Surf Splendor

Apr 14 2025 561 ep. 86 mins 2.2k

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Conversations and stories about surfing. www.SurfSplendorPodcast.com email: [email protected]

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Kai Lenny on The Plug w/Justin Jay

Apr 14 2025 63 mins

Today Justin Jay chats with professional big-wave surfer and one of the most respected watermen on the planet, Kai Lenny. He’s mastered stand-up paddling, windsurfing, kitesurfing, and foiling—pushing the limits of what’s possible on waves of consequence. The two discuss his relationship with Zuck, his relief efforts after the Maui fires, building a multi-disciplinary career,

551 - Jason Borte

Mar 31 2025 100 mins

In today’s show former pro surfer turned writer Jason Borte shares stories from writing Kelly Slater’s autobiography, offers insights into Pharrell’s new wave pool, recalls riding the dot com boom and bust in surf, gives tips to artfully time an exit, and reveals why Virginia is for lovers. Enjoy! Link to Jason's Kickstater HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho

550 - William "Stretch" Riedel

Mar 27 2025 76 mins

In today’s show inventive surfboard shaper Bill “Stretch” Riedel five decades of keystone moments in design revolution, breaking his neck and becoming patient one for a radical life saving procedure, how success can bankrupt a business, and why nostalgia and ego are the antithesis of progression. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

549 - Nathan Oldfield

Mar 18 2025 110 mins

In today’s episode filmmaker Nathan Oldfield shares why he doesn’t watch his own films, how staying attuned to one’s self requires active work, why melancholy is fuel, silliness is sacred, and how connecting to personal grief has deepened his work as a high-school teacher. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

548 - Gary Larson: Hobie Surfboards

Feb 27 2025 98 mins

In today’s show shaper and college professor Gary Larson reveals who he believes is the greatest shaper of all time, the design feature that defines a great surfboard, how looking back provides direction for innovation, and discusses the weight of stewarding a 75 year shaping legacy. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

547 - Logan Dulien

Feb 20 2025 140 mins

In today’s show Snapt filmmaker Logan Dulien shares the details of how he spearheaded the effort to take down the crime syndicate who was targeting SoCal surfers, reveals the wild earnings from his heyday as a tour manager, and discusses the importance of curating a surf film in the modern era of immediacy. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

546 - Claudia Lebenthal: Surfer Stories

Feb 12 2025 77 mins

In today’s episode Conde Nast’s former visual editor shares how an early experience caddying for Lisa Anderson sparked a career change, a passion to share the transformative experience of surfing with non-surfers, lessons gleaned from twelve writers about twelve iconic surfers, and how time spent in the ocean might be key to whole body restoration. Enjoy! Learn more about your

545 - LIVE! Rusty, Taylor Knox, Jojo Roper at The Belly Up

Jan 23 2025 110 mins

In today’s show Rusty shares the flashpoints in his career that defined this shaping. Taylor Knox reveals Rusty’s role in his interest in surfing and later in his wild success on the rail. And Jojo Roper recounts his history run from Peahi, to The Eddie, to Maverick’s and how none of it would have been possible with Rusty. Live from The Belly Up, it’s Talk Story with Rusty

544 - Kolohe Andino

Jan 17 2025 86 mins

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

543 - Alo Slebir

Jan 07 2025 74 mins

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/adch