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Surf Splendor

461 - Ryan Hitzel: Roark

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On WhatsApp, your personal messages stay private, between you and whoever you sent them to.

0:05.8

So, things like your passport number for your honeymoon stay between you and your fiancé.

0:10.3

And those hour-long calls with mum stay between the two of you.

0:13.9

Even your streaming service password stays between you and your flatmates, who still ask for it every week in your group chat.

0:21.0

Because on WhatsApp, your personal messages are yours.

0:24.8

No one else can see or hear them.

0:27.0

Not even us.

0:28.1

WhatsApp.

0:28.8

Message privately.

0:32.2

The Memorial Day sale is underway at realwatersports.com. 50% off summer essentials. So this is

0:41.1

men and women's clothing. Wet suits, beach towels, changing ponchos, fins, accessories, board

0:46.9

bags, and yes, even surfboards. $500 off a Rossin Nova twin. $200 off, a lost rocket, $100 off, a Christensen fish.

0:59.5

They have KT shortboards from Maui.

1:02.8

And we've been discussing KT boards recently over on Spit as it relates to Edelow Ferreira's

1:09.0

stab in the dark that he's doing right now. KT. was a shaper

1:12.3

in that. Anyways, they have foil gear, kite gear. The sale goes until Tuesday, May 30th,

1:18.2

but only while supplies last. So some of those more highly sought after surfboards will be gone

1:23.4

probably before the weekend even starts, I'm sure. So go right now to realwatersports.com.

1:29.1

Tell them we sent you when you're checking out if there's a little memo section.

1:33.1

Just let them know you heard about them here.

1:35.1

And enjoy them as a one-stop shop for everything you need in the water.

1:39.4

It's right in the name, real waterports.com.

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