting better the next day. Heads up from Shrek — these guys are learning in live time, so take the technical stuff with a grain of salt. For any spearo curious about crossing into proper freediving, or wondering what really happens on an instructor course. KEY TOPICS COVERED: The full travel disaster: declaring a speargun, a false-positive recorder swab, a lost phone Rhys's first LMC on day one — what it felt like and why his ego put him there Knowing when to push (mental) and when to stop (physical) The instructor requirements: 3:30 static, 75m dynamic, 32–40m depth, assignment and presentation Mouthfill from scratch — the mechanics and why it throws every spearo off Adam's mindset tools: the nana voice, the poo emoji, no plan B, and relaxation as king Why free immersion "feels like cheating" to a spearo Honest Amed travel tips and why every boat needs a proper first aid and oxygen kit CONNECT WITH THE CREW: Rhys / No Viz Adventures: [CHECK: channel URL + handle] The Pressure Project (Adam Sellars), Amed, Bali: [CHECK: URL] NOOB SPEARO: Spearfishing Courses and Retreats: spearfishingcourses.com.au Instagram: @noobspearo Website: noobspearo.com Newsletter: noob-spearo.kit.com/floater PARTNER DEALS: Adreno Spearfishing: spearfishing.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save $20 on orders over $200 Neptonics: neptonics.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% storewide Old Man Blue: oldmanblue.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO for a free vinyl filleting apron on orders over $300 Aqualyte Hydration: aqualyte.com.au — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 10% Dog & Gun Coffee: dogandguncoffee.com — use code NOOB10 to save 10% HohnkeOutdoors: hohnkeoutdoors.com — use code NOOBSPEARO to save 20%
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