557 - Patti Paniccia
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 123 minutes
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In today's episode pioneering pro surfer Patti Paniccia reveals which brand suggested "going on a date" as a prize for a surf contest, why she turned down a job with the FBI, how she won a seven-figure lawsuit against CNN and got them to change discriminatory practices, and why a women's champ wasn't crowned on the first world Tour. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing the show on the road. We're doing live shows in Jacksonville Beach and Charleston, |
| 0:05.5 | South Carolina in June, about three weeks from today, actually. Wednesday, June 11th in Jacksonville |
| 0:12.0 | Beach, Florida, with myself and Chaz Smith hosting Longboard, world longboard champ, Justin Quintall, |
| 0:19.3 | will be our guest at the Blue J |
| 0:21.1 | listening room. |
| 0:22.4 | And then the following night, Thursday, June 12th, again, Chaz and I at Head High Studios |
| 0:27.4 | in Charleston, South Carolina, with guests Cam Richards and his father, |
| 0:32.5 | shaper of perfection surfboards and owner of the village surf shop, Kelly Richards. |
| 0:39.8 | You can link to tickets from surf Splendorpodcast.com or through my Instagram bio at Surf Splendor. Tickets are only 25 bucks. |
| 0:47.5 | We're going to have a bunch of giveaways from our sponsors. Seats are limited to less than 100 |
| 0:52.8 | at both venues. |
| 0:54.9 | So do not delay. |
| 0:55.9 | Both will sell out. |
| 0:57.5 | I would love to see you there. |
| 1:02.5 | June 11th in Jacksonville, Veach, Florida, and then June 12th in Charleston, South Carolina. |
| 1:24.6 | Cannot wait. The 1970 is the year that professional surfing went on world tour. |
| 1:30.3 | What is now known as the WSL was originally founded as the IPS, International Professional |
| 1:36.3 | Surfers, and today's guest was one of six women who went on that first tour. |
| 1:41.3 | It consisted of seven events, three in South Africa, one in Brazil, |
| 1:45.8 | and three in Hawaii. Jericho Poplar accumulated the most points that year on that tour, |
| 1:53.4 | but she was not deemed the champion. In fact, no one was inexplicably. It's a larger conversation |
| 2:00.3 | that we will attempt to unpack here today. |
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