Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Conversations about surfing.

  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    544 - Kolohe Andino

    In today’s show Kolohe Andino chats about the weight of expectation, why satisfaction can threaten ambition, how having children highlights the absurdity of professional surf pursuits, his idea for a restructured Tour, and why groms will always be the fertile core of surfing’s soul. Enjoy!

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    17 January 2025, 11:30 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    543 - Alo Slebir

    In today’s show, the 23 year old who just rode a potential record-breaker at Maverick's talks us through the wave itself, the prep, the media maelstrom that followed, the unique board that Stretch built for him, how 100’ surf is only accessible via a team of people, and why he didn’t celebrate the historic ride. Enjoy!

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    7 January 2025, 8:44 pm
  • 46 minutes 19 seconds
    542 - Occy & Gerr

    Today’s episode is hosted by Brad Gerlach with Occy as a guest! Recorded at Niyama Resort in the Maldives, Brad and Occy analyze Occy’s technique to provide basic truths about head and hand placement and body positioning to unlock your next level of surfing. Enjoy!

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    31 December 2024, 7:54 pm
  • 2 hours 9 minutes
    541 - Rusty Preisendorfer

    In today’s show San Diego’s surfboard and surfwear icon Rusty joins us to explain how his MIT mathematician father’s missive to follow his passion led him to art school and then to surfboards, learning how to push past moments of self-doubt, the secret unlock to Occy’s ’84 Thruster, the perils of licensing deals, and why some of the best design developments come from mistakes. Enjoy!

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    23 December 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    540 - Matt Warshaw: Round Six

    In today’s show surfing’s foremost historian reveals the pro surfer who saved his life at age 12, the gift of finding 50 year old surf footage from his youth, the unsung heroes lost to surf history, how history is shaped by those who elect to share it, and why is more important than ever to cement archiving surf history. 

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    12 December 2024, 8:36 pm
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    539 - Holly Beck

    In today’s episode Holly Beck recounts her rapid rise into professional surfing and disillusionment, becoming an inadvertent model, expatriate freedoms, the fallacy of reality TV, and the holistic healing inherent to surfing. Enjoy! 

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    5 December 2024, 7:22 pm
  • 2 hours 3 minutes
    538 - Liam McNamara

    Pipeline aficionado Liam McNamara joins us to discuss how growing up in a commune on welfare informed his approach to surfing on the North Shore, the single financial decision that salvaged his career earnings, how shepherding Hawaii’s youth rectifies past misdeeds, and why his last session at Pipe was nearly his last day on earth. Enjoy!

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    23 November 2024, 12:41 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    537 - Brian Wynn

    In today’s show we hear from Jersey board builder Brian Wynn about how he built a career on doing what no else wanted to do, the fastest way to expedite one’s learning curve, why staying small is recession safe, and how ice hockey staves off burn-out. Enjoy!

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    18 November 2024, 4:40 pm
  • 2 hours 7 minutes
    536 - Rachael Tilly

    In today’s show our current and 2x longboard champ joins us to discuss how achieving a life goal can dilute future ambition, why pro longboarders net negative $ on Tour, the WSL’s reason for not acknowledging her as their youngest ever world champ, the ongoing influence of Terry Martin, and how she co-founded a women surf news media outlet. Enjoy!

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    7 November 2024, 10:36 pm
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    535 - Paul Saladino, M.D. and Brad Gerlach

    In today’s show double-board certified M.D. Paul Saladino joins David and Brad Gerlach to discuss how to reverse chronic illness through diet, why plants are bad to eat, our culture’s obsession with optimizing performance, and how surfing has redirected his lifestyle choices. Enjoy!

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    31 October 2024, 7:12 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    534 - Chris Burkard

    In today’s show, world-renown photographer Chris Burkard explains that earning access to opportunity taught him the value of saying “no”, how a surf trip to Iceland inspired him relocate his family, why three days of darkness helped him unbury his core truth, and why his best work is still created in the ocean. Enjoy!

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    25 October 2024, 8:23 pm
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