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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. Follow @Jon_LaLannne and visit LaLanneSurf.com Sponsor: BetterHelp.com/surf View this post on Instagram A post shared … Continue reading "350 – Jon LaLanne: Part One" The post 35...

SUBSCRIBE  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. Sponsor: BetterHelp.com/surf The post 349 – Post-Script: Billabong Pipe Masters appeared first on Surf Splendor .

SUBSCRIBE 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! Visit AndrewKidman.com and follow @AndrewKidman Sponsor: Slowtide.co promo code “surfsplendorpod...

SUBSCRIBE 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! Sponsor: Slowtide.co promo … Continue reading "347 &#82...

SUBSCRIBE 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 … Continue reading "346 – Michael Arenal: Arenal Surfboar...

SUBSCRIBE 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! Follow @WaveKi and learn more at WaveKi.com Save 10% off WaveKi with promo code “WAVEKISPLENDOR” all uppercase Sponsor: Slowtide.co save 30% with promo code “surfsplendorpo...

SUBSCRIBE HERE 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! Follow @PandaSurfboards CREDITS Host, Producer, Writer: David Scales @David_Lee_Scales Intro Music: Panda Bear, Bros Outro Music: Pastor T.L, Like A Ship The post 344 – Blake Peters: Panda Surfboards a...

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! Follow @Seano888 and @SurfingWorld GOLDEN DAZE: THE GOLDEN YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN SURFING SURFING WORLD MAGAZINE View this post … Continue...

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! Follow @MarkOMcInnis and MarkMcInnis.com CREDITS Host, Producer, Writer: David … Continue reading "342 – Mark O. McInni...

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! Follow @MorningOfTheEarthSurfboards and MorningOfTheEarthSurfboards.com Sponsor: SurfNVS.com promo code “podcast” Thank You Mother – a journey of appreciation from Ishka Folkwell on Vimeo. CR...

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. Follow @TheSundayJoint And be sure to subscribe in whatever podcast app use. CREDITS Host: Tyler … Continue reading "340 – Welcome to the...

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! Follow Lauren at … Continue reading "339 – Lauren L. Hill" The post 339 – Lauren L....

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! Follow @SterlingSpencer and TheSurferFormerlyKnownAsSterlingSpencer.com...

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! Visit Nowtro.com Follow @SurfSplendor Previous episodes with Dave Parmenter … Continue reading "337 – Dav...

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! … Continue reading "336 – Dr. Dani Burt" The post 336 – Dr....

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 … Continue reading "335 – Murf the Surf...

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 … Continue reading "334 – Richard Kotch" The po...

“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 … Continue reading "333 – Amy Kotch" The post 333 – Amy Kotch appeared first on Surf S...

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. … Continue reading "332 – M...

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! Follow @Spoons_Film and learn more/view at SpoonsFilm.com View this post on Instagram Making of … Continue reading "331...

Selema “Sal” Masekela and Ryan Harris join us for a discussion about how the surf industry needs to respond to Black Lives Matter and how it will foster a healthier, more robust industry, why they are both more optimistic about the future of America than ever, and they introduce 1Planet1People. Enjoy! Follow @1PlanetOnePeople and visit … Continue reading "330 – 1Planet1Peop...

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! Follow @WavesForWater and @Jon_Rose And learn more … Continue reading "329 –...

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 … Continue reading "328 – William Finnega...

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! Follow @JoshHallSurfboards View this post on Instagram … Continue reading "327 – Josh Hall: Round 2" The post 327 – Josh Hall: R...

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! Follow @BillHamiltonSurf Billy Hamilton, Jesus of Cool from ENCYCLOPEDIA of SURFING on Vimeo. CREDITS Host, Producer, Writer: David Scales … Continue reading "326...