Noob Spearo Podcast

Interview with Rob Gates You might remember Rob Gates from our 101 Croc Episode where he shared about 2 different personal crocodile attack experiences. A love affair with Crocs helped Rob plan a move from Zimbabwe to North Queensland, Australia 7 years ago. He still enjoys spearfishing and talks a bit about transferable skills from … Continue reading NSP:033 Rob Gates Freshwater Assassin & Croc Survivor →

Interview with Dwayne Herbert Kiwi Spearfishing Champion It was a pleasure to interview Dwayne Herbert the 7 time New Zealand Spearfishing and 1 time Australian Champion recently. Dwayne is sponsored by Beuchat and lives and works down the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. Dwayne shares with us the story of how he … Continue reading NSP:032 Dwayne Herbert Kiwi Spearfishing Champion →

101 Spearfishing Beginner Setup This episode covers an overview of the basic spearfishing beginner setup. We cover the speargun, rigline, speed spike, float and flag setup every new spearo should be using. This episode is right back to basics and is all about helping new spearos to keep it simple. The temptation in spearfishing is … Continue reading NSP:031 101 Spearfishing Beginner Setup →

Interview with Ian Puckeridge, Australian Spearfishing Champion This interview with Ian Puckeridge aka 'Pucko' has been a longtime goal for Turbo and I. Pucko is a multiple time Australian and New Zealand spearfishing champion as well as representing Australia over a long period of time in international events. With 40+ years spent spearfishing, an 83kg … Continue reading NSP:030 Ian Puckeridge, Australian Spearfishing Champion →

Interview with Aaron Chasse Speared Apparel Founder + SpearHeads Collaborator This is an interview chock full of good actionable intel for spearfishing! Aaron Chasse, the founder of Speared Apparel and a SpearHeads TV collaborator takes our GoPro Q&A and runs with it. We ask him about the various mount options (head/gun/frame/etc), other critical accessories for … Continue reading NSP:029 Aaron Chasse Speared Apparel Founder + SpearHeads Collaborator →

101 Spearfishing with Crocs This 101 audio interview features several stories from spearfisherman who have been attacked by Crocodiles. These guys were nice enough to come on the show and share their stories with us along with the lessons they learned from being attacked by crocodiles while spearfishing. This one is a little off the … Continue reading NSP:028 101 Spearfishing with Crocs →

Interview With 16 yo Rock Hopper Pete Morris +10 Tips to Become A Better Spearo Pete Morris (a regular listener of the Noob Spearo Podcast) joins us from the South Coast of New South Wales to share about his experience's with rock hopping. His personal experience's with the dangers of spearfishing from rocky surf beaches were by turns alarming … Continue reading NSP:027 Pete Morris 16 y/o NSW Rock Hopper + 10 Tips To Become A Better Spearo →

Interview with Sean Hartley Underwater Hockey A Complimentary Sport for Maintaining Spearfishing Fitness A school teacher by day and a rampant 'frothing at the lips' underwater hockey player by night, Sean Hartley is a passionate evangelist for both spearfishing and underwater hockey. If you don't know much about underwater hockey and would like to know how … Continue reading NSP:026 Sean Hartley Underwater Hockey Ambassador →

101 Ciguatera Poisoning This is an audio interview with Levi 'Turbo' Brown about his experience with ciguatera poisoning after eating some affected fish from North Queensland. Turbo developed symptoms shortly after arriving home and eating a Parrot fish over 2 nights. He joined me after spending 3 weeks off work, sick at home and spending his time doing extensive research … Continue reading NSP:025 101 Ciguatera Poisoning →

Ben Choi Texas Oil Rig Spearfishing & Blackout Survivor Joining us from Galveston Texas is Ben Choi, a bloke who came on Noob Spearos radar via the Freedivers Facebook page with a video that shared his personal experience with samba & blackout. In this Youtube footage Ben and a few friends are chasing Mangrove Snapper … Continue reading NSP:024 Ben Choi Texas Oil Rig Spearfishing & Blackout Survivor →