Speaker Bio
Chris Bertish is a Professional Speaker; Big Wave Surfing Mavericks champion; Stand Up Paddle Boarding Guinness World Record Holder and Ocean Pioneer.
Selected achievements:
- First person to SUP Nelscott Reef, Oregon and Dungeons – 2009
- First person to surf Seal Island – 2009
- Mavericks Big Wave Invitational Champion – 2010 [Half Moon Bay, California, Winner]
- World first 325km unsupported/unassisted SUP up West Coast of South Africa – 2013
- First Source-to-Sea: River Thames, England – 2013 [Run 20km / Paddle 243km / Cycle 42km]
- New English Channel World Record: SUP [5:26:03] – 2013
- New Open Ocean Guinness World Record: SUP 12-hour Record [130.10km/12 hours] – 2014
- New Open Ocean supported World Record: SUP 24-hour Record [131km/24 hours] – 2015
- New SUP Open Ocean 24hr, solo, unsupported, World Record: SUP 24 hour Record [62NM/24hr] – 2016
- First person to paddle unsupported and solo between Africa and Canary Islands- [356km] – 2016
- New Open Ocean solo, unsupported, paddle World Record [any craft under 20ft] – 2017
- First person to paddle unsupported, solo between Africa and Caribbean Islands [7560km] – 2017
- Longest solo, open ocean, unsupported, SUP World Record [7560km] – 2017
- Nominee for Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year Award – 2017
- Selected by the Einstein Institute as on of the Top 100 Global Visionaries of the Century – 2018
- Selected as one of the Top 10 B Corp Certified organizations globally – 2019
- Chris and a small team will launch a new global educational curriculum, Ambassadors for the Planet (Endorsed by the UN) that will launch globally in 2021, with the aim of creating a more positive, solution-driven mindful and sustainable youth
- His second feature film, ‘Last Known Coordinates’ launches globally in 2021