L8night with Choccy

Our guest this week is a Surf industry pioneer who has spent more than five decades helping shape the sport and protecting the places we ride!

With roots in Long Beach, New York, he led his first successful fight for Surf beach access in 1970. After graduating from Fordham University, he headed to Sunset Beach, Hawai‘i, before landing a job at Surfing magazine, launching a nearly 30-year career, much of it as publisher.

He helped launch SIMA, supported Surfing’s journey into the Olympics through his work with the ISA, and earned a place in the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. His dedication to protecting our coast also earned him Surfrider’s Wavemaker Award for his contributions to the successful Save Trestles campaign.

From Surf media and industry leadership to beach access and ocean conservation, this guy has given a whole lot back to Surfing, and we can’t wait to hear his stories!

We are pumped to welcome the one and only Bob “FILET” Mignogna to the show!

We also had the fortune of having another great Surfer, journalist, author, and former Pro-Surfer. 

He won Australian National Surfing Titles in 1979 and 1981 (and was runner-up in 1977).

He is also a founding member of the Newport Plus Surf Club (later Newport Boardriders) on Sydney's northern beaches alongside his brother Tom.

He was the editor of the iconic Australian Surf Magazine, Tracks. Later he became Editor-in-Chief for Surfing Magazine.

He is still in the media scene and has a podcast with Hannah Anderson,  “We Shouldn't Be Friends”.

We welcome to the show Nick “WOGS” Carroll. 

Our guest this week is a shredder and a craftsman.  He spent 10 years at Newport Surf N Sport, working his way up from a grom to running the store. His creative journey took off at 7Diamonds, where he worked as a graphic artist and designer, handling everything from catalog layouts to curating photo shoots, and even managing the design team.

He later became the head boardshort designer at O’Neill, bringing his vision and passion to one of the industry’s most iconic brands. But his creativity didn’t stop there. With a deep love for surfboards and a strong design background, he naturally evolved into a talented shaper, crafting custom boards under his own label, The Kraft Surfboards.

We’re stoked to welcome to the show, Lorin “Ely” McGregor!

Our guest this week is Punk Rocker and an Adrenaline Junky. With Passions like Boxing and Jiu-Jitsu, Motorcycle riding and Racing, Surfing and Shaping, this Musician and Entrepreneur has been turning passions into businesses time and time again. From Gym owner, to co-founding MotoXXX, and as of late, starting a Surfboard Label “ Pickle Stix”. This guy likes to hustle and stay busy. His Punk Band has been cranking out music for close to 40yrs and just released another Record Called “Double Album”. We welcome one of the Most Successful Legendary Punk Bands of all time “NOFX”, the Bad Ass Drummer-Erik “SMELLY" Sandin

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Our guest this week was a Competitive Assassin before becoming one of the most prolific FREE SURFERS ever!! This former @wsl WORLD Surf League tour competitor was one of the few surfers able to challenge @kellyslater Kelly Slater for a World Title! He has won multiple tour events including the prestigious PIPELINE MASTERS! At the top of his game, a world title contender, had a controversial injury wild card vote that didn't go his way. It forced him to re-evaluate his priorities. With the support of his sponsors, his marketability, unbelievable talent, and unique style he still easily became one of the most successful surfers of all time. We welcome the modern day Gerry Lopez, Mr. Zen himself, and definitely one of our favorite surfers...... Rob "THE MOB" Machado!!!

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Our guest this week is a former Pro Surfer from South Africa, but has called

Huntington Beach his home for the last 33 years! He is an incredible Shaper and

Craftsman making a variety of Boards, from performance, twins, longboards

and even the occasional knee board! He gets commissioned from Interior

Designers for Board wall art, he makes hand planes, and even built a 14’ paddle

board with his son for the Catalina crossing! When he isn’t shaping he loves to

fish, travel, surf, and rip the back out right points breaks! We welcome our

Barry “BRU” Van Der Meulen!!

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Our guest this week is a Amazing Surfer and Shaper with over 30 years of SHAPING experience. As a young ripper, he was sponsored, competing and destined to be pro. he had no problem getting custom boards. But something sparked his interest about Board Building and in 9 th grade he striped the glass off and re-shaped an old board. Over the next several years he fine-tuned his skills, shaping a lot of boards for himself, his brothers, friends, and eventually started his own label/company at the young age of 22. He was mentored from some of the best shapers in the world include the late great Ben Aipa. RIP, Dennis Jarvis of (Spyder Surfboards) and Bill Cilia of (Nirvana Surfboards). He also shapes for T&C Hawaii, and has a full service glass/shaping factory in Costa Mesa and continues to crank out amazing boards under his label Estrada Surfboards. We welcome Mike“ESTRATS“ Estrada.

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Our guest this week is an Artist, Designer, Craftsman, and is a World Renown Shaper. Born in Newport Beach and shaping his first board at 14, he then spent a lot of early years in Maui, and traveling to Australia for inspiration from guys like Wayne Lynch and Mark Richards. Many years of re inventing and perfecting the modern twin …….his timing couldn’t have been more perfect! The short-board evolution was in full effect, the Echo Beach Scene was on fire and his Boards were under the feet of the world's best surfers. After 5 decades of living out his love for performance Art and having a successful career designing, and creating many brand campaigns

for Quiksilver, Gotcha, O’neill, and OP…. He has been back at the top of his game doing what he does best…. Shaping, Air-Spraying, Glassing and continuing on the craftmanship of Board Building in the USA. We welcome the ever stylish, the outspoken, the entertainer, and of course the Legend….. Peter “ Pimp “ Schroff.

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Our guest this week was born in Brazil. He was fortunate to do a lot of traveling at an early age and hasn’t stopped since. He has lived in Brazil, Japan, Australia and the US. He shaped his first surfboard at 15 years old. 2 years later he knew it was his destiny to build boards for a living and opened a surfboard factory at the age of 17. In the 90’s having Gerr, Donovan, and Lisa Andersen with 2 world titles under her feet, elevated him to be one of the most well known and most progressive shapers of the time. Fast forward to today, with 40 plus years of fine tuning his craft, he is still on top of his game….. pushing new designs and innovations. We are so STO-KED to have one of the best, most recognizable, and most influential shapers of all time…. Mr. Xanadu!

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