The Longboardarian Podcast
The Longboardarian Podcast objective and mission is to have conversations with the personalities of our longboarding/surf culture. My guests will be the surfers, surfboard shapers, organizers and historians who through their experiences and knowledge have interesting and important opinions and facts about our sport/lifestyle and culture. I feel like many of these conversations will have important historical value as time goes. It's part of surf history!
The Longboardarian Podcast
Gary Larson- Hobie Surfboards Master Shaper
Surfing is very rich in history. It's a fact that the Hobie Surfboards label is a crucial and important part of that history, especially in the context of surfboard building and surf culture.
Our guest for this episode was given the honor and responsibility to carry on Hobie Surfboards legacy as their numero 1 shaper (head shaper) of the brand. As of the day of this interview, alongside Gary, Michael Arenal and in special projects Adam Davenport also joins the diminutive lineup of shapers of Hobie Surfboards.
This interview was my first time meeting Mr. Larson. My impression of him after this interview was of a man that is intelligent, humble, very knowledgeable, respectful and well spoken, to name a few descriptive adjectives.
We geek-out on many topics and I tried my best to squeeze some longboard design wisdom out of his brain. I am confident all of you longboard nerds will appreciate our conversation.
See ya in da wata!
Tupi
Topics:
Beginnings
Hobie Alter
Terry Martin
Shaping Mentors
Hobie Surfboards
Shaping Journey
Advice For Shaping Up and Comers
Longboard Design
Best Selling Longboard Models
Longboard Culture
Longboard Snobbery
The WSL LB Tour
Listeners Questions
The Ten
Shoutouts
Special thanks to Blue Tone Marketing & Public Relations, Gary Larson, Hobie Surfboards and Papa Dios for making this episode happen!
Also, to all my longboard community!