In the past when I have stepped outside my comfort zone and I have pushed past my boundaries

That's when like it's the most rewarding and the most satisfying and that's usually when you learn the most

Hey everyone, Emily Abadi here coming to you live from the A.G. Studio and you are listening to Hurtle.

A wellness focus podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts in industry CEOs about their highest highs,

toughest moments and everything in between. We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way.

This week I am chatting with Karissa Moore. She is a pro surfer of five time world champion and the gold medal winner from Tokyo.

Her energy is so bright and just infectious to say the least.

Karissa and I talk about so many things in today's episode from her upbringing on Hawaii and learning to surf with her dad at just four or five years old to all of the hard work and

education that went into her sport getting her to that massive stage at the Olympics. We talk about the nerves that she feels every single time she gets in the

water even today and how being in the ocean is the most beautiful ultimate form of self care for her. We also talk about what self care looks like for her outside of being in the water as well as

what a regular week of training looks like and how she prioritizes her recovery plus the hurdle moment which was a two to three year period where she was coming back to her foundations and

identifying her why behind serving and how she navigated the COVID-19 pandemic in the build up to an Olympic year. Again, such good vibes from this combo and so grateful to Karissa and her sponsor at Aura for

hooking us up. I am so grateful for it. Make sure you're following along with her doll on social media. It's at her little podcast. I am over at Emily Abadi and if you're

local to New York and want to have a good time tomorrow night, I am going live at Hub 17 inside the lemon on 5th Avenue for 7 p.m. hosting a conversation about the hurdles that we faced on the run leading up to the November 7th New York City Marathon. I am so so excited. Link for tickets is in the show notes with that. Let's get to hurtling.

Today, I'm sitting down with Karissa more. She is a five time world champion Olympic gold medalist surfer. How you doing, Greza? I'm doing great. How are you?

I'm so good. That's never going to get old is it? It sounds pretty nice. That's for sure.

So this was the first year that surfing was in the Olympics. It's kind of crazy. It was a big moment for surfing just to be able to surf and compete on that level on that world stage. It just felt bigger. It felt more special.

It was great to be a part of the US team and compete for something that was bigger than just myself for the first time. I really enjoyed the whole experience.

Talk to me about how they grade how you do surfing when it comes to the Olympics.

Yeah, so Olympics were scored pretty normal to normal competitions. We are competed on a scale of speed, power, and flow.

Each wave is, you get one to 10 points, 10 being the best, one obviously being not so good. And you get scored on your two best waves, so total out of 20.

Yeah, it's just your combination of major maneuvers and how critical you do it in which sections and stuff like that. Pretty normal to what we're used to.

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