Chapter 5 | Mental Health
10/30/24 • 73 min
Chapter 5 rips open the veneer of pro surfing to expose the mental battles waged beneath.Kassia Meador ditches her sponsors and the limelight, realizing success isn't measured by contract figures.
Beyrick de Vries doesn't sugarcoat his spiral into addiction or the strength it took to claw his way out. Shaun Tomson, facing every parent's worst nightmare, shows us how to keep moving when life serves up its heaviest.
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Chapter 5 rips open the veneer of pro surfing to expose the mental battles waged beneath.Kassia Meador ditches her sponsors and the limelight, realizing success isn't measured by contract figures.
Beyrick de Vries doesn't sugarcoat his spiral into addiction or the strength it took to claw his way out. Shaun Tomson, facing every parent's worst nightmare, shows us how to keep moving when life serves up its heaviest.
More of Duct Tape Theory
- www.ducttapetheory.com
- Instagram: @ducttapetheory
Previous Episode
Raw Files | Olympic Games, depression and 10 years trying to qualify with Ramzi Boukhiam
Resilience isn't just a word for Ramzi Boukhiam. Judging from the last ten years, it's his whole life.
Ramzi started as just another kid from Agadir on borrowed boards, and with a burning desire to make it. The road to the CT was long - ten years long, to be exact. And when he finally qualified, an ankle injury sidelined him for his entire rookie season.
That's the kind of stuff that breaks most surfers. Not him.
Fast forward to today, he's the only Arab surfer ever to crack the CT. When he's dialed in, Ramzi can take down anyone. But his story goes from the highest highs to the lowest lows. He's refreshingly blunt about the mental toll, the isolation, and the relentless pressure of pro surfing. With the event window for the 2024 Summer Olympics days away, it's the perfect timing for another Raw File.
*We recorded this before Ramzi was awarded a definitive spot on the CT. At the time, he was an injury alternate trying to re-qualify the only way he knew how; The Qualifying Series.*
A conversation too good for the cutting room floor.
This is Ramzi Boukhiam, uncut.
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Next Episode
Raw Files | Getting personal with Kassia Meador
In the glitter and glamour of pro surfing, Kassia Meador was living everyone's dream – until she wasn't.
Continuing our Mental Health chapter, the queen of longboarding exposes the darkness behind the spotlight, the weight of being the face of major brands, and how completely losing yourself might be the best thing that ever happens to you.
Raw, honest, and unexpectedly liberating – this is a story about finding yourself when the life you're living isn't yours anymore.
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