Beneath the Surface

Welcome to the fifty-fourth installment of BOTE's Beneath The Surface podcast. In this episode, we cover SUP surfing tips, tricks, and etiquette. And of course look back on our favorite surfing spots over the years. Under the right conditions, patience and time on the water, you can learn to surf utilizing multiple boards in the BOTE line-up. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the fifty-third installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface podcast. In this edition of The Sean & Tyler Road Show, BOTE’s dynamic video and photo duo travel to visit two of BOTE’s newer ambassadors: Jennifer Adler and Ian Segebarth. Sean sits down with these two hardcore adventurers and explorers to learn more about how they incorporate BOTE into their lives. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the fifty-second installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface podcast. If you want the unvarnished, sometimes weird, story . . . you know our podcasts are the place to go. Corey, Sean, and Pete take you down memory lane into the history of the Darkroom. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the fifty-first installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface podcast. From South Beach, Miami to high-grass swamp land sprinkled with alligators in the Everglades, Sean’s traveling with some interesting people and stopping off to hang out with some equally interesting area residents. This week, Sean sits down with Wil Beaucher (director and producer of the Beneath The Surface video series) to revisit their time. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the fiftieth installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface podcast and a new stop on The Sean & Tyler Road Show in Fort Myers, Florida. This week, Sean sits down with our longtime BOTE Ambassador, Drew Chicone, an author, fly designer, and all-around fly fishing artisan. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the forty-nineth installment of BOTE's Beneath the Surface Podcast and the first stop on The Sea & Tyler Road Show: Sugarloaf Key, Florida. Sean sits down with BOTE Ambassadors, Scott and Lindsey Brown, to discuss the value of getting today's youth outdoors; because ultimately they are going to become stewards and custodians of our natural resources.

Welcome to the forty-eighth installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface podcast.  When you have an old Florida lineage, an infectious laugh, a passion for the water and a love for everything outdoors, you may just be Capt. Lacey Kelly. Sean fires up the mics with Wil Beaucher (director and producer of our Beneath The Surface video series) to revisit their time with Lacey and her gang of bad ass gals. So sit back, crank it to 11, and enjoy.

What is the design process at BOTE? How does a concept become a real, viable product? Aaron May (BOTE’s Product Director) joins Corey and Sean to look back on the design and creation of BOTE’s newest break-through product - the APEX•PD (pedal-drive). 

On this episode, we take a look back a few years. A simple concept of creating a board that was a throw-back to old school longboards while still able to perform as a contemporary SUP. Corey sits down with our R&D guru Pete and discusses the design process and how the Grambler “took shape”. So sit back, press play, and enjoy.

Welcome to the forty-fifth installment of BOTE's Beneath The Surface. Find out what happens when you combine one of our most popular kayaks with pedal-driven propulsion = LONO + APEX•PD (pedal-drive). Rob joins Corey and Sean to discuss the variety of ways the LONO + APEX•PD changes the game. Also, the fact that it's lighter than a 100 lb. bag of feathers. So sit back, press play, and enjoy!