The Longboardarian Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In early March of 2020 my wife had a work related conference in Maui, Hawaii. Upon knowing this my mind immediately went into brainstorm mode! Who lives in Maui that would be a great interviewee? My friend Puna Moeller from Big Island, Hawaii suggested Zack Howard aside from other suggestions he gave me. I also had friends in the mainland suggesting that I meet up with other local...

Send us Fan Mail For a while now I had been wanting to do an episode about surf etiquette, the present status of our surf lineups and surf hierarchies (the latter is or should be connected to SE).   My friend Laura from IG @saltwatersoulutions recently posted a 1 minute video of some nasty snaking burning from a single session involving the same surfers. That video was my trigger to go ahead and d...

Send us Fan Mail In the relatively young and short history of surfing evolution, let's say in the last 70 years, there has been so much done for surfboard design and innovation. In regards to longboards, this particular type of surfboard had gone away, generally speaking, and comeback for its revival, a resurrection of sorts. We have seen a strong longboard transition in design and surfing ap...

Send us Fan Mail It's been 20 plus years since I remember first seeing pictures, reading articles, and watching videos from the 60's of a surfer named Joyce Hoffman. She may have been one of the first female surfers of her era implementing style in surfing. It's been more than 20 years and her name and the images of that iconic style are still engrained in my memory. Recently, I was...

Send us Fan Mail Good Day Everyone! On this special episode, Jeff Belzer and myself have a casual but in-depth discussion of what we saw in regards to the 2019 WSL Longboard Tour and their final main event in Taiwan. A lot of changes happened this year within the WSL LB Tour which was spearheaded by new tour director Devon Howard. In my eyes, the most exciting year for professional competitive lon...

Send us Fan Mail Legend of legends, Mr. Dick Metz. Born in 1929, raised and groomed in Laguna Beach, CA. I am pretty certain that Dick is the oldest active accomplished surf entrepreneur, surf traveler, historian, preservationist and adrenaline junkie out there. At 90 years old, I was impressed with Dick's sharp mind and ability to https://shacc.org his past. Every other sentence he would say...

Send us Fan Mail The coolest and richest in California surf culture, surf competition is called The Hotdogger Championship. The producer of this event is Señor Ed Solt. I had the pleasure in participating in this event in October of 2018. Now, the 2019 edition is around the corner so I thought timing was perfect for this interview. Ed was in Ventura County for a day to promote the event, surf and...

Send us Fan Mail In July of 2019 I participated in The Call To The Wall longboarding event at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, California. I thought it was a proper place to get plenty of perspectives from a diverse group of longboard surfers. From the young groms to the middle aged dudes to the young women to the old fellows. I asked everyone the same question. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF C...

Send us Fan Mail This is a double overhead deep in the barrel of an interview! In early July 2019, CJ sits down with us and we discuss longboard surfing. I wanted to focus on his memories and anecdotes of his beginnings in surfing and longboarding but I also wanted to talk about surf competition politics and controversies regarding The Surf Relik Tour which he is a contributor too. He did not shy...

Send us Fan Mail  On Episode 13 we get to meet the man behind Surfboards by Davenport. I learned from this interview that there is so much history, anecdotes, perseverance, sweat and sacrifice on every single board made by Adam. That explains the intricate and unique aspects of this masterpieces of surfboards. When you hold one of this boards and you scan with your eyes its details, it's like...

Send us Fan Mail From Southern California, this longboarder extraordinaire sits down with us and tells us about her beginnings in surfing, surfing influences, surfboard design, competitive longboarding and more. Erin Ashley has become one of my favorite longboarders. As mentioned in the podcast, her level of creativity, skill and style is unparalleled. Just look for yourself! https://youtu.be/2kLV...

Send us Fan Mail Nestor empezo su trayectoria como fabricante de tablas de surf en los setentas. El vivio la evolución de la tabla en su mas fuerte momento en la historia del surfing. Cuando los tablones tipo longboard de momento se transformaron a tablas de menos estatura y menos area en una época de mucha experimentación de diseños de tabla. Fuertemente influido por las películas de surf de los...

Send us Fan Mail Lance originally from a Malibu adjacent area was part of a small crew of youngsters in the late 80's into the 90's that perhaps due to their geographical location were influenced by a crew of older longboarders that never quit longboarding during the decline of the use of longboard surfboards and the style of surfing that comes with it. That small elite crew of new longb...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded in May of 2019 The BSS! It reminded me of my first Surf Expo. This particular show no doubt provided the excitement, the visuals, the surfboards and their makers, not to mention their signature shapers face-off . Invited shapers have a limited time to scan with their eyes and hands a particular surfboard, no measuring tapes or any tools and devices allowed. Then shapers t...

Send us Fan Mail LA MAFE! Surfer y deportista de Peru. Esta joven ha estado en un progreso acelerado en cuanto a su longboard surfing. Llevo siguiendola 2 años aproximadamente y cada vez que la veo, en promedio 3 a 4 veces al año, esta chica mejora y mejora su repertorio en la tabla larga. En este episodio nos cuenta de sus comienzos en el longboarding, sus perspectivas en el mundo del longboard c...

Send us Fan Mail On a April 19th, I published an opinion piece on my Instagram/IGTV. I knew it could ruffle some feathers around our longboarding community but I did it anyways because that is what Longboardarian is all about, covering longboarding! There are many topics to visit and discuss. this particular subject is about pro longboarding. I chose to start a conversation on this particular beca...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Belzer is a VC native and has been surfing and longboarding most of his life. He has seen and experienced the transitions and trends in California longboard culture. He has reached a very high level of world class longboard surfing. He has plenty to share as he allows me to pick on his brain on many topics all longboard related. He recently won the Hotdogger Championship held...

Send us Fan Mail El primer episodio dedicado a nuestra comunidad hispanoparlante. Este episodio es del gran y único campeón mundial de longboarding el Sr. Piccolo Clemente. Oriundo de Huan-chaco, Peru. Este gran surfista tiene una interesante historia en cuanto a su trayectoria en el mundo del longboarding. En el episodio discutimos de sus inicios en el mundo del surfing y el longboarding, sus log...

Send us Fan Mail This Brazilian World Champ was a great interviewee. He talks about his start in longboarding, first trips to Hawaii, the early days of professional competitive longbarding (ASP Tour) and the tour now (WSL). We talk briefly about Joel Tudor's days in the tour and even who would dominate between them two in a match up in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Lol. He shares some great stories an...

Send us Fan Mail In early January I met with Carla at her home in Thousand Oaks, California for a frank conversation on longboardings current status in the competitive arena as well as in the California surf community. We also talk about her beginnings in surfing, her experiences as a Malibu local and some of its longboarding history, surfing politics and more. She is a great interviewee as she ai...

Send us Fan Mail Longboardarian sits down with one of California's most respected longboarders, his name is Vince Felix. He has a long history within California's surf community and is recognized as one of the best longboard performers. He is a committed family man, entrepreneur, surfer, skater and rad dude overall. On this episode we discuss his longboarding trajectory as a surfer and a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1!!!!!!!!!  Known in Ventura as simply as Blinky, this California local is an encyclopedia of surf culture knowledge by experience. He began surfing as a grom in the late fifties and started in the surf building industry in 1963 with such icons as Karl Pope, Tom Morey and many others his senior. He is still shaping out of his shaping room in the back of his family owned su...