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Surf Splendor

Surf Splendor

By: David Lee Scales
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 Conversations and stories about surfing. www.SurfSplendorPodcast.com email: hello@surfsplendorpodcast.comSurfSplendorPodcast.com
Episodes
  • 586 - Brenden "Margo" Margieson

    586 - Brenden "Margo" Margieson
    Feb 26 2026
    Genre defining pro freesurfer of the 90s, Margo, joins us to discuss ushering pro surfing from cottage to corporate, humility gleaned while working as a baggage handler, how a passion for bird watching led to his greatest work, and what sparked the revival in his surf career at age 50. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 585 - Roger Hinds

    585 - Roger Hinds
    Feb 18 2026
    In today’s show board builder Roger Hinds shares strategies to fend off the old man and continue surfing the North Shore into your 70s, offers a lesson in why original board building materials are still relevant and which modern fabrics offer advancement, reveals why the real threat to domestic board building may come from within, reflects on the reward of restoring historic boards, and explains how to improve your surfing by watching 50 year old surf films. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 584 - Bob McTavish: Part Three

    584 - Bob McTavish: Part Three
    Feb 5 2026
    In today’s show Bob McTavish attributes his biggest design epiphanies to the evolution of the surfboard fin, and each of those to a personal relationship that sparked his inspiration. He shares how Dave Rastovich altered his perception on hydrodynamics, reveals the unfathomable generosity of Bill Bahne, the ingenuity of Tom Morey and Carl Pope, explains how the Sydney ferry and Greenough’s tuna fishing’s influenced fin design, reflects on surfing Noosa before the streets were paved, preaches the supremacy of asymmetry, reflects on the birth of the body board, and how Bunker Spreckles’ El Rollos’ altered his rail designs. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 5 mins
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