336 - Dr. Dani Burt
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Dani Burt is an Adaptive World Surfing Champ, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and above knee amputee as a result of near death motorcycle accident. Today she shares her origin story, reveals what she experienced while in a 45 day coma, and how she leveraged anger and depression to grow and empower radical life change. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Danny Bert is a world |
| 0:07.0 | and a |
| 0:09.0 | Dr. |
| 0:10.0 | Used to be one of the right |
| 0:14.0 | and wanted you for that |
| 0:17.0 | Danny Bert is a world adaptive surfing champion, doctor of physical therapy, and above-knee amputee. |
| 0:24.6 | In 2004, Danny was in a motorcycle crash that put her in a coma for 45 days. |
| 0:30.6 | She woke up completely hopeless and even suicidal. |
| 0:34.6 | Today we talk about our origin story in life up until that moment, what she experienced |
| 0:39.4 | while she was in that coma, and how she was able to convert her anger and depression into |
| 0:45.0 | positive growth, and why she's devoted the rest of her life towards helping others to find |
| 0:50.2 | the same level of empowerment. This opportunity to hear Danny's remarkable story was made |
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| 1:03.7 | and I'm proud not only to wear Rain Eyewear, but to partner with them. Two Surf Industry |
| 1:08.9 | brothers founded the company, Justin and Jeremy Haight. |
| 1:12.4 | So many of the surf brand eyewear that was available in my youth was just kind of a category |
| 1:16.9 | extension of a clothing or a board short brand. The Height Brothers, however, founded Rain in 2001 |
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| 1:29.3 | quality materials and hand cut and assembled manufacturing. You've seen their eyewear on Alex |
| 1:35.5 | Nost, Tia Bianco, Cassia Mador, and Josie Prendergast, just to name a few, and you can save |
| 1:42.2 | 20% off any purchase on Rain.com by using our promo code podcast. |
| 1:47.0 | You'll support our work here, you'll look good doing it and you'll have the frames for a really long time. |
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