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I was brought up to respect my elders. Though I am respectful, most of the time ( I fault here and there lol), with everyone, there is an extra layer of admiration that I have for those who have experienced life and its challenges to their senior years. And if someones life experiences involve surfing.... boy, you gotta my attention and ears. In that context, 
what if ....you are an individual that experienced the evolution of surfing , surf culture and its history by being part of it, in a bigger way than most. Then I am dumbfounded!
Our interview on this episode is of such a man and surfer, an individual with an immense history of surfing accomplishments and stories. His footprints are marked eternally in the books of surfing.
Due to time constraints I had to cut the interview short but not without promising Mr. Strauch that I would reach out for a second recording of his surfing memories and tales. Next time I want to do it in person so I can shake his hand and perhaps catch some waves with the man.



Topics:
Beginnings
Waikiki 40's and 50's
Duke Kahanamoku
Tom Blake Custom Surfboard
Surf Teachings of George Downing
Surfing the North Shore for the First time
Californians in Hawaii
Game Changer Boards
Al Nelson Surfboards
Barry Kanaiaupuni
The Aikau's
The Ten Rapid Fire Segment
Listeners Questions
Shoutouts

Thanks to Brandon Strauch in coordinating and helping out in making this interview possible. I owe you a wave and a beer!

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As a young man in my early 20's in Puerto Rico (1990's), before the advent of social media and the internet, I was a passionate and fever-laden  longboarder. My only access to longboarding content were VHS videos at my local surf shop and the arrival of Longboard Magazine every three months. That magazine was a bible to me.
My excitement in setting up and conducting an interview with the man that had such strong involvement with the mag that influenced the course  of my life was...... indescribable. 
I am confident to say that many of you, especially of my generation and older individuals of our community, were fans of LM.
Jim Russi was born and raised in Southern California. He learned to surf at a young age (1960's) in the Manhattan Beach area of Los Angeles County. He became interested in photography in middle school and that interest became a passion/profession  that took him around the world. He graduated from The Brooks Institute of Photography. In 1978 he took a one week vacation, post graduation, to Oahu, Hawaii. He arrived from that vacation forty years later. A proud resident of Hawaii for forty years, his contributions to surfing photography and his local surf community have brought him countless blessings and strong friendships in the surf world.
His surf photography has been published in most if not all of the top surfing magazines in the world. Cover shots, two page spreads, single full page, you name it! His work has been printed and seen!
In the early 90's he was approached by Longboard Magazine founder Guy Motil and was offered the job of Senior Photographer. He was instrumental in that capacity and contributed to the growth and fan base of the magazine. He traveled around the world with some of the top longboarding talents of the time, bringing to the longboard community the photos and stories of those adventures.
In the late 90's Jim teamed up with Roxy and created a series of highly successful advertising campaigns that may have impacted the popularity of women's surfing especially with longboarding. Some of those ads included the surfing talents of Kassia Meador, Daize Shayne, Kelia Moniz and many others.
Jim is a family man, that now lives in Ventura, CA. He is semi retired, raising his two teenage sons, surfing and attending another one of his passions, horses.
I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

nos vemos en el agua,
Tupi Cabrera

Topics:
His Beginings
Longboard Magazine
Tyler Hatzikian Logs Massive Tavarua
Working with Teenage Joel Tudor in Puerto Escondido
Localism
Surf Culture
The Roxy Campaign
How to Surf Malibu
Listeners Questions
The Ten Rapid Fire Segment
Shoutouts and more!

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 Originally from Southern California, this shaper/surfer, musician, super Mom and entrepreneur is part of the strong surfing community of Santa Cruz, CA.
She has established a strong presence and a positive reputation in the surfboard manufacturing world. She has proactively pursued methods of building surfboards that cause less harm to our planet and environment. Her board designs and shapes are a product of decades of R&D and influences from her favorite shapers. Ashley Lloyd Surfboards is the name of her surfboard brand, she has an excellent variety of models. From longboards to mid-lengths to fishes, when I went to her website I had to hold my thoughts at bay and not order a longboard, lol.
Ashley is also a skilled and avid musician, she studied music in college and has been part of different musical projects and bands.
As a single Mom she balances life between her son, surfing, shaping, music and a new entrepreneurial project www.unfurling.com .
It was a great pleasure to interview Ashley and learn from her perspectives on surfboard design and surf culture.

Topics:
Background
Being A Shaper
Shaper Mentors
Eco Board Building
Surfboard Design
Surf Etiquette and Hierarchies
Listeners Questions
The Ten

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If you are a surf history nerd and are curious and willing to listen to a different perspective on one of the most controversial surfing icons in history, you are in for a treat.
The author of The Surf Sting goes by the name of
Linda Cuy, she is a native of Southern California and her surfing journey began in 1962.
Once  upon a day in the sixties, as she was drying up by her car after a surf session 
Miki "Da Cat" Dora approached her and invited her to a date, the rest of the decades long story is now history and in this interview Linda relates to us her experiences, anecdotes and close relationship with Miki and another colorful individual and charlatan, 
Don "Pirate Captain" Wilson. Both men were strongly persistent for Linda's companionship, to the point of hate and violent actions between each other.
On this interview/conversation I ask Linda many questions and at times I press her on different matters that she was involved in with these two questionable and adventurous  characters. It was a fun and insightful conversation. 
The book is ultra entertaining and it gives you a clearer understanding on Miki Dora and his ways. Her stories with Don Wilson are as epic and dramatic as what she experienced with Dora. A great read!

I hope you enjoy!
Tupi

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Topics-
Relationship with Miki Dora and Don Wilson.
Reasons of Writing the Book.
The Great Scams.
Miki and Racism.
Running from the Law.
The Life of  Manipulations.
Global Surf Travel.
Ireland
and Much More!!!

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Surfing is very rich in history. It's a fact that the Hobie Surfboards label is a crucial and important part of that history, especially in the context of surfboard building and surf culture.
Our guest for this episode was given the honor and responsibility to carry on Hobie Surfboards legacy as their numero 1 shaper (head shaper) of the brand. As of the day of this interview, alongside Gary, Michael Arenal and in special projects Adam Davenport also joins the diminutive lineup of shapers of Hobie Surfboards.
This interview was my first time meeting Mr. Larson. My impression of him after this interview was of a man that is intelligent, humble, very knowledgeable, respectful and well spoken, to name a few descriptive adjectives.
We geek-out on many topics and I tried my best to squeeze some longboard design wisdom out of his brain. I am confident all of you longboard nerds will appreciate our conversation.

See ya in da wata!

Tupi

Topics:
Beginnings
Hobie Alter
Terry Martin
Shaping Mentors
Hobie Surfboards
Shaping Journey
 Advice For Shaping Up and Comers
Longboard Design
Best Selling Longboard Models
Longboard Culture
Longboard Snobbery
The WSL LB Tour
Listeners Questions
The Ten
Shoutouts

Special thanks to Blue Tone Marketing & Public Relations, Gary Larson, Hobie Surfboards and Papa Dios for making this episode happen!
Also, to all my longboard community! 

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The Waxhead, as he likes to be called is a longtime longboard aficionado from Sydney, Australia. Still a young man ( in his early thirties), I had and have the impression that he speaks with the knowledge of an old surfing soul. Basically, he is one of those people that I like to call a "longboard nerd". What happens when you get 2 longboard nerds to sit down and talk longboarding? A heavy, deep and entertaining interview!

Matt is a professional longboarder, business owner, car restorer, event commentator and surf mentor. He has won almost a dozen Australian Longboarding Championships, he has been a Joel Tudor Vans Duct Tape Invitee 3x and is currently ranked 9th in the WSL LB TOUR. He is very involved with surfboard and fin design, collaborating and doing R&D with surfing legend of legends Bob McTavish and his son Ben McTavish.
In my objective opinion, one of the world's top 10 most relevant longboard surfers today.

Topics:
His beginnings
Influences
Who's Who of Longboarding
Competitive Longboarding
Longboard and Fin Design
Surf Etiquette & Surf Hierachies
WSL LB Tour
Listeners Questions & more

Matt "The Waxhead" Chojnacki can be reached on his personal Instagram @thewaxhead or his business IG/ Facebook account @tbbodyworks.

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Back in the 90's, when I was in my early twenties I was one hungry longboarder. I am not referring to food hungry....., but hungry to learn more about longboarding and the cast of characters presented to me via videos and magazines. Remember, this is pre internet revolution. 
When the new issue of Longboard Magazine would show up at my local surf shop, I was the first one in buying one, sometimes the only one lol. Sometimes it was a new surf video arriving at the shop where either there was a segment of hot longboarding or it was a full on longboard vid. Thats where I got acquainted with a tall, slim, lanky dude by the name of Terry Simms. There was something about his surfing that seemed so God Damn intense, fast and unique. 
Many months ago I wrote and reached out to his Instagram account to see if I'd be lucky in getting an interview with the longboarding shredder that I had seen in mags and vids almost thirty years ago. I did not hear back immediately from Terry, which is not uncommon when I am looking for my special guests. However, one day I woke up to a message from his wife Nancy in which she wrote that Simms was happy to do an interview for my podcast.

So here It is! My super packed longboardlecious interview with Terry "Simba" Simms.

Enjoy!

Topics:

His Beginnings in Surfing
Giving Back
Balancing Surfing and Work
The Paskowitz Family
Surf Etiquette 
The Simba Helmet 
Longboarding of the 90's
Longboarding Today
Professional Competitive Longboarding
Surfboard Segregation
Surfboard Design
Listeners Questions
and way way more!

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Belinda Baggs is, in my mind, one of the first female longboard traditional stylists that I have memory of. That does not mean that she was one of the first women traditionalists in the world. Southern California had a few young ladies that had taken that route of longboard surfing before Belinda. Lady loggers like Carla Rowland (now Zamora) and Kassia Meador to name just a few. However, I am pretty confident in saying that Belinda is one of the first Aussies, male or female, to adopt traditional longboarding style and become an ambassador of it in Australia.

On this episode we will learn about her first encounter with traditional longboard surfing at Surfrider Beach, Malibu. This was in the summer of 2000. She was a young lady discovering the dynamics and the culture of Californian surfing. A summer that had a profound impact in her life then and it still dictates her present.

Belinda is a dedicated mother, surfer, environmentalist activist, Patagonia ambassador and still one of the finest longboard stylists in the world. Though competition is not her thing, she's won Australian Championships in longboarding and placed third in the 2000 Women's World Longboard Competition. 
She was the first woman to ever appear on the cover of The Surfers Journal. She's been featured in multiple surf flicks including one of my favorites Sprout. She is an important character of our longboard community and its history.

Enjoy!

Topics:

Her Introduction To Traditional Longboarding.
California Longboard Culture.
Australian Longboard Culture.
Australian Influences .
Women Surfing.
Surf Films.
Listeners Questions.
Environmental Activism.
Surfboard Design.
The Ten- Rapid Fire Segment.
Shoutouts.

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This episode is one of the most loaded and heavy interviews that I have done up to date. A gem for the surfing history nerd.
Born in Australia in 1974, Beau is a two times longboarding world champion, he is a respected musician, a proud father and family man, a surfboard shaper and owner of Beau Young Surfboards and a member of one of the most important surfing families in the world in part thanks to the patriarch of The Young Family, the one and only Nat Young.
Beau was very eloquent in sharing his experiences, opinions and anecdotes of his journey in the surfing world. From his early years as a surfing grom to his years as a longboarding pro, his interactions with his Dad, his approach to longboard designs, surfing and surviving, literally, gigantic Puerto Escondido in a longboard contest and much much more.

Sit back and enjoy!

Topics:
The Young Family
Nat
Early Years
Competitive Years
World Championships
The ASP Years
The WSL LB Tour
Drama and Tragedy at Puerto Escondido
Zack Howard Heroism
Kanoa vs Beau Final at Puerto Escondido
Surfboard Design and Beau Young Surfboards
The Magic Sam
Listeners Questions and way more!


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On this episode I travel via cyberspace to Noosa Heads, Australia and sit-down with one of the most dominant forces of longboard surfing of his generation. At 39, his interest and motivation to go back into professional competitive longboarding has been sparked by the recent changes (2019) in the WSL Longboard Tour. Josh has won pretty much every brand of high level longboarding contests that he's entered throughout the world and even an SUP Australian title. In 2006 he won the ASP World Longboard Championship in the Rabbit Kekai Longboard Invitational in Costa Rica.
Josh married Anna, a Southern Californian native, whom which they have two beautiful boys, Jet and Jive. The Constables divide their time between Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia and San Clemente, California.
Mr.Constable founded and operates Creative Army Surfboards. A respected label in Australia and beyond. He specializes in longboard designs, mid-lengths and alternative boards. Nothing better than a shreddin' surfer/shaper to bring some sweet designs to life!
Its an honor to present to you, my interview with Josh Constable!

Topics discussed:
His beginnings.
Shaping Mentors.
Contrasts of the Australia longboarding community and the USA's .
Changes in his longboarding approach.
Longboard designs.
The WSL Tour.
Surf Etiquette .
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