Episode 551: Monica and Luke Swanson – Raising a Professional Surfer (Parent-Athlete Series Episode 2)
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
I’m excited to release another episode of the parent-athlete series sponsored by Lily Trotters.
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Monica Swanson and her son Luke Swanson. I had the pleasure of interviewing Monica on my parenting podcast last year. She’s a homeschooling mom of four boys living in Hawaii, and she’s raising some serious athletes! Three of her sons are already out of the house, but today we get to talk to her son, Luke, who is a professional surfer. Yes, a professional surfer! It was fascinating to hear both Monica’s perspective as a supportive mom and Luke’s insights into what it takes to train at such a high level from a young age.
We also delved into what life is like now for them as they navigate Luke’s professional surfing career. I even asked Luke some Olympic-related questions, since I caught some of the surfing events in the Olympics and was curious about the ins and outs of the sport. Monica and Luke had some really interesting insights that I think you’ll enjoy.
I love learning about sports outside of the running world, and I hope you find this episode as engaging as I did. Monica is one of my favorite people I’ve connected with through social media, and I always find her story inspiring, so it was so fun to catch up with her on this episode!
And don’t forget to give our sponsor some love. Lily Trotters has the best compression socks out there. Whether you’re looking for recovery socks or a comfortable option for travel, Lily Trotters has you covered. Their styles work for both men and women, and as a woman-owned business, I’m proud to support them. I’ve been working with Lily Trotters for years, and I’m thrilled to have them back on board for this series. Don’t forget, you can get 30% off your order at lilytrotters.com with the code “HAVEANOTHER.”
What we talked about:
4:45- How they landed in Hawaii
10:00- Thoughts on surfing in the Olympics
12:15- Luke’s development as a surfer and how Monica helped to foster that love
31:15- Trusting a coach as both the athlete and the parent
37:45- Navigating the surfing culture
53:30- The most rewarding part about being the parent of an athlete
55:00- The rewarding parts of being a professional athlete
Show notes:
Book recommendations:
The Confident Mind
Becoming Homeschoolers
Raising Amazing
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Way Productions podcast. Hey everybody welcome to |
| 0:20.2 | to another special edition of all have, where we're doing a parent athlete series |
| 0:25.8 | sponsored by Lily Trotters, the best compression socks out there. |
| 0:30.3 | They have styles for men and women, and if you are looking for a great recovery for your legs |
| 0:36.6 | You're looking for a great sock to travel in look no further than Lily Trotters. They're cute, they're comfortable, they work. And this is a woman-owned |
| 0:45.5 | business. I've worked with Lily Trotters for years and I'm excited to have them back on for this special |
| 0:50.8 | series. They're supporting this special series with parents and |
| 0:54.3 | athletes. Go to lily trotters.com use the code have another for 20% off your order. |
| 1:00.7 | All right today's episode is with Monica Swanson and Luke |
| 1:04.0 | Swanson. Now I interviewed Monica on my podcast for parents last year. She is |
| 1:11.0 | the mom of four boys living in Hawaii. |
| 1:15.0 | She was a homeschooling mom and she is raising some athletes. |
| 1:20.0 | Her oldest three are out of the house and she's got one more at home, but the son that we get to talk to today with Monica is a professional surfer. |
| 1:29.0 | That's right, he's a professional surfer. |
| 1:31.0 | And it was so cool to hear her perspective and his perspective |
| 1:35.6 | training at a very high level from a fairly young age and what life is like now as |
| 1:41.1 | a professional surfer, |
| 1:43.1 | both for Monica, watching from the sidelines, |
| 1:46.3 | cheering him on, and from Luke as well. |
| 1:49.6 | And I also, I had some Olympic questions for him because I watched some of the surfing in the Olympics and I was like what did this mean? |
| 1:57.0 | Why do they do this? Why do they do that? |
| 2:00.0 | And they had some interesting information for us. |
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