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Surf Splendor

250 – Switchfoot

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

San Diego band of surfers “Switchfoot” has sold millions of albums and won a Grammy over the past 20 years. I chatted with them on the eve of the release of their 11th album to discuss Gabriel Medina’s Pipe Master’s domination, prioritizing swell with work and family life, shaping surfboards, and how to honor one’s … Continue reading "250 – Switchfoot" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks.

0:04.0

When your legs lock into a rhythm, the aches float away and doubts fade.

0:08.0

Replaced by a feeling of euphoria.

0:12.0

It's why you lace up at dawn.

0:15.0

Why a little rain doesn't stop you.

0:17.0

Why one run turns into a habit.

0:20.0

So next time you go for a run, chase that runs high.

0:24.6

Learn more about running and go wild at puma.com. Welcome back to the show.

0:53.4

Today's guests are Switchfoot band members Tim Foreman and Chad Butler.

0:59.3

Switchfoot started out as a Led Zeppelin cover band in junior high. Believe it or not, there's a little known fact for you.

1:06.0

There are five bandmates in total, three of whom grew up surfing in North County, San Diego. I grew up

1:12.4

70 miles north in Orange County, so I always had this peripheral awareness of switchfoot, and only

1:18.6

kind of one or two degrees of separation. A friend knows the band or that sort of thing.

1:23.6

And then as they became well known, they'd be featured in the surf magazines that I would read, or Rob Machado would join them on stage at some huge venue in Japan or something like that.

1:34.8

Some of their music made its way into surf videos.

1:37.8

The year after I graduated high school, they released this huge hit.

1:54.6

Yeah. they released this huge hit. It was featured in the Nicholas Sparks novel that was adapted to a film called A Walk to

1:59.8

remember. The band has been touring for 20 years straight. They novel that was adapted to a film called A Walk to Remember.

2:04.4

The band has been touring for 20 years straight.

2:09.5

They won a Grammy for their album, Hello Hurricane, and the founding members and childhood friends, John and Tim Foreman, along with Chad Butler, have all still remained active surfers

2:15.8

throughout their lives.

2:17.3

There's a really good documentary on Amazon

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