smorgasboarder podcast

They say ‘variety is the spice of life” and we wholeheartedly agree. That’s the reason why, years ago, we were immediately drawn to the work of a bloke called Dave Verrall – the man behind Diverse Surfboards. We chat to Dave about diversity amongst other things.

He shapes all manner of custom surfboards but all with a performance orientation in mind. Recently Steve Del Rosso cut the power to his planer for just a little while to shed some light on the focus of his designs. 

More commonly known as ‘The Friendly Pirate’, Ash is a surfer who rips, was a contestant on My Kitchen Rules (MKR), is a soon-to-be father, and someone that has overcome an incredible ordeal that risked to ruin his competitive surfing career.

Ghost Racks – Shane Atkins talks about the surfboard storage and display system

Nick Muntz from Pistol Surf Co talks about what its like to be a part of today's surf industry and gives us an insight into their latest range of deck grips, traction pads and gear. We also discuss the Pistol Surf Crew’s recent epic trip to the North West Coast of...

Gut feeling.... You’ve heard the saying, well now gain a little more understanding of what it means. Alex Benaud talks with Jess Gardner, a qualified naturopath who is furthering her studies into human nutrition about how our diet - and certain foods we eat - can not...

Dave talks with legendary surfboard shaper Mark Rabbidge and fibreglass maestro Neal Cameron about all manner of stuff from the evolution of surfboard industry through to the emergence of the modern day longboard, the merits of surfer shapers, the guise of protech...

Internationally acclaimed and award-winning photographer and former editor of New Zealand Surfing Magazine, Craig Levers, gives us his perspective how the surf media landscape has irreversibly changed over the past decade. In turn we talk about Craig’s favourite Kiwi...

Peter Sheely Custom FitNewcastle’s master shaper has been making surfboards for close to 50 years. Today he specialises in nothing but custom designs, all made in house by himself, by hand, from start to finish. Pete also makes some pretty sweet looking acoustic and...

THERE IN A JIFFY Smorgasboarder's New Zealand correspondent Jeff “Jiff” Morris talks about growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, delivering t-shirts in a Rolls Royce, his love for Boomerang Beach and what prompted his move to semi-retire in the Land of the...

LIFE INSIDE THE CURL Sit back and enjoy our chat with resident Smorgasboarder artist and creator of the Aloha Barry cartoon, Darren Marks, the man otherwise known as Curl, about the inspiration behind his work and why to this day he remains such a crap surfer. Please...

SWIMMING AGAINST THE MAINSTREAM Today we talk surf business and entrepreneurship with Mark Ranucci... About what it means to be a part of a collective, the Surf Collective specifically. In the space of two short years this united front for independent surf businesses...

Jye Gudenswager is the fourth generation of his family to be a pioneer in surfboard design - hence the business name Gen4 Surfboards. The tradition began with Jye’s great grandfather Frank Adler who built some of the first plywood surfboards know as ‘toothpicks’...

HERE COME THE ROOSTER! A self-described Hillbilly from Tennessee, The Rooster has worked with legends of the surf industry, surfed against the likes of CJ and Damien Hobgood on the NSSA, partied with Jay Adams in Hawaii and even learned to screen print from none other...

Thomas Surfboards are the epitome of the Smorgasboarder spiritGiven the popularity of our interview with Thomas Bexon and Jake Bowrey of Thomas Surfboards just prior to Christmas, we thought we would bring your more of our interview with the boys. In part two of our...

Far from DONE...Jed once had dreads, went by the name Bushrat and was obsessed with flex. Recently he cut his hair, rebranded his surfboard label and begun crafting all manner of shapes. We find out why.  More information on Jed Done...

In the Great Australian Bight, permission has been granted for seismic testing for oil, prior to offshore drilling - all in one of our most pristine marine environments.  Smorgasboarder South Australian correspondent Jimmy Ellis talks with Peter Owen from the...

The Biggest Surfboard Label to have ever come out of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast… It’s quite a statement. Well, we said it and believe it to be true. In this episode of the Smorgasboarder podcast we talk with the boys behind the globally renowned Thomas Surfboards in...

Mitchell Rae - Spirituality and enlightenment in foam, fibreglass and everyday life With the soul of a philosopher, the hands of an artist, the knowledge of a walking encyclopaedia, and the brain of an inventor and engineer fused into one, Mitchell Rae of Outer Island...

Zak Koniaris - Amputation-dodger and surfboard builder One of our favourite blokes, from one of our absolute top surf shops - Zak Surfboards  in Thornbury, Melbourne - and the Surfboard Studio in Preston, Zak Koniaris talks about the scary outcome of falling off...

Chris Preston from Powerboards reasons why it is ok to cheat out in the surf. The topic is somewhat divisive but like or not, motorised surfboards are here to stay and when it comes to powered watercraft, this guy has managed to make them work for a prolonged course...

Can a surfboard be called environmentally-friendly if they fall apart in 12 months? We talk with Robbie Marshall of Soul Arch Surfboards about his new board building approach and his endeavour to achieve SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH LONGEVITY. More information on Soul Arch...

Young gun shaper/surfer Matt Williams celebrates 25 years of Factory Surfboards in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. In this episode of our Smorgasboarder podcast we talk with Matt about everything from the apprenticeship he served under the man considered to be one of...

Surf retailer extraordinaire Kent Ladkin at Natural Necessity Surf Shop talks about surf retail, the current state of play, what he believes the future holds and the age of the Waterman. In this Smorgasboarder podcast we look at a different aspect of the surf industry...