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Surf Splendor

570 - Eric Arakawa

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8669 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In today’s show North Shore icon Eric Arakawa shares insights from 51 years of surfboard shaping, explains the invention of the Nose Guard, why it’s essential to use money and love people but most people do the opposite, how to leverage burnout to fuel inspiration, recounts the chance encounter with one enigmatic shaper that changed both their lives, and explains the succession plan for Arakawa Surfboards that will allow him to utilize the next decade to invest in people. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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from AG1. Well, they've just introduced foundational restoration. It is a melatonin-free

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sleep support. And I've had it for over a month. I've been using it regularly.

0:19.6

Whenever I've used a sleep aid in the past,

0:21.7

I almost inevitably wake up groggy. This was the first time I didn't experience that. And the

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truth is I generally sleep pretty well. But this is a deeper level of sleep and more kind of

0:31.7

restorative sleep than I generally get. And I also wake up feeling refreshed. So just like AG1, it's all natural, clinically

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studied herbs, minerals like aschaganda, saffron, valerian root, chamomile, pulverize into a powder,

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blend it together. I mix it with four ounces of water and I drink it before bed at night.

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but just know I'm getting the best sleep of my adult life and I also go back to sleep really

1:02.3

quickly after midnight bathroom visits or any interruptions. So I've become a huge fan. I'm savoring

1:08.6

the nighttime ritual of AGZ, just like I savor my morning

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