Noob Spearo Podcast

Louie Van Senden, spearfishing writer and drystore co-founder In this interview with Louie Van Senden we go deep into finding and hunting the Australian Mulloway or Jewfish. Mulloway are similar in some ways to the American White Sea Bass or South African Daga Salmon and can be found in shallow water and make a memorable …

101 Shore Diving, a spearfishing beginners guide If you want to know about how to begin spearfishing from shore then this interview covers the basics such as; The importance of local knowledge and preferably an experienced buddy Clear dive planning particularly around entry and exit points Hunting techniques Rigging your gear up for entering through …

Coatesman, Our much anticipated interview! Chris Coates is a born and bred South African currently traveling all over the place with spearfishing and formerly commercial diving. When he’s at home in South Africa he lives on the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu Natal. You can find out more about Chris at Coatemans Spearfishing Safaris, where he takes people …

Interview with Andrew Quincoses Andrew Quincoses is a freediving instructor with 6 years experience teaching and over 15 years experience spearfishing. He owns and operates the very well reviewed Miami based Nautilus Spearfishing retail store. If you are just starting out spearfishing Nautilus have some great video tutorials up (on YouTube) and available covering basics like …

Dogtooth Tuna & Wahoo chasing with Jaga Crossingham from Freedive Fiji   Jaga Crossingham joins us over Skype from Fiji and shares his insights with us about planning and preparing for spearfishing charter trips. We also cover how to hunt Dogtooth Tuna and Wahoo and he has a tonne of great information.  Jaga is a spearfishing guide and …

Interview with Jessie Cripps and Michael Takach Jessie Cripps & Michael Takach co-founded Underwater Ally Productions, a media production company specializing in the underwater environment. From pre-production through to putting polished finished films together Jessie Cripps & Michael Takach together are a formidable media production force. They are also Riffe sponsored divers and have some …

Interview with Daniel Mann Daniel Mann started spearfishing 10 years ago and in that time he has seen more fish than lots of us will ever see. From serving as president of the Gold Coast Tweed Spearfishing Club to his work filming and editing high quality spearfishing footage with the boys at Spearfishing Downunder magazine, Dan …

Interview with Dr Richard Pillans   About Richard Pillans Dr Richard Pillans is a devoted Spanish Mackerel hunting specialist who loves nothing more than seeing his reel emptied by a hard running Spaniard. He is a self confessed “cranky old bastard” that hates to see a school of Mackerel spooked by long shots and bad shooting. When Richard …

Rob Allen Spearfishing Equipment Pioneer Joining us direct from the Dive Factory in Durban, South Africa – we interview a spearfishing equipment innovator who continues to bring some of the best gear onto the market. Rob Allen joins us to share about his 35 year + journey as a spearo and some of his hard won …

Interview with the Deep Spearfishing Encyclopedia’s Anvar Mufazalov Anvar Mufazalov is a freediving Instructor in Cyprus,  DeeperBlue.com Mediterranean specialist contributor and also the creator of the spearfishing YouTube series ‘Deep Spearfishing Encyclopedia’. With his deep love and respect for the ocean, Anvar teaches mindset rather than method to a global audience of spearos. His videos are helping …

Interview with Larry Gray from Penetrator Fins Larry Gray is the creator of Penetrator Fins and has been spearfishing for years. This interview was a long time coming,Turbo and I had both been motivated to talk to him since we started the show. We start the interview asking Larry about Gold Coast diving conditions and what it …

Interview with Spearfishing Huntress Valentine Thomas Labeled by the Daily Caller as a “hot spearfishing goddess” and theChive as a “badass spearfisher”, Valentine Thomas is our first female guest and she was a pleasure to chat with. Looking at Valentines pictures you could mistakenly believe that she is just a pinup girl, but as you will …

David Ochoa Producer of Inhale, the Azores in One Breath Possibly the funniest interview yet! David Ochoa is a real entertainer. Hailing from Portugal, David is the producer of Inhale – the Azores in one breath. To find out more about David visit Noob Spearo. The Azores Film project was 5 years in the making and showcases …

Doug Peterson, Author of Spearfishing – How to Get Started Doug Peterson Author of Spearfishing, How to Get Started is a Dentist who runs his own practice in New Jersey (Little Silver Dental Care). He began his journey into spearfishing in 1998. In exchange for some dental work Doug earned a SCUBA certification and some equipment, …

Luke Potts, Aquatic Rehab TV cinematographer Luke Potts is a talented kiwi cinematographer and spearo. With his laid back down to earth style and his ability to capture the action, Luke’s spearfishing video’s are awesome. Check out his spearfishing video’s on Aquatic Rehab TV’s Youtube and Facebook channels. [Tweet “Bronze Whaler Sharks like to photobomb …

Tanc Sade Spearfishing Interview In this interview Tanc Sade shares some interesting spearfishing tales,  from hunting the elusive White Sea Bass off the coast of California to a story about a vindictive dolphinfish that injures his dive buddy. Tanc is a sought after Actor, having recently returning to his base in Los Angeles after shooting in Melbourne …

Trevor Ketchion Brisbane Local Legend Trevor Ketchion is our first featured local legend. He qualifies in the legend capacity for a few reasons.   Number 1: Trevor has shared his knowledge and experience with many up and coming guys and girls, that has helped them become more effective and safer spearo’s. Number 2: He has shot some …

Beau Armstrong Interview This episode we chat to Brisbane local lad Beau Armstrong. He’s a regular dive buddy of mine and Turbo’s and we think he’s a top bloke. Beau has a great attitude, pays his way, does his share and always has a cheeky grin. He started out spearfishing about a year ago and while …

Roman Castro Interview Roman Castro is the president of the San Diego Freediving Club which has over 160 members. He’s also the man behind the spearfishing blog SpearoBlog. He started the blog in 2011 where he initially started sharing his spearfishing adventures with friends, but it grew from there into a resource center for new divers. …

Cameron Kirkconnell Bluewater Hunting Legend This interview starts off with a few audio hick-ups as Cameron was out hunting Whitetail deer in central Florida. After a fast drive up to get some altitude and reception, Cameron shares some great insights into his life’s passion, Spearfishing. Fresh from a 4 week spell away at work, Cameron …