Performance,
therapy, &
wellbeing.
Former professional surfer. Longtime global sport performance leader. Emerging therapist-in-training. A home for the evolving work at the intersection of elite sport, mental health, and human performance.
From the ocean to the clinical room.
Sean P. Hayes is a former professional surfer, longtime global sport performance leader, and emerging therapist-in-training based in Ventura, California.
After nearly two decades with Red Bull’s Global Sport Program, Sean has worked closely with world-class athletes, coaches, and performance teams across surfing and action sports. His background blends elite sport experience, athlete development, mental performance, creative strategy, and a deep understanding of what it takes to support people under pressure.
Today, Sean is expanding that work through clinical training as he pursues his path toward becoming a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. His growing focus includes performance anxiety, emotional regulation, identity, confidence, group work, surf therapy, and supporting athletes, youth, families, and high-performing individuals through meaningful life transitions.
Sport Performance
Nearly 20 years supporting elite athletes through stress, transition, and performance challenges — including two Olympic cycles, world tour competition, and high-risk disciplines across surfing, skateboarding, motocross, and Formula One.
Clinical Training
Graduate student in the MACP Clinical MFT track at Antioch University Santa Barbara, expected 2027. Integrating performance psychology expertise with formal therapeutic practice, with focus on stress regulation, resilience, and nervous system modulation.
Red Bull Global Sport Program
Manager / Specialist supporting elite athletes across surfing and high-risk sport disciplines. Developed athlete development, performance conversations, and big-wave safety protocols informed by military best practices.
Subtide Agency
Co-founder of a digital marketing and creative agency, leading client relationships, strategy, web design, and content production.
Syndicate Design Group
Owner and creative director of a graphic and web design studio specializing in brand identity, digital marketing, and print design.
Grounded, relational, experience-based.
Sean’s approach is grounded, relational, and experience-based. Whether working in the ocean, in sport, in creative projects, or in therapeutic settings under supervision, he brings a calm presence, practical insight, and a genuine belief in helping people reconnect with confidence, purpose, and resilience.
SPH805.com is a home base for Sean’s evolving work across performance, therapy training, surf-based healing, consulting, and creative collaboration.
Let’s connect.
Open to conversations about performance, therapy training, surf-based work, consulting, and creative collaboration.
sph805@gmail.com