Scientist and surfer Tyler Cyronack of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Ca shares the magic behind the Smartfin: a Future fin loaded with sensors that record water temperature and GPS data. Tyler studies the chemistry of coral reef environments and he looks forward to fellow surfers capturing - while getting shacked - all that hyper-localized data that traditional instruments and techs could not step up to. Smartfin is still in Beta so you'll have to just listen to our show and wait to get your hands on one. https://www.surfrider.org/programs/smartfin

Also on the show, Tyler, the co-host, gives his rant on why Stand Up Paddle boarders should do their thing away from the crowds.

Music credit: Gabor Szabo

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Mösco came to NYC in the late 90s as a skater and graffiti artist. Sand in teeth from Zicatela he sought a new home to surf, so he looked at the subway map and saw that the A train went to the beach. Mösco has been making the commute to Rockaway ever since. We talk about his life's pursuit to make the beach cleaner and safer with his work with Surfrider Foundation and his public art. We also discuss the challenges of communicating environmental problems even to those most affected; and why he loves the neighborhood of Arverne so much. Mösco's exhibition of paintings entitled "De Noche" / "At Night" will be at Head Hi this weekend.
www.headhi.net/

Music Credit: Skoz
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Skoz/No\_Futur/04\_-\_Skoz\_-\_Sympho\_Nick

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Alex Valich is the host of the Bodega Boarder Crew, a podcast that mixes old school hip hop with modern day surf culture. It’s a fun listen if you ever get a chance to listen to it. Born and bred on the streets of Brooklyn, this 30 something creative director made the move to the west coast some years ago and picked up surfing. As he delved more and more into the culture, he noticed that diversity was missing from the lineups and in the industry. So he decided to start the Bodega Boarder Crew podcast to help highlight the lack of diversity, while blending in his enjoyment of hip hop and urban culture. His episodes are packed with classic tracks and great conversations with some of some of surfing’s greatest counterculture figures. We had the great opportunity to sit down with Alex at the infamous Speedy Romeo’s in Fort Greene to discuss his beginnings and his thoughts on the current state of surfing.

Music: Public Enemy
Rebel Without a Pause

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There are 253 miles of shoreline in Connecticut and only seven of them are free and open to the public. Andrew Kahrl Associate Professor of history and African American Studies at University of Virginia brings us the story of Ned Coll who mobilized a multi-decade battle against town residency requirements and other segregating mechanisms along the Connecticut coast which make a day at the beach expensive, impractical or simply illegal. Our conversation delves into the core of public and private rights to the water.

Music credit: Ryan Andersen
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan\_Andersen/Swimming/Set\_Me\_Free

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Co-host Tyler Breuer nerds out with Nick (last name withheld), the founder of the Instagram account @surfads, which both honors and "takes the piss" out of the bleach tipped, neon glory of 1980's and '90s magazine advertising. The conversation covers how social media has changed how stoke and rad is sold to us and why the 90s surf culture remains so potent in popular imagination.

Music: Hoodoo Gurus "What's My Scene"

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The non-profit A Walk On Water brings individuals with disabilities to the beach with their families for a day of surf, fun and celebration. Volunteer staff share the joy and healing power of surf and sea with athletes of all ages who may have never believed it possible to glide through the ocean. Garden State winter barrel hero Sam Hammer talks about the obstacle leveling nationwide program in advance of Hammer Surf and AWOW's June 9th event in Spring Lake, NJ. Corey Sanese of Corey's Wave in Montauk, the school which brought A Walk on Water to the East Coast shares the impact of a day at beach for new athletes as well as their family.
awalkonwater.org/
hammersurfschool.com/
www.coreyswave.com/about

Photo Credit: A Walk On Water

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Right on top of Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start to beach season, the NYC Parks Department drops the news that due to extreme erosion it is closing indefinitely the beach between 89th St and 102nd in Rockaway. We speak with Local's Surf School co-owner Mike Reinhardt about the pace of erosion he's seen first-hand and how the closure might affect other businesses on the boardwalk. Our feature interview is of Danny Collins: former fossil fuel worker brings us into what he learned fixing nat. gas infrastructure in Texas and how that informs his understanding of the proposed Williams pipeline to run underneath Raritan and Lower New York Bays.

Music credits: SRO
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sro/~/I\_Miss\_Summer

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Teton Gravity Research's latest film, Andy Irons: Kissed by God, is bold in ways you might not expect for a documentary featuring the famously fearless three time world surf champion who died in 2010 at age 32. The documentary goes to a challenging space that many of the bravest in the extreme sports will not go - an open discussion of mental illness and opioid addiction with of its own. Todd Jones, the film's co-director and co-founder of TGR brings us into the three year journey of making the film and how the access and honesty the Irons family provided became a process of healing in itself. Andy Irons: Kissed by God will be in theaters nationwide on May 31st only. Find a theater near you: https://www.tetongravity.com/films/andy-irons-kissed-by-god/tour

Closing music credit:
Johnny Hawaii
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Johnny\_Hawaii/

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Mavs, Nazare, Jaws. If it is huge and scary Will Skudin has surfed it. He's one of the elite on the WSL Big Wave World Tour. Will's performance and confidence out in the water is supported by his partner on land, Jenny Hanono. The couple join us in the studio to talk about a relationship around the world, on the water and how balance makes the difference with an extreme sports athlete.

Music credits:
Benjamin Banger
http://smarturl.it/hjfi20

Zombie Dandies
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The\_Zombie\_Dandies/Lo-Fi\_Heroes/The\_Zombie\_Dandies\_-\_Lo-Fi\_Heroes\_-\_05\_Electric\_Girlfriend

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Victor Lucia studied fishing culture in college and realized that the NYC fishing community was deep but disconnected. In response he launched Brooklyn Fishing Club in order to connect city anglers and help them get on top of fish. The club, now in the hundreds, has evolved into a take no prisoners crew who patrol the most unexpected fishing ground, like the East River and a lake in Central Park. We’ll talk about why the surf community and the fishing community have common cause here in New York City.

For live shows listen in on Tuesday Nights at 8PM on KPISS.FM
Music credits:
Ryan Little
The Special Pillow

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