Épisodes

  • Aaron Cruden : The Wizard

    Aaron Cruden : The Wizard
    Dec 2 2024
    This episode I catch up with Aaron Cruden, Cruds is a professional rugby player and his career has had some amazing experiences.
    From starting out in the mighty Manawatu to play for teams in New Zealand such as, the Hurricanes, Chiefs and the All Blacks. Then abroad to play for Montpellier in France and Suntory in Japan then full circle to return to New Zealand and play here in the Waikato for the mighty Mooloos.
    Through this podcast you will get a great insight on professional sport from one of the very best to ever play the game of rugby here in New Zealand.
    We discuss the importance of leadership, game management and how he has a heavy focus on life blance. We also discuss the Chiefs winning back to back Super Rugby titles in 2012 and 2013, kicking the winning conversion to secure the All Blacks undefeted season and so much more.
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    1 h et 40 min
  • Jimmy Brown : The Tail from 12ft to 90ft

    Jimmy Brown : The Tail from 12ft to 90ft
    Nov 17 2024
    This episode I catch up with Jimmy Brown.Jimmy is a professional skipper and has had some experiences that most can only dream of. His journey from a 12ft tinnie to skippering Jaruco a 90ft Jarrett Bay with a build cot of $24,000,000 USD has been amazing.Some of the tails he shares will blow your mind.Such as setting the world record of over 900 Blue marlin in a single year and at times travelling travelling over 200 nautical miles to the fishing grounds. We also discuss catching a 344 kg Swordfish with good friend Tony Carpenter off Hokianga, Giant Black marlin, fishing with the legend that is Chris Ash and so much more.
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    4 h et 41 min
  • Mark Collins : The MC of fishing

    Mark Collins : The MC of fishing
    Jun 5 2024
    This episode I catch up with Mark Collins.Mark is a deckhand, skipper, boat builder and an extremely well rounded fisherman.
    As you will hear through this podcast Mark has gained a very high skill set over time when it come to all things fishing.We cover a range of topics from our first time meeting at a boat ramp to catching a marlin on our very first day fishing together.
    We also discuss targeting swordfish, the skills he developed fishing on a wharf, catching over 10 billfish with his son, kingfish over 50kg on Pursuit, 14 hour long battles with fish and so much more.
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    3 h et 47 min
  • Tom Martin : Balance & Creativity

    Tom Martin : Balance & Creativity
    Dec 21 2023
    This episode I sit down with Tom Martin from Shard Studios.As you will hear during this podcast Tom is a very well balanced and self aware individual. Especially considering he is only 23 years of age. We cover a range of topics such as how his frustration in a rugby changing room pregame led to his world’s first multi tool for rugby and football players.We also discuss the mental health challenges of back to back ACL injuries, how he fuels his creative side and how passionate he is to be successful in both rugby and his engineering career.
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    1 h et 56 min
  • Bonze Lures : Evolution of Mini Chiefie

    Bonze Lures : Evolution of Mini Chiefie
    Dec 8 2023
    This episode I sit down with Bonze and we discuss the evolution of my boat Mini Chiefie.We share in detail the changes we have made and the learnings we have taken along the way.The podcast has been a great platform for us to share information to help keen fishos build their confidence when targeting marlin. As you will hear the journey has been extremely enjoyable for us both and we hope that you can take some learnings that we have had and apply them to your fishing.
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    2 h et 7 min
  • Ironclad : Tails from the Team

    Ironclad : Tails from the Team
    Nov 12 2023
    This episode I catch up with Joe and Kate founders and directors of Ironclad. Ironclad as a company was founded in 2019 and have been producing cast iron cookware with a three generation guarantee.During this podcast you will hear a great Tail of passion, perseverance and loyalty. We cover some great topics such as starting a company during a global pandemic to losing it all over night and having to rebuild.We also get to know Joe and Kate, what drives them to deliver such an awesome product and so much more.
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    1 h et 14 min
  • J.E.Wilds : The next chapter

    J.E.Wilds : The next chapter
    Jul 19 2023
    This episode I catch up with Joe Edlington or as many of you will know him J.E. Wilds.
    Joe is one of New Zealands leading content creators. He does this by documenting his Hunting and Fishing adventers through his YouTube channels JE Wilds Hunting and JE Wilds Fishing.
    Alot has changed for Joe since he was last a guest on the podcast and through this epidsode he shares the next chapter of his 'Tail'.
    Catching big Kingfish off the rocks, becoming a father, Hunting the red stag of a lifetime in the remote west coast bush, this episode has it all.
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    2 h et 42 min
  • Kilwell : Tails of 90 years in business

    Kilwell : Tails of 90 years in business
    Jun 27 2023
    This episode I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Amanda, Geoff and Jeremy Wells. Two of the three generations that have owned and operated Kilwell Sports.Kilwell Sports that started out as Rotorua Sports 90 years ago by Jeremy’s late father John has grown into one of New Zealand’s most iconic distributors of Fishing, Hunting and Outdoors goods. As you will hear in this podcast it’s not only the sporting goods where the Kilwell brand has become recognisable both here in New Zealand and round the world.As you can imagine with 90 years of business there are many Tails to share, From Jeremy moving to USA in the late 1960’s living off $19 a day and learning to produce fishing rod blanks, to Geoff becoming a New Zealand trap shooting champion and being fortunate enough to learn off the best to ever do it. We also discuss Amanda never really having a passion for the outdoors but is now one of the key figures in one of New Zealand’s biggest outdoors distributors, the lasting impact the business has had on the Rotorua community and families, developing components for some of the worlds most successful businesses and so much more.
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    2 h et 37 min