How many surfers do you know who can lay claim to being a chemical and bimolecular engineer? Maybe none? Well the only surfer we know who can legitimately lay claim to developing nanoparticle biosensors for food and health is Max Weston. The son of parents who ditched the city in the 80s, to live in the sand dunes on the harsh South Australian coastline. Max grew up surfing all sorts of crafts, but gravitated towards longboarding after falling in with a crew including Sydney loggers Matt Chojnacki and Johnny Gill.
“I really looked up to those guys, because their perspective on surfing was and is, quite unique and unwavering to pop culture. They were riding really beautiful, singlefin longboards throughout the early 2000s — in a period when it was probably the least cool thing you could do,” he says. While pursuing his passion for bimolecular science, Max also dabbled in longboarding events, discovering he was just as handy at winning heats, as he was at finding an enzyme in body fluids that’s a biomarker for cancer. He’s currently ranking high on the WSL longboard ratings and needs a top 20 finish to have a shot at the year-end world title in Taiwan. It’s remarkable to think that the guy has time to surf with all that’s going on in his head.
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