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welcome back this is of course david scales before we get into the episode i just wanted to share

some news big big, exciting update

for the Surf Splendor Network. Today marks the first day that we actually bring on an affiliate

of the show. Not exactly a sponsor. Exactly how this works is you're probably aware, because

you've heard me talk about it, we have a donation platform

set up on surf splendor podcast.com. You can make a one-time donation. You can subscribe and make

a monthly contribution of $5, 10, or $20. A lot of you are subscribers. And we just wanted to

provide a thank you and also an incentive for other people who have been

sitting on the fence considering subscribing, an incentive for you people to actually join

and subscribe to the show. So that is how this is going to work. Everybody who subscribes to

Surf Splendor for the next month, the entire month of August,

you will all be entered for a chance to win a custom, one-of-a-kind board bag. I'll get into the

board bags in just a minute. What I wanted to say before I do, though, is that I've had sponsors

approach me for the show, and I've just never felt like it was an exact right fit.

And I've always wanted to ensure that it was kind of an organic thing, and that the ethos of the brand fit the ethos of the show and just my own personal, I don't know, beliefs and what I would use and what I'd feel comfortable supporting.

And this actually turns out to be a perfect, perfect jumping off point.

The founder of the company that I'm going to tell you about is an old friend of mine.

We worked in the wine business together.

He's an East Coast surfer.

He grew up sponsored by Rusty and the Whole Nine, a competitive surfer.

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