408 - Jonathan Wayne Freeman
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2022
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Surf lampooner Jonathan Wayne Freeman joins us to recount his fast rise to Instagram stardom, warn about the perils of pretending to be a manly man, offer insights for how to pursue a childhood dream in your 40s, and tell the tale of being chased across the Pacific by the posse of a famous, fun-loving hippy. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | We're welcoming waterways travel.com into our network of partners, trusted resources, and fellow friends. |
| 0:09.0 | Waterways is a boutique surf travel agency. They are the experts in surf travel. |
| 0:15.0 | Founded in 1994, Sean Murphy has personally pioneered many of the surf destinations that you've fantasized about for the past 25 years. |
| 0:24.6 | And he's also fostered and nurtured relationships, individual relationships with humans in those locations, |
| 0:31.6 | with resort owners, boat captains, he's helped develop tourism infrastructure, all in an effort of ensuring that you |
| 0:40.3 | and I can get good waves, refuel on good food, comfy accommodation, have internet access without a hitch. |
| 0:49.3 | Among their travel destinations, Bali, Mentaweiss, Fiji, Central and South America, the Marshall Islands, |
| 0:56.1 | Maldives, Mexico. Waterways has been an integral part of the surf industry, utilized by pros and |
| 1:03.4 | brands for decades, and they are your trusted resource, especially with the travel complications |
| 1:09.7 | that COVID presents, |
| 1:11.3 | the Waterways team is up to the minute with all of their locations on the official protocols |
| 1:17.2 | and what you should expect. So travel intelligently and stress-free with waterwaystravel.com. |
| 1:27.2 | So when I was 16 years old, biggest kook in the world, had been attempting to surf for a couple years from the time I was 14. |
| 1:35.3 | Biggest surf fan in the world. |
| 1:37.3 | I'm at a car wash in Mission Viejo and I see a man sitting there and it's Todd Cheshire, who I was a massive fan of. |
| 1:45.6 | If you don't know who he is, he was one of the greatest big wave surfers of his time, |
| 1:50.2 | paddling guy and basically brought up Shane Dorian, Kelly Slater, Ross Williams, all these guys that went on. |
| 1:58.2 | He was like their guy. |
| 1:59.6 | He was one of the gnarliest guys. |
| 2:07.9 | So I walk up to him and I'm nervous and I walk up and I go, hey, is your name Todd? |
| 2:12.7 | And he kind of smiles and he goes, yeah, my name's Todd. I go, are you a surfer? And he goes, |
| 2:18.4 | yep, I'm a surfer. And he proceeds to talk to me for like 15 minutes. And he could not have been kinder, nicer, and cooler. |
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