Peak Paddle Performance Podcast

Today’s guest, Zsolt Szadovszki started paddling at the young age of 7 years old in Budapest Hungary, in the heart  of a country that takes it’s paddling very serious.   Zsolt was a semi-pro at the age of 14 and continued accelerating up the ranks to the national team at age 17.   Unfortunately the team he had to beat to make it to the olympics was the best in the world and he just missed his shot at olympic competition.     Burned out from 10 years of highly stressful competitive sprint kayaking, Zsolt decided it was time for something new and left Hungary to travel and visit family in Chicago.   From there he landed in San Francisco where he was first intrigued by open water paddling watching OC-6 paddlers.   It wasn’t long before he laid eyes on his first surf ski and immediately knew that was something he had to experience.    Zsolt connected with Carter Johnson and the rest is history.   Zsolt eventually moved to Hawaii where he has been coaching paddling, working with Epic Kayaks, and continually being