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Surf Splendor

522 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 587 ratings

Conversations and stories about surfing. www.SurfSplendorPodcast.com email: [email protected]

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Episodes

506 - Patrick Trefz: Ode To Travel

March 29, 2024 00:21 - 1 hour

Patrick Trefz joins us to discuss how primary cooking lessons from his mother and a missive of exploration from his father led to 30+ years of travel, a tenure at Surfer Magazine, analysis of his friends through documentary, and the idea that food might leave the most indelible imprint of a culture. It’s all chronicled in his latest book, Ode To Travel and in today’s conversation. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

505 - Adam Warden: AJW Surfboards | Part Two

March 21, 2024 02:32 - 2 hours

In our final installment, AJW reminds us why it’s often preferable to not have a plan, how fasting for 10 days led to him catching the wave of his life at Peahi, solo travel led him to a nude hot spring in the mountains of Japan, and how accepting a job in a sketchy situation evolved into a flourishing relationships. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

504 - Adam Warden: AJW Surfboards | Part One

March 14, 2024 19:11 - 1 hour

Adam Warden shares the early lesson from his father that gave him the tools to travel the world, how simply showing up nurtures opportunity, the benefit of being willing to take a punch, why irrepressibly moxie trumps talent, and the value of not knowing. Part one of two! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

504 - Adam Warden: AJW Surfboards (Part One)

March 14, 2024 19:11 - 1 hour

Adam Warden shares the early lesson from his father that gave him the tools to travel the world, how simply showing up nurtures opportunity, the benefit of being willing to take a punch, why irrepressibly moxie trumps talent, and the value of not knowing. Part one of two! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

503 - Clint Runyon: Runyon Surfboards

March 07, 2024 20:26 - 1 hour

Retired Marine Combat Photographer Clint Runyon shares how he discovered surfing while stationed on Camp Pendleton (Trestles adjacent), how an economic crunch led him to shaping, building out a surfboard “factory” on deployment, and details the journey to discover the true value of a surfboard. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

502 - Alex "Superwolf" Villalobos: Round Two

February 28, 2024 22:43 - 1 hour

In today’s episode Superwolf explains his journey from South Beach Miami’s disco scene, to Southern California’s surfboard factories, how Wavestorm legally plagiarized his resin colorwork, and reveals his alternate life as an underground LA DJ. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

501 - Hank Warner: Part Two

February 22, 2024 00:58 - 1 hour

Hank Warner returns to share the moment that inspired him to become a father, detail the dwindling profit margin of surfboards, recount the greatest surfing he’s ever witnessed, and explain why he’s opts to never retire. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

500 - Hank Warner: Part One

February 15, 2024 03:51 - 1 hour

San Diego native, apprentice to board building pioneers worldwide, Godfather to pro surfers, 57 years of shaping, 30,000 boards deep, Hank Warner shares tales from a life immersed in foam dust, brethren, and the sea. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

499 - Chris Ruddy

February 07, 2024 19:23 - 2 hours

Chris Ruddy recounts his teenaged voyage from Hawaii to San Diego, the gift of access and opportunity given to him by Joe Roper, regifting it to Marcio Zouvi, how corporate manufacturing has replaced pioneering board builders, and how moving inland solves an economic puzzle and unlocks a tenfold opportunity. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

498 - Matt Parker: XOCoco

February 05, 2024 17:20 - 33 minutes

Matt Parker is partnered with Coco Ho on a new surfboard label, XOCoco, reimagining surfboard design for the female athlete. We're giving away an XOCoco Halcyon model on March 1st. Today Parker explains the project, the board, and why you should reconsider what you know about board design. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

497 - Dick Van Straalen

January 31, 2024 01:51 - 1 hour

Iconic Queensland shaper Dick Van Straalen shares his origin story and details how living with dyslexia has informed his surfing and surfboard building. He discusses helpful treatment strategies and explains how his acute mindset has empowered him to pioneer material usage and design theory for the past 60 years. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

496 - Alex Banyay

January 25, 2024 20:04 - 1 hour

Laminations San Diego sander Alex Banyay details the inner workings of the most revered surfboard factories, quantifies the human costs of outsourced manufacturing, explains why preserving history requires hiring surfer-labor, and reveals which shaper is responsible for the greatest innovations in modern surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

495 - Kian Egan: Westlife

January 17, 2024 16:03 - 1 hour

Westlife’s Kian Egan joins us to discuss his teenaged, rapid rise to pop music stardom, how discovering surfing allowed him reconnect with his core values, why taking time off stimulates growth, and how a once boy-band is still expanding their popularity and depth into their man-band years. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

494 - Darieus Legg: Stoker Machine

January 12, 2024 01:04 - 1 hour

In today’s episode filmmaker Darieus Legg extolls the virtues and perils of being raised on a sailboat, explains how valuing external validation is a zero sum game, recounts why creative expression can buoy depression, and shares how his simply pursuit to tell the story of a used surfboard unraveled his life’s calling. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

493 - Ryan Lynch: Timber Surf Co.

January 08, 2024 00:14 - 53 minutes

We want to gift you a surfboard. Ryan Lynch is here to help. A thought leader in surfboard sustainability, the former Tesla engineer has focused his efforts on eliminating resin from surfboard production and designing high-performance, long lasting surfboards using regenerative construction materials without sacrificing one iota of performance and design, all whilst enhancing the beauty fo the board. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

492 - Eden Saul: Dead Kooks

January 04, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour

In today’s show Eden Saul joins us to explain why the mat is the most dynamic surf craft, how he planted Dead Kooks seeds globally for free while gleaning knowledge from the best builders, how increasing production decreased his business growth, and why he’s committed to purchasing other shaper’s surfboards. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

491 - Drew Kampion

December 28, 2023 21:13 - 1 hour

In an apple orchard, on an island thirty miles north of Seattle, eight years removed from his last surf is where I found Drew Kampion. Author of six books, countless surf articles, and perhaps the main person responsible for surfing’s mischievous, irreverent presentation, Kampion reflects on his early years at Surfer, analyzes current surf media, and tells about the first time he got John Severson high. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

490 - Kai Neville

December 21, 2023 21:18 - 1 hour

Era defining filmmaker Kai Neville joins us to discuss why the visual style he is known for is not his own, how Bruce Irons is to blame for the best clip he’s ever missed, and how independent film helps foster the most creative and progressive expressions of surfing. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

489 - Brenden Margieson

December 14, 2023 01:28 - 1 hour

Genre defining pro freesurfer of the 90s, Margo, joins us to discuss ushering pro surfing from cottage to corporate, humility gleaned while working as a baggage handler, how a passion for bird watching led to his greatest work, and what sparked the revival in his surf career at age 50. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

488 - Christian Beamish

December 07, 2023 21:49 - 1 hour

Surfer, writer, board builder, Christian Beamish joins to discuss surf adventuring through the hospices of the Navy, why the Simmons/Curren Keel might unlock new big wave paddle potential, lessons learned adrift on a self-built 27 foot sail boat, and why perspective is hard earned through life experience. Enjoy! Intro Music: Bill Callahan, 747 Outro Music: Bill Callahan, My Friend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

487 - Torren Martyn: Calypte

November 30, 2023 03:34 - 1 hour

After a year on the 35’ sailboat “Calypte”, Torren Martyn returns to discuss how his grandmother’s adventures 60 years ago led to this journey, the pitfalls and virtues of learning to sail while at sea, living with snakes onboard, and how the voyage was the perfect preparation for parenthood. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THANK YOU!

November 22, 2023 18:59 - 3 minutes

Just a note, during Thanksgiving week here in the US, to express my deepest gratitude for giving me the opportunity to do this work. Happy Thanksgiving! Music: Bonnie Raitt, Thank You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

486 - Erik "Smelly" Sandin: NOFX & Pickle Stix

November 15, 2023 21:46 - 1 hour

After 40 years touring and drumming for one of the biggest punk bands on the planet, Smelly joins us to discuss his transition into surfboard shaping and how the intensity of youth can that ignite a life's journey, the camaraderie of his bandmates helped him kick heroin, showing kindness to one's self amplifies recovery, and why all of his success can be attributed to a single drum beat. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

485 - Eddy Garcia: Regeneration in Lahaina

November 09, 2023 20:06 - 1 hour

Community activist Eddy Garcia joins us to discuss his efforts to re-house victims of Lahaina’s fires, how developers have already taken advantage of displaced families, the perils of disaster capitalism, the necessity to reduce reliance on tourism, and the inherent virtues of self-sufficiency. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

484 - Bill Stewart: Part Two

October 31, 2023 19:41 - 1 hour

Adroit craftsmen Bill Stewart returns to discuss the elusive paradox of Gordon Clark, the stately humility of Phil Edwards, the effortless earnestness of Jimmy Buffett, and how they each bolstered and buoyed him through his successes and losses over the years. Part of two of two. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

483 - Bill Stewart: Part One

October 25, 2023 19:05 - 1 hour

Jovial raconteur Bill Stewart joins us to weave his tale from barefoot skiing in Kentucky, to fudge-making for Carnies in Michigan, to Shanghai'ing a teen to California in search of surf, to becoming one of surfing's preeminent board builders, along with the fortunes and friends earned and lost along the way. Enjoy this, the first of a two part series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

482 - Nat Young

October 19, 2023 20:13 - 1 hour

Era defining pioneer of the shortboard revolution, writer, World Champ, Nat Young joins us to discuss abandoning his animal aggression, reveals his favorite modern shapers, shares stories of Tom Blake & Miki Dora, and illuminates some of his greatest lessons learned and shared in his latest book, “Church Of The Open Sky”. Enjoy! Intro Music: I Know You Rider, The National and Bob Weir Outro Music: I Really Need Love, The Bees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

481 - Matt Warshaw: Round 5

October 12, 2023 19:15 - 2 hours

Surfing's preeminent historian returns so that David can attempt to write Warshaw's EOS entry. Herein Warshaw recounts the first time being punched in the face, donning Edward Norton's wetsuit, analyzes which prejudice is unjustly credited to surf history, and explains how a recent life altering diagnosis changed his perspective on this relationship with surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

480 - Bing Copeland

October 05, 2023 18:33 - 1 hour

Honoree of this weekend's Icons of Foam Tribute, Bing Copeland started Bing Surfboards in 1959. After sharing his first wave with Greg Noll and under the tutelage of Dale Velzy, Bing became one of the largest board builders of the 60s. In today’s episode Bing discusses his origin story, the value of delegation, transitioning the Bing legacy, and the incident that caused him to quitting surfing. Enjoy! (Link to Episode 190 with Matt Calvani) Intro Music: Bob Dylan, Mississippi Segue Music: Bob...

479 - Roger Hinds

September 27, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour

2x Icons of Foam winner Roger Hinds joins us again to discuss how moving out at age 14 cultivated the work ethic to yield 50 years of board building, the virtues of taking advice from people with less experience, the paradise and peril of Hawaii in the early 70s, and why you should be riding an 8' shortboard. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

478 - Brinkley Davies

September 21, 2023 20:25 - 1 hour

Marine Biologist, freediver, surfer, Brinkley Davies joins us to discuss harnessing the power of social media to activate people's compassion for animals, why the benefits inherent in freediving help guide her environmental charity work, how a fateful incident with a kangaroo led to her mothering a joey, and how to mitigate burnout by not surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

477 - Ellis Ericson

September 13, 2023 21:37 - 1 hour

Pro surfer, second generation board builder, Greenough acolyte and EPS advocate, Ellis Ericson joins us to discuss the inherent limitations of molded surfboard blanks, feeling foreign in his hometown of Byron, how distancing daily life from technology has propelled his greatest strides forward, and how to induce zen through the hum of a planer. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

476 - Lahaina Board Builder Joshua Weisfeld: JAW Surfboards

September 07, 2023 20:44 - 1 hour

Maui's Joshua Weisfeld shares the harrowing story of losing his home and factory while narrowly escaping the fires, gives insight into the rich board building community that existed in Lahaina, surveys the diaspora, and attempts to develop a blueprint for steps towards rebuilding. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

475 - Shane Jones: Jonesea Wetsuits

September 01, 2023 05:19 - 1 hour

Handmade, custom tailored, wetsuit designer Shane Jones joins us to discuss how youthful angst can be a catalyst to pursue your passion, why experiencing adversity should stimulate motivation, how it's never too late to radically redesign your life, and how he collected 8,000 square feet of goods for Lahaina's families in need. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

474 - Tyler Allen

August 23, 2023 23:20 - 1 hour

Surfing's preeminent funny man joins us to chat about the importance of making risqué jokes in today's cancel culture, why surf culture is ripe for lampooning, the time the WSL told him he could have a job if he combed his hair, and how if you identify race as a punchline of a joke, you may be the problem. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

473 - Billy Hamilton: Part Two

August 18, 2023 19:14 - 1 hour

Billy is back to discuss the difficulties of raising Laird, discovering Nazare, the benefits of psychedelics, and how his relationship with John Milius ended with a punch and a transfer of one millions dollars. Enjoy! (Originally published May 27, 2020) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

472 - Billy Hamilton: Part One

August 11, 2023 18:01 - 1 hour

Billy Hamilton joins us to discuss growing up in Laguna before the ocean was poisoned by detergents from civilization’s expansion, his early travels in Kauai in the 60’s, meeting Laird and his mother on the beach at Rocky Point, surfing Pipeline naked, and living (partying) with Bunker Spreckles when he inherited $100 million dollars. Part One of Two. Enjoy! (Originally aired May 2020). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

471 - Brett Barley

August 04, 2023 20:41 - 1 hour

Outer Banks' finest Vlogger joins us to discuss how he entered the surf world's awareness with a 10 at Pipe, how growing up alongside YouTube primed him for the rigors of selfie stardom, the exact workload and ROI of producing weekly content, early pioneering trips to Skeleton Bay, and how leaving a decade-long relationship with a shaper has expanded his awareness of his own surfing ability. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

470 - Paige Alms

July 26, 2023 22:23 - 2 hours

2x Big Wave World Champ Paige Alms joins us to discuss the gift of her mother’s wanderlust, how restaurant work financed her surf career, the Jaws incident that necessitated a jet ski purchase, and the virtues of returning to a hunter-gather lifestyle. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

469 - Bryce Young: Following The Fall Line

July 20, 2023 19:33 - 1 hour

Underexposed multidisciplinary talent Bryce Young joins us to chat about his new film, how Burch’s unique boards broke down perceptions of his own limitations, his father’s sage and surprisingly simple advice, the devastation of losing everything to a fire, and why now is the right time to share decades of archival family footage and story. Enjoy! Intro Music: Jim James, State Of The Art Outro Music: Yusef Lateef, The Plum Blossom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

468 - Matt George: In Deep

July 12, 2023 21:55 - 2 hours

Polymath Matt George joins us to discuss 35 years of surf writing, why surfing fosters female power and male vulnerability, the dangers of the algorithm eroding surfing's great lessons, narrowly escaping Hollywood, and why emergency relief work has become his life's passion. Enjoy! Intro/Outro Music: Allen Ginsberg and Phillip Glass, Wichita Vortex Sutra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

467 - John Simon

July 07, 2023 01:25 - 1 hour

22 year old surfboard shaper John Simon discusses the value of starting with a broom, developing his craft under the Trimcraft tutelage, how extreme designs deliver subtle effects, the perils of growing too quickly, and how riding other shapers boards has provided his quickest lessons learned. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

466 - Harrison Roach

June 29, 2023 20:19 - 1 hour

The current World Longboard Champ joins us to discuss the ecstasy and obligation that comes with achieving your life's goals, the virtue and burden of being "underrated", the value of defying definition as a professional surfer in 2023, and the futile endeavor of applying a judging criteria to surfing. Enjoy! Into music: Allen Toussaint, Southern Nights Outro music: Calexico, Alone Again Or Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

465 - Shaun Crowley: Shaun In Paradise

June 21, 2023 20:17 - 2 hours

New Jersey's former grom phenom Shaun Crowley joins us to discuss returning to surfing after a decade hiatus, how to sell it all and relocate your life to Mexico, why you should delete Instagram (but start a YouTube channel), and the freedom and refuge that comes with finding your community. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

464 - Jeff Johnson: Part Two

June 15, 2023 20:56 - 2 hours

In Part Two, Jeff Johnson explains how he side-doored his way into becoming Patagonia’s first staff photographer, the toll of being sued by one of his surf idols, and he distills the value of being naive to your own limitations. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

463 - Jeff Johnson: Part 1 of 2

June 08, 2023 03:14 - 1 hour

Adventurer Jeff Johnson joins us today to explain his path from ne'er-do-well skate teen to world class photographer; from stealing lumber to build skate ramps, to lifeguarding on the North Shore, to traveling the world professionally, Jeff explains how boredom is the key to unlocking your life’s passion. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

463 - Jeff Johnson: Part One

June 08, 2023 03:14 - 1 hour

Adventurer Jeff Johnson joins us today to explain his path from ne'er-do-well skate teen to world class photographer; from stealing lumber to build skate ramps, to lifeguarding on the North Shore, to traveling the world professionally, Jeff explains how boredom is the key to unlocking your life’s passion. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

462 - David Carson

June 01, 2023 04:59 - 2 hours

Apple called him "a pioneer with profound impact". Newsweek said he "changed the public face of graphic design". In 1991 David Carson redesigned Surfer Magazine and established a now iconic graphic design style seated in raw human emotion which led to numerous awards and an expansive client list including Audi, Nike, Obama, and album art for Nine Inch Nails. A lifelong surfer and 2018 inductee into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame, Carson discusses the value of failing publicly, the import...

461 - Ryan Hitzel: Roark

May 25, 2023 22:16 - 1 hour

Roark founder Ryan Hitzel joins us to discuss how his high-school notebook doodles led to a design job at Volcom, line-up hierarchy etiquette fortified him for the pitfalls of entrepreneurship, and how a forced expedition by his parents mapped the blueprint for his life's work. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

460 - Andrew Kidman: Big Sky Limited

May 19, 2023 21:24 - 1 hour

Andrew Kidman joins us to discuss how his enthusiasm for wave pools inspired his latest film, why he prefers terrible surf, Filipe’s distinct advantage related to his board construction, and the burden and gift of having had a UFO encounter in his youth. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices