I first became aware of Dan after I got to ride a custom Mannkine surfboard shaped for my old boss. From the first wave I rode, the board absolutely blew my mind and it continued to do so for every ride that followed. The board had a funky looking and almost counter-intuitive look to the design template, at least for my, at the time, conditioned mainstream and critical surfing lens. Once I experienced the elation that came from riding this eccentric shape, I knew I had to find and meet the mad scientist behind it. I looked online for some way to contact him and wound up on bit of a goose chase, the guy was clearly not trying to be found. Eventually, I was able to track down a landline number listed on an old website. So I called and left a voicemail asking if I could come meet him. A week or two later I got a call back. He graciously invited me to come on down to his shaping bay in south San Diego, which I happily did. From our first visit, we hit it off, rapping out about a whole variety of interesting and fun topics, discovering that we had a fair amount of common ground in our interests. From there a budding friendship began to develop and thankfully, that came along with a few custom board orders. 

Dan Mann is an elite competitive endurance athlete, a world-renowned surfboard shaper, deep thinker, father, husband and a genuine renaissance man. In this episode, Dan and I find a sunny spot in a park near his shaping bay, where we enjoy a trumpet student's flat lines and discuss the culture surrounding self-improvement techniques and how tackling adversities & challenges can be a more pragmatic and self-empowering path to improving our quality of life and expanding our consciousness, in the age of comforts and conveniences. 

Dan Mann is an elite competitive endurance athlete, a world-renowned surfboard shaper, deep thinker, father, husband and a genuine renaissance man. In this episode, Dan and I find a sunny spot in a park near his shaping bay, where we enjoy a trumpet student's flat lines and discuss the culture surrounding self-improvement techniques and how tackling adversities & challenges can be a more pragmatic and self-empowering path to improving our quality of life and expanding our consciousness, in the age of comforts and conveniences.

Mann Kine

Wim Hof

Science Direct Article

Science Daily Article

Forbes Article

Joe Rogan Experience # 1073 Steven Pinker

Joe Rogan Experience # 1080 David Goggins

Joe Rogan Experience #1034 Sebastian Junger

Intro: "Kelp Grooves"-Claus Creative

Outtro: "West Coast"-Ryan Little