Episodes

  • 544 - Kolohe Andino

    544 - Kolohe Andino
    Jan 17 2025
    In today’s show Kolohe Andino chats about the weight of expectation, why satisfaction can threaten ambition, how having children highlights the absurdity of professional surf pursuits, his idea for a restructured Tour, and why groms will always be the fertile core of surfing’s soul. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • 543 - Alo Slebir

    543 - Alo Slebir
    Jan 7 2025
    In today’s show, the 23 year old who just rode a potential record-breaker at Maverick's talks us through the wave itself, the prep, the media maelstrom that followed, the unique board that Stretch built for him, how 100’ surf is only accessible via a team of people, and why he didn’t celebrate the historic ride. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 542 - Occy & Gerr

    542 - Occy & Gerr
    Dec 31 2024
    Today’s episode is hosted by Brad Gerlach with Occy as a guest! Recorded at Niyama Resort in the Maldives, Brad and Occy analyze Occy’s technique to provide basic truths about head and hand placement and body positioning to unlock your next level of surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • 541 - Rusty Preisendorfer

    541 - Rusty Preisendorfer
    Dec 23 2024
    In today’s show San Diego’s surfboard and surfwear icon Rusty joins us to explain how his MIT mathematician father’s missive to follow his passion led him to art school and then to surfboards, learning how to push past moments of self-doubt, the secret unlock to Occy’s ’84 Thruster, the perils of licensing deals, and why some of the best design developments come from mistakes. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 10 mins
  • 540 - Matt Warshaw: Round Six

    540 - Matt Warshaw: Round Six
    Dec 12 2024
    In today’s show surfing’s foremost historian reveals the pro surfer who saved his life at age 12, the gift of finding 50 year old surf footage from his youth, the unsung heroes lost to surf history, how history is shaped by those who elect to share it, and why is more important than ever to cement archiving surf history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • 539 - Holly Beck

    539 - Holly Beck
    Dec 5 2024
    In today’s episode Holly Beck recounts her rapid rise into professional surfing and disillusionment, becoming an inadvertent model, expatriate freedoms, the fallacy of reality TV, and the holistic healing inherent to surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • 538 - Liam McNamara

    538 - Liam McNamara
    Nov 23 2024
    Pipeline aficionado Liam McNamara joins us to discuss how growing up in a commune on welfare informed his approach to surfing on the North Shore, the single financial decision that salvaged his career earnings, how shepherding Hawaii’s youth rectifies past misdeeds, and why his last session at Pipe was nearly his last day on earth. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • 537 - Brian Wynn

    537 - Brian Wynn
    Nov 18 2024
    In today’s show we hear from Jersey board builder Brian Wynn about how he built a career on doing what no else wanted to do, the fastest way to expedite one’s learning curve, why staying small is recession safe, and how ice hockey staves off burn-out. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 35 mins