Smorgasboarder
The Smorgasboarder podcast with Dave Swan is for people who love surfing, surfboards - everyday surfers and surf lovers! This is all about extending the experience of the interviews from our print magazine from just your eyes, to bringing them in full unedited glory to your ears as well. Listen in on our conversations with the most interesting people and personalities – from surfboard shapers, to surfers, surfing-related entrepeneurs, artists and musicians to simply people who just love surfing – as we discuss, question, unearth and try to solve all the world’s problems on the way.
Episodes
30 episodes
Shaun and Jai Levings - Dream boat trips for surf holidays in the Maldives
What’s the next dream surf destination on your bucket list? Once all the current Coronavirus / Covid-19 / zombie apocalypse craziness is over, where will you go? Well, you can listen up to the Smorgasboarder podcast for plenty of inspi...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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44:34
Grant Newby - leader of a unique splinter group
Wooden surfboard enthusiast, board builder and Alley Fish Fry founder - we talk with Grant about his passions and what motivates him to lead rather than follow. Links and details on smorg...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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39:24
Dave Verrall - Variety is the spice of life
They say 'variety is the spice of life" and we wholeheartedly agree. That’s the reason why, years ago, we were immediately drawn to the work of a bloke called Dave Verrall - the man behind Diverse Surfboards. We chat to Dave about diversity amo...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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29:11
Clearwater Surfboards' Steve Del Rosso
He shapes all manner of custom surfboards but all with a performance orientation in mind. Recently Steve Del Rosso cut the power to his planer for just a little while to shed some light on the focus of his designs. Not too lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:02:26
Ash, the Friendly Pirate
Ash Keillah just oozes positivity. It’s infectious and inspiring, because positivity is fundamental when life throws a spanner in the works. More commonly known as ‘The Friendly Pirate’, Ash is a surfer who rips, was a contestant on My Kitchen ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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14:44
Ghost Racks with Shane Atkins
BIG GHOST FANSTalking to Shane Atkins, we find out what Mark Richards, Gary Elkerton, Rob Machado and Hawaiian big wave charger Jamie O’Brien have in common. More on s...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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40:28
Nick Muntz - WA young gun from Pistol Surf
Nick Muntz from Pistol Surf Co talks about what its like to be a part of today's surf industry and gives us an insight into their latest range of deck grips, traction pads and gear. We also discuss the Pistol Surf Crew’s recent epic trip to the...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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24:21
Jessica Gardner - health for your body means health for your mind
GUT FEELINGYou’ve heard the saying, well now gain a little more understanding of what it means. Alex Benaud talks with Jess Gardner, a qualified naturopath who is furthering her studies into human nutrition about how our diet - an...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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38:29
Neal Cameron and Mark Rabbidge - Hipsters, hard-edge rail hangups and the stagnation of modern-day surfboard design
Dave talks with legendary surfboard shaper Mark Rabbidge and fibreglass maestro Neal Cameron about all manner of stuff from the evolution of surfboard industry through to the emergence of the modern day longboard, the merits of surfer shapers, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:05:19
Craig Levers - NZ surf photography and surf publishing legend
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:46:57
Peter Sheely - surfboards and guitars in Newcastle
Peter Sheely Custom FitNewcastle’s master shaper has been making surfboards for close to 50 years. Today he specialises in nothing but custom designs, all made in house by himself, by hand, from start to finish. Pete also makes s...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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43:52
Jeff "Jiff" Morris - semi-retirement in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
THERE IN A JIFFYSmorgasboarder'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...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:19:29
Curl, aka Darren Marks - on life as a cartoonist and living with Aloha Barry
Sit back and enjoy our chat with resident Smorgasboarder artist and creator of the Aloha Barry cartoon, Darren Marks, aka Curl, about the inspiration behind his work and why to this day he remains such a crap surfer. Please be warned this podca...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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55:20
Mark Ranucci - 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 ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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46:17
Generations - 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 plyw...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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28:20
Rooster Brand's Gregg Weber on the stoke of surfing and building surfboards
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:41
Thomas Surfboards - Take 2
These boys 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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20:46
Jed Done - no longer the bush rat but still surfing
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. Links at
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:22
Fight for the Bight - Peter Owen talks about the dangers of oil
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 tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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53:18
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. In this episode of the Smorgasboarder podcast we talk with the boys behind ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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32:26
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 Surfboards is a creator of the highest order. While he woul...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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49:23
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 things and breaking bones, shap...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:10:05
Motorised Surfboards - Chris Preston of Powerboards
Chris Preston from Powerboards reasons why it is okay 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 t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:47
Eco Surfboards - are they a load of crap?
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 LONGE...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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24:18
Matt Williams - from Tom Wegener's apprentice to the Factory
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:40
