Stand Up Paddling Down the Baja Peninsula with Sean Jansen

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Sean Jansen, a lifelong surfer and adventurer, standup paddled over 1,000 miles along the coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula with his camping gear, food, and camera strapped to his board. His goal was to document the journey and raise awareness about the vaquita, an endangered porpoise native to the region.

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0:00.0	In 2022, lifelong surfer and adventurer Sean Jansen set out to stand-up paddle over a thousand miles along the coast of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. He strapped his camping gear, food, and camera to his board, and made his way south.
0:23.6	Sean's wild idea was about more than just traveling down this beautiful coastline.
0:28.5	He was on a mission to raise awareness about an endangered sea animal and overcome some personal
0:34.3	battles along the way.
0:36.7	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living, an R-E-I-Coop Studios production
0:43.3	presented by Capital One and the REI Co-Op MasterCard.
0:49.3	If you've ever been on a stand-up paddle board, also known as an SUP, you know that it's hard to go anywhere fast.
0:58.4	SUPs can only move about half the speed of a canoe or a kayak.
1:02.4	And even the slightest bit of wind can make it really difficult to balance.
1:06.9	When Sean Jansen set out to SUP over 1,000 miles, he felt pretty comfortable on the board.
1:13.5	He'd been surfing and paddleboarding since he was young.
1:17.8	Sean Jansen, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
1:21.5	You have a wild idea that I love.
1:24.3	I'm excited to talk to you about it.
1:26.3	I'm really humble to be here, Shelby, because I have
1:28.8	listened to this show for years, and never in a million years did I think I was going to be
1:34.2	here talking to you. Oh, that's so sweet. Let's start with your background. You grew up around
1:38.8	the ocean, I'm guessing. You're from Orange County, California, San Clemente. Did you grow up
1:43.0	surfing, lifeguarding? Yeah, I grew up as a
1:47.2	diehard surfer. You know, I started standing up on my boogie board when I was like six or seven,
1:51.8	and then my mom got me a surfboard for my 12th birthday. I'm born and raised San Clemente. So I grew up,
1:57.5	I was very fortunate. I was able to like run down to my local beach and just go surf. And I was on the
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