Surf Shorts

Clint is transferred by the Marine Corps from Southern California to South Carolina. He searches for surf and finds himself building boards in the Low Country. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Mexico 91' and Jonathan is bussed in - with a little fuss - to Colima then Nexpa. Good waves, bad water, surf contests, single fin tube riders and wasps all swarm this story of a time well had.  Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Clint shares his experiences of growing up in a small town in Oregon, playing team sports and his journey through our X gen activities before learning to surf in So Cal. This is one of several episodes with Clint who is a respected surfboard shaper and long time surfer. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www....

Shawn tells us about his first trip to California and getting an education at Black's Beach. Let's just say it helps to have friends "in the know" who don't let you know!! Makes for great memories. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Jesse finds himself searching for a board when stumbles into a big swell on a family trip to St. Thomas! Across the bay the waves are calling but the surf shop is closed and the locals are...curious. Oh, the irony for a man who has surfed thousands of surfboards to find himself board-less! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven A...

In this week's episode we speak with Freddy from Ocean Beach California and learn about the big wave scene out there. High quality wetsuits and wooden boards are on the table as we learn the fine art of Frogger in the Fog. If it's worth the paddle it's worth the exercise! I mean why not just look for the worst place to paddle out and just go for it! Music by Steven Andolf available...

Bob drops out of the rat race and into some sweet surf in Tobago. College? What's the rush? Let's do this while we can. You're only young like, two...three times right? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Columbia! Who knows exactly where that is :) Nick roams South America in the shadow of the drug trade finding hippos, wonderful people and ... WAVES.  Sometimes the best decisions are made in a flash, especially when shore break is involved. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/fe...

In this episode James finds himself upside down 12 miles offshore in a storm. His boat has rolled but his hope hasn't- He's calm, collected and unfortunately cool. Spoiler Alert!- Everybody lives, but let's find out how! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

On Surf Shorts Podcast this week we have Carter. A rad young man from New Jersey who's known all over the surf world for his wave catching prowess. We talk board design, fins, places to surf in New Jersey and most of all about his streak. Drop in, listen and learn what he'll be doing next. He's coming up on 1,000 days of continuous surfing! Will the madness continue?  Music by Steve...

Wrapping up our inaugural year at Surf Shorts with our five favorite episodes. Sit back and relax as we zip back and forth across the surf world in this dizzying final episode of 2022! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Huge Mexico 92'. Murder, memories, Michael Jordan and a sequence in the April 93' issue of Surfer Magazine! This episode has it all. Tune in and listen up...it's too good. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

At 15 and 16 years of age, James and his friend book a trip to Barbados through an 1/8 ad in the back of Surfer Magazine. They find themselves abandoned by their guide before they even reach the country. Armed with a left-hand stick rental car and ignorant bliss, the boys paddle out into the unknown at huge Parlour's. Buckle up for a classic Surf Shorts Episode! Music by Steven Andolf availab...

If this was a regular Surf Shorts episode I'd call it Sponge Bob Skate Pants but it's not. This is an interview with Jimmy where we talk about body boarding and the origin of the Skate Barn. This may be an episode more for locals to NC and SC, so if you are part of the fifty percent of my audience from Cali, Central America, Fl or NY-NJ you may not find it as interesting. Adventures in S...

Double episode this week! Jonathan and Shaun share some true Surf Shorts in the original spirit of the show. Just two short funny surf stories covering NC all the way to Florida. Both of these guys are well travelled, experienced surfers but you'll get no tales of foreign shores this week- just down home fun. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on...

In a bull rink in Costa Rica, Ben and his friends hope to score. Not quite in the usual way.  Surprised to find themselves in front of a rowdy crowd our heroes run for the boards, from the bulls and for their lives. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Shaun books a pre 9-11 trip to the Mentawai's and gets just what he asked for. Most great stories have an antagonist but the only one we find here is the same sharp reef which made the waves so darn good! Sit back, relax and listen to Surf Shorts! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/Stev...

Jason of the Sea fills us in on his Adventures in Surf Shorts. This is a long form interview- Not your typical Surf Shorts. Sit back relax and listen to Hoi Toide come rolling in. Special song by The Carvers at the End of the Episode "Hands Off My Girl." Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtub...

On a typical summer day Nick finds himself in age old predicament.  But there's more on the line than he realizes. We all know the beach in the summer time- small waves, high temperatures and SWIMMERS. Sit back, relax but don't walk away for a minute because this episode is a true- Surf SHORTS. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube c...

In a room by the sea on the coast of a foreign land, Oli and his pregnant wife are awakened in the middle of the night by shrieking alerts emanating from their cell phones. The surf had already been shaking the building, perhaps the earth would next. Tune in as Oli takes a holiday to surf...Taiwan! Please check out Oli on his media/travel company Rad Season at any of the links below. https://www.i...

In Coletta the boys bite off all they can chew. Driven out of Pascuales by a Hurricane, a 16 hour drive through a hurricane ravaged 3rd world country lands them at Rio Nexpa where a fireside dare pushes them out of the river mouth into monster surf.  Tune in for Jimmy's First Episode... more to come Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube c...

     Carried from the water by a mysterious American hippie after a multiple wave hold down, Jim finds himself vomiting on the beach of a "soon to be" Mexican staple. By 1974 he'd finally done it-  He'd beaten the magazines to the new epic spot, the "Hidden  Port."      You’d think a show blanketing the Great Lakes, Mexico, California, Costa Rica and Carolina would ha...

Down in Jalisco things get goofy when our protagonist finds himself up a tree in more ways than one.  A machete in your mouth and a grumbling stomach make the most innocent of tasks seem ultra-suspect. Enjoy! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

Ugh...another episode about Masonboro Island? You got it. This show reaches back and touches our last one. Once again Kenny's boat comes into play. Who knows why a sunken motor could be so undependable? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured

In this episode Kenny tries too hard to make everyone happy but things work out for him in the end. Matt, surfing on a secluded NC island, finds an uncrowded perfect day to be... a buzz kill? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.  https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured