Podcast Episodes

Sarah Gerhardt: Unstable Bonds

Season 7 Episode 1

Besides being a professor of chemistry, Dr. Sarah Gerhardt was the first woman to ride one of the world’s most feared waves, Mavericks in icy Northern California. She is a mother of two and acknowled…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Kiana Weltzien: More with Less

Season 6 Episode 12

When was the last time you followed a spark of curiosity all the way to some distant shoreline?

Kiana Weltzien's ocean adventures began in 2016 when she left her real estate career in Miami for a yea…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Putting Tech in its Place with Helena Norberg-Hodge + friends

Season 6 Episode 18

What's lost when we hand over skills or experiences to technology ? 

We sat down with localisation pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge to learn more about the waves of radical economic and social changes she…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Gary McNeill: Make It Last

Season 6 Episode 15

How do we make magic boards last longer?

Gary McNeill and Dave have been experimenting with alternative, non-petrochemical materials for the last decade. The front runner in their experiments? Flax c…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Krista Comer: Reading Power

Season 6 Episode 18

How do you better a culture?  How do we better surf culture?

Dr. Krista Comer is a scholar of American literature and cultural politics. She has written widely about women and surfing as a way "to b…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Otto Flores: Stepping Up

Season 6 Episode 14

Many professional athletes struggle to transition from their sport-as-career. The highs are often out of reach for pedestrian life - especially for pro surfers who spend their years in whirlwinds of …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gail Couper: With Bells On

Season 6 Episode 17

Called the "most underrated sports person in Australia" and the "greatest Bells surfer of all time”  Gail Couper has been both: at the centre and the sideline of surf culture and sport for the better…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lane Davey: Body Language

Season 6 Episode 16

How many kids from Tennessee end up devoting their life to the world's heaviest waves? At least one. That's Lane Davey: Pipe Disciple, PhD, journalist and college lecturer at UH Mānoa. 

Lane has dedic…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Danny Johnson: Don't Overthink It

Season 6 Episode 13

We’re getting tangential. This episode is part of a three episode slip slide behind the scenes of a project that Dave’s been working on for the better part of 2024: The Electric Acid Surfboard test. …

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Jamie Brisick: Breaking the Surface

Season 6 Episode 11

Who modelled kindness for you? Who showed you how to be kind and curious in the face of difference?

Before he was a Fulbright Scholar, Jamie Brisick surfed on the ASP world tour from 1986 to 1991, and…

Published on 1 year ago