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 surf breaks, what freaks him out, the white shark named KZ7, his photography and his equipment […]
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EP21. Peter Sheely on surfboards and guitars
Newcastle’s master shaper has been making surfboards for close to 50 years. Today he specialises in nothing but custom designs.
EP20. Jiff Morris on surfing semi-retirement on the South Island of NZ
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 Long White Cloud. More information on the Surf Collective
EP19. Curl aka Darren Marks – the man behind Aloha Barry
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 be warned this podcast has a fair dose […]
EP18. Mark Ranucci – Collective business of small surfing brands
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 has been able to attract the likes of some 70-80 grassroots exponents […]
EP17. Dean Brady and Jarryd Bates – Surfing meets AFL
What happens when you combine a professional free surfer with an AFL player?
EP16. Jye Gudenswager of Gen4 Surfboards
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’ during the 1940s. Frank was followed into the surfing world by his […]
EP15. Rooster Brand’s Gregg Weber
Here Comes 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 than Lords of DogTown legend Skip Engblom. This man […]
EP14. Thomas Surfboards – Take 2
Thomas Surfboards are the epitome of the Smorgasboarder spirit Given 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 interview we talk about the evolution of Thomas Surfboards […]
EP13. Jed Done – Reinvention of a bush rat
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.
EP12. Fight for the Bight – Peter Owen of the Wilderness Society talks oil and water
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.
EP11. Thomas Surfboards – Passion for the craft
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.