Surf Splendor

Surf Splendor Network

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Conversations and stories about surfing. www.SurfSplendorPodcast.com email: hello@surfsplendorpodcast.com

18 FÉVR.

585 - Roger Hinds

In today’s show board builder Roger Hinds shares strategies to fend off the old man and continue surfing the North Shore into your 70s, offers a lesson in why original board building materials are still relevant and which modern fabrics offer advancement, reveals why the real threat to domestic board building may come from within, reflects on the reward of restoring historic boards, and explains how to improve your surfing by watching 50 year old surf films. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 46 min
5 FÉVR.

584 - Bob McTavish: Part Three

In today’s show Bob McTavish attributes his biggest design epiphanies to the evolution of the surfboard fin, and each of those to a personal relationship that sparked his inspiration. He shares how Dave Rastovich altered his perception on hydrodynamics, reveals the unfathomable generosity of Bill Bahne, the ingenuity of Tom Morey and Carl Pope, explains how the Sydney ferry and Greenough’s tuna fishing’s influenced fin design, reflects on surfing Noosa before the streets were paved, preaches the supremacy of asymmetry, reflects on the birth of the body board, and how Bunker Spreckles’ El Rollos’ altered his rail designs. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 h 5 min
21 JANV.

583 - Randy Hild: A Life Built On Boardshorts

In today’s show surf biz stalwart Randy Hild details the various false starts at Roxy prior to the inception of their industry-disrupting female boardshort, the tension between scaling and brand authenticity, which parts of the Golden Era were fake and inflated, how a serendipitous Swap Meet discovery led to him becoming an inadvertent surf history archivist, and why 1953 Makaha would be his ultimate time travel destination. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 42 min
15 JANV.

582 - Bob McTavish: Part Two

In today’s episode Bob McTavish explains how one of his most iconic designs came to him in a dream and Joey Cabell’s influence in it, he shares the inception of the swallowtail, his afternoon spent with Duke Kahanamoku, the epiphany he had at Rincon in 1967, why he renounced competition for a mortgage and children, climbing out of suffocating debt with an assist from the cast of Jackass, the board he most recently made for Kelly, and reveals the unsung surf heroes who most influenced his journey. Part Two of Surf Splendor with Bob McTavish is now available on all podcast platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 18 min
12 JANV.

581 - Bob McTavish: Part One

In today’s episode Bob McTavish shares stories from surfing in an era prior to foam cores and surf wax, charts the path from dropping out of school to surf, to being homeless with only $10 to his name, to stowing away on a ship to Hawaii for the North Shore winter, the jail time that resulted, and he reveals the only two surfboards he’s ever purchased in his life. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 4 min
24/12/2025

580 - Jeff Divine

Surf photographer and photo editor Jeff Divine’s imagery has largely framed our perspective on North Shore surfing from the 70s and 80s. Today he shares stories from the era defining Expression Session in 1971, reveals that he didn’t befriend Gerry Lopez until a decade after they had helped build one another’s careers, he discusses how the inception of clothing brands altered surf mags editorial style, shares how to showcase personality through still imagery, the best photo he’s ever missed, and how he chose his last ever surf session. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 46 min
16/12/2025

579 - Max Stewart: Eye Symmetry Surfboards

In today’s show board builder Max Stewart explains the inverse relationship between product quality and business growth, tales from early days at Hayden Shapes, how Tom Carroll has informed how he takes custom orders and why he factors your personality into the order card. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 46 min
12/12/2025

578 - Matt Warshaw

In today’s episode the Encyclopedia of Surfing’s Matt Warshaw discusses the risks of having surf history chronicled by a single man, who’s gotten short shrift on the EOS, how much and how little has changed in surf culture since the first magazine, an examination of pioneering female surf photographers, the first surfer to go at Backdoor, and why he got screamed at (and run over) on his most recent surf trip. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 h 45 min

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03/11/2024

Brn Wlkr

Thank you guys. I’ve been on, what I call, the great grandfather diet. If he didn’t eat it. I don’t. It’s been 4 months. Never felt better. Seriously. And I’m 51.
Meh

09/05/2025

541red

Good guests, appreciate effort. Bad interviewer- way to generation ‘aa’ or whatever lol
Maikaʻi kau hana

07/09/2023

Nāpali

Kauaʻi series absolutely EPIC
Thinking Man’s Froth

15/02/2023

BEN the BOSS!!!!!

Thanks DLS! Digging into all the past episodes and can’t get enough. Found the Troy Eckert talk very illuminating and inspiring for a past prime surfer who also keeps the fire alive that my best friend wave is still ahead of me