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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 MAINSTREAMToday 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...

What happens when you combine a professional free surfer with an AFL player?SURF X AUSTRALIAN RULESWe talk with former Rip Curl Search team member Dean Brady and ex Brisbane Lion Jarryd Bates about their ‘Pro Movement’ that is assisting surfers and athletes of all...

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...

In this episode of the Smorgasboarder Podcast we talk with legendary surfboard shaper and former champion surfer Mark Rabbidge about nothing to do with surfboards… well a little maybe, but mainly his passion for doing up old cars and making them go fast. We also find...

We talk with the man behind Riley Balsa Wood Surfboards - some of the most stunning balsa surfboards you ever have ever seen - and find out why there’s more to these boards and their performance than meets the eye. We also learn a little about Mark and how he got into...

Mad scientist, creator of all things weird and wonderful in foam and fibreglass and possibly one of the funniest blokes we’ve ever met - the man from Maroubra Neal Cameron. We’re sure you will have a laugh and thoroughly enjoy this interview that Dave describes as one...

In our first ever podcast we chat to one of Australian surfing's nicest and most down-to-earth people ever - Island Surfboards' Sandy Ryan - about his recent run-in with a reef while surfing killer waves in South Australia, and we find out a bit more about life at...