Surf Stories by Florida Surf Film Festival

Sam George, surfer, writer, and filmmaker, has entertained readers and audiences with his gift of storytelling for years. The stories take many forms and many new threads come alive in his new work Child of Storms - A Surfing Memoir (In Progress), available at diangelopublications.com. In addition to this writer's life, he's also made one of the best documentary films about surfing that no one has seen. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2010, and now, he's sharing it with us at the Florida Surf Film Festival on June 13-14, 2025. Enjoy Sam's gift for storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Geiselman, an immigrant from the Bahamas, dropped out of a full-ride swimming scholarship as a result of a full-blown case of the surfing disease. Nothing would get in his way. He possesses the gift of absolute discipline and focus. From swimming at a world-class level to months-long Mexico runs, to shaping blanks and running the first East Coast shaping machine, he created Orion Surfboards, one of the most successful local brands to endure generations of surfers' demand. Sons Eric and Evan have put dad's sleds on full display. Enjoy Greg's compelling story. Frank Gilday joins as guest host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kohl Christensen figured out a way to chase waves and make a living, much like many of us do, only the waves he chases are about 6 times larger than the biggest wave we've ever encountered. Immediately, we think of his 2019 skull-shattering wipeout at Pipeline, and next, about the organization he co-founded with friends to help people in exactly that kind of situation. BWRAG (Big Wave Risk Assessment Group) trains and equips us to help those in need in the water and on the beach before the professionals arrive. Enjoy Kohl's enjoyable journey in this chat with Kevin and John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime New Smyrna Beach surfer, Jim Morris, joins us for a conversation about growing up brined and seasoned in Florida waters.  He evolved into an aficionado of surfboard shaping and shapers and put his surf-to-live attitude in first position.  Everything afterward fell right into place, leaving us with a few quality stories to meander through on this podcast.  Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Floridians, stepping up in critical, big waves is expected given the groundwork laid by Cory Lopez, among others. The hard yard gains came from Pete Lopez white-knuckling to Sebastian every weekend from the west coast of Florida, punching through orange grove shore pound and six-hour round-trip runs. Big or small, kegging or not, Cory defined grit and guts along side Andy Irons, battling Kelly and others in a critical time of professional surfing. All the while, he has maintained a stellar reputation as charger, dad, and brand ambassador for O'Neill. We are proud to call him a Floridian. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitch Varnes fused his passion for surfing and work ethic to make a career in public affairs with NASA and a career in surf journalism and athlete management.  Aside from managing CJ and Damien Hobgood and Lisa Anderson's career for a time, he's been creating and managing distance running and triathlons.  Check in here with Mitch for a couple Puerto Rico surf stories…. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Machado's career momentum strayed from some of his peers and led him off tour and toward brand ambassadorships with some incredible people and companies who make sure we will find him in the surf regularly and hopefully on screen. We've been lucky enough to share quite a few great movies with Rob's effortless style, good humor, and memorable waves. We're so lucky to have the opportunity to hear some surf stories from the man himself. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For over 30 years, Emmy award winning photojournalist Bob Campi has been documenting news and entertainment from places like Afghanistan Iraq, The Middle East and The Oscars. During the COVID, crisis he set out to Hawaii to create a meaningful, lasting documentary about iconic shaper Dick Brewer, a larger than life personality who for 5 decades put his craft and engineering skills to use by changing the way waves were ridden not once, not twice, but three times.  Dick's profound innovations, gifted hands and keen eye gave surfers the tools they needed to ride more challenging waves deeper, more critically, and with more enjoyment. Bob Campi's vision has succeeded, with his newly release film The Shape of Things - The Dick Brewer Story. He joins us to explain a little bit about how this wonderful project came together. Surf Stories is presented by Surfing's Evolution and Preservation Foundation, the Endless Summer license plate in Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Mecl, CEO and Executive Producer at Bruce Brown Films, discusses his early motivation to work with Bruce and his family to ensure Bruce's work is disseminated to the world in perpetuity at little to no cost. Alex shares the details behind what it takes to run and connect all the right people and ideas to keep the enduring the stories rolling on camera and off, including working with Surfing's Evolution and Preservation Foundation in Florida, which provides drivers the option of choosing an Endless Summer license plate to support dozens of organizations in Florida. Enjoy the stoke from Alex... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thoreau said something like, "My friends have come unsought." Sometimes, when luck is on your side, a nice person will come into your life, and it just fits, and you want that energy around you like sunshine and good waves. Each time you have a conversation, surf, or round of golf with Bruce Reynolds @surfinista, you'll feel some of this good fortune. His story and visual art share a sense of what it is to be a Floridian surfer who has returned from adventures in Mexico, Fiji, New Zealand, California, and more; he is a content and settled soul in Cocoa Beach, producing new work on the regular. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the skinny brine of Mosquito Lagoon to north beach's relief at Ponce Inlet, Evan Geiselman has almost completed his back-to-the-sea, full-reptilian transformation. Fish-hunter, professional surfer, and... golfer? Yes, a damn fine golfer. The miracle at Pipeline rebirth-ed our very own stoked slayer of dragons back to life -- revitalized, refocused, and performing surface attacks and aerial artistry on our beloved stages, New Smyrna Beach. Enjoy this beachside chat with the one and only, Evan Geiselman.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-time shaper and Floridian, Randy Richenberg, joins us for a chat finally. A true technician in the practical nuances of fins, channel bottom, and other designs, Randy has put to use years of experience in the water, New Smyrna Beach's side of Ponce Inlet especially. He rides shortboards to this day to refine the biomimicry used on his proprietary fin designs, taken from marine life's evolutionary advantages. Listen in to Big R's rap with Kevin and John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2012 during a Spring Break in Costa Rica, the Lundequam family checked a surf spot and opted for a zip line tour while the tide changed. Halfway across the canyon, the guide appeared to drop a hoodie, and then back on platform two, Brett and Anne Marie heard the echo of gut-wrenching screams. Thirteen year-old, Matt, had become detached and disappeared deep into the rainforest. Listen in on this paradisiacal vacation turned nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1995, John Ashley set up camp at a left point in Baja, where he met Kevin, and the bromance began. Based out of Imperial Beach, John camped, surfed, kited, sup'd, rode motorcycles, learned to fly fish, and now, shares those adventures with friends and clients. We reminisced a lot, so please excuse our nostalgia, but many of you may find some joy in these bits of Baja. Make your adventure happen. john@palapasventana.com Find him @adventuresofelmucho on instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Australian influence on American surfing, personified by the soul-arching Peter "PT" Townend, continues... PT talks early Florida competitions, Teahupo'o's Olympics, Big Wednesday, and his strategy for Timmy Turner's Second Thoughts. He's releasing a book soon to feature his ten favorite surf photos, full of stories and essays. The impact PT has had on the general stoke level of our culture, young and old, is truly immeasurable. He brings it, fully, in this podcast. We can't wait to have him out to the festival for a screening of Big Wednesday someday soon. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Manning has been a resident of the Queensland/New South Wales borderlands since his early 20s. His daily labors involve all types of home remodeling projects, mostly high-end residences. His water displacement power surfing dates him to the 80s of Gary “Kong” Elkerton, and when you meet him, you feel like you're meeting an action movie star. The humility, charisma, and humor can't possibly come from one individual, but it does. It's pure luck he agreed to let us turn the microphone on and hear his story. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rusty Miller's early, regular foot surfing had competitive roots with Duke finals in '67 and '68, but quickly went brand ambassador with a national Hamm's Beer billboard ad, bombing down a sunset monster. Earning a history degree and traveling the world landed him in Australia and Indonesia, firmly indoctrinated into surf cinema canon with a featured presence in Morning of the Earth at Uluwatu, by Alby Falzon. Teaching surfing in Byron Bay and hanging with his wife, Tricia (alumni of Surf Stories Podcast), and his two daughters' families, is his latest masterpiece. Enjoy this chat with Rusty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabaman and Floridian, Bill Conner, started his career making leather sandals on the gold coast of Australia in the early 70s. At some point, he pivoted to hats. "Why make hats instead of sandals? Because you only have to make one." Paul Hogan supercharged demand for his craftsmanship unintentionally, or at least the costume designer on Crocodile Dundee did, when the movie came out. European demand surged when Matt Nicholson repped his skills to Herod's and Galleries Lafayette. He retired after 50 years, surfing Broken Head, wearing his white helmet (not a BC model). At times early on, he surfed from Byron to Burleigh by himself for years, ahead of the crowd. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're happy to have factory kid, Simon Jones, join us for a conversation about his Sydney high school drop-out roots, to Bryon Bay, to finding the shaping room. Working next to Paul Hutchinson, Simon cold-called Albe Falzon to make Morning of the Earth surfboards a reality, which he rakes to this day on a handshake deal. It's now a specialty brand with limited releases, all the while keeping Simon Jones Designs a major part of his low-tone, relaxed life. It certainly didn't hurt that Torren Martyn found a personal shaping guru in Simon, applying his feet to rails, rendering the finest style on open faces and inside kegs since Curren and Merrick... Simon carved his existence to make surfboards, and it's now being felt the world over. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Hulet, editor, author, and spring keeper, dives into some early, middle, and remaining days with a new book out. Flow Violento can be found for purchase at The Surfer's Journal website. He has worked with the journal as well as other publications for over 25 years. We complete the circle here, finally, with a sit down at Atlantic Center for the Arts. Enjoy this casual reminder that Scott has somehow figured out how to make a life out of reading and writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaun Tomson won a world title in 1977 and began developing his skills as a speaker on topics of personal adversity, growth, and writing your code, your best intentions, for day to day living. Needless to say, he eloquently shares thoughts on relaunching his brand from the 80's, Instinct, and how he used a $100 budget from Surfrider Foundation founder, Glenn Hening, to inspire surfers to prioritize our oceans' collective health. This and three fantastic surf stories will be sure to entertain. We and Daytona State College will be hosting Shaun on September 4th in person at the News Journal Center in Daytona Beach, along with a screening of Bustin' Down the Door with special guest, Peter Townsend. More news to come. Enjoy the chat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We find Derek Hynd, former professional surfer, writer, and shaper, at The Pass in Byron Bay after an email back and forth, the only way he communicates these days. It's been a few years since we've seen him at the festival in 2018, and he graciously entertains our offer for some stories. Kevin was nervous still, and John is similarly entranced by Derek ability to tell stories. We're so thankful for this opportunity, and we hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian Beamish, writer, shaper, and boat builder, shares some stories with John about shaping single fins, surfing inspirations, building a Shetland dory, and The Voyage of the Cormorant. He also drops a story from his time on Guam. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have storytellers, and then, we have Ryan Hitzel and Ryan Siriani, who have built around travel tales and utilitarian, fashionable attire for your Friday night, your long flight, and your longest hike to waves. Their chemistry in business is readily apparent in this chat about their history and some of the rigor and life-threatening dangers of challenging journeys. We're lucky to have Roark as a partner with Florida Surf Film Festival and this podcast. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff Johnson is a surfer, published writer, climber, director, photographer, and storyteller. The climbs up El Capitan, life guarding on the North Shore, and grinding ditches in the East Bay make up some of the landscapes on his resume. In 2010, he retraced the steps of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins trip from Ventura to Patagonia in the documentary 180 Degrees South. Join us for a little fireside chat with the most bad ass traveler we've had the pleasure of interviewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Travis Ajay, aka Bucky Johnstone, Mad Dog McTavish, Nacho, Derek "Dynamite" Jones, discusses early web clips focused on the archetypes of surf comedy from all over the world. Nowadays, Travis handles the contest announcer mic with aplomb, and his engaging smile and energy continue to provide fans and friends with laughs. He currently runs Mad Dog Surf Shop in Daytona Beach. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ultimate adventure awaits, and Alie Mancuso and Ben Whyte have been preparing for a while. Their 1980s 41-foot sailboat, Kiana, has been the recipient of some love and hard work as the duo prepares her for their pacific crossing to French Polynesia, where they hope to continue their search for empty waves. Listen in on some of the humor and challenges they've already faced to get ready for their 20-day sail. Follow along on YouTube at Breaking Waves, and enjoy this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shot in the dark request for a documentary film called Molokai Solo starring Audrey Sutherland caught Kevin's attention, and the search for the film led him to Jock, Audrey's son. The ocean is in the blood, and his prowess in the water on the north shore of Oahu is now the stuff of legends. Listen in as he dispels and propagates old and new tales with fluidity to his banter. Enjoy the details of his upbringing, life as a roofer, fellow chargers, and in general, his precise gift of talking story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Purser directed And Two If By Sea starring CJ and Damien Hobgood, which shared the relationship between twin brothers as they progressed through amateur and professional surfing at the highest level, shining a light on the joy and challenges their career paths presented. Winner of Viewers' Choice Award - 2019 at Florida Surf Film Festival, it still represents a high water mark for Kevin and John. This conversation with Justin shares how the story made it to the screen and the hard work and career challenges it took to get there. Our sincerest thank you to Justin Purser for sharing his work and representing Florida filmmakers with such class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chandler in North Shore is one of Gregory Harrison's favorite roles. After being passed up for the role of Jack in Big Wednesday, he thought he'd never be cast in a surf movie. Ten years later, after Logan's Run, Trapper John, M.D., and For Ladies Only, Gregory put his main hobby to work on the screen. Another hard working actor has thankfully agreed to share his stories with us after 50 years in the business with 120 acting credits and 14 producer credits; he's a natural. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LanceO is a Florida reggae DJ with a deep understanding of what it takes to put a room at ease or on a vacation or just feelin' good about life. We have worked with him at our festivals when it's possible, and he's always willing to share a smile, and on this chat, he shares how he went from a young alcoholic, ne'er do well boy to the joyful man of Rastafari he is today. Enjoy his self-effacing story, as well as a couple quality surf surf stories.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer and producer, Cynthia Posner, took off for Mexico during the pandemic to get out of the fast pace Los Angeles life. Undateable John starring Estella Warren and John Philbin (EP. 62 on this podcast), is a romantic comedy that flew under the radar in 2019. We loved Cyn's dialogue and wit, so we scheduled a screening coming up on February 2, 2024, with John Philbin in attendance. She walks us through the process of creating the screenplay and writing her novel, which may lead to another movie. We can only Mexico Time makes it to the screen. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Philbin's blossoming acting career was self-admittedly sabotaged by a disease called surfing. He'd lock down a role in a movie like Point Break as Nathaniel and then disappear to G-Land, missing key auditions for other roles and scoring insane Indo perfection. The Turtle we know from North Shore would do nothing different. His craft is fully intact; Undateable John (2019) is a display of his evolving, robust talent and comedic timing. What a way to open 2024 with our man, John Philbin, on the podcast. He'll be at the festival February 2-3, 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liberating treasure from the ocean floor revealed gold on the surface. He managed to keep it a secret for ten years, and then someone invited professional surfers... The secret was out. It was going to happen anyway. Might as well make a living touring folks the right way, the Martin way. Enjoy this trip down Daly's lane, aka the Mentawai, Indies Trader, sunken ships, guns, and feeding the monster in the Marshall Islands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Matty Hannon picked up a camera in 2006, he had no idea what the end would look like sixteen years later. Now, we have the footage, edited to life, including the beautiful, emotional two and a half year journey from Alaska to the southern tip of Chile. When you find yourself lucky enough to lay eyes on it, you will find this accompanying interview a warm addition to his work, winner of the 2023 Viewers' Choice - Feature Documentary Award, The Road to Patagonia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A career in surf documentary filmmaking comes in many ways. For Joe Alani, showing up with his reputation of a Newport Beach grom and a persistent grit at the ...Lost Headquarters was enough for Mike Reola to put him on task. Recent work includes his award-winning documentary Through the Doggy Door, which profiled the comeuppance of west Oahu professional surfer, Sheldon Paishon from homelessness to Rip Curl rider. Enjoy our chat with Joe about his journey and few great surf stories for the record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dick Metz was the focus of the recent biographical documentary Birth of the Endless Summer by Richard Yelland, sharing his three year adventure around the globe, a slideshow featuring Cape St. Francis with Bruce Brown, and most of all, the wonderful friends and people he met along the way. See, Dick is a people person. He opened surf shops, sold surfboards, negotiated out of difficult situations, started a clothing brand, and eventually, raised enough funds to create the Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center (SHACC) in San Clemente, home to the largest and best surfboard collection in the world, and a lot more. We so honored to have him on the podcast, and we could go on, but hear it from the man himself... Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dian Hadiani grew up on Java and experienced surf media and fascination as a child. Her background as an investigative reporter and writer sets up the perfect book about a perfect wave. We caught up with her while she's was on a six month world-wide trip to promote her latest work, The Chronicles of G-Land. Find her work here. And enjoy this chat with Dian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 8-Time XXL Big Wave Award Winner and 2010 Eddie Aikau Invitational Winner, Greg Long, joins us for some deep cuts and a fantastic story of surfers helping surfers in harrowing situations. After a terrifying near-death wipe out, losing friends, and witnessing several other close calls, he and a core group of water-people gave birth to the Big Wave Risk Assessment Group (BWRAG). Greg and his team explain that a "big" wave can be as small as 2 feet to some, and water safety should be an integral part of every surfers skill set. Plus, learn how to make long drives without stopping, and more! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For forty years, Matt George profiled surfers like Kelly Slater and Bethany Hamilton and has published these in his new book In Deep: The Collected Surf Writings, with a forward by the 11X world champ. Your life will be richer for the read. Listen in here and meet the author as he shares some incredible moments outside the lines of the book.  Visit DAP Books - Diangelo Publications to purchase his latest. Enjoy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate Tyler earns his living as a kinetic sculptor and a professional surfer in the central California hills about twenty minutes from the coast. His career of surf movie aerialist and brand ambassador for the likes of 805 Beer, Globe, and Octopus keeps his passport full with some incredible travel and inspiration for his work. We caught up with him on the release of a new film called Convergence. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harrison Roach shares quite a few good stories with us. We'd expect nothing less from this ride-anything journeyman. His charm and demeanor translates well to his role as brand ambassador for our longtime sponsor Roark and his work with Thomas Bexon Surfboards. Feel free to kickback and fall into the zone with Harrison. It's a nice addendum to David Lee's interview on Surf Splendor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darieus Legg is a filmmaker and surfer who has rediscovered his passion for filmmaking and animation through his latest short film called Stoker Machine. His energy and banter is infectious. This is our best podcast yet in our humble opinion. It ties the whole film festival, podcast, our love for surf movies, stoke, and good people together. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Neverland, author Tricia Shantz chronicles American and Australian surfers' influence on the north coast of New South Wales in the 60's and 70's. Tricia witnessed the change and significant events and characters of Byron Bay and Lennox Head, watching them transform into the cultural centers they are today. If you've ever wanted to learn more about this nexus of quality surf and the rich history behind its lure, you're in for a great podcast. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For as many years as we've been dreaming about empty line-ups around the world, Sean Murphy has run Waterways Travel, a surf travel company, to accommodate our disposable income and our lust for adventure and perfection. He's had a few adventures of his own, and on this episode, we get to hear a couple stories that will serve your commute well. Enjoy our chat with veteran traveler/dream-maker, Sean Murphy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the northwest of Ireland, Richie Fitzgerald's debut memoir, Cold Water Eden, has received incredible reviews and covers his history in big waves; Surfworld, the first surf shop in town; and endless anecdotes of visiting surfers dawning his door. From Tom Curren to Kelly Slater, Malloy brothers to Brad Gerlach, the characters and set-ups in Bundoran are world class, and so is the narrative, expertly woven with a pub-like feel, full of Richie's epic charm and wit. This is the story behind his phenomenal book, the likes of which we haven't seen since Barbarian Days, A Surfing Life from William Finnegan. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When John Milius's masterpiece, Big Wednesday, toured through Italy in the late 70's, the local watermen responded by removing the mast and sails from their windsurf boards and birthing Italian surf culture. Fast forward to the early 80's, and a nine year-old Emi Cataldi has a similar experience when a family windsurfing vacation is nearly ruined by a glassy windless day of one to two foot waves. At his fathers urging, Emi yanks the mast and sail off his board and never looked back. Emi discusses his surfing origins, extensive travel adventures with SurfExplore, and a harrowing kidnapping in Gabon that includes a threat to call Barack Obama! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin grabs an old central Florida friend for this episode, Erik Gunderson. They met in high school and began surfing together around 1986, mostly willed by Kevin's successful attempt to befriend this Dean Moriarty-type character. Erik lived, surfed, partied, and worked harder than the rest, which set the stage for some good times, friendship, and plenty of Floridian surf stories. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shoulder season generally implies smaller, playful waves and a generally mellow vibe… In this episode, we chat with Eden Saul of Dead Kooks Surfboards about a different, more horrific meaning. Listen in as Eden recounts the unthinkable disaster in paradise…twice! We delve into his early days of shaping influences, his direct to consumer business model, and his global shaping/travel schedule. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A self-taught filmmaker, Nathan Oldfield has always embraced surfing's DIY culture—fixing dings at age 10 and shaping his own boards at 14. Photography and then video became his focus; he and friends would take turns, resisting the urge to leave the lens and paddle back out. Coupled with his teaching degree to pay the bills, making his evocative, beautiful films gave him an outlet to share his friends' stories and surfing. In this episode, we chat with Nathan about his beginnings of falling in love with the ocean, and it's surrounding imagery, the joys of passing on the stoke to his son, and the beauty of the everyday things in life. Enjoy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're one of the growing number of surfers enjoying your mid-length lately, you can and should thank Devon Howard for his contribution in creating one of the worlds best riding boards. We discuss his role in developing the Channel Islands Mid, his East Coast roots, and how some backyard farming funded his first ever barrel at Pipeline. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices