#261 Matt Formston — Told He'd Never Play Sport Because He Was Blind. Now He's a 5x World Champion & World Record Big Wave Surfer at Nazaré
This week I sat down with Matt Formston AM, and I genuinely don't know where to start with this one.
At five years old, Matt was told he would go blind and never hold down a job or play sport. The doctors were half right. Matt did go blind. But everything else they said? He has spent his entire lif…
Why Not? #author Matt Formston
Why Not?: Breaking Limits in Sport, Business and LifeMatt Formston AM is a multi-sport World Champion, Guinness World Record holder and Paralympian. Parallel to his elite sporting achievements, he has built a career as a senior corporate executive, board chair and executive coach. He is also blind.…
Episode 29: Matt Formston AM, Blind | High Performance and Excellence
What does it take to lead with confidence when uncertainty is constant?
In this episode of Lead Well Live Well, Mark Bilton sits down with Matt Formston AM, High Performance Athlete, Trust and Leadership Expert, whose remarkable journey spans the corporate boardroom, elite sport and some of the wo…
Blind, Fearless and Surfing the Biggest Waves in the World
What happens when the world tells you what you can’t do, but you refuse to accept the limits?
Matt Formston OAM has just 3% peripheral vision and no central vision. Yet he became a Paralympian, a world champion cyclist and a three-time world para-surfing champion.
In this powerful episode of Hear…
Matt Formston on “Why Not”: Resilience, High Performance, and Trust
Host Robert Hossary interviews Matt Formston, a blind Australian surfer, cyclist, author and Order of Australia recipient, about his book “Why Not?” and 10 lessons learned. Matt recounts being diagnosed at age five with macular dystrophy and later struggling through bullying, illness, losing spor…
19 Sep 2026
This week on Leisure Link with Peter Greco:
Matt Formston (World Champion Blind Surfer, Paralympian & Author of Why Not?)
Nick Warn (Coach, APM Employment League premiership team)
Tiffany Sharp (Cambrian Executive – Cancer Research)
Pam Mitchell (Resident Counselor – Handling Exam & Final …
#208 Matt Formston on Becoming the Partner You Want, How to Measure Trust & Why Standards Matter More Than You Think
This episode includes discussion of suicide and voluntary assisted dying. If anything in it brings something up for you, Lifeline is 13 11 14.
Matt Formston lost most of his vision at five years old, and the doctors told his parents his life was effectively over. He has since won world titles on a…
#99 Surfing huge waves, Matt Formston, Multi-Sport World Champion & Business Executive
What does it take to surf a 51-foot wave when you’re virtually blind? Four-time world champion surfer Matt Formston shares how preparation, trust and a lifelong “Why not?” mindset have helped him overcome extraordinary challenges, and the lessons they offer for leadership, resilience and high-perfo…
"Blindness wasn't going to define me," - Matt Formston S17E09
Australian Para-Athlete Matt Formston lost 95 percent of his vision at just five years old. Determined not to let his disability define him, he went on to become a champion cyclist and surfer, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2025 and now leads and trains global executive busines…
Fuelled by fear
What could you achieve if fear wasn't standing in the way? Fear exists in so much of what we do; a scary interview on the horizon, standing on top of a terrifyingly tall building, fear of the unknown, fear of failing, fear of being different. Yet what about those who we laud as fearless? Athletes w…
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