Season 1

Big Wave 37 mins 2023

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A three-part series about a breathing-exercise program designed for endurance in big wave conditions.

Synopsis	Throughout three episodes join big wave and competition surfers in the Wave Crushers training sessions and listen to what they say about the importance of breathing and apneic exercises, not only for high risk surf conditions but for any anxiety inducing life situation. Wave Crushers prepare surfers for when things go wrong.
Athletes	Afonso Antunes, António Silva, Beatriz La Fuente, Francisco Roque de Pinho, João de Macedo, João Parisot, Lourenço Katzenstein, Nic Von Rupp, Ricardo Gomes, Sérgio Cosme,

First Breath Wave Crushers	1	First Breath Wave Crushers coaches explain the basics of their training method and surfers talk about how it helps them.
No Train No Gain Wave Crushers	2	No Train No Gain João Parisot "Jojo" keeps pushing the big wave surfers in progressively demanding training sessions.
To Each Their Own Wave Crushers	3	To Each Their Own The Wave Crushers surfers talk about the different uses and outcomes of the breathing and endurance exercises.

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