Good Humans with Cooper Chapman

This week I sat down with Ryan Bautista, and this one is for anyone who has ever wondered what it looks like to build a career by following what you love.

Ryan has spent the last two decades at the intersection of surf, sport and business. He was part of the hyper growth of Rusty in Australia through the 2000s, one of the most exciting periods in Australian surf culture, before moving into athlete management with Red Bull where he worked alongside some of the biggest names in action sports. From there he moved into the WSL, helping shape the business of professional surfing, before taking his commercial skills into the craft beer world with Balter and other leading beer brands.

Now Ryan has made his most personal move yet — founding Good Street, a super greens brand built on the belief that feeling good should be simple, accessible and something you actually want to do every day.

This is a brilliant conversation about building a career in industries you love, knowing when to make the leap, and what it really takes to go from employee to founder. Ryan is switched on, generous and genuinely one of the good ones.

In this episode we cover:

Being part of the hyper growth of Rusty in Australia in the 2000s
The surf industry boom and what that era taught him about business
Athlete management at Red Bull and working with elite action sports talent
His time at the WSL and the business of professional surfing
Working with Balter and other leading beer brands
Making the leap from employee to founder
Building Good Street and why he started a super greens brand
What it takes to launch a product brand from scratch
The intersection of health, wellness and surf culture

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THE GOOD HUMAN FACTORY™️ 2020
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This week I sat down with Shaun Tomson, and this one genuinely stopped me in my tracks.

Shaun grew up in Durban, South Africa, in a family deeply connected to the ocean. From a young age he was one of the most exciting surfers in the world, and in 1977 he became the IPS World Surfing Champion — one of the most celebrated titles in the history of the sport. He competed on the professional tour for 16 years, winning 19 major pro events, and was named one of the ten greatest surfers of the century by Surfer Magazine. He also revolutionised surfboard design and tube riding, leaving a mark on the sport that is still felt today.

But Shaun's story doesn't stop at world titles. After retiring from competition he built successful surf apparel brands, became a passionate environmental advocate through his work with the Surfrider Foundation, and produced the award-winning documentary Bustin' Down the Door — the story of how his generation put professional surfing on the map.

And then, in 2006, his teenage son Mathew died during a schoolboy prank gone wrong. By his own words, Shaun was totally lost in grief. What followed was one of the most remarkable acts of transformation I have ever heard — channelling unimaginable loss into a powerful message about resilience, purpose and living with intention. His books, including the bestselling Surfer's Code and The Code, and his keynote speaking work have since inspired everyone from Fortune 500 executives to students across the world.

This conversation covers all of it. Shaun is warm, deeply human and one of the most inspiring people I have ever spoken to. This one will stay with you.

In this episode we cover:
Growing up in Durban, South Africa and falling in love with the ocean
His surfing career and winning the 1977 IPS World Surfing Championship
16 years on tour, 19 major pro events and redefining tube riding
Revolutionising surfboard design and his impact on the sport
Building iconic surf apparel brands Instinct and Solitude
His environmental advocacy and work with the Surfrider Foundation
Producing the award-winning documentary Bustin' Down the Door
The death of his son Mathew and navigating unimaginable grief
How loss became the catalyst for his greatest purpose
His bestselling books Surfer's Code and The Code
His keynote speaking and the Code Leadership Method
What he wants people to take from his story

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This week I sat down with Dr Jemma King, and this one is going to change the way you think about sleep forever.

Jemma is a behavioural scientist and sleep researcher with a PhD in Human Behaviour, a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland School of Psychology and a specialist external advisor to McKinsey & Company. Her brand new book Sleep First is out now through Wiley.

65% of Australians report that poor quality sleep is affecting their focus and wellbeing. Yet despite endless wellness advice, most of us still don't understand what is actually happening in our brains and bodies when we sleep. Irregular sleepers carry roughly a 50% higher all-cause mortality risk than consistent sleepers — not people sleeping less, but people sleeping at different times. There is even a name for the weekly version of this: social jet lag.

Jemma is sharp, practical and genuinely one of the best communicators I have spoken to on this show. This one will stick with you.

In this episode we cover:
Jemma's journey into sleep science and human behaviour
Why 65% of Australians are struggling with poor quality sleep
Why your brain needs to clean itself every night
Why waking at 3am happens and what your body is trying to tell you
How caffeine, alcohol, screens and late meals disrupt sleep quality
Building a personalised sleep formula for energy, focus and recovery
Her new book Sleep First and what's inside it

Jemma's Book — Sleep First

Jemma's Website
https://www.jemmakingbio-pa.com.au/

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THE GOOD HUMAN FACTORY™️ 2020

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This week I sat down with Nathan Moss, known as Uncle Nathan, and this one is going to hit close to home for a lot of people in their 20s.

Nathan spent a good chunk of his twenties doing what a lot of us do — feeling a bit lost, a bit unfulfilled, and not really sure why. So he did what made sense. He packed up, moved to Bali and set out to build the dream life. And from the outside it looked great. But on the inside, something still wasn't right.

So he came home. And then he did something about it — he wrote a book.

Sort of OK, Sort of Not is Nathan's self-published debut, and it is exactly the kind of honest, unpretentious conversation about life in your twenties that most people are desperate for but rarely find. It's a book for people who are figuring it out and tired of pretending they already have.

We talk about what it really felt like to chase a dream life and feel nothing, what moving back to Australia taught him, why he decided to write and self-publish rather than wait for permission, and what he hopes people take from the book.

Nathan is warm, self-aware and refreshingly honest. This one is for anyone who has ever felt sort of ok, and sort of not.

In this episode we cover:

Struggling and feeling lost in his early twenties
Moving to Bali to build the dream life and feeling unfulfilled
Coming back to Australia and what that decision taught him
Writing and self-publishing Sort of OK, Not OK
Honest conversations about the reality of life in your twenties
Why so many people are figuring it out and pretending they aren't
What he hopes people take from the book

Nathan's Book — Sort of OK, Not OK
https://www.amazon.com.au/Sort-Okay-Not-twenties-yourself/dp/1764607414
Follow Nathan
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https://unclenathan.com/
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This week I sat down with Matt Formston AM, and I genuinely don't know where to start with this one.

At five years old, Matt was told he would go blind and never hold down a job or play sport. The doctors were half right. Matt did go blind. But everything else they said? He has spent his entire life proving wrong.

Matt is a four-time Adaptive Surfing World Champion, a World Champion cyclist, an Australian Paralympian, and holds the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed by any para-athlete in history. He has had an award-winning Netflix documentary made about him — The Blind Sea — and has just released his debut book Why Not? through Wiley, out now.

We talk about what it actually takes to trust someone with your life on the biggest waves in the world, the mental health challenges that don't always make the highlight reel, what resilience really looks like when the odds are stacked against you from the age of five, and why the word "can't" has never really stuck with Matt.

We also get into his next chapter — Matt has become a world class free diver and is heading to Tonga in August to freedive with humpback whales. Because of course he is.

This is one of the most extraordinary human beings I have ever had the privilege of sitting down with. This one will change the way you think about limits.

In this episode we cover:
Being told at five he would go blind and never work or play sport
Four-time Adaptive Surfing World Champion and Guinness World Record holder at Nazaré
World Champion cyclist and Australian Paralympian
The Netflix documentary The Blind Sea
The role of trust on the biggest waves in the world
Mental health, resilience and life at the edge
His new book Why Not? and the message behind it
Freediving shipwrecks and swimming with humpback whales in Tonga

Matt's Book — Why Not?
https://www.amazon.com.au/Why-Not-Breaking-Limits-Business/dp/1394434626
Matt's Website
https://www.mattformston.com/
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THE GOOD HUMAN FACTORY™️ 2020
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