482 - Nat Young
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Era defining pioneer of the shortboard revolution, writer, World Champ, Nat Young joins us to discuss abandoning his animal aggression, reveals his favorite modern shapers, shares stories of Tom Blake & Miki Dora, and illuminates some of his greatest lessons learned and shared in his latest book, "Church Of The Open Sky". Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. I'm Peter Flacks. I'm the editor-in-chief of the Red Bulletin magazine and a journalist with 20-plus years covering sports and adventure. |
| 0:09.3 | I've always believed that there are stories that come out of sports that say something important about the culture we live in and reflect the important issues of our time. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome to Family Crest, a podcast that explores how so many elite athletes got to the top with a family member behind them, inspiring and challenging them from an early age. In quite a few sports, it's tough to reach the top if you didn't have someone pushing and teaching you when you were young. Surfing is definitely one of those sports. |
| 0:38.3 | In my job here at Red Bull, I've gotten to meet tons of pro-surfers, |
| 0:42.3 | and I've seen how many had a parent who paddled out with him |
| 0:45.3 | at an age where most of their friends were home watching cartoons. |
| 0:48.3 | Well, when you're successful and you're that young, you know, you're 15 or 16, |
| 0:52.3 | you feel like you can tell anyone to fuck off, really, you know, you're 15 or 16, you're kind of, you feel like you can tell |
| 0:54.5 | anyone to fuck off, really, you know, and who better than your dad, right? |
| 0:59.7 | This season, we're looking at surfers and their support network, surfers like Kolohe and Dino, |
| 1:05.8 | who competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is the son of former pro surfer Dino and Dino. |
| 1:11.7 | You know, really I just want to be in the water all the time. |
| 1:14.3 | It's like if I'm not in the water, I'm not very stoked. |
| 1:17.4 | Family bonds are complicated, something that transcends sports. |
| 1:21.6 | So let's dive in. |
| 1:22.9 | Check out Family Crest wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:36.3 | Today's episode is made possible by Rourke. |
| 1:42.2 | From Inception, Rourke was designed for a modern travel lifestyle, making products and gear for your next adventure, whether it's just |
| 1:45.4 | to the beach or abroad, roughing it or lounging. All of the collections of clothing and gear are |
| 1:51.6 | inspired by actual locations that Rourke's team of surfers, climbers, skaters, locations that they |
| 1:57.7 | venture to. The current collection is based on a trip this year to Hokkaido, |
| 2:02.2 | Japan. They even work with local artists who create limited edition products or prints, |
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