Interview with Alex Smyth
Todays interview is with Alex Smyth from the Noob Spearo team! Alex currently runs the Noob Spearo Instagram account and as we find out, he has a very interesting an exciting history with spearfishing! We chat about practical techniques to help deal with anxiety and depression, how spearfishing reconnects you with nature and how to travel to go spearfishing as a young person on a limited budget! Hear bonus stories from the British National Spearfishing competition and how he may have been responsible for helping shoot a record Bonito! Thanks for all your hard work mate, we are glad to have you on the show!
Important times
- 00:13 Intro
- 05:10 Welcome Alex!
- 07:45 Doing your first every competition and hitchhiking with Daniel Mann
- 17:15 Travel and spearfishing tips
- 24:00 Using electronics and gear to be more efficient and better hunters
- 37:20 Anxiety and Depression is super common today
- 43:20 Spearfishing and freediving can be the best therapy, practical shortcuts
- 54:20 Practical tip to reduce anxiety
- 01:06:45 Bonito record in the UK
- 01:09:40 Tuna in the UK
- 01:14:35 The difference between Australian and British spearfishing
- 01:18:15 Sailing the south coast of England
- 01:24:10 What’s next for your spearfishing?
- 01:25:15 Spearo Q&A
- 01:32:05 Were you responsible for the record Bonito??
- 01:34:30 Outro
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