Swell Season Surf Radio

On April 26th residents of Rockaway and New Jersey, city surfers, and others gathered at a Best Western in Brooklyn to voice their opinions on a proposed natural gas pipeline that would extend from Pennsylvania, through New Jersey and under the Raritan and New York Bays. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approval authority of pipelines and invited the public to speak to the agenc...

Jeremy "Dingo" Dean literally grew up in the jungles of Peru. Born the the 2nd son of missionaries, Jeremy Dean recounts his upbringing, the culture shock of moving back to the US and has always had an outsider vantage point, which reflects in his art work. We sit down with Jeremy to discuss, his art, race, redlining, religion, and the state of the New York Surf Scene. We go deep in this episode....

We know Johnny Knapp can shred a sandbar. We learned on the show what deep grasp the Brookhaven native has on Long Island shaper geneology and lore. The renaissance man brings us into the finer points of glide in the Bonzer shape, lessons in the "kiddy pool" of whitewash while surfing with dad as a kid, and taking the Bellport arts collective Auto-Body to the Bronx. Music credits: Ryan Little; Joh...

In October 2015 a natural gas compression plant in Gibson, Louisiana exploded killing 4 and badly hurting 2. Houma-Thibodaux senior staff writer John DeSantis broke the story. We spoke on the phone about what happened at the Williams Company owned facility, which is currently applying to expand nat. gas capacity under NY Bay, the role of subcontractors, and why all this matter to us who surf in th...

Charlie turned 8 years old on a surfboard in Nosara, Costa Rica last week. His mom, Marta Maletz , joined him in a lesson when Charlie stood up for the first time. "Dancing on the board", in the words of the instructor. The Brooklyn son and mom duo bring us back to joys of learning how to surf and sing a long to Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling". If you are offended by silliness, this is not the epis...

Rockaway native Joe Falcone is not afraid getting real when it comes to the surf scene at his local breaks ; and did so unabashedly in a March New York Times article when he called out bad conduct in the line-up. We sat down with Joe to discuss early life in Rock, how he really feels about the way things have evolved on the peninsula, and some of the costs and benefits of not worrying about what p...

Tyler's feature interview with Australian surf legend Wayne Lynch. It's a deep dive into the sport and Lynch's life: from when he gained international fame in the late '60s, to the health toll of shaping his coveted boards, and that one time when Lynch was MIA from his family on Christmas because of swell. Also on the show, a response from the gas industry read by aloud by Ben to last week's show...

An underwater natural gas pipeline running from New Jersey into Rockaway, Queens is under review right now. The pipeline owner and operator Williams Transco declined come on-air to comment. We were happy however that Paul McCay, a spokesperson and researcher at Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, lent his voice on industry safety mechanisms and the reasons why pipelines are dependable a...

At age 13 Shaun Crowley was a competitive surfer in Ocean City, NJ. This path brought him to Trestles twice as N.S.S.A team member. We chat about his journey from groomhood to Rusty sponsorship to his current conquest of reinventing the board bag with his company Mottai. Shaun shares everything with us. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/swell-season-surf-radio--3...

For Surf Podcast fans, have you ever wondered who is the voice behind the The Surf Splendor Podcast? The tables get turned on the host of Surf Splendor, David Lee Scales, on our next episode. We had an opportunity to have a very long chat with Dave to discuss his origins story, the future of podcasting, the great Debate of 2018 between Chas Smith & Ashton Goggans, SPIT Podcast and much, much more....

In 1974 Tony Corley wrote an open letter to Surfer Magazine calling out fellow black surfers to represent and get to know each other. In response, he received warm support but also a racist threat. A year later he founded the Black Surfing Association which has been bringing black surfers together in celebration of waves in Central and Southern California for 43 years. Inspired by this work, Rocka...

Co-host Tyler Breuer sat down with Pulitzer Prize Winner William Finnegan back in 2016 for a Surfrider Foundation fundraiser at the House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ. What took place was an intimate slide show and interview with the legendary surfer and writer in front of a live audience. While polite and cordial, Finnegan is not a subject to take likely. The man has interviewed some of the...

Laura arrived relatively late to surfing but when she did, she pretty much took over the world. Be it helping folks digitally detox through pen and paper or working to expand the reach of the non-profits Waves for Water and A Walk on Water, Laura Rubin has elevated the surf community to a more connected and socially engaged level. Tyler sits down with Laura in her East Village apartment to hear he...

Co-host Ben Pomeroy woke up one morning five months ago with burning pain up his left shoulder. He surfed through it but the pain remained, and soon learned he had herniated a disk. Massage and exercise therapist Gaston Robert Olsen discusses common surf injuries, courses of treatment and the role of simple stretching before and after the water. Everybody with a hip, knee, neck and shoulder should...

It's best to spare you insufficient descriptions of legendary waterman Steve White and simply share some of his life story and philosophy of surf and the water. He arrived to the show fresh from surfing around icebergs on the East End, and proceeded to detail his life from a childhood encounter with Andy Warhol at candy store, all the way to surfing Pipe and thinking it was Rock Pile. After the mi...

In the first episode of Swell Season Surf Radio for 2018, we have a very special interview that was conducted in 2012. Co-Host, Tyler Breuer, had the fortunate opportunity to Interview Tom Curren and the late Sonny Miller in front of a live audience in 2012. The event was a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy Relief and was truly a special evening. It is the only recorded interview with Tom and Sonny....

New Yorkers with opinions, Franco Rinaldi and Paul Boehl, share their best and worst of 2017. Derek Hynd and Matt Warshaw write in to share their year end wrap-up and to no surprise Kelly's wave ranch popped up all over the show. Thanks for joining us this past year. Stay tuned in 2018. Music credit: REM, Weeknd, Death Cab for Cutie Photo Credit: www.flickr.com/photos/rikpiks/ Become a supporter o...

Pro-long boarder Mikey DeTemple met his future wife at bar and immediately proceeded to pester her to get on a bus and meet him in Montauk. The rest is history. We chat about their love story, Mikey's journey from a career pro-long boarding to being sabotaged when trying to cross the Canadian boarder en route to film surf. Lisa talks about her career at The Real Real and living with a nomadic surf...

Chris "Bubbie" Gentile founder of Pilgrim Surf & Supply discusses his passion for Brazilian 70s music and what happens when you pair musicians and surfers in the Maldives, Mexico and Iceland and let the sound waves dictate the story line of his latest film. Tyler brings Chris back to the good ol' days of Mollusk when the Currens hung out and a scene emerged behind that power plant by the East Rive...

We sit down and talk to the photographers behind the "Women Shoot Surf" Photo Show that is opening this week (12/7/17) at the June Bar in Bushwhack, Brooklyn. It's an all female show with a unique perspective on surfing. We talk to photographers Andreea Waters, Julia Briere, Liz Magee and Alexandra Uzik about their style of photography, the "Female Gaze" and how that lends itself to a different ap...

Matt Warshaw is the humble keeper of The Encyclopedia of Surfing. He has devoted his life to preserving the historical account of surf culture and lore. He grew up as a Z-boy and even finished a respectable 43rd on the World Tour back in the early 80's. He became an editor at Surfer Magazine and wrote tons of books on surfing. He's smart, articulate and very thoughtful. Our conversation wanders fr...

Did a blur of bright color just flash down an aggressive line as you paddled out? Was that a surfer or a superhero? Odds are it was fashion designer Thaddeus O'Neil in one of his customized surf suits. Thaddeus dresses to surf as a devote worshiper might adorn himself to enter a sacred space. We invited this fascinating man to share his connection with costume and the water. A journey that that be...

Dorado had been surfing since dawn in Ditch Plains the morning he got the call to report to World Trade Center. FDNY Capt. Chris Gaby joins us to talk about his life as surfer, fireman, former marine, and frequent pilgrim to G-Land in Indonesian (as seen in photo). The NYC surf legend talks about his alternate personae Dorado who is one of the funnier and outspoken guys out on the lineup. Watch ou...

Englishman Ed Thompson met Frenchman Julian Roubinet surfing in Rockaway. How New York! They quickly realized that they shared the equal passion for their adopted surf breaks and wanted to talk to and photograph as many characters and locales between Montauk and Jersey shore as they could. Ed and Julian's enthusiasm is infection. Meet these two and learn about this amazing project. www.indiegogo.c...

If you have ever been to Rockaway Beach, you know the Mikes. If you don't yet, listen to this show right now. Born and bred Rockaway surfers and friends MIke Reinhardt (L) and Mike Kololyan (R) have introduced surfing and Rockaway Beach to people worldwide through their surf school Locals. "Blond" Mike and "Brown" Mike, aka, Details and Numbers talk about surviving Sandy, how RBNY has changed sinc...