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1. $BEACH - Interview with Barefoot Mads Tell us about your most memorable moment with a marine animal? Back in 2021 whilst I was living on Lady Elliot Island an island located on the iconic Great Barrier Reef. I’d gone out to freedive along the western side of the island one morning and it was a morning like no other- there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the ocean was like glass. By this time I’d spent months living on the island with very few manta ray encounters (it was very funny to my friends that I somehow lived at the “home of the manta ray” and hadn’t seen more than a few). But this morning there were whales, devil rays, cowtail rays, fish, turtles, and…manta rays! Everywhere. A very special moment happened with an almost entirely black manta ray when it glided head-on towards me. It wasn’t bothered by my presence and I kicked along the surface above it for what felt like a lifetime. In that moment, the rest of the world didn’t exist to me and from then on I have understood the unique and incredible relationships that can be formed with marine life. What do the oceans mean to you? The oceans mean everything to me, which is such a broad term to use but one that is fitting. The ocean is what gives me passion for life, it’s what I see as beauty, it is a connection- with marine life and like- minded people, it is how I recharge my soul, it is..Everything. For More information reach here: Beach Token