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Surf Splendor

569 - Makua Rothman

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode Makua Rothman discusses surfing Waimea at age 8, his maternal lineage to King Kamehameha, songwriting as a catharsis to process childhood trauma, how his World Title count was limited by his addition, the freedom in relinquishing the weight of expectation, and how society’s modern embrace of vulnerability can open pathways of communication with old-school parents. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, great news to deliver here. You may have heard me talk about this just organically over the last month on our other podcast.

0:08.8

AG1 just released a new melatonin-free sleep support. So we talk about AG1 as foundational nutrition.

0:15.2

Think of AGZ as foundational restoration. They sent me it a month ago. It just got released to the public this

0:23.3

week. I'm in love with it. If I've ever used a sleep aid in the past, I always wake up groggy from it.

0:29.5

This doesn't have that. I generally sleep well anyways, even without this, but this is a new,

0:35.4

deeper level of sleep, restorative sleep with a refreshing

0:39.1

wake-up. Just like AG1, it's all natural, clinically studied herbs and minerals. They're using

0:45.9

aschvaganda, saffron, valerian root, camomile, among other ingredients. Please research it for yourself

0:53.2

at drinkag1.com slash surf. There's a tab at the top

0:57.9

that says rest and restore. So you can click over there. But just know, I'm getting the best sleep of my

1:03.4

adult life. I also go back to sleep really quickly. Like if I wake up to use the restroom,

1:08.7

I can put my head back down on the pillow, close my eyes,

1:16.6

and I'm back out again really quickly. So I'm a huge fan of this. I savor my morning coffee ritual,

1:24.9

and now I have this evening ritual, savoring A, G, Z. So again, learn more. Drinkag1.com slash surf.

1:29.0

This also comes with that 90-day money-back guarantee, so no stress.

1:30.4

Rest assured.

1:35.7

Get your AGZ at drink time at the age of 18.

2:04.6

A 66 footer at Jaws 22 years ago in 2003.

2:08.6

This was after he surfed YMEA for the first time at the age of eight.

2:13.6

He's been a multi-time Eddie Invitee.

2:16.6

He won the Sunset World Cup, scoring a 9.5 in that final.

2:22.1

And he went on to win the Big Wave World title in 2015.

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