416 - Dick Metz: Part Five
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Dick Metz returns to discuss a new documentary featuring his return to South Africa to relive and revisit the journey that inspired The Endless Summer. He also recounts his role in the early days of Clark Foam, working with a young Gerry Lopez, his relationship with Duke, and how he came to acquire the unequivocal greatest collection of surfboards in the world. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | I've worn board shorts my entire life and they've come a long way since my youth. |
| 0:09.0 | They used to be stiff and short. Then when I was a teenager, they were way too long and stretchy |
| 0:14.0 | where they'd actually wrap around and immobilize your knee. And if you were to rely on someone |
| 0:20.0 | to design a pair of board shorts, you know what the |
| 0:23.5 | best qualification would be for that person? Living on the North Shore of Oahu and professionally |
| 0:29.2 | surfing from the age of eight, winning a couple world titles, five triple crowns, and Eddie, let's say, |
| 0:35.0 | all of those things are pretty great testing experiences for a pair |
| 0:39.7 | board shorts. |
| 0:40.8 | So from the materials to the construction panel to the way that the board shorts are manufactured, |
| 0:46.3 | John John Florence has actually built his brand around the board short because it's the only |
| 0:51.8 | necessary piece of equipment other than a surfboard. |
| 0:55.0 | And so you owe it to yourself to try a pair. |
| 0:58.0 | John's known for putting in eight-hour sessions, so if it works for him on the North Shore, it'll work for you too. |
| 1:04.0 | Florencemarinex.com is where you can grab a pair, save 20% off your first order through the end of June with |
| 1:12.5 | our promo code, which is the word surf. |
| 1:16.1 | And this discount applies to the entire order, not just board shorts, so add some other stuff |
| 1:20.4 | in there but do not miss the board shorts. |
| 1:22.3 | Florencemarinex.com promo code surf for 20% off. |
| 1:33.3 | And Slow Tide has just hit their hot streak of collaborations. From Clark Little to Laserwolf, they have done some really cool ones over the years. |
| 1:38.3 | Keith Herring and Wren Spooner are among my favorites. |
| 1:42.3 | But they also just launched a Cassia Mador collection, |
| 1:46.0 | where in keeping with Cassia's ethos, the products are made from 100% post-consumer waste, |
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