Terrible. Happy
Mostly skateboarders. You Good?
New guest EVERY SUNDAY.
Host: Shan
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 91 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#183 - Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden: From Johannesburg to Australia, bullying, parenting, training regimes, title wins, and realising dreams.
Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden is the current Australian Eternal MMA Featherweight champion. In this week's episode, Justin discusses:
- Life growing up in South Africa,
- His family's decisi…
#182 - Chelsea Hackett: The female fight journey, PFL update, managing a business, the Australian Survivor experience, and masculine vs feminine energy.
Chelsea Hackett is a female professional MMA fighter who is scheduled to compete in the Professional Fighters League in Florida this coming February 2023. Chelsea shares openly and hone…
#181 - Spencer Frost: His film-making journey, surfing, community, friendship, exploration, and the Kamchatka back story.
Spencer Frost is a talented surfer and filmmaker from the suburb of Avalon, in the northern beaches area of Sydney, Australia. This week, Spencer sits down with me in-person to discuss …
#180 - Jamie Mullarkey: Signing to UFC284, fight camp update, managing nerves, fighting fear, and his pure love for the game.
Jamie "The Hooligan" Mullarkey is a professional MMA fighter who is contracted to the UFC. In this week's episode, Jamie discusses:
- Being added to the UFC284 roster in Perth, Australia…
#179 - Wayne Cleveland: Chasing waves, cocaine smuggling, prison time, sobriety, and not letting the past define the future.
Wayne Cleveland is an iconic local from the Southern Sydney suburb of Maroubra. Big wave charger and life-long surfer, Wayne is a larger than life character that is full of charisma, e…
#178 - Simon Wills: Hardship, redemption, making amends, drugs, violence, family, skate shops, mini ramps and Tim Conan. End of year special!
Wow. What an absolute banger of a final episode for the year! Simon Wills is a pure skateboarder. And like most of my skateboarding related episodes, we barely talk about skateboarding.…
#177 - Marlon Roche: Smoking weed, mental health, empathy, social etiquette, and SOTY.
Marlon Roche is an artist, sponsored skateboarder, empath and someone I consider a good friend. This week, Marlon and I record live in front of a small audience at King Pin Skate Supply…
#176 - Dane Wilson: Pro longboarding, G&S surfboards, working for Rip Curl, creativity, family, and his lifetime in the ocean.
Dane Wilson is a lifelong surfer who's family have a deep history in surfboard manufacturing, creativity, and indirect influence on modern day surf culture. Dane joins me via remote rec…
#175 - Jarrett Wilbraham: Pro MMA fighter, living in a van, street fights, PTSD, psychedelics, and chasing the dream.
Jarrett Wilbraham is a professional MMA fighter who trains under the legendary head coach Joe Lopez at Freestyle Fighting Gym. With peers and mentors such as pound for pound UFC champio…
#174 - Josh Ku: "That" wave at Deadman's, Maroubra life, foil surfing, spearfishing, and simple solutions to happiness.
Josh Ku is a well loved, and renowned surfer from the east coast of Australia. He has proven himself time and time again at the most infamous slabbing waves around Sydney, the South Coa…
#173 - Ben Watts and Leon Paxton: Shark encounters, near death experiences, Norfolk Island adventures and skateboarding.
In this weeks episode Ben Watts (aka GRILF) and Leon Paxton discuss their skateboarding journey, the importance of being part of a community, Ben's passion for spearfishing, his love fo…
#172 - Nate Perry: DJ Secrt Wepn
Nate Perry is a skateboarder, Dj, MC, boxer and former professional snowboarder and X-Games medallist. In this week's episode, Nate catches up with me in Uluwatu, Bali to share his earl…
#171 - Luke Cederman: The Raglan Surf Report
Luke Cederman is the host of the satirical creative endeavour; The Raglan Surf Report. Avid surfer, podcaster, short film-maker, and observer of all things pop culture, surf culture and…
#170 - Tyler Farnham: Near fatal skydive survivor.
Tyler Farnham is a parachuting enthusiast, surf instructor, author, public speaker, surrogate father, lifeguard, and Florida expat. On the eve of his 26th birthday, Tyler's worst nightm…
#169 - Dan Bardallo: Rehab and "pre-hab" exercises for skateboarding longevity, progression...and fun.
Dan Bardallo is a skateboarder, content creator, author, and founder of the Skateboarding Strength rehab and "pre-hab" exercise programs. This week Dan joins me from his home in Sydney,…
#168 - Will, Tobi, and Jonah: The Next Gen part 2.
The Next Gen are back on the show for the second instalment of me, attempting to document their coming of age. Annoying, loud, they talk over each other, and they leave a vape cloud tha…
#167 - Jack Brown: We talk about suicide.
Jack Brown is the president of suicide prevention initiative Talk 2 Me Bro, he is on a mission to break the stigma surrounding suicide, and he is a past guest on the show. Last time he …
#166 - Colby "Golden Boy" Thickenesse: Fighter.
Colby "Golden Boy” Thickenesse is a 23 year old professional MMA fighter, he trains out of Freestyle fighting gym under legendary head coach Joe Lopez. He caught me a little off-guard w…
#165 - Andrew MacLeod: Can you hear their cries? Sexual abuse in developing countries.
*Trigger warning: This episode covers topics such as child abuse, sex slavery and forced prostitution .
Professor Andrew MacLeod is a humanitarian lawyer, philanthropist and former UN a…
#164 - Augusto Vegas: Breath holding specialist, free-diver, spear-fisher and waterman.
As much as I love recording in Bali, it has it's challenges. It feels that nowhere is safe from the screeching sounds of an angle-grinder, loud motor bike, barking dog, or in this case …