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Surf Splendor

521 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 587 ratings

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

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Episodes

361 - Sage Erickson

March 18, 2021 02:30 - 51 minutes

Sage Erickson is on day 9, quarantined in Sydney. She candidly reflects on her fear of Pipeline and the delicate balance of enjoying professional surfing while still leveling up, and whether a world title is worth the sacrifice required to earn it. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

360 - Conner Coffin

March 12, 2021 02:59 - 1 hour

Part 2 of In The Q. Conner Coffin is quarantined in Sydney, preparing to compete at Newcastle. He explains how to transition out of life long relationships in order to develop new facets of your surfing, how to shed youthful chub and cultivate grit, and how to temper the distraction inherent with bringing a girlfriend on Tour. And more! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

359 - Lakey Peterson

March 11, 2021 22:01 - 50 minutes

Quarantined in a Sydney hotel room, Lakey Peterson explains how she's adapting to the uncertainty of the '21 season, how she's prepped for 8' Teahupo'o, and why she's views Caroline Marks as the her biggest impediment to a world title and how she plans to beat her. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

358 - Black Sand Surf

March 03, 2021 23:06 - 50 minutes

Today we reassess the Aloha Spirit, examine the inherit reward ingrained in the act of surfing, and analyze who is allowed privilege to that benefit; all through the lens of a very public incident that occurred northside of the Manhattan Beach pier on President's Day morning. Brick and Gage Crismond of Black Sand Surf and Ryan Harris of Earth Technologies joins us in conversation. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

357 - 30x30: Wildcoast's Zach Plopper

February 26, 2021 23:06 - 53 minutes

30x30 is the environmental initiative that the WSL has been asking you to sign. Former pro surfer and associate director at Wildcoast, Zach Plopper, joins us to demystify the initiative, explain why surfers are angry about it, and simplify how to educate yourself with actually facts (spoiler: don't rely social media). Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

356 - The Twinsman by Album Surfboards

February 17, 2021 03:14 - 44 minutes

Today we review and discuss the Twinsman with Matt Parker of Album Surfboards; an alternative shortboard featuring two fins and a wing into a rounded pin. A low entry rocker leads to a single concave into a spiral vee into a pronounced vee, and the deck features a concave throughout. Should you add a Twinsman to your quiver? David offers all the info you'll need to answer that question. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

355 - Peter Mel

February 11, 2021 20:51 - 1 hour

Big wave icon Peter Mel discusses his monumental Maverick's ride, being rescued by his son, the prospect of one's best wave being behind them, and ushering in a sixth decade and third generation of surf retail in Santa Cruz. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

354 - Vaughan Deadly

February 03, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour

Free Scrubber director, Swellian, magazine man, Vaughan Blakey (aka Deadly) joins the podcast today to discuss life lesson's learned from Tom Curren, his filmmaking ambitions, trying not to tarnish print's legacy, and how ATS allowed him to shirk the cuffs of editorial expectations. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

353 - Britt Merrick, Round Two

January 28, 2021 01:22 - 1 hour - 71.8 MB

SUBSCRIBE Britt Merrick returns to discuss his new role as CEO of Channel Islands Surfboards and how he rallied the employees and team riders to buy back the company that his father founded 51 years ago. Enjoy!

353 - Britt Merrick, Part Two

January 27, 2021 22:42 - 1 hour

Britt Merrick returns to discuss his new role as CEO of Channel Islands Surfboards and how he rallied the employees and team riders to buy back the company that his father founded 51 years ago. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

352 - Ben Aipa, Rest In Peace

January 21, 2021 03:00 - 52 minutes

Innovative board builder, coach, father figure to countless youths, Ben Aipa passed away on January 15th due to complications suffered from a heart attack and Alzheimer's. Today we survey Ben's influence and celebrate the many benefits we enjoy thanks to his impact. Featuring interviews with Ben himself, Akila Aipa, Roger Hinds, Matt Calvani, and Davey Smith. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

351 - Jon LaLanne: Part Two

January 07, 2021 01:35 - 1 hour

We continue our conversation with Jon LaLanne who explains why he left Malibu, unpacks his career as a board builder and the design theory behind the Gemini, and how Jon personally implement's his father's legacy of health and wellness. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

350 - Jon LaLanne: Part One

December 29, 2020 23:12 - 1 hour

Board builder Jon LaLanne joins us to discuss how obstacles become ladders, the value of shame, the Gemini board design, and how to carve a unique life path as a son to a father who is larger than life. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

349 - Post-Script: Billabong Pipe Masters

December 22, 2020 21:13 - 36 minutes

Welcome back to Post-Script, a brief yet thorough overview of each event on the WSL championship tour. Today, a recap of the opening events of the 2021 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

348 - Andrew Kidman

December 16, 2020 22:25 - 2 hours

Filmmaker, writer, surfboard shaper Andrew Kidman joins us to discuss the delicate art of communicating surfboard design to water performance through film, why it's important to look back in order to move forward, and why he's doubling down on print publishing in 2021. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

347 - Stretch

December 11, 2020 20:06 - 1 hour

Bill "Stretch" Riedel is today's guest. He discusses growing up in Malibu with Tom Morey and Mickey Munoz, the ocean accident that left his right side paralyzed, how he relearned to shape with his left arm, maintaining lifelong relationships with athletes, and the sweet ecstasy of a good quality cigar. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

346 - Michael Arenal: Arenal Surfboards

December 05, 2020 01:23 - 1 hour

A brief ten years into the surfboard game, Michael Arenal is establishing a reputation as a deft and reliable shaper for some of the industry's leading labels and as an astute craftsmen for his eponymous small batch customs. Today he talks about how to navigate entry into the business without stepping on toes and how he plans to use the benefits of this current boom to grow into the next decade. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

345 - Brad Gerlach: WaveKi

November 25, 2020 20:24 - 1 hour

Brad Gerlach opens up about navigating through depression, the paramount importance of connection, and why he's dedicated the next phase of his life toward getting you to slow down. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

344 - Blake Peters: Panda Surfboards

November 17, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour

Blake Peters joins us to talk about how to capitalize on the boom board builders are experiencing during COVID, the value delegation, and importance of taking a gap year. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

343 - Sean Doherty: Golden Daze

October 07, 2020 18:55 - 1 hour

New owner of Surfing World magazine, Sean Doherty discusses his acquisition, his latest book "Golden Daze", and why it's important for surf media to be helmed by passionate surfers and not by private equity controlled conglomerates. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

342 - Mark O. McInnis

September 24, 2020 18:07 - 1 hour

Oregon based surf photographer Mark McInnis lost everything he owned last week as his house burned to the ground in the Holiday Farm Fire. Today he discusses the value of a complete reset, how a limitation can become a virtue, and the importance accepting help. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

341 - Simon Jones: Morning Of The Earth Surfboards

September 11, 2020 01:11 - 1 hour

Simon Jones discusses the power of collective consciousness, how one surf soundtrack changed his life's trajectory, and why 3 stringers and 2 fins is all you'll ever need. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

340 - Welcome to the Sunday Joint

September 07, 2020 17:45 - 2 hours

At long last Matt Warshaw bestows an Encyclopedia of Surfing podcast upon the world. The Breuer brothers (Swell Season) roll up Warshaw's Sunday Joint and take a deep inhale of surfings, past, present, and future. Welcome to episode one. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

339 - Lauren L. Hill

September 03, 2020 00:54 - 1 hour

Lauren Hill is a mother, author, and ecofeminist. In today's show she explains how a commitment to curiosity has resulted in an unlikely surf career, an even less likely life as a farmer, and a cosmic premonition that inspired her to move across the world in a quest to stay centered. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

338 - Sterling Spencer

August 20, 2020 20:37 - 1 hour

Self proclaimed "#1 Surfer In The World", pro surfer antagonist, aspiring Centaur, and the greatest to ever surf Alabama, Sterling Spencer joins the podcast to discuss the paradoxical relationship between comedy and depression, why you shouldn't go vegan, and being kissed on the lips by Jeremy Flores. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

337 - Dave Parmenter

August 13, 2020 19:25 - 1 hour

Surfboard shaper, former pro surfer, writer, surf historian, Dave Parmenter discusses how “old” surfboard designs are more advanced than many modern designs, why he doesn’t read surf mags nor watch surf films, and why he’s spending most of his water time miles off the coast. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

336 - Dr. Dani Burt

August 05, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour

Dani Burt is an Adaptive World Surfing Champ, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and above knee amputee as a result of near death motorcycle accident. Today she shares her origin story, reveals what she experienced while in a 45 day coma, and how she leveraged anger and depression to grow and empower radical life change. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

335 - Murf The Surf: National Champ, Jewel Thief, Convicted Murderer

July 30, 2020 02:31 - 1 hour

Convicted murderer, national surfing champ, and mastermind of America's biggest ever jewel heist, Jack Roland Murphy is the subject of today's show. Journalist and podcaster Nathan Scott spent 9 months with Murphy and his peers to investigate facts new details of this decades old case. We chat with Nathan to hear about his new podcast series and about the dramatic confrontation that ended his relationship with Murf the Surf. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

334 - Richard Kotch

July 23, 2020 18:08 - 1 hour

Richard Kotch is a surf photographer and 50% of the dynamic surf guiding duo on the Maldivian island of Hudhuranfushi, along side his wife (and last week's podcast guest) Amy Kotch. Richard explains his early surf experiences that primed him for surf guiding, the challenges of island life, and how to continually improve your surfing into your 50s. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

333 - Amy Kotch

July 16, 2020 18:40 - 1 hour

"She Surf" cover surfer Amy Kotch joins us to share how, at 30, she left So Cal suburbia behind in pursuit of hollow, warm surf and a simplified life focus. Kotch explains life on a remote atoll as a surf guide, the challenges and joys of raising a kid there, and the quickest way to shift your perspective, values, and worldview. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

332 - Malcolm Campbell

July 08, 2020 17:31 - 1 hour

Board builder Malcolm Campbell discusses the Bonzer design, the role it’s played in surfing and the quirky dynamics that sometimes push and often impede board design evolution. The Bonzer is the first truly functional, high-performance three finned surfboard design, and the Campbell Brothers introduced it a full decade prior to the invention of the Thruster. We bring today's episode straight from the Malcolm’s kitchen in his home in Oxnard. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

331 - Spoons filmmaker Wyatt Daily

July 01, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour

Wyatt Daily shares his discovery of previously unseen surf footage of Greenough, Yater, and dozens more who would spark a design revolution and indelibly change the trajectory of surfing, as documented in his latest film, "Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story". Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

330 - 1Planet1People: Selema Masekela & Ryan Harris

June 24, 2020 15:16 - 1 hour

Selema "Sal" Masekela and Ryan Harris join us for a discussion about how the surf industry can respond to Black Lives Matter to foster a healthier, more robust industry, why they are both more optimistic about the future of America than ever, and they introduce 1Planet1People. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

329 - Jon Rose: Waves 4 Water

June 18, 2020 16:33 - 1 hour

Waves 4 Water is aiming to solve the world water crisis and has already provided sustained solutions for 3.75 million people. Jon Rose discusses his transition from a self-focused life of professional surfing into a life of effective altruism and the challenges of running an international organization. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

328 - William Finnegan: Barbarian Days

June 11, 2020 18:29 - 1 hour

William Finnegan has been an important figure contributing to surfing for the past 30 years or so, mainly as a writer, but also as a discoverer and explorer. Author of the Pulitzer winning "Barbarian Days", he and David discuss his journey and navigating how surfing fits into relationships, work, and life. (This episode was original published on December 20, 2015). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

327 - Josh Hall: Round 2

June 04, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour

San Diego board builder and Skip Frye apprentice Josh Hall joins us to pay homage to Kauai, discuss his recent elk hunt in New Mexico, survey the surfboard biz in the time of COVID, and reevaluate how to love and care for our parents as they age. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

326 - Billy Hamilton: Part Two

May 27, 2020 22:51 - 1 hour

Billy Hamilton joins David 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

325 - Billy Hamilton: Part One

May 21, 2020 19:28 - 1 hour

Billy Hamilton joins David to discuss growing up in Laguna before the ocean was poisoned by detergents from civilization's expansion, his early travels to 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

324 - Terry Chung

May 13, 2020 22:52 - 1 hour

Kauai waterman Terry Chung joins us to talk about his recent trip to foil Nazare with Laird, raising well-adjusted children on Kauai, his journey through board building, the evolution of the surf foil, and how to sustain big wave wipeouts at the age of 65. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

323 - Luke Evslin

May 07, 2020 19:36 - 1 hour

Kauai Council Member and co-founder of Kamanu Composites Luke Evslin joins us to talk about the challenges of being a small composites manufacturer in Kauai, how he's addressing housing and climate change from City Hall, and how a near death experiences shifted his life's trajectory. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BONUS - Nic Timpone on Sustainable Surfboards

April 30, 2020 17:17 - 8 minutes

Nic Timpone shares his thoughts on the state of sustainable surfboards and the Timpone Nub model; a channel bottom bat tail that he and his father will build in their Maui Leaf Lite construction for one lucky donor this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

322 - Dustin Barca: Part Two

April 29, 2020 23:42 - 1 hour

Professional MMA fighter, surfer, activist Dustin Barca discusses homelessness in Kauai, the environmental impact of genetically modified agriculture, political corruption, and how discipline has helped him find focus and purpose. Part two of two. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

321 - Dustin Barca: Part One

April 22, 2020 23:23 - 1 hour

Professional MMA fighter, surfer, activist Dustin Barca discusses homelessness in Kauai, the environmental impact of genetically modified agriculture, political corruption, and how discipline has helped him find focus and purpose. Part one of two. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

320 - Jeff Hakman

April 15, 2020 22:51 - 1 hour

Mr. Sunset and co-founder of Quiksilver USA Jeff Hakman talks about dressing in drag to avoid Vietnam, earning and losing a small fortune, conquering a 30 year substance addiction, and positioning himself to surf into 100 years of age. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

319 - Nathan Meyers talks "Here & Now"

April 09, 2020 23:52 - 30 minutes

As part of our contribution to The Lockdown Surf Film Festival, David Scales interviews The Surfer's Journal Editor and film director Nathan Meyers about his film "Here & Now". The film is screening for 24 hours on LockdownSurfFilmFestival.com. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

318 - Mark "Papa Sau" Sausen

April 08, 2020 00:34 - 1 hour

Californian Mark Sausen made his way with one board, a Terry Martin shape, to Kauai in 1970. Over the next 50 years he'd marry into a native family, develop a craft for building some of the most acclaimed boards for the local waves, and come to share ownership of the most prized land in all of Hawai'i. This is his story. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

317 - The Garden Isle

April 02, 2020 01:46 - 2 hours

The beauty and relative seclusion of Kauai has long made it favorite, albeit somewhat little disclosed, destination for surfers. It's recently become a prized location for tech billionaires and agricultural corporations. The convergence of these varied interests has led to rapid change and an erosion of traditional Hawaiian culture. Today we hear from Max Medeiros, Bronson Lovell, and Lance Ebert about building boards and adapting to life on the Garden Isle. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad ch...

316 - Taylor Knox

March 25, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour

Twenty year ‘CT veteran, meditation teacher and envy of every single surfer since 1993 for his power prowess, Taylor Knox opens up about boneheadedness, the fallacy of regret, and why his power is based in stillness. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

315 - Sticky Bumps: John Dahl

March 19, 2020 01:06 - 1 hour

John Dahl is the founder/owner of Sticky Bumps and a pioneer of surf wax. Today he explains how he's been the beneficiary of serendipity, how he's leveraged incremental lessons into sustained returns and when it's the appropriate to fire or promote family members. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

314 - Ryan Harris

March 12, 2020 17:24 - 1 hour

Board builder Ryan Harris runs the world's only zero waste surfboard factory. Today he shares his origin story, how designing shoes translates to shaping, the importance of starting at the bottom, and how he'll make more money from his trash than he will from selling surfboards. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices