Episode 4: Intentional Life Design with Ryan Paradee

In this episode with Ryan Paradee, we talk about intentional life design, transitioning from snowboarding to surfing, his enthusiasm for longboarding, hunting for good waves, co-owning the Surf Board Collective, and dealing with imposter syndrome along the way. Ryan is honest, heartfelt and imparts many life lessons in this engaging interview. I hope you will listen!

Episode Highlights:
[00:00] Intentional life design (and dumb luck)
[08:16] I can't say enough about my van.
[09:32] Don't take that one: Surf tips
[18:32] The most surf specific exercise you can do.
[20:06] Injuries and longevity
[26:15] Back off work and surf more
[28:17] Texas don't surf: Growing up landlocked
[32:37] Surfboard Collective: Longboarding and imposter syndrome

Quotes from Ryan:
"It was always with me internally that the traditional route is not for me, but I wasn't sure what the route was because it wasn't the traditional route. And there's a lot of conditioning and programming, I think with school and culture and society, and not all of it's bad. It's just conditioning."

"The better surfers in the lineup are so active. When you're learning to surf you're thinking, the idea is to paddle out and wait for a wave. But as you progress you actually realize, I have to hunt these waves,  so where do I want to be in relationship to where that wave is?"

"You don't need to take an egg out when it's small. They actually perform even better when it's overhead and pumping. My whole perspective changed. We have customers all the time that are making that same transition. And I love to see it. Not that I have anything against shortboards, but I know how much more fun I was having when I made that transition."