Guion books a last second flight to Puerto Escondido to catch the barrel of his life. An interesting tale of training and going for it even in parenthood. So sit back, relax, put your car on cruise control, close your eyes and enjoy! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://ww…

Mason travels out to LA in hopes of living a life of "luxury" by living in his friends car. However, fate takes of and the two friends surf Cali from a new base camp...one they would have never dreamed of. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf…

I sit down with Laurel to discuss her new novel "Foam" which is available at Barnes and Nobel, Amazon and many other places for your purchase. Sit back, drive and relax to learn about the writing process and some of the challenges of this surf based story! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel St…

Laurel goes to PR and catches the biggest wave of her life only to be attacked by a sea creature on her way back to shore! If you're a PR person you may already get the title of the wonderfully funny episode! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAnd…

Guion drops into some serious drama and waves in Mexico with his close crew of surf buddies. Filming, CPR, Street Brawling, it's all covered here... Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Mason finds himself packed and on a plane to Maui within 12 hours. What else you gonna do today, right? Some serious wanderlust and Aloha ensues, not to mention the surf! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Mike's long form interview on surfing Maui and all of the changes in surfing he witnessed throughout his years on the island. Good stuff, great stuff, Surf Shorts!! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Sean and his teenaged buddies take off for warmer waters as soon as he gets his license. Frisco woods, a nor'easter and the Oregon Inlet bridge. What else you want from a Hatteras story? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Mikes tells us about some of his adventures in Hawaii over the last 14 years. Kai Lenny and Rick Caine all in the same episode. What else you want? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

A collection of 5 great stories from the past 5 months in the spirit of the Surf Shorts Podcast!! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featuredSurf Shorts

As a background character on the scene of Jaws-sans the shark, Matt finds himself a suspect of the most innocent crime... Tune In, Listen and Subscribe to Surf Shorts this week! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Jacob on the podcast this week, educating us on the scope and vision of the Live Fearlessly Foundation for people with Cystic Fibrosis. An amazing cat with quite a story to tell. If you don't know, you soon will...How to Live Fearlessly that is! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf…

I interview Josh from Waterman's Warehouse on how surfing ties in with their larger model of levelling the playing field for swimming and surfing. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featuredSurf Shorts

Spencer from Surf ATL discusses their surf community and BUILDING A FREAKING COMPLETE WAVE PARK NEAR ATLANTA. Sorry, I got excited there... Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featuredSurf Shorts

Come out and see the flicks! A little history on the Carolina Surf Film Festival for all of you surfers on the East Coast. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featuredSurf Shorts

A couple of surfers come out of the dark jungle into the bright hot daylight and cross a road they could not have seen coming! Where do you go when you've gone too far? Surfing.... Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Shawn tells us many stories about the early days of Savage Surfboards, his adult revelations on being "cool" and a wonderful story about Jeff Booth. Tune in and listen to this weeks episode of Surf Shorts! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf…

After circumnavigating the globe on a sailboat, Chal ends up running a clothing line with a surf team. Remembering his travels, he chooses Nicaragua as the spot for their big trip and photo shoot. Big waves, banditos and border crossings are the topic in this super-fun episode recorded in the lounge at Surf City Surf Shop, Myrtle Beach! Music by St…

We've all been there, at a spot where the local enforcer keeps giving you the stink eye, in Hawaii you're shown your place real quick. Surfing a big summer swell at Makaha, Josh finds what comes around goes around- when the shorts go down on The Big Kahuna. Ever stepped on your leash? This is kinda' the same thing but way more embarrassing. Music b…

Jack moves from OZ to England and starts to weave himself into the surf scene as he wraps his head around the new continent and lack of sunlight. He tells us a story about a seal back in Australia and his propensity to look for the good in every situation. Tune in for Jack from Beanies and Boards. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud und…

At the end of his senior year in high school Toby opens up his friend's surf magazine in shop class. He finds himself transported from Ohio to a whole new world and a path that he would continue to follow for the rest of his life. I caught up with him on the Ocracoke to Cedar Island Ferry as he made his way down the outer banks of NC, surfing with …

As teenagers, Jacob and his friend steal away in the middle of the night for Hawaii leaving letters for their parents and begging for forgiveness. They spend the winter on the North Shore in tents and on couches but most of all - in the barrel. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf.…

Finally out of the shadow of Ben Bourgeois and a few other heavy hitters, Jesse finds himself on the ESA All-Star team and heading to Australia. He caught great surf and learned some epic lessons. Tune in and learn how to ROLL WITH IT. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://…

Surfers Healing this week on the Surf Shorts Podcast. Tune in to learn what it is all about. What a great organization with a wonderful set of volunteers keeping it going. Thanks to Nikki Bascome for educating us!! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/Ste…

Down East Jonathan puts on the yoke to impress his future father-in-law after a day of surf at the Lighthouse while thousands of miles away and twenty years earlier Bob keeps the drummers drumming on the Festival of Carnival! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtub…

Clint is transferred by the Marine Corps from Southern California to South Carolina. He searches for surf and finds himself building boards in the Low Country. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Mexico 91' and Jonathan is bussed in - with a little fuss - to Colima then Nexpa. Good waves, bad water, surf contests, single fin tube riders and wasps all swarm this story of a time well had. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Clint shares his experiences of growing up in a small town in Oregon, playing team sports and his journey through our X gen activities before learning to surf in So Cal. This is one of several episodes with Clint who is a respected surfboard shaper and long time surfer. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouT…

Shawn tells us about his first trip to California and getting an education at Black's Beach. Let's just say it helps to have friends "in the know" who don't let you know!! Makes for great memories. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/feature…

Jesse finds himself searching for a board when stumbles into a big swell on a family trip to St. Thomas! Across the bay the waves are calling but the surf shop is closed and the locals are...curious. Oh, the irony for a man who has surfed thousands of surfboards to find himself board-less! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Stev…

In this week's episode we speak with Freddy from Ocean Beach California and learn about the big wave scene out there. High quality wetsuits and wooden boards are on the table as we learn the fine art of Frogger in the Fog. If it's worth the paddle it's worth the exercise! I mean why not just look for the worst place to paddle out and just go for it…

Bob drops out of the rat race and into some sweet surf in Tobago. College? What's the rush? Let's do this while we can. You're only young like, two...three times right? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Columbia! Who knows exactly where that is :) Nick roams South America in the shadow of the drug trade finding hippos, wonderful people and ... WAVES. Sometimes the best decisions are made in a flash, especially when shore break is involved. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. htt…

In this episode James finds himself upside down 12 miles offshore in a storm. His boat has rolled but his hope hasn't- He's calm, collected and unfortunately cool. Spoiler Alert!- Everybody lives, but let's find out how! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com…

On Surf Shorts Podcast this week we have Carter. A rad young man from New Jersey who's known all over the surf world for his wave catching prowess. We talk board design, fins, places to surf in New Jersey and most of all about his streak. Drop in, listen and learn what he'll be doing next. He's coming up on 1,000 days of continuous surfing! Will th…

Wrapping up our inaugural year at Surf Shorts with our five favorite episodes. Sit back and relax as we zip back and forth across the surf world in this dizzying final episode of 2022! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

Huge Mexico 92'. Murder, memories, Michael Jordan and a sequence in the April 93' issue of Surfer Magazine! This episode has it all. Tune in and listen up...it's too good. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…

At 15 and 16 years of age, James and his friend book a trip to Barbados through an 1/8 ad in the back of Surfer Magazine. They find themselves abandoned by their guide before they even reach the country. Armed with a left-hand stick rental car and ignorant bliss, the boys paddle out into the unknown at huge Parlour's. Buckle up for a classic Surf S…

If this was a regular Surf Shorts episode I'd call it Sponge Bob Skate Pants but it's not. This is an interview with Jimmy where we talk about body boarding and the origin of the Skate Barn. This may be an episode more for locals to NC and SC, so if you are part of the fifty percent of my audience from Cali, Central America, Fl or NY-NJ you may not…

Double episode this week! Jonathan and Shaun share some true Surf Shorts in the original spirit of the show. Just two short funny surf stories covering NC all the way to Florida. Both of these guys are well travelled, experienced surfers but you'll get no tales of foreign shores this week- just down home fun. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sou…

In a bull rink in Costa Rica, Ben and his friends hope to score. Not quite in the usual way. Surprised to find themselves in front of a rowdy crowd our heroes run for the boards, from the bulls and for their lives. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/Ste…

Shaun books a pre 9-11 trip to the Mentawai's and gets just what he asked for. Most great stories have an antagonist but the only one we find here is the same sharp reef which made the waves so darn good! Sit back, relax and listen to Surf Shorts! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Ando…

Jason of the Sea fills us in on his Adventures in Surf Shorts. This is a long form interview- Not your typical Surf Shorts. Sit back relax and listen to Hoi Toide come rolling in. Special song by The Carvers at the End of the Episode "Hands Off My Girl." Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Stev…

On a typical summer day Nick finds himself in age old predicament. But there's more on the line than he realizes. We all know the beach in the summer time- small waves, high temperatures and SWIMMERS. Sit back, relax but don't walk away for a minute because this episode is a true- Surf SHORTS. Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "…

In a room by the sea on the coast of a foreign land, Oli and his pregnant wife are awakened in the middle of the night by shrieking alerts emanating from their cell phones. The surf had already been shaking the building, perhaps the earth would next. Tune in as Oli takes a holiday to surf...Taiwan! Please check out Oli on his media/travel company R…

In Coletta the boys bite off all they can chew. Driven out of Pascuales by a Hurricane, a 16 hour drive through a hurricane ravaged 3rd world country lands them at Rio Nexpa where a fireside dare pushes them out of the river mouth into monster surf. Tune in for Jimmy's First Episode... more to come Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud un…

Carried from the water by a mysterious American hippie after a multiple wave hold down, Jim finds himself vomiting on the beach of a "soon to be" Mexican staple. By 1974 he'd finally done it- He'd beaten the magazines to the new epic spot, the "Hidden Port." You’d think a show blanketing the Great Lakes, Mexico, California, Costa Rica and Carolina …

Down in Jalisco things get goofy when our protagonist finds himself up a tree in more ways than one. A machete in your mouth and a grumbling stomach make the most innocent of tasks seem ultra-suspect. Enjoy! Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndo…

Ugh...another episode about Masonboro Island? You got it. This show reaches back and touches our last one. Once again Kenny's boat comes into play. Who knows why a sunken motor could be so undependable? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/fe…

In this episode Kenny tries too hard to make everyone happy but things work out for him in the end. Matt, surfing on a secluded NC island, finds an uncrowded perfect day to be... a buzz kill? Music by Steven Andolf available on Sound Cloud under "Steven Shop" and on YouTube channel Steven Andolf. https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenAndolf/featured…