The Surfboard Guide Podcast - Matt Parker of Album Surfboards
Release Date: 06/04/2020
Alex Crews X ACSOD and The Fox Tail Midlength Twin Fin
The Surfboard Guide
On this episode of The Surfboard Guide we connect with Alex Crews of ACSOD Surfboards to discuss The Fox Tail, his ode to the midlength twin fin long fish, and our latest review on The Surfboard Guide. Alex discusses his inspiration for The Fox Tail, and also we chat about his brother Mitch surfing the Fox Tail out perfect and pumping Kirra earlier in 2022. To learn more about The Fox Tail, check out our full review at youtube.com/thesurfboardguide
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Dylan Perese of DP Surfboards and The Zen Twin
The Surfboard Guide
Welcome back to The Surfboard Guide Podcast after a bit of a hiatus... Apologies! In this episode we speak with Dylan Perese of DP Surfboards from the South Coast (Coal Coast) of NSW. Dylan shares how he got into shaping and surfing, the regular confusion between him and anoither well known shaper named Dylan, ans his board the Zen Twin which we have just released a full review of. We hope you enjoy the podcast, and we are hoping to put out regular episdoes after a bit of a break! Enjoy!
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Alex Crews / ACSOD Surfboards - The Surfboard Guide
The Surfboard Guide
In this episode we chat with Alex Crews of ACSOD Surfboards, and learn where the name "ACSOD" came from, and also Alex's fondness of rap music.
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URBNSURF - Australia's first Wave Pool - The Surfboard Guide
The Surfboard Guide
We catch up with Rupert who is the Group & Brand Marketing Manager for URBNSURF Australia.
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Connor O'Leary - The Surfboard Guide Podcast
The Surfboard Guide
We chat with WSL World Tour Surfer Connor O'Leary about his time qualifying for the world tour, the ups and downs of competing on the world tour, and also what it's like competing internationally with the uncertainty of the COVID.
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Alex Gray - The Surfboard Guide Podcast
The Surfboard Guide
We chat with Alex Gray about his career as a Professional Surfer, whether it was his early beginnings on the NSSA, as a competitive surfer chasing the WQS, competing on the Big Wave World Tour, or travelling the globe as a paid free surfer.
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Malachi Boyce of Route One Surfboards - The Surfboard Guide
The Surfboard Guide
We chat with Malachi Boyce from Route One Surfboards located on Californias Central Coast.
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Justin Ternes of Dark Arts Surfboards - The Surfboard Guide
The Surfboard Guide
We chat with Justin Ternes about how he came into shaping, working with amazing shapers like Chris Christenson, and his commitment to building high quality surf craft, which lead him to Dark Arts.
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Richie Lovett (Part 2) - The Surfboard Guide Podcast
The Surfboard Guide
Richie discusses the boards he rode on tour and the shapers he got to work with from Greg Webber to Luke Short.
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Richie Lovett (Part 1) - The Surfboard Guide Podcast
The Surfboard Guide
Richie chats about how he got into surfing and competing. He also discusses the highs and lows of life qualifying for and competing on the world tour and what it was like competing against Kelly Slater amongst some of the other best surfers in the world.
info_outlineWe catch up with Matt Parker to learn about the man behind Album Surfboards, how he got into shaping, and what motivates him to make some of the most beautiful boards on the planet.
Matt explains what it's like coming from San Clemente and Trestles, a hotbed of high performance surfing and shortboards, and how Matt's style of more alternate craft is becoming more familiar in these line ups.
We discuss what it has been like shaping alternate craft for Josh Kerr post World Tour, and why Josh's performances on Matt's alternate craft over the last few years have more people intrigued in what Josh is riding that when he was on the World Tour.
Matt goes through what he has been shaping for everyones favourite surfer Asher Pacey and what models he's been riding, and how on a recent trip to France surfing with Asher and Josh, the World Tours best surfers would stop and watch Ashers waves fully absorbed in his approach to surfing a wave.
Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy the episode!