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Inspiring keynotes on extreme swimming & mindset

Ryan Stramrood

travels from South Africa

Ryan is a Guinness World Record holder who inspires audiences with his stories of extreme swimming challenges and their relevance to mindset in the corporate world.

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5 out of 5 stars

I can quite confidently say that this was one of the best “motivational” speakers I have been fortunate enough to have seen in some time. His story is inspirational and extremely captivating, the journey he takes you through is both enjoyable and frightening. He delivers this with passion and a wholesomeness that resonated with all our retailers. I can highly recommend Ryan.

Mario Santana, Managing Director, The Spar Group Ltd (South Africa) See all references

Why you should book Ryan Stramrood for your next event

  • Ryan’s inspiring keynote speeches draw on his personal experiences of pushing his own boundaries through ultra-extreme open water and ice swimming, delivering powerful and emotive stories that are tailored specifically to resonate with corporate audiences.
  • Ryan’s unique ability to draw parallels between the extreme wild and the corporate space offers valuable insights into the power of our minds, our behaviors, our reactions, and our abilities in difficult environments, inspiring action and real change among audiences.
  • Ryan’s captivating keynotes come complete with powerful visuals and unique videos, adding richness and reality to his sessions and providing audiences with a truly unforgettable experience that will leave them inspired, in awe, and well-enlightened.
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Ryan Stramrood is a 3-time Guinness World Record holder, master of mindset, and accomplished open water and ice swimmer. He uses his extreme swimming challenges in hostile environments to inspire audiences with his captivating keynotes, drawing parallels between the wild and corporate world. Based in Cape Town, Ryan is also a successful businessman running a sales business.

Why you should book Ryan Stramrood for your next event

  • Ryan’s inspiring keynote speeches draw on his personal experiences of pushing his own boundaries through ultra-extreme open water and ice swimming, delivering powerful and emotive stories that are tailored specifically to resonate with corporate audiences.
  • Ryan’s unique ability to draw parallels between the extreme wild and the corporate space offers valuable insights into the power of our minds, our behaviors, our reactions, and our abilities in difficult environments, inspiring action and real change among audiences.
  • Ryan’s captivating keynotes come complete with powerful visuals and unique videos, adding richness and reality to his sessions and providing audiences with a truly unforgettable experience that will leave them inspired, in awe, and well-enlightened.

Ryan Stramrood is a Guinness World Record holder and expert in mindset, who inspires audiences with his captivating keynotes on extreme open water and ice swimming challenges, and their relevance to the corporate world. Despite running a sales business in Cape Town, South Africa, Ryan’s journey has been far from ordinary, taking him from couch potato to ultra-extreme swimming challenges in Siberia, Antarctica, the Arctic Circle, the Bering Sea, and the Great White feeding ground of False Bay.

Through his frequent exposure to deadly ice water situations and survival, Ryan has unlocked a unique understanding of the power of the mind, which he shares through his storytelling and keynote speaking. Drawing perfect parallels between the extreme wild and the corporate space, Ryan’s sessions deliver unique insight into the human mind, behaviors, reactions, and abilities, inspiring action and real change among audiences.

Ryan’s keynotes come complete with powerful visuals, unique videos, and are tailored specifically to resonate with corporate and business environments. Audiences are engaged throughout, have opportunities to interact, and leave the session inspired, in awe, and well-enlightened. Ryan’s ultimate goal is to help people recognize their default settings and reactions, and unlock their true potential.

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Join renowned adventurer Ryan Stramrood as he inspires you to PushPastImpossible™. Through his dynamic talks, Ryan delves into mindset, inspiration, and emotion, helping you discover untapped strength for personal and professional growth.

Experience Ryan’s insightful approach in Failing Forward as he guides you to navigate setbacks into opportunities for sustainable growth. In Sink or Swim, Ryan challenges you to go beyond your limits, emphasizing accountability, high performance, and transformative change.

Embark on a journey of empowerment and achievement, where teamwork and personal growth intersect to create extraordinary results.

Ryan’s topics include:

  • PushPastImpossible™
    Extremely powerful, mindset, inspiration, emotion –‘discover the strength you never knew you had.
  • Failing Forward
    Steer your failures, shortcomings, disappointment into real sustainable GROWTH.
  • Sink or Swim
    No treading water! – it’s about showing up, accountability, extra-mile, high performance, Performing while Transforming‘; Change; Team Work.
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Gaining The Edge | Ryan Stramrood | TEDxUniversityofJohannesburg

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I travel the world and attend conferences across the globe as well as in South Africa. I see the best of the best in main platform speakers and guest speakers but I was astounded and inspired by Ryan Stramrood. When I was fortunate to see him present I was mesmerised and felt like I was right with him in Antarctica, could feel the cold go through my body and veins and felt his pain. Ryan is an amazing and incredible story teller and presenter! He will take you with him all the way and make you part of his storyline. I can highly recommend corporates and any other entities to make use of Ryan to inspire and motivate their employees, teams and management or memberships of affiliations. Ryan is also one of the nicest personalities around and easy to deal with. WOW!

Kobus Kleyn

Financial Expert and MDRT Country Chairman

I can quite confidently say that this was one of the best “motivational” speakers I have been fortunate enough to have seen in some time. His story is inspirational and extremely captivating, the journey he takes you through is both enjoyable and frightening. He delivers this with passion and a wholesomeness that resonated with all our retailers. I can highly recommend Ryan.

Mario Santana

Managing Director, The Spar Group Ltd (South Africa)
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5 out of 5 stars

I can quite confidently say that this was one of the best “motivational” speakers I have been fortunate enough to have seen in some time. His story is inspirational and extremely captivating, the journey he takes you through is both enjoyable and frightening. He delivers this with passion and a wholesomeness that resonated with all our retailers. I can highly recommend Ryan.

Mario Santana, Managing Director, The Spar Group Ltd (South Africa) See all references

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