Big-wave surfer — on fear, preparation and operating in environments most people would not enter.
Mark Mathews is one of the most accomplished big-wave surfers in the world — multiple Oakley Big Wave Awards, a sustained career chasing the largest waves on earth, and a long body of work on the science and psychology of operating well in genuinely high-fear environments.
His corporate speaking is shaped by both the experience and the substantive interest he's taken in the underlying research. He talks carefully about preparation, what fear actually is at a neurological level, how to work with it rather than against it, and the practices that make performance sustainable over years rather than moments. The content is direct, well-researched and refreshingly free of bravado.
For event organisers, Mark is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership programs, wellbeing days and any in-house audience where the brief is a substantive voice on fear, preparation and performance from someone with serious operational credibility.
Mark Mathews is a keynote speaker based in Queensland who speaks on inspiration, motivation and sport. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Through his career as a professional ‘Big Wave’ surfer and Red Bull Athlete, Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between; Fear, courage, personal growth and fulfilment.
He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotion and resilience techniques to successfully strengthen one’s mindset, adapt to change, and experience a Life Beyond Fear.
• Harness resilience
Explore the scientific benefits of vision, meaning, gratitude and the counter intuitive techniques that disrupt negative mental perceptions & increase innovation, drive & performance.
• Adapt to stress
There are two main components to adapting to change and the stress that comes with it. “Embrace And Upgrade” and “Rest And Recover.” Through these two components we can learn how to avoid the “crash and burn” cycle by converting fear-based habits to positive lifestyle patterns.
• Perform when it counts
In the ocean, Mark Mathews must always assume that conditions can–and will–unexpectedly change, violently and quickly. Mark and his team must stay hypersensitive to change, continually reassessing conditions, refocusing goals, and updating strategies. With this Agility, Mark and his team can overcome all challenges and succeed in surfing the world’s biggest waves.
Mark delivered an exceptional keynote. The room was captivated from the start as he took us through his amazing story and shared his life experience and learnings in such an open and honest way.National Mortgage Brokers Pty Ltd
He closed our virtual sales Kick-off in such a way that our attendees were speechless. His ability to captivate, educate, inspire and own an audience is remarkable. His message is so powerful it has the capacity to change lives, both professionally and personally. I can't recall a guest speaker ever having such an impact!VP Global Sales, Cohesity
I seriously can’t express how happy I am that we had Mark on site here to deliver his message to the team.Downer
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