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Surf Splendor

171 – Jeff McCallum

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Today’s episode of ‘Shaping Surfing’ features surfboard shaper Jeff McCallum. Jeff McCallum builds surfboards in San Diego California with an unwavering focus on quality. Quality is a word that gets thrown around pretty frivolously in surfboard building, so Jeff explains what exactly constitutes quality, it’s cost, and how to scale it with the growth of the … Continue reading "171 – Jeff McCallum" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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hey Hey, what's up?

0:42.1

Welcome back to the show.

0:43.5

This is David Scales.

0:45.0

And today I'm bringing you an episode of Shaping Surfing,

0:48.4

featuring surfboard shaper, Jeff McCallum.

0:51.6

Jeff McCallum builds boards in San Diego, California with an unwavering focus on

0:56.7

quality. Quality is a word that really gets thrown around pretty frivolously in surfboard building.

1:03.1

So Jeff explains what exactly constitutes quality, its costs and how to scale it with the growth

1:09.4

of a business. I've never actually ridden one of Jeff's surfboards, but they are a marvel to look at.

1:15.6

So I'll post a few on our Instagram account at Surf Splendor, and I'll link it to McCallum's

1:21.5

Instagram account as well.

1:23.5

Really great account to follow, unbelievable work.

1:27.1

And I know a lot of you have actually been asking

1:29.1

for more of the surfboard shaper interviews they are coming they were a huge part of surf splendor

1:36.0

when I started the show four years ago it was really an integral part actually a monthly format so

1:42.7

I've been remiss to not maintain a very regular schedule of Shaper interviews.

1:48.1

Board builders are one of the very few jobs that inform every single surfers experience.

1:55.3

We can't surf without surfboards, obviously.

1:57.8

So I have one Shaper interview scheduled per month moving forward, just like the old

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