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How To Sit In Being Enough with Johnny Abegg

Mel Bampton Presents...How Human

Mel Bampton Presents...How Human
How To Sit In Being Enough with Johnny Abegg
Jul 24, 2025 Episode 56
Lissie Jane

This is a story about that inner turmoil that plagues so many of us. It’s the sinister chisel of self-doubt that both breaks us down but also propels us, it’s the quest of answers in a life that comes with no guidebook, the hurts that can swallow us whole or see us striving to do our best. 
 
This is the story of Johnny Abegg, a once-aspiring pro-surfer, turned independent filmmaker, metamorphosised into the Founder of Surfers For Climate. He is a quiet and powerful changemaker, who recently released his most personal and introspective film - Fragments of a Half Life.

This is the tale of a beautiful legend, who’s turned his internal musings into visuals that help us all find our way. A beacon of manhood at a time when manhood is plagued with uncertainty and false prophets.

Come on a journey through the waves of Tasmania, into the surfing World Qualifying Series and an unexpected pivot, that's become a mechanism for understanding life.

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