Shazia Mazhar's guest appearances

Shazia Mazhar

Weird Waves Podcast

The Good Mood Podcast

Talia Marcheggiani

Taylor Morozova

Robin Pacquing

Ellen Wong

Erin TeWinkel

Erica Robinson

Kim Churchill

Adele Tevlin

Leigha Saunders

Christina Bjorndal

Cyndi Gilbert

Jordan Robertson

Ryan Gerard

Emily Bennett

Eric Taylor

OwlTail

In 2019 I was in Costa Rica learning to surf. I met a girl there from Toronto who told me about the Lake Surfistas, a group of people who identify as women who surf the lakes. I found their Facebook group, started going to their events and was hooked. They taught me to surf: to find friendship and comfort in the waters of the Great Lakes. I remember driving home from an impromptu surf get-together with a group I'd met through their Lake Surfista Facebook Discussion Page and remember thinking to myself, "Wow, this is happiness".  Robin Pacquing and Shazia Mazhar talk about how surfing healed them, and how the power of female community has helped to change their lives.  Lake Surfistas is a Canadian grassroots movement that brings together women of various identities, skills and backgrounds to celebrate water sports: surf, Standup Paddleboarding (SUP) and SUP Surfing on the Great Lakes.  They aim to empower: build competence and confidence in the women that use these waters for board sports, and promote education, safety, enjoyment and sustainability of these resources.  Shazia and Robin and I talk the power of community for mental health. Finding passion in movement. How they both got into surfing and their worst wipeout stories.  I love that in this episode so many names are mentioned, which I think speaks to the power of our interconnectedness in this community and only further emphasizes the work that this organization has done to bring us together, to form friendships and strengthen our love for the lakes.  To learn more visit the Lake Surfista Website:  https://www.lakesurfistas.org/ And join the Lake Surfista Discussion Page on Facebook, which now has over 700 members.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/lakesurfistas Good Mood Foundations: a 6-week lifestyle program for mental health and emotional wellness: taliand.com/good-mood-learn

In 2019 I was in Costa Rica learning to surf. I met a girl there from Toronto who told me about the Lake Surfistas, a group of people who identify as women who surf the lakes. I found their Facebook group, started going to their events and was hooked. They taught me to surf: to find friendship and comfort in the waters of the Great Lakes. I remember driving home from an impromptu surf get-together with a group I'd met through their Lake Surfista Facebook Discussion Page and remember thinking to myself, "Wow, this is happiness".  Robin Pacquing and Shazia Mazhar talk about how surfing healed them, and how the power of female community has helped to change their lives.  Lake Surfistas is a Canadian grassroots movement that brings together women of various identities, skills and backgrounds to celebrate water sports: surf, Standup Paddleboarding (SUP) and SUP Surfing on the Great Lakes.  They aim to empower: build competence and confidence in the women that use these waters for board sports, and promote education, safety, enjoyment and sustainability of these resources.  Shazia and Robin and I talk the power of community for mental health. Finding passion in movement. How they both got into surfing and their worst wipeout stories.  I love that in this episode so many names are mentioned, which I think speaks to the power of our interconnectedness in this community and only further emphasizes the work that this organization has done to bring us together, to form friendships and strengthen our love for the lakes.  To learn more visit the Lake Surfista Website:  <a href="https://www.lakesurfistas.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lakesurfistas.org/</a> And join the Lake Surfista Discussion Page on Facebook, which now has over 700 members.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lakesurfistas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/lakesurfistas</a> Good Mood Foundations: a 6-week lifestyle program for mental health and emotional wellness: <a href="https://taliand.com/good-mood-learn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">taliand.com/good-mood-learn</a>

Episode 25: The Power of Community with Robin Pacquing and Shazia Mazhar of The Lake Surfistas 

We spoke with Shazia about using ocean trips for training on the lakes, surfing construction reef and how to get more ladies into the water. Our Paypal is now live! You can help to support our work by donating to paypal.me/weirdwavespodcast.Every person that donates will be set a logo sticker. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdwaves/support

We spoke with Shazia about using ocean trips for training on the lakes, surfing construction reef and how to get more ladies into the water.  Our Paypal is now live!  You can help to support our work by donating to <a href="http://paypal.me/weirdwavespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paypal.me/weirdwavespodcast</a>. Every person that donates will be set a logo sticker.  --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdwaves/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdwaves/support</a>

Episode 12: Shazia Mazhar