Chris Blowes

keynote speaker inspiring leaders and teams to embrace change, build resilience and achieve lasting growth.

More than an incredible story

Why organisations AND EVENT Coordinators ARE CHOOSING Chris.

InspirING real Resilience

Chris’s message equips teams with practical ways to overcome setbacks and embrace change.

Creates A Lasting Impact

Trusted by organisation across Australia - Chris doesn't just tell an incredible survival story—he connects it to the challenges people face every day, leaving audiences inspired long after the event.

Authentic and relatable

Chris's down-to-earth style creates genuine connections with audiences, making his message accessible, engaging and memorable.

Tailored to your event

Presentations are customised to your organisation, industry and event objectives, ensuring the message resonates with your audience.

Shifting Mindsets

His keynote will challenge limiting beliefs and inspire people to see obstacles as opportunities for growth and development.

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

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

  • 'The feedback from our team has been overwhelmingly positive. Many were moved, motivated and left with valuable takeaways both personally and professionally'

    Coles Supermarket

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

    Maxima Training Group

  • "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

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

    Daniel Palumbo, President of UDIA SA

  • "His friendly and open personality made him an ideal presenter for our event."

    Master Builders Association

  • “From the moment he took to the microphone he had the whole audience captivated by his remarkable story.”

    Port Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and Tourism

  • "Chris exceeded our expectations as a speaker. His down-to-earth style and compelling storytelling captured everyone’s attention from the start. Our team is still talking about it."

    Government of South Australia - SA Housing Trust

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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.

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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 •

 

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.

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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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