Saltwater Therapy
Fri, 17 Oct
|Lennox Head
How surfing and the ocean has helped me manage a Stage 4 Cancer diagnosis.
Time & Location
17 Oct 2025, 5:00 pm AEDT – 19 Oct 2025, 5:00 pm AEDT
Lennox Head, Northern End Pacific Parade, Lennox Head NSW 2478, Australia
About The Event
Tim is a surfer. He’s also an award-winning Australian journalist and best-selling author-storyteller about surfing history and culture. His latest book “Patting The Shark” candidly shares his journey through a stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
Tim shares his journey and how surfing and the ocean, and his MEDS mantra, can help anyone manage a chronic illness or just maintain robust physical and mental health.
We look forward to having him back at the OHA Forum to hear about his experience of “Saltwater Therapy”.
Presenter Bio
Tim Baker is an award-winning and best-selling author, journalist and storyteller specialising in surfing history and culture. His latest book Patting The Shark (Penguin, 2022) documents his nine-year journey managing a metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis. Tim wrote Patting The Shark as part of a creative writing PhD scholarship from Griffith University. He is a former editor of Tracks, Surfing Life and Slow Living magazines, and a…