#15 WHO ACTUALLY PAYS FOR SURFERS TO TRAVEL & HOW STRIKE MISSIONS ACTUALLY WORK
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
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So who actually pays for surfers to travel? Find out on this episode! Nate and Koa also explain how there "strike missions" work from forecasting to traveling to how many surfboards they bring on a trip.
@KoaRothman @NathanFlorence
We've run the numbers, collected the data, done the research - stick with the random setup. More real.
A podcast studio would be too sterile. Love your work lads.
100%.
Ditto
agreed, it's like the difference between surfing different spots or a wavepool.
as long as they got those big ass mics 😁
only Podcast on the planet with different setup every week.. love it.. i need one of those chairs..
Great work fellas, keep it up. You should get Mama Florance on the show. Would be cool to hear her stories of you guys as groms.
Hey, you guys are the best podcast...real to the core no deco & etc. So great to keep the home bro feel for us out here pushing to get buy and realizing our passion of surfing isn't as available in everyday routine..Nathan your Father and you were awesome when he came to Hawaii...because he's like a lot of us works hardcore to just get out in the water..get Eddie Rothman on too as your mom Nathan..Aloha..Love to hear from KOA's legend Hawaiian Pops... Blessings, and much positives..your way guys👍👍👍👍☝️🤙🤙
Good call. We would love to hear from the world's utmost surf mom!
Mom John! Yeah, gotta get the Mama bear on. And, how about Koa's mom, too, hey!
I came here to say the same thing and saw this comment. Agree absolutely. To you guys shes just mom but that woman isn't just a regular mom. Shes 100% rad.
MomJohn and/or Koa's DAD! 😁
just saying, but like boards, you can have the same cricket bat made a 100 times and each one will feel different. a magic bat is a feeling to behold! just like a magic board. i reckon the same is true for other sports. golfers prefer certain clubs, and i think tennis players stick with their favourite rackets, until they smash them on the court out of frustration! love your work boys.
Yep, thinking the same thing. It’s pretty obvious all these guys do is surf……
it's cool to see how genuine you two are together, you both definitely make a solid match and are tastefully introspective. Cool podcast guys
You should buy one of those 20 breadstick surfboard models Koa has been trying for 5 years to make and have a surf contest between all of you guys on it. Maybe message Koa to collab on it :)
Your podcast is great! I think people would be interested in what it was like growing up with each of your very unique families. Nate's mom raising her three boys and Koa's dad being Eddie Rothman and being Makua's brother. Also just hearing about what it was like growing up on the North Shore. It's all so special and it is really great being able to support you guys!
We want the Nature vs Nurture Episode!
Yeah 💯 this would be fire
Bring on Eddie
Yes I agree!!!
this would be so sickkkkkkk
I would love to see either of your parents on as guests, I bet they both have incredible stories
I don't know about anyone else but I'm not actually bothered about guests I love just watching these 2 boys chatting shit, so easy to watch. Great stuff
So cool to see such talented athletes like Koa and Nate turn their passion into flourishing business careers…..common thread is great parents that raised them well! Sponsors and companies seek out people like these two champs to propel their brands for a reason!
This is hands down the "best surf podcast" on the internet! 🤙🏄🍻
I like how literally every episode starts with “episode x , are we already on x?, we should check”
I like this. Just two dudes chilling on BarcaLoungers talking story.🤙🏼
Never realized how making musical instruments and surfboards were similar until this discussion. Smashing a board at pipe is a rock star destroying a guitar lol
I was thinking the same thing, Guitars are very similar to surfboards.
Nate, you’re genuinely my favorite professional surfer bc of your genuine stoke and appreciation for what you do. Surfing is definitely behind in the podcast game and you and koa have this great opportunity to be one of the best podcast that represents surfing today. You guys need to model your podcast like the nine club. The way they talk about skateboarding on that podcast is exactly how surfing should be talked about. The most interesting aspect of listening to a podcast is the feeling like you’re listening on to someone else’s conversation, two or more experts talking about the thing they love in the most minute, nerdy, and uncensored way. It’s so epic. Even the most mundane things you think about when it comes to pro surfing is the most interesting things regular ppl find fascinating. Like I want to know stuff like how do you guys purchase your plane tickets and do you try to get the best deals or do you just buy it no matter what bc you need to be at XYZ location at a specific time so cost isn’t a factor? If there’s multiple options for swell chasing going on during a similar time period, which do you choose and why? Which pro surfers are the nicest? Which ones are the biggest dicks? How much racism did you and your brothers encounter growing up on the north shore and when did it stop? Pipe use to be ruled by the Wolfpack, with kala and Andy and Bruce’s gang, what was that like back in the day and how has the dynamic change at pipe today? It also seems like your generation doesn’t party much or so drugs, an you talk about the impact of Andy’s death on the modern pro surfers decision to be clean and just be soul surfers? What do you guys think about Kelly? Is he the goat? Is he nice? Or is he a cocky dick? Can you even talk about any of this stuff that ppl really want to know? Or is the community so small that rocking the boat is just a bad idea bc they might kick your ass if you guys shared your real thoughts about this stuff? Also I find it so amazing that you’re so positive about John johns success, was there a time period where you felt jealous and resentment? And if so, how did you change your attitude? Is there allot of pressure being johns younger brother? Do you and Ivan ever feel dwarfed by your older brothers success? I feel like deep dives like this, and into surf culture of what it use to be and what is now, and the evolution of tricks and what you guys view as badass, or also what’s your thoughts on how shitty the world tour is? Can you get into the details of why it’s so awful and why it hasn’t improved in the last 10 years and why it’s only getting worse? Is there allot of politics? Are the ppl who are in charge just old out of touch lizards that don’t understand how to take modern pro surfing into the modern era? Why is the WSL so frustrating to watch? And why are the judges so retarded sometimes? Can you guys talk about that in detail without getting in trouble? Anyway, Nate, you’re the best, keep doing what you’re doing. You’re way more interesting and entertaining to watch than any other pro surfer out there right now. You’re killing it, bc your vibe is genuine and your stoke looks so real. Thanks for the content 🤙🏾
This info is so invaluable! Thank you for sharing !
I'm 61, surfed for 50 yrs and still learned from u guys. Keep it up!
Another great podcast. Great stories and info. I like the new setup.
Getting pretty good at this guys keep em coming 🤙🏽
Well done guys. Interesting conversation and topics. Appreciated the honesty around getting stuck and safety 🤙🏼
Fricken love your guys podcast! You both keep it so real and make an old 50 year old semi- kook psyched to keep following surfing. Congrats on the " Breadstick" Koa. Long awaited.Keep sending it & stoked to see the next one.
Killin it y’all! Looking good!
I got a mini-story. I was in Jersey during hurricane Larry and saw Nate and Eli way out the back. Did a double take cuz I didn’t expect to see them out there.
I thought to myself, damn, they are far AF out there. Next thing I know I’m getting get rekt by a clean up set.
Also, seeing Eli paddle into a wave in person shocked me. I did not know one could be physically capable of paddling so fast.
Awesome podcast - always been interested in the business behind how you guys get to travel / etc so this was super interesting.
Sterling work as usual gents. Thoroughly enjoyable, and keeping it lo-fi and real. You defo don't need a studio 😂
Funny, casual and cautionary, "when in doubt..."
Thank you 😊✨️🤙
My husband and I love your podcast so much! I love hearing stories of tough paddle outs or things going wrong 😅 it feels like a behind the scenes lol! Also for merch, I think a bottle opener would be cool but I always love a good sweatshirt as well.
Crazy you guys drop this today. Was just wondering yesterday how Nate pays for the slab tour! You know what the audience wants haha
Love the pod guys!
You guys are living a charmed life I'm stoked today's world makes that possible. Mom Florence sounds like a blessed person and no doubt it now runs in the family. Pura vida!!!
Like the new desk and big chairs!
So fun to listen to the pod cast discussions. I also agree with one of the comments below about the glossing and sanding as the biggest variable with boards being able to make exact duplicates. I have done about a dozen boards myself from start to finish and glassing has the most variables. Even the brand of resins or epoxy differs plus you have to mix the 2 parts being mindful of humidity and temperature. Lastly for the alcohol start up you guys should do hard kambucha I recently discovered it and love it. Shoots boyz 🤙🤙
hearing you both interact is so real. Only life long friends have your unique rap. I did like Koa’s kitchen set up , but where ever you continue your shares and information is great. Keep going, and I agree that having Alex ( mom) on your pod cast would be a different vibe but as a mom myself, I’d like to hear from her.
You guys are GNARLEYYYYY!!!!!!! Rock on
Awesome show! Thank you
These podcasts are so good!!
Keep it up amazing stuff!!
You two are such good souls!😊
Great episode! I think glassing is the biggest board variable. The fibers will never lay out the same twice, which greatly effects the board's structure. As mentioned, even Firewire tech has variables that pros can feel. I wonder how long it will be before some fully automated perfect construction emerges.
Great podcast lads, keep it up
The best pod ever. Dying for some merch. Will be on north shore at the end of June
Love the topics always wondered about it
Quality content boys. Lots of good life saving info and knowledge of wave riding. This will help people save lives and teach others to do the same.
Great conversation, as usual!
Let’s go boys love the poddd
Super cool !!
It is epic.
Merch is a golden idea.
Solid effort.
Proper professional advice. thank you😉
Nathan koa jack thank you 😃🤙 keep spreading the love guys 🌅
Love the pod! Just started surfing 3 years ago and made the worst kook early on. I had just purchased a new board that I wanted to test out after work so I rushed to the pier, put on minimal wax and no rash guard. Body was slipping and I didn’t realize the current was going into the pier so literally 5 min of me getting in the water I’m wrapped around the pier getting held down and finally make up all cut up and new board with multiple holes 🥺 lesson learned tho to always check the current haha cheers!🤙🏽
😂 when in doubt.. never rush and force things.. things usually end up broken that way..
Lmao😅 I love it… you guys get swankier every time I pull you up!!! I can’t wait to see what will be in the next podcast scene.
May I recommend a King Gerry Lopez piece of art behind Nate’s head.
Love the traveling videos , especially in places where people don't normally go to like Europe and stuff.
great stuff chaps. would be good to hear your board-bag packing tips n tricks
Would love to see some Tahiti merch made and some proceeds from purchases going to helping out the people out there . 🤙🙏🏼. Love the podcast, love how authentic you keep the convo’s . Mahalo for everything.
That's such a good idea!
REAL ONE
You are a king … here is your crown my brother 👑
rad podcast lads!
Love the pod boys
Great Podcast !!
keep up the good work boyz
Every time I go on a surf trip (Mentawais, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Sal) I leave behind either a board, rashguards, board shorts, gotta show gratitude and respect and leave the place a better more positive place then when you got there 🙏🏽🤙🏾
LOve your podcasts you guys are truly Major League!!!!
Love the synergy between these 2 amigos. Fun, casual convos filled with surf intel. In contrast, I saw Jamie O'Brien's podcast and reminded me of the movie Speed Racer, way too much candy for my liking.
Awesome podcast! Honest open stories that we your fans want to hear 🤙🏼
Few years ago when I was 12 I think I got rejected paddling in then some locals showed up and convinced me to go back out with them swell built pretty much 15 foot close outs and I was terrified started crying so I just realized I’m not catching a wave in and waited for a lull and booked it in got worked but made it safe.
Ya boys!! Haven’t missed one!! Love it! And do t get a studio. doing it raw is way more real. Jamie’s new studio doesn’t feel right feels too white and sterile. Not to dis JOB but you guys are doing it well!
Merch ideas: Nate’s crazy workout tee, wax comb, key chains, Koa shorts, and sick surf bucket type hat
Koa sells bucket hats on his website
And Koa’s I ❤ ass stickers
@@chancegarcia4718 😂😂
Great work fellas'
Nat with the slab tour in full swing and have surfed most of the continents which has the most fun, sketchiest and the probably shouldn't have?
Koa have you got any projects coming up, like nats slab tour?
Cheers
Great podcast, always so interesting hearing about the stuff I'd probably never know about when following surfing.
Be interesting to see you both get an interview with one of the surf photographers/filmmakers, the ones that bob about with the helmets on right in the surf. Always thought, do those guys get dragged over the falls?????
Dayumn guys too much good shit 🎉 saving kids, telling us the raw truth of surf biz, mindset, injuries, healing from injuries, safety and surf skill etc etc
I'm pretty sure I learned how to duck dive listening to you guys then watching a how to vid and did my first duck dive perfect 5 years ago now :)!!
You guys have been my go to resource on how to learn how to be a pro snowboarder surfer . For injured at 22 Ans gonna be pro in my 30s thanks to you guys!!!❤🎉😂❤❤
We're gonna sell more boards than John John. LMAO! Love the confidence boys! Keep up the good work with the content and the slabs. Cheers!
Tennis rackets vary by about 10grams which makes a massive difference! Pros use lead strips to make it even
I think stickers would be mayjah, and maybe yeti cups or like sleeve covers for cups. Hoodies, shirts, and hats are always a win too.
i love this podcast!!! Nathan is quite the podcast host :-)
Moms as guests on your podcast...would love to see that...even if it is not around Mother's Day.
Hey guys great points you made. I would like to know do you ever come out to the Outer Banks and surf? I know it's not huge but hurricane season has some good sets out here. Keep up the good work. Love all the channels.
Sick episode! I like the break down of the story's. Question/story: I grew up in San Clemente and live in Carlsbad now. Surf a decent amount but more for fun, which end up being shorter sessions. My question is. I do a lot of triathlon and know that during my longer bike rides usually 5-7.5 hours that after a certain point your body can "bonk" if you're not fueling. When you guy's are surfing for 2-4 hours, have you ever had a sketch situation where you're fully depleted of calories, electrolytes, etc; and struggle to even make it in or get caught in sketchy places trying to get it?
Not surfing anything near what they do, but I surf 3-4 hours sessions often, eat well before and if you’re getting tired be smart. Just make sure you have energy to deal with the waves you’re surfing, a tumble, or avoiding other surfers. If you feel like the waves are sketch don’t stay out until you can’t deal with the situation.
Also make sure you know where you’re surfing before sending sketchy stuff or be a pro
Hey, love the podcast! Im usually a spotify listener, would be nice to have the videos uploaded over there aswell.
The Magic board thing is so frustrating, I have heard a theory about relative humidity when the blank is being blown as being a point of difference as well....snapping / losing a magic board is like losing a best friend
Koa, please have your dad on the podcast! Would love to hear his surfing stories!
Darry’s brother on the evening session at Logs. I was the fortunate one who got drilled by the first set and was sent to the beach before dark. Scary seeing your friends out there knowing they are starting to freak. Back then no real surf forecasting so we really didn’t even know.
Hey guys! Had no idea ya'll actually leave gear with groms/locals, and think that's so cool, more so, knowing you guys already sacrifice so much to get over there and surf.
Congrats on the new board model Koa. Clarification: Remember Pyzel can't do a board in one day, but I can. Love making yall boards. 😁😜🔥🤙🏼
I like how kind you guys are to groms. Thanks for another great podcast. Make tshirts!!! It would be amusing to have Kelly and Laird on at the same time lol
You guys messing with Pyzel is so funny ! LOL
This podcast Is very interesting- I like
30 boards a season is a pretty sick sponsor he probably has to sell 60 to break even wit time in production. But man t has to be worth it to him because of the business you bring in just riding Pyzel
Great insight fellas good stuff
It would be fun to hear from Mahina on here! Maybe what it’s like as a wife/girlfriend of a pro surfer? Her surfing stories etc
Boys I have really enjoying the podcast lately! Keep up the long titles lol
Make some tank tops for summer! Let’s go! Great for workouts and the beach
Great advice 👍I wish I knew that before I almost drowned NS sunset paddled out 4-6 ft within one hour 8-12 ft got caught in the impact zone got pounded 6 huge waves blew out all my air and energy sucked in water and fading out. Thank goodness I ended up on the shore 🤮 water
Great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great times infinity podcast!!!!!! The Vibes the surfboard knowledge the travel knowledge the industry knowledge and everything in between is complete every volcano on planet Earth times the Sun amazing and I wish you guys would have started sooner but now that you're older and wiser try the best time to do it and I hope you guys never quit because if you keep posting I'ma keep listening!!!!!!!!!
Thank you and Maaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaloooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this stuff. Keep up the great work. Regarding the always controversial topic of localism, here's a EPISODE TOPIC IDEA:
Special guest Eddie and/or Kala and/or Kaiborg on to discuss Black Shorts > Wolf Pak > current enforcement culture (or lack thereof).
No more lickens these days, and the result is the kookfest lineups you allude to here.... or so it would seem to this Haole, anyways.
tshirt and bottle opener/drinking merch would be gassss
Love the podcast!
Question:
Say someone visits North Shore to surf. Would it be well received to try and ask locals say on the beach for advice on where to surf dependant on their level/crowds etc. Or would you automatically get the "We don't really want you to surf here go home" treatment?
Say you two would you take time to answer someone asking you that?
Maybe explain a bit a good progression for visitng the north shore to surf for the first time as a non-pro. What you have seen people do riht and what you have seen them do wrong for your average weekend warriors wanting to surf there.
Can you do a show on rescuing people? I’ve brought people in on my board a couple times and it was super awkward.
Can’t imagine managing someone injured or unconscious in the rip. Would love to see you guys talk about rescue theory.
Situationally awareness is necessary!
can you pleeeaaase do a explanation on how to best wipe out in barrels with different scenarios
keep it up though, awsome and real funny to listen to you guys 👌✌️
Nate has a vid on that on his own channel. Very informative.
hey the podcast is really cool, i recommend using a windshield on the mic to avoid noise ..
just a tech tip. regards
Surf Question, please explain: You‘re in the barrell, the tube is getting narrow, you make yourself small, you see that the barrell will close. You can‘t come out, you can‘t dive through the back, you can‘t jump off the board. How do you prepare or what body position do you take before the wave eats you? Is there another way than going over the falls?
Greatest podcast, greatest Videos thank you both!!!
There is no such thing as stupid questions. All wisdom comes from questioning. Question everything. It makes you conscious aware and in control of whats in your control.
Very under appreciated word is why?
That simple word will guide you to so many truths
If you follow the word why? You can find anything you need..
Where are yall? Back in Hawaii? Giving away your boards is awesome! I f$%kin love that! Thats 100 percent Positive JuJu! 😀
Give it to that grateful grom! 😀
That is so true about "magic boards"
Do u get post vacation/surf trip depression bc of how fun the trips r that u guys go on, all the adrenaline, etc? Curious how ur guys deal with it
Small wave story: First trip to an outer island (archipelago deleted). Waves were small, conditions generally onshore. My buddy and I saw a distant point to the south. “Let’s go check that out, might stick out enough to not be onshore.” So we find a dirt road off main road opposite that area, drive to the end and find a stretch of beach. We over shot the point, so it was still onshore and small. We decide to hike north along dune back to this secluded and wild point. We brought food and water luckily, as it was a 45 minute hike on a sand dune. At the start there was a shipwreck, about a 100’ steel tanker, a little ominous. Further along we saw shit that looked like broken bits of airplane wing or something. Ok, this is getting sketchy. We cross the point at a stinky saltwater pond we saw on the map, get to the other side and gaze upon a tiny cove with an A-frame breaking across its center with beautiful little chest high waves and offshore conditions. Eureka! The cove was limestone bottom with nothing but urchins, everywhere! I had brought a pair of O’Neill reefwalkers, I was set. My buddy, “oh no, guess I’ll have to wear my Teva sandals.” I laughed but said he’d better, as it wouldn’t be fun hiking back 45 minutes with f’ed up feet. We paddle out and trade super fun waves for about an hour. I was out the back as he was paddling back after a fun right. He’s all ear to ear grin. I notice something in the water behind him. Queue the music. “Holy shit, look at the size of that thing!” This is what he said my first words were. I insist I said, “Do not look back, just paddle to toward me and the shore and take the first wave in!” Then I said, “Shark!” It was about 7’ or 8’ long. I could tell by the beautiful dorsal fin that caught my attention and the glimpse of tail that broke the surface about 4’ back. It was following him at his pace, about 20’ or 30’ back. Luckily a little set was coming in. He caught the first one and just belly rode it to the beach. I caught the second one, rode right (had too, it was a good one) then drifted back left toward center of cove, laid down and rode in on my belly, over about 10,000 urchins. We get up on the dry sand, huffing and puffing, look at each other, wide-eyed, and explode into laughter. He then blurts, “Shit, I lost one of my sandals coming in, now I gotta make the hike through the hot sand barefoot.” Me, “no you don’t!” And I raise my left hand with his other sandal. I had seen it bobbing in the white water while on my belly, steered left and made the perfect grab on the way by. More laughs followed, then lunch, and the hike back to the car. We got back on that horse though. We went back the next day. Same exact fun little waves. No shark, visible anyway.
Awesome you give boards the kids. You make their life. What site or how do you track swells all over the world?
Good traveler will always leave gifts !