Mark Mathews
Big Waver Surfer and Motivational Speaker
Mark Mathews is a world-class big wave surfer, Red Bull athlete, and surf contest director, renowned for winning three consecutive Oakley Big Wave Awards. As an international speaker, he inspires audiences worldwide, sharing compelling stories and actionable strategies on resilience, high performance, and personal growth.
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As a world class big wave surfer, Red Bull Athlete and Surf Contest Director Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment.
Winner of an unprecedented 3 back to back Oakley Big Wave Awards, Mark has cemented himself as one of the best big wave surfers in the world.
As a highly sought after international speaker, Mathews’ surfer chill vibe and magnetic charisma, has graced the stages of leading companies worldwide.
From Google, Sony, Intel, to MasterCard, he instantly captures audiences with his epic tales and spectacular big wave surf vision.
His compelling story offers game changing tips to adapt to stress, harness resilience and perform when it counts. He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotional resilience techniques to successfully strengthen ones mindset and sustain long term performance.
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- Explore the scientific benefits of vision, meaning and team support. And the counterintuitive techniques that disrupt negative mental perceptions and increase innovation, drive and performance.
- Cultivating an emotional state of gratitude has many Physiological benefits. From decreased stress to improved immune function, to a strengthening of relationships. During this keynote Mark shares an emotional story that highlights these benefits and motivates the audience to implement gratitude practices into their own life. Audience members are also given the chance to enter the “Wave of Gratitude” competition
- In the ocean Mark must always assume that conditions can–and will– unexpectedly change, violently and fast. Mark and his team must stay hypersensitive to change, continually reassessing conditions and refocusing goals and strategies. With this agility, Mark and his team can overcome all challenges and succeed in surfing the world’s biggest waves.
- Success as a professional big wave surfer is not all about the willingness to take more risks. It is about the ability to take risks out of a dangerous situation. This is only possible through Meticulous Preparation, Effective Communication, and Laser Focus.
- When a huge swell pops up on the forecast, and it becomes clear that soon Mark will be surfing waves that could kill, his mind goes into overdrive. It’s like someone switches on a TV in his head that plays out every way he might die in a week’s time. If he doesn’t manage that mental stress and anxiety, he will turn up on the day of the swell physically exhausted, like his body has been through a thousand wipeouts before he has even put a foot in the water! In this keynote, Mark shares the tips and techniques he uses to manage that negative mental chatter so that he doesn’t burn out and can perform at his best when it counts.
