Sam is an award winning writer and editor specialising in action sports, the environment and the outdoors, having written for @huckmagazine @guardian @thetimes @telegraph @financialtimes and many more.

She’s a snowboarding and surfing enthusiast and I love her attitude to seeing everyday as a privilege that she gets to do these sports,

“It’s slightly morbid to say, but with something like snowboarding I’m conscious of how many more days am I going to have on the mountain, in terms of the years you have left in your life, the climate crisis. That sounds like a depressing thought, but I don’t see it as depressing, I see every day on the mountain as a privilege.”

We talk about so much, but I particularly love her focus on continuing to have adventures even when you have a family. It can be easy to let that stuff slide, but life is so much better when you stay fulfilled.

Episode highlights:

• Sam’s ToysRUs skateboard in the 80’s

• Feeling lucky to do these sports at 47

• Being a lifelong intermediate

• The frustration of criticising middle aged women

• Being an adventurous mum

• Getting people to care about the environment

More about Sam:

@samhaddad

Climate and Board Sports

Groups and people Sam mentions:

oceanset.co.uk

@surfersforclimate

protectourwinters.uk

@sophiehellyer

@stephaniegilmore

Join the Board Women movement:

boardwomen.co

@boardwomen

Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Photography - Clare Keylock

Artwork - Rozi Wan Rimli 

Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON

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