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Surf Splendor

438 - Paul Surf, Rockaway, NY

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Designer and board builder Paul Schmidt joins us to discuss his unconventional entry into board building, failing forward, the loneliness and freedom of working outside of the "industry", his unexpected friendship with Pat Curren, and how to unlock robust productivity by simply charging adequately for your work. Enjoy!

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Veyer watches.com, V-A-E-R.

0:06.6

Functional tools for everyday life and adventure.

0:09.6

Veyer was founded by two young guys, Ryan and Reagan, in Venice Beach, California, who couldn't

0:15.6

afford the watches that they liked and then didn't like the watches that they could afford.

0:20.5

So they plunged their life savings into Vayer to make the perfect everyday watch for whatever adventure you're into.

0:28.6

Mine, my perfect everyday watch that I've gotten from Veer, is a solar-powered wrist watch.

0:33.6

It's kind of a traditional dive watch aesthetic, but there's a solar cell under the dial

0:40.3

that charges the watch for six months with only six hours of sunlight. Essentially, I can wear this

0:46.4

watch for the rest of my life without ever having to wind it or replace a battery. How incredible is

0:52.5

that? And maybe you don't want a dive watch, but they

0:55.6

have field watches, they have dress watches, they have designs and styles for everyone, they

1:00.1

have easy returns, free U.S. shipping to your warranty, over 4,400 customer reviews on their website

1:08.7

plus reviews from major press outlets like GQ,

1:13.6

Houdinky, the New York Times. So you could take my word for it, but go ahead, read up, do

1:20.1

your own research, check it all out on VeyerWatches.com, again, V-A-E-R-Veyerwatches.com,

1:26.6

and then save 15% by the way off of your order with our

1:30.6

promo code which is surf 15 the numbers 1 5 so surf 15 at veyer watches dot com check it out and

1:40.3

absolutely enjoy last week i interviewed c j. Nelson and also at some point in the show, I talked about

1:49.0

real watersports.com, but somehow I failed to mention that real water sports carries the full

1:56.0

range of C.J. Nelson designs. So if you like that CJ episode or maybe you just saw him surf

2:02.1

in one of our Instagram posts and you are inclined to check out his surfboards, go to real

2:07.8

watersports.com to do it. They actually have some sales coming up related to Thanksgiving.

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