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Surf Splendor

461 - Ryan Hitzel: Roark

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Roark founder Ryan Hitzel joins us to discuss how his high-school notebook doodles led to a design job at Volcom, line-up hierarchy etiquette fortified him for the pitfalls of entrepreneurship, and how a forced expedition by his parents mapped the blueprint for his life's work. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

The Memorial Day sale is underway at realwatersports.com.

0:07.6

50% off summer essentials.

0:10.0

So this is men and women's clothing.

0:13.0

Wet suits, beach towels, changing ponchos, fins, accessories, board bags, and yes, even surfboards.

0:19.8

$500 off, a Rossan nova twin two hundred dollars off a lost

0:25.8

rocket one hundred dollars off a christiansen fish k t they have k t shortboards uh from maui and we've been

0:33.3

discussing k t boards recently over on spit as it relates to Edelow Ferreira's stab in the dark that

0:40.5

he's doing right now. KT was a shaper in that. Anyways, they have foil gear, kite gear. The sale goes

0:46.1

until Tuesday, May 30th, but only while supplies last. So some of those more highly sought

0:51.8

after surfboards will be gone probably before the weekend even

0:54.8

starts, I'm sure. So go right now to realwatersports.com. Tell them we sent you when you're

1:00.7

checking out if there's a little memo section. Just let them know you heard about them here

1:04.5

and enjoy them as a one-stop shop for everything you need in the water. It's right in the name,

1:10.6

real water sports.com.

1:13.5

And a quick reminder to get yourself dialed and styled with Veyer Watches.

1:18.9

Veer is spelled V-A-E-R. Veyer watches.com. You've heard us praising them. And I've also mentioned

1:26.1

that they have 4,600 five-star reviews on their

1:29.2

website. Well, guess what? It's over 5,000 now. And here's what Mary had to say. She said,

1:36.0

quote, I wore my veer throughout our pilgrimage across Spain's Camino de Santiago. We hiked

1:43.6

500 miles. Weight, performance, and functionality

1:47.7

were critical in all things. And I'm here to say that my Veyor is and was durable. We were

1:55.3

rain-soaked, but the nylon band dries quickly. Obviously, the watch is waterproof. It still looks like new. Kudos to the

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