Category: Surf Stories

March 22, 2023 New

No. 1 Surfer In The World: Sterling Spencer

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March 9, 2023 New

Cacao Barrels with Shannon “Hopper” Eichstaedt

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February 27, 2023 New

The Impossible Wave with Jessica and Jay Johnson

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February 20, 2023

Florida Boy with Ashton Goggans

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January 26, 2023

Leeward Wrap with Mikey Corker

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January 17, 2023

Rear Ended in Indonesia with Michael Dunphy

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January 1, 2023

New Smyrna Beach Inlet Pioneers with Kem McNair and David Coffee

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December 12, 2022

Island X with Ben Weiland

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December 1, 2022

Raglan Surf Report with Luke Cedarman

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November 18, 2022

Facing Monsters with Kerby and Cortney Brown

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November 1, 2022

Tupat with Patrick Eichstaedt

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October 13, 2022

Natural High with Jack Coleman

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October 3, 2022

In the Malibu Parking Lot with Jamie Brisick

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August 14, 2022

Mother Lisa with Lisa Anderson

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July 28, 2022

Elevators of Mind of Body with Matt Costa

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? Matt Costa, singer-songwriter, former pro-skateboarder, and brand ambassador, speaks to his influences, his latest work with the boys at

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July 7, 2022

Reunion Island Could Be the Best Surf Trip of Your Life with Dan Duane

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As surf stories go, few document them better than Daniel Duane, author, journalist, and now podcaster.  He shares some great

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June 10, 2022

More String with John Brooks

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John JB Brooks, my co-founder for the festival, shares a bit about how he came to be a surfer, competitor,

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May 26, 2022

Blessed Are the Bank Robbers with Chas Smith

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It’s the walk up to the teller with a note asking for bills from the top two drawers, no dye-packs

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March 31, 2022

Country Club Surf with Joe Frizelle

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The best part about Joe Frizelle is that he doesn’t really seem like a guy who has designed over 1,000

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February 28, 2022

“Keep Up The Work” with David Lee Scales

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When you’re a podcaster with an unfiltered partner, and also a really good interviewer with a passion for documenting some

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January 21, 2022

Heart and Stoke with Ben Gravy

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Ben Gravy has made a career out of quick surf trips and quick edits for a dedicated fan base.  He

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December 12, 2021

The History of the History with Matt Warshaw

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Founder and operator of Encyclopedia of Surfing, Matt Warshaw, joins us for a catch up after the festival to chat

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November 15, 2021

Private Whale Parts with Lauren Hill

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Big thank you to Lauren Hill, who stepped into her recording studio and shared a tale of… well, you better

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October 19, 2021

Coffee Talk with Taylor Steele

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Taylor Steele joins us for episode 20, and after working for many years on producing, filming, editing, and directing, he

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September 19, 2021

Wavemaker with Tom Lochtefeld

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Tom Lochtefeld plays cards very close to his chest, unless of course, he knows only three of you will listen

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August 9, 2021

Wandering with Chris Miyashiro

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Artist and filmmaker, Chris Miyashiro, talks about his process, from dreams to road trips, and his style as a filmmaker. His

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July 9, 2021

Risk Tolerance with Chris Burkard

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Chris Burkard is at the top of his profession. With some average equipment and a lot of hours and hard work,

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June 13, 2021

Hail Mary with Balaram Stack

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Balaram Stack talked to us about his new project with Ben Gulliver, Hail Mary, due to be released in the fall

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May 6, 2021

The Whole Story with Albee Layer and Dan Norkunas

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Albee Layer and Dan Norkunas have been making movies and web episodes together since 2010, and they may have been

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April 14, 2021

Reconnoiter with Ben Gulliver

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From the moment we locked eyes on Ben Gulliver's work, we fell deeply in love. He's not so bad himself, but

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March 9, 2021

Life After Hitting Lips with Keith Malloy

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What happens after is rarely more exciting than what happens before. Like Tom Robbins wrote, "...The best part of an affair

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February 3, 2021

Lick the Red Frog with Scott Balogh

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Behind every surf camp, there's a person with enough spitfire grit to fuel a nuclear submarine underwater for weeks. He's like

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January 20, 2021

Brand Building by Feel with Tyler Callaway

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Tyler Callaway, East Coast Surfing Hall of Famer who co-designed and branded FCS into your board, created the Reef Girls

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December 23, 2020

Dark Lord of Irish Surfing with Richie Fitzgerald

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Mullaghmore-charger, candidate for nicest person in the world, and family man, Richie Fitzgerald, banters with Kevin and John about his

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November 14, 2020

It’s Tedious If You Hate It – Peter Hamblin

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Peter Hamblin is a SURFER poll and Emmy award-winning filmmaker from South Africa who grunted through ad exec and no

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October 15, 2020

Chicken Skin – Ira Opper

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In 1989, our VCRs were busy recording ESPN's Hot Summer Nights, including the nation's first weekly episodic TV show about

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September 13, 2020

Anatomy of a Failed Surfpark – Jamie Meiselman

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In 1999, Jamie Meiselman began the journey to build a wave pool for surfers, by surfers. Raising capital and confidence in

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September 8, 2020

REPORTS FROM HELL by Chas Smith

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Solid reporting turned narrative, complete with fashion, religious, cultural, surf critique from Yemen to Beirut to Djibouti, Chas Smith absolutely

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August 12, 2020

Elbow Grease with CJ Hobgood

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The worst part of being world champ? Still politely having to ease out at Big Rock and wait for Joel Tudor

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July 25, 2020

Making Fifth Symphony Document – Chad Campbell

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"Dirtbaggin' it" is how a server from The Chart House goes on to win Video of the Year at the

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July 17, 2020

Oh, Canada – Marcus Paladino

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At almost thirty years-old, Canadian-born lens-man, Marcus Paladino has quickly carved out a niche in cold water surf photography. Hear how

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July 9, 2020

Tales from the Deep – Sean Gilbert

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At age 19, Sean Gilbert had no idea what to do with his life until he found himself on the

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June 9, 2020

The Lightning Strike – Frank Gilday

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In June 2018, Frank Gilday and six others huddled under a boardwalk while a squall roared over New Smyrna Beach

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