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Surf Splendor

417 - Dane Hantz: Restorative Intermission

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Dane Hantz returns to discuss withdrawing Vulcan Surfboards from the market, how the shaping machine is enabling an authoritative archiving of surfboard history, the disconnect between the surf industry and surf culture, and how one physical altercation in the water has kept his dry docked for the past two years. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

You know that we're giving away an album freewing on July 1st, and if you're a supporter,

0:08.2

then you're already entered to win it.

0:10.4

If not, and you'd like to support our work, it is only five bucks a month, and if you

0:14.2

set up the support before July 1st, Pacific Standard Time, you'll be entered to win the surfboard

0:19.5

as well.

0:20.5

And if Album doesn't have

0:21.6

a freewing in stock that fits your dimensions, Matt Parker will build you one. The Freewing

0:27.0

is a board that he spent six months designing with Jack Freestone. I think it was mostly, I think

0:32.9

Jack felt the pressure of like wanting to, he's like a, he's a very talented high-performing surfer.

0:38.7

So there's a little bit, I think, sometimes a little, not a nervousness, but a little bit

0:43.1

of a performance anxiety, right?

0:45.9

When you're jumping on something that's perceived as like an alternative board or a fun board

0:50.1

of like, am I still going to be able to go out and shred and look good and get clips on it.

0:55.0

And so I think this was like a real safety of like, oh, I feel comfortable on this.

1:01.0

And I can kind of branch out, but there's kind of a steady, it just feels comfortable and natural

1:09.0

so that I can kind of bounce from a shortboard to it really easily.

1:12.6

But I can definitely, it feels like, ooh, this is a progression at the same time.

1:17.6

It's kind of cool.

1:18.6

Over the years, we talk a lot about mid lengths or fish, mainly because we're all over 40 and we're not really that fit anymore.

1:25.6

But Jack's Young, and he still does crazy airs.

1:28.3

So the free wing is the perfect bridgeboard.

1:31.3

Just a step away from what he was writing on the CT,

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