Chris Blowes

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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2022 AUSTRALIAN ADAPTIVE SURF CHAMPION

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AUTHOR

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AUSTRALIAN PARA SURF TEAM REPRESENTATIVE

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SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR

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ABOVE KNEE AMPUTEE

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WELLNESS COACH

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER • 2022 AUSTRALIAN ADAPTIVE SURF CHAMPION • AUTHOR • AUSTRALIAN PARA SURF TEAM REPRESENTATIVE • SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR • ABOVE KNEE AMPUTEE • WELLNESS COACH •

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My story….

On Anzac Day, 2015, I was paddling in after an average morning of surf when I was attacked by a great white shark. I had lost a leg and if that wasn’t bad enough, I was bleeding out at the bottom of a cliff. If I made it to the top, it was still another 35 kilometres to the nearest country hospital on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Then it was a further 600 kilometres to the nearest trauma centre in Adelaide. The odds were definitely stacked in the shark’s favour.

  • "Engaging, personable, honest and inspiring. All the things you could want from a speaker."

    Gemma Nelson, Director of Sales - Conference & Events at Sky City Adelaide

  • "in telling his story in a typically understated, laconic aussie fashion. there is a message for all of us about the power of positivity."

    Dr Richard Harris SC OAM

  • “team members were still talking about chris’s speech days later, saying it was inspiring and thought provoking”

    Maxima Training Group

  • "there were parts of his incredible story that made the hairs on my arm stand to attention"

    Daniel Palumbo, President of UDIA SA

 

Need a keynote speaker?

Chris will have you on the edge of your seat as he shares how he overcame adversity to find purpose in his trauma.  His story will show you how through struggle and hardship there can be growth and learning and how with the right mindset there can be so much to gain if you can make it through moments of adversity and discomfort.

Chris Blowes is now a popular keynote speaker where he presents to conferences, corporate functions, workshops, community events, expos, intimate gatherings, Q and A’s and schools.

Book Chris to speak at your event.

Wellness COACH

RISE is the support program helping tradies do better at work AND life.

The Construction Industry sadly has the highest suicide rate of any occupation in Australia. This alarming statistic has led to the initiation of State Government grants to deliver a free service through the RISE (Resilience, Inspiration, Skill, Endurance) Program.

Chris joins a team of passionate wellness coaches who are available for one on one mentoring sessions. RISE is available free of charge to all members of the building and construction industry, regardless of membership with Master Builders SA.

Caught Inside


From the moment the shark attacked him, Chris was in a race against time. He should have died, but he didn’t. Many divine elements came together that day – friends, surfers, paramedics, doctors and nurses, even the shark itself – an unlikely string of events that somehow led to Chris’s survival from an event that should surely have killed him. 

Caught Inside is a book about him – and it’s about them. How a little coastal town in South Australia pulled together one terrifying, rainy Anzac Day to bring Chris Blowes back from the brink and give him a second chance. And it’s about how anyone person can open channels of growth and hope for others and the power of collective recovery.

 
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