In June of 2024 I finally set a date with Ventura surfing legend and master craftsmen Mr. Dennis Ryder for a quick interview. Fifteen minutes away from my home, Dennis and his wife live in a beautiful property alongside a calm creek. What seems to be a serene and beautiful creek unfortunately has another side to it. A nightmare turned reality due to a series of weather anomalies which included fires, apocalyptical rains and mudslides changed the Ryder's way of living. Though able to save thei...

What do you get when you get together one of the most respected longboarders in the world with one of the most respected longboard shapers in the planet? You get the CI Log from Channel Islands Surfboards. On this episode you will learn the backstory on how the CI Log came to be. Destiny, I'd say, brought Devon Howard to CIS and that in turn brought the otherwise unlikely partnership with Wayne Rich on the CI Log. You will hear Devon, as only he can, articulate the subtleties of this design...

THE COMEBACK EPISODE After almost two years of a sabbatical-esque break, I am back with a BANGER for all of you longboard nerds! Taylor Jensen is one of my and many peoples favorite longboarders to watch. And for good reason. One of his surfing strengths that separate him from other great world class longboarders is his fluidity connecting every maneuver within a ride with grace, speed and power. A three time LB World Champ, now reaching his 4th decade in age, he seeks with ambition and...

February 2022, life takes me to Kauai, HI for a nice vacation stay in the North Shore. Few weeks prior to arrival I do a quick brainstorm session on who might be in the Hawaiian Garden Isle that could be a great guest for my podcast, maybe 15 seconds into my brainstorm session I thought  "wait isn't Billy Hamilton from Kauai?!" A quick internet search provided a  phone number for Bill. I left a voicemail and 24 hours later I was speaking to the man himself, the legend, The Matador. A date and...

Episode dedicated to the memory, family and friends of Peter Cole and Johnny Fain. RIP As I prepared for the TP interview, I learned some interesting facts about Tommy. One thing in particular caught me by surprise. The man that I had been following for the last few years on Instagram to satisfy my need of consuming beautiful longboarding imagery, was somewhat a newcomer to the art of surfing photography. Based on the incredible and mesmerizing pictures, I would have guessed he had been in...

WARNING- LOADED EPISODE!!! Arguably, one of the best longboarders in the world of the last few decades, IF... we are judging noseriding as an important component of a longboarders repertoire. During the process of producing this episode I was watching video footage of Mr. Lee to refresh my memory of his insane longboard riding capabilities and boy was I mesmerized of his surfing.  Link here- https://vimeo.com/245066103 The technicality and level of difficulty of his noseriding is that of...

I was brought up to respect my elders. Though I am respectful, most of the time ( I fault here and there lol), with everyone, there is an extra layer of admiration that I have for those who have experienced life and its challenges to their senior years. And if someones life experiences involve surfing.... boy, you gotta my attention and ears. In that context,  what if ....you are an individual that experienced the evolution of surfing , surf culture and its history by being part of it, in a...

As a young man in my early 20's in Puerto Rico (1990's), before the advent of social media and the internet, I was a passionate and fever-laden  longboarder. My only access to longboarding content were VHS videos at my local surf shop and the arrival of Longboard Magazine every three months. That magazine was a bible to me. My excitement in setting up and conducting an interview with the man that had such strong involvement with the mag that influenced the course  of my life was.........

Conversation with one of the premiere women shapers and surfers from our global surfing community.

Stories of surfing, scamming and traveling with Miki Dora and Don Wilson.

Interview with Hobie Surfboards head shaper Gary Larson.

A deep and heavy conversation on longboard/fin design, surfing etiquette, hierachies and much more.

Terry Simms- Untold Stories Of A Longboarding Legend.

Belinda Baggs is, in my mind, one of the first female longboard traditional stylists that I have memory of. That does not mean that she was one of the first women traditionalists in the world. Southern California had a few young ladies that had taken...

Beau Young, a man within Australian surfing royalty. Experiences and anecdotes.

Josh Constable World Longboard Champion, pride of Noosa Heads, Australia.

Edouard Delpero - The Frenchman Longboard Champion

Stevie Sawyer South African Longboard World Champion and Musician

Devon Howard- Conversation with a longboard intellectual.

The Hawaiian perspectives of Kely Rodrigues on everything longboarding.

Zack Howard- Longboard Legend and Big Wave Rider.

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...

The Story of Michael Takayama and his Surfboards.

Joyce Hoffman, a surfing world champion, surfing pioneer and beyond.