Hey everybody, it's time to give away a surfboard once again. We do this every month as a thank

you to our supporters and as a way to shine the light on some of our favorite board builders.

You can set up support on surf splendorpodcast.com if you want to get in on this.

Listener support is the backbone of our business. Think of this as a magazine model where there's

advertisers and that revenue kind of helps us grow our business, but the subscribers cover the hard

printing costs of the magazine. It gives us a dependable, recurring, predictable revenue that

allows us to cover the hard costs associated with producing this content. And as a thank you,

we select one supporter per month and we give them a surfboard. Last month's winner was Russell Gardner.

Russell won the Timber Surfco board. You might have heard the episode I did at the beginning of the

month with Ryan Lynch about his Timber Surfco. His mission is to eliminate resin from surfboard production and builds these really beautifully

constructed boards out of natural materials.

Anyways, Russell replied to my email about winning that board and he said that he's been listening

and supporting us for nearly five years.

And what he appreciates is the authenticity

and the sincerity of the approach to our shows. And so that's precisely what listener

support allows for. It's independence. So thank you for that. And if you'd like to support

us and get in on winning this month's board, which we'll be discussing here

today on the podcast with Matt Parker. It's only $5 a month. You can set it up on surf splendor

podcast.com and you just have to get it in before March 1st Pacific Standard Time. So if you're

already supporting, you're already in. And if you're new, you will be included.

And you'll also be included every month that you make that $5 contribution. We'll be doing one of

these every month and including an interview like this one with the board builder and without

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