As a world class big wave surfer, Red Bull Athlete and Surf Contest Director Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment.
Winner of an unprecedented 3 back to back Oakley Big Wave Awards, Mark has cemented himself as one of the best big wave surfers in the world.
As a highly sought after international speaker, Mathews’ surfer chill vibe and magnetic charisma, has graced the stages of leading companies worldwide.
From Google, Sony, Intel, to MasterCard, he instantly captures audiences with his epic tales and spectacular big wave surf vision.
His compelling story offers game changing tips to adapt to stress, harness resilience and perform when it counts. He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotional resilience techniques to successfully strengthen ones mindset and sustain long term performance.
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Life Beyond Fear
An engaging and empowering presentation packed with results-driven Strategies.Life Beyond Fear
As a highly sought-after international speaker, Mathews’ surfer chill vibe and magnetic charisma, have
graced the stages of leading companies worldwide.
From Google, Sony, Intel, to MasterCard, he instantly captures audiences with his epic tales and spectacular ocean-themed adventure simulations.
Obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment, Mathews is on a mission: Offer game-changing ways to adapt to stress and increase wonder in the lives of others. He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotion and resilience techniques to successfully strengthen one's mindset and sustain long-term performance.
Out the Back: The Courage to Commit
Discover how a 10-year-old boy, terrified of the ocean would go on to become one of the worlds best Big Wave Surfers. Out the Back: The Courage to Commit
A story so inspiring that is was developed into the 2x AFI award-winning movie Fighting Fear narrated by Hollywood superstar Joel Edgerton.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to easily adapt, react, and capture opportunities in high-risk environments.
- Discover counter-intuitive techniques to disrupt negative mental perceptions to naturally increase innovation, drive and focus.
- Easily tap into “the zone” to maintain ultimate productivity and long term sustained performance.
Wipeout: Surviving the Impact Zone
Mark Matthews knows all too well the crippling effects of stress and anxiety. While in Tasmania, fifteen feet infront of a cliff in cold, shark infested waters, Mark hit the reef and intsantly blacked out. Terror engulfed every inch of his being. Neck braced and hospital ridden, he didnt know if he would ever surf again. At that moment mark made a decision never to allow stress and anxiety to put him in this position again.Wipeout: Surviving the Impact Zone
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to easily adapt, react, and capture opportunities in high-risk environments.
- Discover counter-intuitive techniques to disrupt negative mental perceptions to naturally increase innovation, drive and focus.
- Easily tap into “the zone” to maintain ultimate productivity and long term sustained performance.
Capitalising on the Next Wave of Opportunities
In the ocean, Mark must always assume that conditions can-and will-unexpectedly change, violently and fast. Mark and his team must stay hypersensitive to change, continually reassessing conditions and refocusing goals and strategies. With this Agility, Mark has gone on to win 3 x Oakley Biggest Wave Awards and sign major sponsorship deals with Red Bull, GoPro and LandRover.Capitalising on the Next Wave of Opportunities
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to easily adapt, react, and capture opportunities in high-risk environments.
- Discover counter-intuitive techniques to disrupt negative mental perceptions to naturally increase innovation, drive and focus.
- Easily tap into “the zone” to maintain ultimate productivity and long term sustained performance.
Harness Resilience
This High Impact Presentation Will Help PeopleHarness Resilience
- Avoid the “crash and burn” cycle by converting fear-based habits to positive lifestyle patterns
- Access the mental rewire secrets used by elite athletes: simple and actionable tools that promote nervous system health
- Discover counter-intuitive techniques to disrupt negative mental perceptions to naturally, increase innovation and drive.
Perform When It Counts
In the ocean, Mark must always assume that conditions can-and will-unexpectedly change, violently and fast. Mark and his team must stay hypersensitive to change, continually re-assessing conditions and refocusing goals and strategies. With this Agility, Mark and his team can overcome all challenges and succeed in achieving ROI for sponsors.Perform When It Counts
- Integrating emotional intelligence and confidence-based strategies to build resilient and engaged teams
- Leading others to overcome risk, change, and uncertainty in volatile environments
- Learning how to easily adapt, react, and capture opportunities in high-risk situations
Manage Change
Mergers, buy-outs, downsizing: These are just a few of the ways in which companies can transform literallyManage Change
overnight. While these moves often help a company remain competitive, they also result in profound changes
to organisational structure and other disruptions to the status quo.
Change can trigger our most basic survival instincts, and even when physical survival is not an issue, it can feel as if your life is on the line whenever things change.
Our known existence, whether we liked it or not, is replaced by an unknown one, and we become fearful and disoriented.
Helping your employees deal with the Stress and anxiety that comes along with such changes is crucial.
Through the vision of dramatic real-life scenarios, this presentation will explore:
- Techniques to develop Resilience and Courage
- The benefits of a growth mindset
- The importance of commitment to implementing Change
Mark knows all too well the crippling effects of stress and anxiety. While in Tasmania, fifteen feet in front of a cliff in cold, shark-infested waters, Mark hit a reef and instantly blacked out. Terror engulfed every inch of his being. Neck braced and hospital-ridden, he didn’t know if he could ever surf again. At that moment, Mark made a decision never to allow stress and anxiety to put him in this position again.
The Next Wave Workshop
The Next Wave is a video-based “choose-your-own-adventure” teaming session that follows the exciting career of professional big-wave Surfer, Mark Mathews and his team.The Next Wave Workshop
The audience is grouped into professional surf teams, including the roles of photographer, swell forecaster, water safety crew, manager, publicist and surfer. You’ll be transported out into the ocean (virtually) where you will face a series of exciting scenarios, have to make difficult decisions, and either reap the rewards or face the consequences of those decisions.
In addition to delivering the interactivity and excitement that conference audiences crave. The Next Wave program can be customised to focus on your selection of the below skill development modules.
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Mark Mathews | Risk & Productive Paranoia
As a world class big wave surfer, Red Bull Athlete and Surf Contest Director Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment.Mark Mathews | The CHD Framework
As a highly sought after international speaker Mathews’ surfer chill vibe and magnetic charisma, has graced the stages of leading companies world wide. From Google, Sony, Intel to MasterCard, he instantly captures audiences with his epic tales and spectacular surf footage.Mark Mathews | The Four Energies
As a world class big wave surfer, Red Bull Athlete and Surf Contest Director Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment.Mark Mathews | Gratitude
Through his career as a professional ‘Big Wave’ surfer and Red Bull Athlete, he has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment.Mark Mathews | Fear & Performance
Winner of an unprecedented 3 back-to-back Oakley Big Wave Awards, Mark has cemented himself as one of the best big wave surfers in the world. Mark has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotion and resilience techniques to successfully strengthen ones mindset and sustain long term performance.Life Beyond Fear
Mark has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotion and resilience techniques to successfully strengthen ones mindset and sustain long term performance.The Next Wave | Mark Mathews | Saxton Speakers
The Next Wave Overview | How it Works | Mark Mathews | Saxton Speakers
The Next Wave is a video-based “choose-your-own-adventure” teaming session that follows the exciting career of professional big-wave Surfer, Mark Mathews and his team. The audience is grouped into professional surf teams, including the roles of photographer, swell forecaster, water safety crew, manager, publicist and surfer. You’ll be transported out into the ocean (virtually) where you will face a series of exciting scenarios, have to make difficult decisions, and either reap the rewards or face the consequences of those decisions. In addition to delivering the interactivity and excitement that conference audiences crave. The Next Wave program can be customised to focus on your selection of the below skill development modules.We engaged Mark to deliver the last session on the last day of 3 day APJ event, and he had the audience hooked from the beginning; in the end he had people queuing to meet him in person. ... keep reading SAP
We loved having Mark Mathews take part in the launch of Intel’s 6th Generation Core Processor in Sydney. Mark has a great story, he is passionate and is an absolute natural on stage. He is a true professional and we look forward to working more with him in the future.
People were captivated by Mark’s talk, he was genuine and authentic and his message resonated well with our managers. - I was so pleased to hear all the compliments and thank you’s from faculty and staff for having Mark close out our cross functional segment of TAP
It was a pleasure having Mark at our Google Culture Event. Mark's story and his view on how to tackle fear highly resonated with the team, not only from a professional stand point but also on how to view life. Mark is now a good friend of Google and we look forward to working with him in the future
Like no other. No one comes close. I have been speaking across the globe for over a decade and never have I been so moved or inspired by a speaker as I was with Mark Mathews. His ability to move an audience with his stories of resilience, courage and humour were unprecedented. The standing ovations that he received across the country as part of the Future of Leadership series on 2018 were testament to his speaking ability and his humility. Mark not only delivered on stage, like no other, but he is equally congruent off stage as well.
I asked Mark to come speak at our end of year strategy day about his personal experience on overcoming fear and obstacles. Mark was outstanding. His relaxed and professional demeanor, energy and positive presence kept everyone fully engaged. In a room full of investment bankers, this is not an easy task. Mark’s presentation was powerful and gave us great insight in the obstacles and fears he had overcome. Afterwards many colleagues mentioned that they felt that they could take on the world. We were very fortunate that Mark was able to find the time to speak at our strategy day.
Mark Mathews closed our virtual kick-off in such a way that our attendees were speechless. His ability to captivate, inspire and own an audience is remarkable. Mark's message is so powerful it has the capacity to change lives, both professionally and personally. I can't recall another guest Speaker ever having such an impact!
Mark is a truly inspirational and gifted speaker. His story is so exceptional and extraordinary, but his messages so relatable. Mark was the highlight of our event, and I would be honored to work with him again.
Mark connected with everyone across all the venues, and the feedback and ongoing chat about his story continues with our people.
