Welcome back to the final installment of Onboards with Dave Parmanner. Today's episode also includes the voice

of Laminator Ryan Martz. Ryan is the son of Greg Martz, which is the founder of the famed

Waterman's Guild, which has often been referenced in the preceding three parts of this series.

Greg retired a couple of years ago, and Ryan has since taken over the business.

I started working. My dad had me tearing out floors as soon as I was 16 and I could drive

up here.

I was basically tearing out floors.

And then I think once I graduated high school, I started working here part-time and then

within a year I was here fine. So full-time since 19, part-time since 16.

Do you ever consider not going into the family business?

Yes.

But I was doing, I don't know, I was kind of super into surfing at the time.

Like, when you're a teenager, like, surfing was absolutely it.

And so it seemed like a natural, like, not many people get that opportunity to, like, just go into a shop and be able to do stuff.

And I already know the reputation of our shop.

So that was kind of cool.

And I figured, like, at the very least, you'd be able to grow upon that, you know, and

just learn so much.

So I thought, I was super into art.

My dad basically said, um, he doesn't have an airbrusher on the premises.

So he's like, get in there.

Learn how to do it you know you'll make

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