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Surf Splendor

453 - Ward Coffey

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In today's show, Santa Cruz board builder Ward Coffey explains why small is beautiful, how COVID surfers are altering sacred lineups, how his dad's Silicon Valley job altered surfboard manufacturing, and the outsized return of prioritizing lifestyle over work. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

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0:10.0

I talk about it here, but go to their website. You'll see testimonials from F1Racer, Louis Hamilton, podcasters Tim Ferriss, Dr. Michael Gervais of Finding Mastery, Dr. Andrew Huberman of the Huberman Lab.

0:24.1

He's actually been using it since 2012, and I've even spotted it on the countertop of Canoa Igarashi in last season, a Make or Break, and then in the Instagram feeds of Jack Robinson and last week, Connor Coffin.

0:36.8

They are all on the program. And that's because it is

0:39.8

the best product of its type. It's something that we all need and it's the easiest version of it

0:45.9

to integrate into your lifestyle, foundational nutrition that you can count on,

0:51.0

whole foods, plus multivitamins and probiotics available in a scoop of powder delivered

0:57.1

to your door monthly. Just mix it with water daily and you are set. Nutritional gaps covered

1:03.0

and you're on fire for physical or intellectual pursuits. So go to athletic greens.com

1:09.2

slash surf. You'll support us and you'll also get a 90-day

1:12.8

money-back guarantee. The scene was loud,

1:41.8

brash, intoxicated, innovative airs, and powerful cold surf.

1:47.7

Nicknames were actually primary names. Ratboy, flea, barney, rodent, skin dog, the condor.

1:55.2

And so, when I met local board builder Ward Coffee about eight years ago, I was confused

2:00.5

that he wasn't introduced to me as

2:02.6

Wardo. He was mild-mannered, gentlemanly, self-effacing about his work, which has all actually

2:09.1

become even more admirable over the years, because anytime that Ward's name comes up in

2:14.5

conversation, whether with board builders or actually with Dan

2:18.4

Malloy recently, they all praise the boards and acknowledge him as a world-class board builder.

2:25.7

And also, over the years, I've spent more time in Santa Cruz, and I've come to realize that my

2:29.8

first impression of the townsfolk was actually just a small counterculture that the magazines and the

2:36.0

surf videos amplified, and that Ward probably represents the larger majority of the populace,

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