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Surf Splendor

261 – Darren Handley

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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In today’s episode Darren Handley of DHD Surfboards details his first encounters with Stephanie Gilmore and Mick Fanning, he explains the challenges of scaling his business internationally and why he’s chosen to outsource some of his manufacturing. He explains how a new shaping robot has improved his business and his 5 years plan to in … Continue reading "261 – Darren Handley" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.6

Introducing slow tide. People and brands send me a fair bit of product, sometimes hoping to develop

0:36.2

a partnership, sometimes just as a thank

0:38.6

you for the podcast. Slow Tide sent me some beach towels last year. They are the best towels I've ever

0:45.3

owned, and I'm actually a little bit of a towel snob. They are soft and beautiful, yes, but it's more

0:51.8

the little details, the leash string that they sewed on as a loop so you can hang the towel.

0:57.0

The little leather, slow-tied branded patch on the corner.

1:00.0

I loved these towels so much that I actually purchased a few and then gave them as gifts for Christmas.

1:06.0

Anyway, after a year of loving their product, we're finally partnering.

1:10.0

They're supporting this show and as a result, you get 10% off their website purchases.

1:15.2

The promo code is podcast, and their website is slowtide.co, not dot com, slowtide.co.

1:23.3

Free shipping at 50 bucks, free tote bag at 100 bucks, and free returns no matter what.

1:29.1

The oversized beach towels are amazing, but they also have bath towels, changing ponchos,

1:34.3

yoga slash fitness towels, round towels, an unbelievable product line that I fully, fully endorse.

1:42.2

And Earth Day is this month. At the end of the show, I'll tell you about

1:46.4

Slow Tide's dedication to responsible manufacturing. Slowtide.com promo code podcast. Additionally,

1:54.2

in honor of Earth Day this month, and as a thank you to those who make a financial donation to

1:59.1

this show, we're giving away a Maui Leaflight surfboard from Timponi surfboards.

2:03.6

We introduced this last April. Jeff Timponi makes a line of boards branded Maui Leaflight

2:09.6

that use either recycled or solar made foam, hemp and flax blended cloths, bio-based resins.

2:16.6

These boards leave less of an environmental impact,

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