• GET WET SOON · Riding the Waves of Life Podcast

    GET WET SOON · Riding the waves of LifeThe Surfer and The Sage

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    What can riding waves teach us about navigating life?

    Surfing legend Shaun Tomson and poet and philosopher Noah benShea join me to discuss their book, The Surfer and the Sage — and the experiences behind it.

    We explore finding hope after loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the courage it takes to let go. We also talk about moving forward without certainty, questioning the stories we tell ourselves, and making room for kindness and silence in a world competing for our attention.

    Shaun shares his personal code of twelve “I will” statements and explains how writing our own can help us find purpose and turn intention into action.

    IN THIS EPISODE

    • How our inner world shapes what we see
    • The difference between giving up and letting go
    • Taking the next step without knowing the outcome
    • Finding purpose through a personal code
    • Kindness, social media and the value of silence
    • Parenting: balancing protection and freedom

    BOOK & GUESTS

    The Book: The Surfer and the Sage — Shaun Tomson & Noah benShea

    Shaun Tomson
    Website
    Shaun on Instagram
    InstinctSurf

    Noah benShea
    Website
    Noah on Instagram

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    Daniel Faßbender: Leid und Leidenschaft des Schreibens

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    Wellen, Wendungen und ein Verlagsvertrag der Extraklasse: In dieser Folge von Get wet soon habe ich mit Daniel Faßbender geplaudert – Autor des Surfkrimis Heaven’s Gate und frischgebackener Diogenes-Autor. Wir reden ganz offen über den Weg dorthin, über seinen schrägen Ermittler Caruso, über Durchhaltevermögen – und darüber, was Journalismus mit Literatur zu tun hat und natürlich: Surfen.

    Das steckt in dieser Folge:

    • 🏄 Wie kam es zu Heaven’s Gate – und zum Vertrag bei Diogenes?

    • 🥚 Erst der Roman oder erst der Deal?

    • 💪 Wie bleibt man zuversichtlich, wenn noch kein Vertrag in Sicht ist?

    • 🌊 Wie wurde aus einer Idee der Ermittler Caruso – gab es einen bestimmten Moment?

    • 📚 Welche Autor:innen haben Daniel geprägt?

    • ⭐ Gute Kritiken – schlechte Kritiken – und wie man damit umgeht

    • ✍️ Plotter oder Pantser? Daniels ehrliche Antwort

    • 🗺️ Wo spielen die nächsten beiden Teile? (Ein paar erste Hinweise…)

    • ⏰ Wie sieht Daniels Schreibroutine aus?

    • 📬 Wie geht man auf Agenturen zu – und worauf kommt es an?

    • 🎓 Was er jungen Autor:innen raten würde

    • 🗞️ Vom Journalismus zur Literatur – wie hat Daniel sich das nötige Handwerkszeug erarbeitet?

    Über Daniel Faßbender Daniel Faßbender ist Journalist und Autor. Mit Heaven’s Gate legt er seinen zweiten Roman vor – einen Krimi, der Surfkultur und Spannung auf ungewöhnliche Weise verbindet. Erscheint bei Diogenes, zwei weitere Teile sind bereits geplant.

    Shownotes:

    Heavens Gate im Diogenes Verlag

    Daniel Faßbender Website

    Daniel Faßbender Instagram

    Daniel Faßbender zu Gast im Kookhausen Podcast

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    Gaura Vani: The Magic of Story and Song

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    In this very special episode, we welcome Gauravani – internationally loved Kirtan artist, storyteller, and devoted practitioner of Bhakti Yoga – for a one-time-only live session recorded at Bhakti Berlin.

    Together, we dive into a unique and heart-opening blend of Kirtan (sacred chant) and personal conversation, exploring what it means to live Bhakti as a path of love, connection, and service.
    Gauravani shares his journey, insights, and the deep presence that comes from years of devotional practice – all interwoven with live musical moments that invite you to sing, feel, and return to your heart.

    🎧 Whether you’re new to Kirtan or already walk the path of Bhakti, this episode offers a space to pause, breathe, and be touched by the power of sound and story.

    In this episode we talked about:

    – how he first came into contact with Bhakti
    – what his creative process does look like
    – about most powerful kirtan moments
    – how he sees the growing interest in kirtan in the West
    – what to do when struggling with ones faith
    – what inspires him

    and more…

    Shownotes:

    Gaura Vani Homepage

    Gaura Vanis‘ offerings on Patreon

    Join Gaura Vani in India (Jan 11-25 · 2026)

    Gaura Vani on Instagram

    Gaura Vani on Spotify

    Bhakti Bloom Festival Berlin

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    Paul Watson: If the Oceans die, we die!

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    Today, we have the privilege of speaking with Captain Paul Watson, a pioneering environmental activist and marine conservationist.

    As a founding member of Greenpeace and the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Captain Watson has dedicated his life to defending marine ecosystems worldwide.

    His unwavering commitment to direct action and environmental advocacy has made him both a controversial and influential figure in the fight to protect our oceans.

    In this conversation, we’ll delve into his early inspirations, the challenges he’s faced, and his vision for the future of marine conservation.

    In this episode we talked about:

    – how he managed time in prison
    – why humans really dont care about other species
    – how does he define success in activism
    – the so called tradition in Denmark
    – why governments don´t really act that much
    – how to observe / control the ocean
    – his perspective on humanity and if it changed over the years
    – the state of the oceans and why this really should concern us all
    – the moment that made him become an ocean activist
    – how his own Organisation turned against him
    – why eco tourism isn´t a good thing


    Shownotes    :

    The Paul Watson Foundation

    Books by Paul Watson

    Paul Watson Foundation on Instagram


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    Krishna Das: Inner Strength through Chanting

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    Known as the „Rockstar of Yoga,“ Krishna Das has touched millions around the world with his soul-stirring kirtans, deep wisdom, and heartfelt storytelling. With a life dedicated to exploring the spiritual journey, his music and teachings bridge the gap between ancient traditions and modern living, creating a space where all of us can find connection, solace, and inspiration.

    In this episode, we’ll dive deep into Krishna Das’s personal experiences, his transformative relationship with Neem Karoli Baba, and the power of chanting as a spiritual practice. Together, we’ll explore how these timeless teachings can bring healing and clarity to our modern lives.

    In this episode we talked about:

    – the hunger for a spiritual practice in our society
    – the unconditional love of his guru
    – how he noticed that chanting would be his path
    – the power of chanting / kirtan
    – finding teachers nowadays vs previously
    – how it was to work with Rick Rubin
    – the concept of Guru vs Duality
    – how not to be attached to the fruits of your work
    – why the search for pleasure is a dead end
    – the different effect of doing casual music vs chanting

    and more…

    Shownotes:

    Krishna Dass on Spotify

    Krishna Dass on Instagram

    Krishna Dass Homepage
    (for Events, Harmonium Tutorials, Music and more)


    His favorite Music at the moment:

    Ani Choying Drolma´s Spotify

    Lama Gyurme´s Spotify

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Yoga-Conference Germany: Behind the Scenes mit Nicole Bongarz

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Vor 15 Jahren hat Nicole Bongartz, die Leiterin von Lord Vishnus Couch aus Köln, gemeinsam mit ihren Mitstreitern die Yoga Conference Germany ins Leben gerufen. Damals noch als frische Inspiration aus Amerika mit nach Deutschland exportiert ist dieses Event, das jährlich in Köln stattfindet, in der deutschen Yoga-Szene einfach nicht mehr wegzudenken. 

Kein Wunder, schließlich ist die Yoga Conference Germany eines der wenigen Events, wo sich auch die internationalen Größen der Szene die Klinke in die Hand geben. 

Im Interview zwischen zwei Workshops unterhalte ich mich mit Nicole darüber…

• wie alles begann

• welche Lehrer sie selber inspirieren

• die Entwicklung der Yoga-Szene

• nach welchen Kriterien Lehrer für die Conference eingeladen werden

uvm….


Shownotes:

Yoga Conference Germany

Vishnus Couch

Nicole Bongarz auf Instagram

Lord Vishnus Couch auf Instagram

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Surf Science: a talk with Patagonia-Ambassador Tony Butt

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The book „Surf Science“ is very well known in the surf scene. The author Tony Butt has dedicated his whole life to the ocean. His love for surfing big waves made him also dive deeper into the subject of the sea. Therefore he studied ocean science and luckily for all of us, made this complex subject more understandable for surfers by writing that wonderful book which is already a classic. 


Tony Butt is also a Patagonia Ambassador and expresses his deep love for the ocean into his work for NGOs like Surfers against Sewage and Save the waves. 


After the day of his workshop „Surf Science“ in Ericeira we had some time to talk about his life and therefore about everything related to the ocean for example…


– his decision to go to Spain

– how the idea for his book „Surf Science“ came up

– surfing big waves  compared to normal waves 

– why society is loosing contact with nature

– Sustainability 

– and lots of more…



Shownotes:  


Tony Butt´s articles at Patagonia

The Book „Surf Science: An introduction to waves for Surfing“


The Book „Surfers Guide to Waves, Coasts and Climates“


The Book „Guide to sustainable Surfing“

Patagonia



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Kepa Acero: How to surf life´s waves

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Among all soul surfers this planet has to offer Kepa Acero from the Basque Country might be one of the most famous ones. After surfing in competitions for years he left that part of his life behind just to travel along this planets coasts and surf lot of empty spots all by himself. And luckily for all of us, always with his videocamera that he installed at the beach. 


Due to these authentic videos that he put online he gained a lot of new followers that got imsprierd by his simple lifestyle. 


I had the honor to talk to him during the surf film festival Berlin where we talked about the movie „Its not only about waves“ that he did with his girlfriend, the wonderful filmmaker Eva Diez, the life after his accident and lots of more….


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Subjects we talked about (among others):

• about his friendship with Karolo


• the Movie „It´s not all about waves“


• what it feels like traveling alone

• about giving

• thoughts on life after his accident

• and more…



Shownotes: 


Kepa Acero at PUKAS

Kepa Acero on Instagram

Kepa Acero Homepage

Eva Diez on Instagram


Eva Diez Homepage

SurfilmFest Berlin


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The Stormrider Surf Guide: A talk with Founder Oliver Fitzjones

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Over the years the Stormrider Surf Guide did establish itself as the ultimate ressource for surftravellers around the whole world. With its comprehensive content about surfdestinations along almost every coast on the planet that provide waves there are equally lots of different versions of that legendary Guide. 

Oliver Fitzjones, one of the founders visited us during our GET WET SOON Immersion in France, where we had an interesting talk about how it all started… 

among other subjects we talked about…

• how it came to the idea for the SURFRIDER SURF GUIDE
• about the ethics of revealing secret spots
• why he did move to France, coming from England
• his thoughts about online ressources regarding surf spots
• his realation to the ocean…

OUT SOON!!! The WORLD STORMRIDER SURF GUIDE is going to be released this October as a completely renewed edition – the most comprehensive guide ever! 


Shownotes:

Lowpressure (That´s the place where you´ll find every version of the Stormrider Surf Guide and also the new World Guide.


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William Finnegan: talking about Barbarian Days

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For the lates episode I am very happy to announce a very special guest, who’s book I have read last year. A book that caught me from the first paragraph and that was so different from everything else that I have read about surfing until then.

I am talking about William Finnegan the author the wonderful piece barbarian days, with whom I sat down in Berlin during the Surffilm-Festival Berlin (organised by last weekend, having a pizza, a lemonade and a very nice conversation about his book and therefore about his life of writing and surfing. 

Subjects we were talking about:


• How it came to the idea for Barbarian Days

• Lifestyle of Traveling compared to living in New York

• The development of Surfing in general (commercialisation etc.)
• Did his life changed after winning the Pulitzer Price?
• The meaning of the ocean
• Filled line ups due to publications
• Literature / Writers that did inspire William Finnegan
• Spirituality
• and more…




Shownotes:


Barbarian Days


Barbarian Days at Pulitzer Price.com 

William Finnegan Profile on THE NEW YORKER


Barbarentage on Suhrkamp

Surffilmnacht

Nouvague Events

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Panthalassa „Life is all ocean“: a talk with Sergio Penzo

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Sergio Penzo war jahrelang in der Hamburger Werbebrache tätig bis er vor circa drei Jahren Phantalassa ins Leben gerufen, eine kreative Plattform, die mit kreativen Arbeiten von Künstlern, Designern, Fotografen, Filmern und weiteren Akteueren auf andere Art Aufmerksamkeit für das Meer generiert – um so die Menschen für dieses zu sensibilisieren mit all seinen Wundern aber auch seiner Fragilität. 

Gemeinsam saß ich mit Sergio in Hamburg im schönen „Cafe unter den Linden“ zusammen und unterhielten uns bei bestem Wetter über das spannende Projekt Panthalassa und vieles mehr. 

Themen der Folge (unter anderem):

• wie die Idee zu Panthalassa zustande kam

• das Leben zwischen San Sebastian und Hamburg

• Andy Warhol

• was Sergio inspiriert

• Naomi Klein

• mit rebellischem Denken in die Werbebranche

• ADIDAS Ocean Kampagne

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BINSURFEN: kreative Strömungen von der Ostseeküste

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Felix Gänsicke ist einer der kreativen Köpfe rund um BINSURFEN, das Kollektiv, das ursprünglich aus Rostock stammt, sich jetzt im Norden Deutschlands verteilt hat und stets mit kreativem Output begeistert: 

mit Headache haben sie den ersten Kaltwasser-Surfilm in die Welt gebracht, für ihr Indie-Magazin PULK sind sie die komplette Ostküste entlang bis Russland gereist, um dort unterschiedlichste Charaktere zu treffen, die ebenso der Leidenschaft des Surfens nachgehen.

Außerdem, gibt es online immer wieder Stories sowie diverse Ausstellungen der Jungs zu bestaunen.

Themen der Folge (unter anderem):

• der Antrieb für die kreative Arbeit rund um BINSURFEN

• wie die Jungs auf den Namen kamen

• wie es das Kollektiv auf Ideen für neue  Projekte kommt

• was Felix alles so inspiriert

• BINSURFEN als kreative Spielwiese, nicht um Einkommen zu generieren

Yoganect: the Social-Network for Yogis

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I sat down with Elnura Esen, one of the founders of Yoganect, an organic interface where yoga practitioners, students and teachers find both information and integration, Ideas, education, access to yoga events, workshops, retreats and festivals comingle in this unique digital hangout that unites yogis from across the street and across the globe.


We talked about:

• how it came to the idea for yoganect
• the advantages compared to FB
• her journey around the globe and pitching the idea in Silicon Valley
• about the Yoga-Scene worldwide
• about the power of online-platforms
• what she loves about Bikram-Yoga
• and lots more






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Namaste!

Christian Häfner: digitales Business samt Wellen als Bonus

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Christian Häfner ist Gründer von FastBill und Happy Coffee und lebt mit seiner Frau Heidi nach 18 Monaten Weltreise in Peniche in Portugal. 

Als digitaler Nomade kann er von jedem Ort der Welt aus arbeiten und hat sich damit den Luxus geschaffen, stets in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Meer zu sein und damit seinen Tag nach den Wellen zu gestalten. 

Seine Leidenschaft fürs Surfen teilen er und seine Frau Heidi Midori mit zahlreichen Lesern deutschlandweit auf dem Blog meerdavon. 

Mit dem Blog Let´s see what works hat er eine Plattform geschaffen, auf der Gründer ihre Erfahrungen über Erfolge und Misserfolge aus der Praxis teilen.   

Themen der Folge (unter anderem):

• in 18 Monaten als digitaler Nomade surfreisend um die Welt, samt er Umstände die sich dabei ergeben 

• Wie Christian auf die Idee zu FastBill und Happy Coffee kam

• Was es braucht, um als Gründer erfolgreich zu sein

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Fotograf Olaf Heine: Auf Hawaii mit Laird Hamilton

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Der Fotograf Olaf Heine startetet seine Fotografen-Karriere in den 90ern. Seitdem hat er Bands wie Depeche Mode, Radiohead, U2, Iggy Pop, Soundgarden und viele weitere Persönlichkeiten portraitiert.  

Zurück aus Hawaii, wo er gerade Liard Hamilton und Anthony Kiedis von den Red Hot Chilli Peppers portraitiert hat, haben wir uns in seinem Studio in Berlin zusammen gesetzt und angeregt unterhalten über:

• seine Exkursion mit Laird Hamilton auf Hawaii
• „Teenage Dreams“ in Bahnhofsbuchhandlungen
• seine fotografischen Vorbilder
• seinen Antrieb als Fotograf
• Chris Cornell
• Fotografie und Instagram
• seine allererste Begegnung mit der Fotografie
• uvm.
Zitate aus der Folge:

„Fotografie muß reifen, wie guter Wein.“

„Mir ging es gar nicht um die Fotografie, sondern um ein Lebensgefühl.“
„Als Jugendlicher hab ich mir Plattencover angeschaut und stundenlang darüber gegrübelt, wie diese entstanden sind.“ 


Shownotes:
Website Laird Hamilton 
Website Kelly Slater
Webiste Depeche Mode

Website U2

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