Prone paddleboarding – Your Ocean Life

The Zen of the Paddle: How Steve Shlens Found Flow After Breaking His Back

by Joshua PedersonHealing & Resilience, Podcast Episodes November 14, 2025No Comments

The ocean is a demanding and unforgiving teacher, often requiring those who pursue its depths to demonstrate not just physical prowess but extraordinary mental fortitude. For prolific prone paddleboarder Steve Shlens, this lesson was learned not once, but repeatedly, across decades of competitive endurance racing and life-altering adversity. Steve’s career is a testament to resilience, …

Riding the Edge: How Competitive Paddleboarder Nick Ayers Found His Ocean Flow State

by Joshua PedersonPodcast Episodes, Riding Energy November 14, 2025No Comments

The ocean is a vast, ever-changing arena, offering both serene beauty and relentless challenge, and for some, it is the only place where true focus can be found. Our guest today, Nick Ayers, a distinguished competitive paddleboarder from the UK, has mastered the art of finding that perfect balance, whether he is chasing waves on …

Riding the Edge of the World: How Gerry Lopez Found Flow in the Fabled Molokai Channel

by Joshua PedersonPodcast Episodes, Riding Energy November 13, 2025November 13, 2025No Comments

Welcome back to the podcast, where we dive deep into the lives of those who find their deepest connections and most profound sense of self within the vast, blue expanse of the ocean. Today, we are honored to share the wisdom and exhilarating stories of a true ocean legend, a man whose name is synonymous …