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Surf Splendor

555 - Landon McNamara

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In today’s show musician and surfer Landon McNamara recounts his historic Eddie win, how injury and destitution positioned him for that final wave, divine orchestration, the unassailable spirituality of Waimea, and why music is auditory reflection of the surf experience. Enjoy! Live Shows! June 11th in Jacksonville Beach, FL Tickets HERE and June 12th in Charleston, South Carolina Tickets HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, exciting news. We're bringing live shows to Jacksonville Beach, Florida, and then Charleston,

0:07.9

South Carolina next month, June. I want to meet you, come out for a fun night. We've done this once

0:14.1

before. We did it in San Diego in January, and it was a big hit. So Wednesday, June 11th at the Blue Jay in Jacksonville Beach, Justin Quintall is going to

0:24.0

join Chas Smith and I on stage. It'll be a great community event with merch giveaways from

0:30.3

Vayer Watches and NVS Finns. And then Thursday, June 12th in Charleston, South Carolina, we've got Cam Richards and his father, Kelly, of Perfection Surfboards and Village Surf Shop.

0:44.3

They're going to be joining us at Head High Studios in Charleston.

0:47.7

I've got a soft commitment from Cam and Kelly.

0:50.2

They're just finalizing the dates, but it's looking good that they're going to join us.

0:54.4

So tickets for each of those nights is $25 per person.

0:58.1

I've linked to them on surf splendor podcast.com or from our Instagram bio at Surf Splendor,

1:05.9

Wednesday, June 11th in Jacksonville, Veach, Florida, and then Thursday, June 12th in Charleston, South Carolina.

1:13.8

Please come and hang out.

1:15.6

Myself and Chas Smith, we would love to meet you.

1:18.2

There's only 100 seats in each of those rooms, and they're only one night each.

1:22.2

So tickets will sell out.

1:23.6

Do not wait.

1:24.4

Get your tickets today through surfs Splendorpodcast.com.

1:28.7

And I look forward to meeting you in one month. Thanks. On December 22nd, 2024, Landon McNamara accomplished a dream that he had set into intention almost two decades prior by winning the most prestigious Big Wave surfing event on the planet.

2:04.3

The Eddie Icao Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay only runs when the swell is large enough,

2:10.3

and as a result has only run 11 times in 40 years.

2:15.3

December 22nd was a day of cleanup sets, airdrops, backwash, spectacular wipeouts,

2:22.3

and Landon came from behind at the end of the day when a mountainous wedge lurched behind him,

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