Episode Three : Ben Brown - Built to Fish

Reel Tails with Sweens - Podcast By Dwayne Sweeney

Episode Three :

Ben shares with us what it was like to be New Zealand's first Red Bull athlete, kayaking the Huka falls and the Nile River, going to the GoPro summits with some of the worlds best extreme athletes, how his fishing show Built to fish was born and much more.

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Show Notes :

1:56 - How I know Ben

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3:54 - Ben’s Passion for Kayaking and pathway to becoming professional 

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10:54 - Kayaking the Huka Falls

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For more adventure sports visit http://win.gs/1graqDm New Zealand athlete Ben Brown revisits his old friend, Huka Falls. The falls run off the Waikato, New Z...

13:42 - Kayaking the Nile River with the northern banks controlled by the Lords Resistance Rebel army 

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18:08 - Perks of being a Red Bull and GoPro Athlete

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25:05 - How Ben’s footage was used in the first ever GoPro ad and it being played during halftime of the Super Bowl

Watch as Kayaker Ben Brown masterfully rules an epic waterfall and enjoy one of GoPro's summer commercials airing on national TV... stoked! Music Skrillex "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" http://www.skrillex.com/

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29:48 - The birth of Built to Fish

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43:31 - The addiction that is Marlin fishing

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55:04 - How Bonze’s system changed the Marlin fishing game for Ben

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1:03:44 - Epic last chance fish

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1:17:15 - Marlin fishing in Kona, Great Barrier Reef and the Whanganellla Banks

Is this weeks Lockdown special I team up with New Zealands master lure maker Bonze Fleet of Bonze Lures and head to the birthplace of lure fishing for Billfi...

Growing up I was enamoured by Zane Greys iconic book 'Tales of an Anglers Eldorado' in which he describes his adventures to New Zealand, discovering a fisher...

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1:34:38 - What’s coming up on Built to Fish