Interview with Adam Serra
Todays interview is with new Noob Spearo partner Adam Serra, co-founder of Astard Pole Spears. When Adam and his great friend Kim went over to Japan they discovered the world of pole spears! Originally coming from WA, Adam was used to a traditional speargun, now he makes high quality roller pole spears able to take on any fish you can get in range of! Hear the journey of how he ended up preferring pole spears over regular spearguns, the innovations his company Astard has built in and get some bonus tips on how to cook Surgeon Fish!
What’s better yet is that Astard has become a major sponsor of the Noob Spearo Podcast! Go to Astard.co to buy your own roller pole spear and use the code NOOBSPEARO to get FREE SHIPPING world wide!
Important times
- 00:00 Intro
- 08:00 Welcome Adam Serra!
- 10:30 Spearfishing in Japan, illegal spearguns
- 16:55 Geography of Japan, Yellowtail Kingfish
- 20:50 Ama divers of Japan and pole spears
- 26:15 Features of the Astard Pole Spear, resting hook and roller spear
- 31:10 Surgeon fish recipe
- 36:05 Effective range hunting with a pole spear
- 45:05 Hunting huge fish with a pole spear
- 51:45 Story of Astard, technology and slip tips
- 01:00:05 Business goals
- 01:06:05 Takoyaki recipe
- 01:08:15 Spearfishing Yellowtail in Japan
- 01:11:55 Eating whale and shark
- 01:18:00 Would you return to a speargun?
- 01:29:55 Spearo Q&A
- 01:38:20 Outro
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