Jen Parry
Australian surf lifesaving champion and SLSA Hall of Fame inductee (2026), a 15-time world title-winning athlete with Maroochydore SLSC now a strategic marketing and customer engagement leader at Marine Rescue Queensland.
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Oct 1, 2026
MaccaHOST
So just walk us through from sort of that period where you decided that surf sports was the area that you wanted to be in all the way up until now.
Jen ParryGUEST
So in my family, we do joke that we are the most unlikely surf life-saving family.
Jen ParryGUEST
My dad worked in the mine, so we had this really nomadic childhood where we lived in some really rural and remote areas, but...
Jen ParryGUEST
For primary school and high school, we landed in Rockhampton, which is near Emu Park Surf Life Saving Club, which was our first ever club.
Jen ParryGUEST
We got pulled into that through our local swimming club, which I think is probably a fairly standard entry in there.
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SarahHOST
Is that right? Could you tell us a little bit about that and some of the key learnings that you've made from that?