What is an almost certainty is that this week, swell depending, the WSL continues it’s abbreviated 2021 season with the Australian leg kicking off at Newcastle. And also for certain is that 45 years years ago, Peter Townend was the very first IPS world Champion. A great bloke with an incredible ability to recount surfing history and put it into perspective in relation to today’s world tour, The Boardroom podcast with 1976 World Champion Peter Townend. Let us begin.

Everyone knows somebody like Joe Turpel: sincere, kind-hearted, a listener; the type of person that exudes optimism and makes you feel important. He's been broadcasting surfing for well over a decade as the lead broadcaster for the WSL and has been the face and voice of professional surfing for an entire generation. And whether you realize it or not, we are all better off because of it. Enjoy.

At the age of 13, in early October of 2018, the unthinkable (or always thought about) happened, Keane Webre-Hayes was attacked by a Great White Shark at Beacons, a surf spot and beach in Leucadia California. This is his story.

Ian Cairns won the 1973 Smirnoff Pro, at the time the contest was considered the de factor world championship. I’m convinced in a different time Ian led a large army of men to glorious victory on a loamy battlefield somewhere. He’s intelligent, courageous and speaks truth even when it’s uncomfortable to do so. A professional surfer before there was such a thing.

Devon Howard and I have been friends for close to three decades ; I’ve surfed with him, shared waves, shared laughs, ideas about surfboard design, we’ve also shared personal stuff about our families and about the challenges of surfing. And in this podcast we touch on a lot of these points of interest and much more.

Over two decades on the elite WCT professional surfing tour. You simply don’t survive that long without consistency, without a level head, and without a fitness regime. Taylor is bright, kind, and -- if you haven’t seen him surf in person-- Taylor is a powerful, controlled, stylish surfer from the Tom Curren vein. Some surfers throw buckets of water, Taylor throws barrels of water.

Chris Mauro and I spent 10 years in the same office space, terrorizing the ad dept and each other. He’s opinionated, articulate, and draws from decades of surf industry experience growing up at Ground Zero in Laguna Beach.

Barton Lynch is magnanimous, self aware and emotionally intelligent. He is a world champion surfer and world champion human being. In this episode of the Boardroom Podcast Barton Lynch… let us begin.

Steward of Professional Surfing on the North Shore ; no easy feat and he did so for over 45 years; something tells me he still gets called upon for sage advise ; A founding Patriarch of the current Vintage and Collectable Surfboard market place.

Comedian. Actor. Instagram philos-surfer. He ponders. He advises. He makes fun.He's Jonathan Wayne Freeman. Let us begin.

With wave pools coming online or going through the permitting process I thought it’d be wise to try and capture a snapshot of what was, what is, and what will be in the Wave Pool industry. On this episode of the Boardroom Podcast I’m joined by good friend and the Publisher of Wave Pool Mag, a go-to digital source for the Wave Pool industry; Bryan Dickerson.

Our guest today is a big wave surfing champion. He has been through all of the almost yearly changes within the big wave competitive marketplace. Contemplative, cerebral and passionate, big wave surfer Danilo Couto. Let us begin . . .

Hank Warner was at the forefront of the transition era when performance surfboards went from single fins to twin fins to tri-fins. Warner was leading the way with G&S Surfboards and his own AGP label. Let us begin.

Our guest builds forward thinking surfboards coming out of the San Diego area and he’s been doing it for quite a while. He’s laminating Carbon Fiber onto EPS via vacuum bagged fabrication. Strong. Light. Right. He has an eye on the prize focus. A Skunk Works like vision. Anything carbon under Kai Lenny, John John Florence or Ian Walsh’s feet went through his production line. The Boardroom Podcast with Justin Ternes. Let us begin.

By the early 20th century the word entrepreneur appears to have taken on the connotation of go-getter when applied to an independent business owner. Bert Burger is an entrepreneur; a futurist, a visionary, someone who is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers if it means moving forward in a positive way.

Dave Dominy is a sailboarding components manufacturer and a lifelong. In this talk we discuss skateboard history, wave riding and the future with Kai Lenny, the foil and a few other ways to ride waves. Let us begin.

Just over six years ago I stood at a podium in Laguna Beach and introduced the first ever Surf Park Summit, a conference of the fledgling man made wave industry. Now a new pool is being built in Oceanside, Ca. right across the street from a solid handful of surfboard manufacturers. Mike Grehl is here to discuss the costs, the waves, and all things involved. Let us begin.

My friend Michael Benedict went on a pilgrimage; a long, relatively undefined expedition. His final destination was known but the journey fell at his discretion based on various seen and unforeseen factors such as swell, wind, and also social, political and economic forces. Let us begin.

Jeff Divine is a legendary and hardworking lens-man surf photographer extraordinaire; who has chronicled surf culture for over 50 years. We dive deep to discuss those decades and his thoughts on numerous topics including digital vs film, the dot com surf boom, who should be on the Mt Rushmore of surf photography and much more.

Jojo Roper, son of San Diego surfing legend Joe Roper, had a large shadow from which to move out from. Like his dad Jojo is solid; his values, his beliefs, a quiet, striking confidence and a vast resumes of big wave surfing from Jaws, Nazare, Mavericks, Puerto Escondido, and Cortez bank. The Boardroom Podcast with Jojo Roper let us begin.

Wayne Rich boards are a hot commodity at various California beaches, from Goleta to Mitch’s Surf Shop in Solana Beach. Wayne seems to know somebody everywhere. He’s a kind soul, thoughtful and intelligent, but with a sharp edge that occasional reveals itself. Let us begin.

Ross Garrett is a principle agent at Surfline. We worked together at Surfer magazine in 1999. He is cerebral, well read, driven and has a kind soul with a broad and optimistic outlook. The Boardroom Podcast with Ross Garrett, let us begin.