{"id":533,"date":"2019-09-23T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roxydavisfoundation.org\/?p=533"},"modified":"2019-09-23T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:46:45","slug":"heavy-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roxydavisfoundation.org\/heavy-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxy speaks to Heavy Chef: Surfing, business, and changing lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roxy spoke at and was interviewed by, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavychef.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heavy Chef<\/a> in August. Roxy spoke to Caley, the Heavy Chef anchor, on her extraordinary rise to becoming nine-times national surfing champion, coaching the national surfing team, and creating the iconic surf apparel and experience company &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/surfemporium.co.za\/\">Roxy&#8217;s Surfing Emporium<\/a>&#8216; in Muizenberg. The interview then talks about how Roxy started her <a href=\"https:\/\/roxydavisfoundation.org\">Foundation<\/a>, and the links that being a professional surfer, running a successful business, and being present, all have.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI believe in making small differences in people\u2019s lives, I believe in giving back.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After the interview, Roxy took to the stage in a jam-packed Heavy Chef event, to speak about her journey and the founding of the <a href=\"https:\/\/roxydavisfoundation.org\">Roxy Davis Foundation<\/a>. You can watch the interview and the full presentation below, but some key takeaways are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being present in the moment is key, we have so much noise around us, and being in the ocean is a form of surf therapy, there are no emails, phones, or technology. It&#8217;s just you and the ocean. You need to be present at all times while in the water, and this carries through other aspects of life as well.<\/li>\n<li>You need to adapt and be ready for everything in a changing environment.<\/li>\n<li>The philosophy is always, &#8220;Yes we can,&#8221; there aren&#8217;t any problems, there are only challenges that we will overcome and learn from because there&#8217;s always a way to overcome it.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s important to remain focused and to reset, to check-in with yourself, see where you can do better and what you are doing well. To see the journey as a whole, who are you taking with you, and make sure you keep moving forward.<\/li>\n<li>We see our team as an incubator model, as a family, and not simply a business.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation is open to anyone who wants to experience the life-changing benefits of surf therapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Roxy on the Heavy Chef stage in Cape Town<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJd2mg1aTVc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Roxy being interviewed by Heavy Chef<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yj8oCfiIamc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roxy talks about this foundation, and the links between being a professional surfer, running a successful business, and being present, all have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-media-publications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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