Do we have a treat for you! Meet Johnny Abegg. We’ve interviewed this Australian surfer and film maker from Byron Bay for the readers of the Money Hacker blog.
Johnny is a surfer and film maker who competed on the WQS (World Qualifying Tour) just a few years ago pursuing his dream of joining the likes of Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson on the elite ASP Dream Tour. For those who don’t know, surfers on the ASP Dream Tour travel and surf around the world here in Australia, France, South Africa, South East Asia, South America, California and Hawaii. Its intense and the journey to the top is a hard and often fruitless slog.
On route to achieving his goal, Johnny booked 35 flights and competed in 15 surfing events across the world. The thing is this, without backing from sponsors he paid for the whole thing on credit cards racking up an enormous bill. Watch out for the upcoming interview on the Money Hacker blog next week as we ask Johnny about his experience, how much debt he got into and whether he’d do it all again.
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