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Brenden finds his wave

Brenden finds his wave

As Brenden Newton grows up along Sydney’s Northern Beaches in the 1990s, bodyboarding reigns supreme. He loves the physicality, how it brings him into such close contact with the water. And after a fateful trip to Tahiti, he decides to try going pro in the sport. But just as his career takes off, strange thoughts surface over and over, threatening to engulf his mind and his body. And Brenden has to re-build his life before taking on the biggest wave he’s ever encountered.

Days Like These · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

July 19, 202230m 9s

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Show Notes

As Brenden Newton grows up along Sydney’s Northern Beaches in the 1990s, bodyboarding reigns supreme.

He loves the physicality, how it brings him into such close contact with the water. And after a fateful trip to Tahiti, he decides to try going pro in the sport.

But just as his career takes off, strange thoughts surface over and over, threatening to engulf his mind and his body.

And Brenden has to re-build his life before taking on the biggest wave he’s ever encountered.

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