Experience

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  Chris Bertish- I'mpossible

  • Orange County, California Area & South Africa

  • Global Keynote Speaker/ Virtual Presenter & Speaker

    • Feb 2010 - Present
    • Orange County, California Area & South Africa

    Inspiring your greatest potential is his purpose. Chris Bertish shifts boundaries and shatters perceptions of what’s possible.Engaging Chris to address your organisation is a worthwhile investment. Through his powerful storytelling, your team members will be inspired to adopt a “can do” attitude, learn skills on how to embrace change, overcome obstacles and reach their greatest potential.Chris is also able to personalise any talk to reflect your company values, mission or a specific message. When you book Chris, you will automatically be giving back to community projects.A percentage of the revenue generated by his global speaking engagements is donated to his charity initiatives including 1% for the Planet, Operation Smile, The Lunchbox Fund and various other projects.Please send an email to [email protected] for information on available dates and rates.

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  Chris Bertish Foundation

  • Founder

    • Aug 2020 - Present

    The Foundation was developed out of Chris Bertish's desire to inspire and be a positive change in the world through his global projects and conservation initiatives. Whilst Chris inspires our youth to dream big and reach for the stars, the foundation works tirelessly to promote Chris' message of conservation and education and turn it into meaningful action around the world.The Chris Bertish Foundation is committed to raising social awareness about environmental, conservation, and ocean health initiatives on a global scale through the foundation and Chris’s expeditions. The Foundation is 1% For the Planet and Climate Neutral Certified, and committed to Ocean Unite's 30x30 mission, protecting 30% of the world's ocean by 2030.

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  Genius: 100 Visions of the Future

  • Visionary

    • Feb 2018 - Present

    “Chris was unanimously chosen as one of the 100 leading global visionaries. As a leading champion of believing that anything is possible‚ Chris reminded us of Einstein‚ who also pushed the limits of his mind to create what most thought was impossible.” said Judy Tanenbaum from The International Executive Committee of the Inspired by Einstein Project One hundred years ago, Einstein created his Theory of Relativity, changing the world with the power of his intellect and imagination. To celebrate this historic milestone, the Inspired by Einstein Project embarked on a global initiative to inspire the next generation of brilliant minds and bring fresh thinking to the problems facing our planet.Such innovative thinking is reflected in Genius: 100 Visions of the Future, a publishing milestone that invited 100 of the leading influencers, thinkers, innovators, and scientists of our time to share their vision of the future in the world’s first 3D-printed book, designed by renowned artist Ron Arad.Fellow contributors to Genius include: Barbra Streisand, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen,Deepak Chopra, environmentalist Sylvia Earle, film producer and director Sir Ridley Scott,Shimon Peres, former President and Prime Minister of Israel, Marc Benioff, President and CEO at Salesforce, author Salman Rushdie, Nobel Laureates and many other luminaries.http://genius100visions.com/100-visions-of-the-future

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  Self-Employed

  • Author

    • Sep 2015 - Present

    ALL IN! – The Sup Crossing StoryComing in 2021Stoked! #1 Best Seller in RSA -2015A story of Courage, Determination, Resilience & the Power of DreamsThis is the story of how a skinny little kid from Kenilworth in Cape Town managed to travel halfway around the world without sponsorship, and then outwit, outsmart and outperform the world’s best-paid professional athletes on a day that changed his life, and the sport of big-wave surfing, forever …Big-wave surfer Chris Bertish was the first South African to brave the monster waves of Mavericks, winning the Mavericks Big Wave Invitational surfing event in the biggest and heaviest waves ever recorded in the history of the sport. That same year, he finished third on the Big Wave World Tour, despite only surfing three of the five events.Chris’s mantra is Dream it, See it, Believe it, Achieve it. With his infectious enthusiasm, Chris tells how he pulled off death-defying antics, time and again, overcame overwhelming obstacles and maneuvered around the many random twists of fate to achieve his goals and fulfill his dreams.Read Stoked! and understand why Chris says, “Nothing is impossible unless you believe it to be!"Autographed Copies Available: https://chrisbertish.com/book/

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  Dreamweaver Productions (Pty) LTD

  • California

  • Director, Producer

    • Jan 2013 - Present
    • California

    Coming Spring 2020Last known coordinates -The Sup Crossing Story There has never been a solo expedition so wild, extreme and hazardous that as Red Bull, National Geographic and the New York Times said, “Redefined Adventure!: Standing Alone is the extraordinary documentary film chronicling Chris Bertish’s 2016/2017 solo, unsupported, Stand-Up Paddle in a modified craft across the Atlantic Ocean, from Morocco to the Caribbean Island of Antigua, in 93 days, 4500mi/7,500km and over 2 million paddlestrokes.Not only did Chris Bertish’s Sup Crossing transcend the limits of what was thought to be humanly possible, but it was the “Why” he did it and the millions of lives that were changed that makes the story so powerful and profound.Ocean Driven - Co-DirectorJune 2015A tale of overcoming obstacles as well as your own fears, inspiring viewers to never give up and lose sight of their dreams.Chris Bertish comes of age in giant waves, leading to the Mavericks Invitational in 2010. Minutes after nearly drowning, he takes the world by storm.An empowering true story about resilience with gripping scenes of a unique big wave brotherhood and the hardships they face.

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  CMB Agencies

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Managing Director

    • 2010 - 2019
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

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  O'Neill South Africa

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • National Brand & Marketing Manager

    • 2007 - 2010
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

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  Gul International

  • Cornwall England

  • National Brand Manager

    • 2003 - 2007
    • Cornwall England

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  Billabong RSA

  • Jeffreys Bay

  • National Sales & Promotional Manager

    • 2001 - 2003
    • Jeffreys Bay

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  Race Central

  • America/Carribean

  • Delivery & Yacht Racing Skipper

    • 1998 - 2001
    • America/Carribean