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  EP 136 | Nathan Florence Survived JAWS... and Kaiborg | Pinch My Salt 28.07.2026 1ώ 13λ

  Nathan Florence joins Pinch My Salt for a full big-wave surfing conversation covering Pipeline, the Vans Pipe Masters, Teahupo’o, Tahiti, Jaws, Puerto Escondido, Shipstern Bluff, Cloudbreak, Hawaii surf culture, North Shore localism, foiling, sailing, ocean crossings, the World Surf League, Kelly Slater, Kai Lenny, John John Florence, Ivan Florence and the rise of independent surf media on YouTube. Nathan tells the story behind his legendary late drop at Teahupo’o, the wave that helped separa...
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  EP 135 | Chad & JT on Selling Out VS. Staying Core | Pinch My Salt 21.07.2026 1ώ 10λ

  Chad & JT join Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on Pinch My Salt for a wild surf comedy podcast about surf culture, the WSL, the US Open of Surfing, pro surfers, viral prank videos, and what it really means to be “core” in surfing. Chad and JT tell the story of sneaking into the Huntington Beach US Open with a giant Subway sandwich, getting hired by the World Surf League, trolling professional surfers, making Fast & Furious prank videos, and building comedy with Strider Wilson. The cr...
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  EP 134| Did Kelly Slater Buy His Way Into Tahiti?! | Pinch My Salt 14.07.2026 52λ

  Kelly Slater’s controversial Tahiti wild card, Outerknown’s connection to the WSL event, and the future of professional surfing lead this episode of the Pinch My Salt surf podcast. Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan debate whether Kelly Slater deserves the Tahiti Pro wild card, whether a sponsor should be able to put its own co-founder into a World Surf League contest, and whether the 11-time world champion can still win in heavy Tahiti barrels. We also break down the biggest surf news, viral ...
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  EP 133| Skip Frye on 68 Years of Surfing, Shaping & Staying Core | Pinch My Salt 07.07.2026 1ώ 8λ

  Skip Frye joins Pinch My Salt for a legendary surf conversation with Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan. In this episode, Skip Frye talks about 68 years of surfing, surfboard shaping, San Diego surf culture, San Onofre, Harry’s Surf Shop, longboards, fish surfboards, twin fins, eggs, nozzles, soft tops, hand-shaped surfboards, the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational, Wide World of Sports, Sunset Beach, classic surfing, surf contests, Jesus, faith, marriage, sweeping, and why surfing is an art form mor...
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  EP 132 | Mason Ho on Growing Up Inside Surfing Royalty | Pinch My Salt 30.06.2026 54λ

  Mason Ho joins Pinch My Salt for a full surf podcast interview packed with wild stories, Ho family surf history, North Shore memories, Hawaii surf culture, Pipeline, Backdoor, Sunset Beach, Mark Foo, Yancy Spencer, Sterling Spencer, Michael Ho, Derek Ho, Coco Ho, and the surfing bloodlines that connect generations of surfers from Pensacola, Florida to Oahu, Hawaii. In this episode, Mason Ho tells all — from growing up in one of surfing’s most legendary families to classic North Shore stories...
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  EP 131 | Morgan Maassen Tells the Untold Jeremy Flores Story | Pinch My Salt 23.06.2026 1ώ 6λ

  Morgan Maassen joins Pinch My Salt for one of the funniest and weirdest surf stories we’ve ever heard — including the night Jeremy Flores “choked out” Sterling Spencer… while Morgan stood there trying to get the photo. In this episode, Morgan Maassen sits down with Sterling Spencer and Ryan Spencer to talk about the golden era of surf videos, Surf Madness, Quiksilver, Billabong, Kelly Slater, Jeremy Flores, Nate Tyler, Dane Reynolds, Taj Burrow, John John Florence, surf photography, underwat...
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  Ep 130 | Blair Conklin Takes Us Behind the Scenes on the Biggest Swell in Decades| Pinch My Salt 16.06.2026 55λ

  The Wedge got so big surfers pulled out 9-foot guns—and Blair Conklin says it was some of the biggest surf he has seen there in his lifetime. In this episode of the Pinch My Salt podcast, Blair breaks down the historic Wedge swell at Newport Beach, why it may have been the biggest in over a decade, and how it compared to Hurricane Marie. Blair takes Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan inside the chaos: two waves colliding, unpredictable takeoff zones, massive shorebreak, Hawaiian chargers, Koa ...
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  EP 129 | Which Surfer Is Kelly Slater’s Eskimo Bro? | Pinch My Salt 09.06.2026 1ώ 6λ

  Did Marshall Alberga date the same woman as Kelly Slater? In this episode of the Pinch My Salt Podcast, professional surfer Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan sit down with Florida surf legend Marshall Alberga for one of our wildest surf conversations yet. Marshall tells the story of beating 11-time world champion Kelly Slater in a man-on-man surf contest at Cocoa Beach, the awkward handshake that followed, and why things between Marshall and Kelly may have remained weird for nearly 20 years. ...
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  EP 128 | Who Would Actually Buy the WSL? | Pinch My Salt 02.06.2026 55λ

  Is the World Surf League actually for sale… and if so, who in the world is buying it? On this episode of Pinch My Salt, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan dive into the possible sale of the WSL, the future of professional surfing, and whether competitive surfing lost its core audience when the ASP became the World Surf League. Could ESPN buy the WSL? Could wave pools, YouTube surf content, or a UFC-style reality show save pro surfing? Or is the surf contest world too niche, too expensive, and ...
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  EP 127 | Tom Carroll on Surfing's BIGGEST Shift Coming | Pinch My Salt 26.05.2026 1ώ 6λ

  Tom Carroll joins Pinch My Salt to talk about one of the biggest shifts happening in surfing right now: wave pools, the future of surf contests, the WSL, and whether competitive surfing is about to change forever. In this episode, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan dive into wave pool surfing, the Stab air contest, Huey Vaughn’s insane aerial progression, the WSL’s New Zealand/Raglan event struggles, flat surf contests, modern surf judging, the future of surf competitions, and why wave pools mi...
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  EP 126 | WSL’S NEW ZEALAND DISASTER?! | Pinch My Salt 19.05.2026 42λ

  Luke Cederman, aka Raglan Surf Report, joins Pinch My Salt for a hilarious surf podcast episode breaking down the WSL New Zealand Pro, the Raglan contest drama, the lack of waves, pro surfing chaos, surf culture, World Surf League commentary, CT surfers, Gabriel Medina, Filipe Toledo, Jack Robinson, Kelly Slater, twin fins, surf industry rumors, and why this New Zealand event felt like one of the weirdest WSL contests ever. Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan call Luke live from Raglan to get th...
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  EP 125 | Jack Johnson was KICKED OUT of Kelly Slater’s Band? | Pinch My Salt 12.05.2026 1ώ 37λ

  Jack Johnson joins Pinch My Salt for a hilarious, deep, and surprisingly surf-core conversation about Kelly Slater, The Surfers band, Tom Curren, Rob Machado, Peter King, North Shore surf culture, Banana Pancakes, Thicker Than Water, Loose Change, Pipeline, Backdoor, Tamayo Perry, surf films, Hawaiian music, and the wild story of how Jack Johnson may have accidentally been left out of Kelly Slater’s surf supergroup. In this episode, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan sit down with Jack Johnson...
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  EP 124 | Cindy Crawford Called Him WHAT?! Raimana's Celebrity Stories | Pinch My Salt 05.05.2026 1ώ 11λ

  This week on Pinch My Salt, we sit down with the legendary Raimana Van Bastolaer, the iconic Tahitian surfer, Teahupo’o waterman, surf guide, wave pool coach, and one of the most beloved characters in surfing. Raimana tells wild stories from the early days of Teahupo’o, growing up around Manoa Drollet, switching from bodyboarding to surfing, hosting Hawaiian surfers like Pancho Sullivan, Noah Johnson, Andy Irons, and Bruce Irons, and helping bring big-wave safety, jet skis, and surf culture t...
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  EP 123 | Surfing’s DUMBEST Rule | Pinch My Salt 28.04.2026 59λ

  Pinch My Salt is back with Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan diving deep into one of the funniest and most strangely controversial topics in surf culture: the double grab air. In this episode, Sterling breaks down why surfers, skaters, magazines, gatekeepers, and aerial surfing purists have argued for years over double grabs, Superman airs, Taj Burrow, Christian Fletcher, Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, CJ Hobgood, Jordy Smith, Matt Meola, Stab High, Surfing Magazine, old-school surf style, skateboa...
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  Ep 122 | Jesse Billauer Tells The Joel Tudor CHOKE OUT Story | Pinch My Salt 21.04.2026 1ώ 21λ

  This week on Pinch My Salt, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan sit down with legendary adaptive surfer Jesse Billauer, founder of Life Rolls On and one of the most inspiring figures in surf history. Jesse opens up about his life-changing surfing accident at 17, becoming a quadriplegic, the brutal reality of losing independence, and how surfing, family, faith, friendship, and purpose helped him keep rolling forward. https://liferollson.org/ From getting back in the ocean with Rob Machado, visi...
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  EP 121 | Pro Skater Legend Kris Markovich Calls Out Surfing | Pinch My Salt 14.04.2026 1ώ 16λ

  Kris Markovich joins Pinch My Salt for a wild deep dive into skateboarding history, old school street skating, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola skate culture, Dogtown, GNS, Rodney Mullen, Christian Fletcher, Bam Margera, CKY, Tampa contests, skate slams, art, and what it really means to stay core. In this episode, Kris Markovich talks about growing up skating in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, building backyard ramps, skating ditches, getting sponsored, turning pro, filming legendary video parts, meeting...
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  EP 120 | Makua Rothman Tells the Whole Story | Pinch My Salt 07.04.2026 1ώ 32λ

  Makua Rothman joins Pinch My Salt for one of the wildest and most honest surf podcast conversations we’ve had yet. In this episode, Makua Rothman talks about growing up on the North Shore of Oahu, what it was like being the son of Eddie Rothman, the old Hawaii surf scene, North Shore fight stories, the legendary Billabong house fight, Surfer Poll night chaos, Jeremy Flores, TJ Barron, and what surf culture used to feel like before the surf industry changed. We get into the real story behind t...
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  EP 119 | Deadmau5 Exposes DJ Culture! | Pinch My Salt 31.03.2026 1ώ 12λ

  Deadmau5 joins Pinch My Salt for a hilarious and unfiltered surf podcast conversation covering Deadmau5, EDM, DJ culture, electronic music, Coachella, wake surfing, surfing in Hawaii, AI music, fake DJs, ghost producers, Fisher, Skrillex, Kelly Slater, wave pools, and the truth about the music industry. In this episode, Deadmau5 talks about learning to wake surf, trying to surf in Hawaii, the difference between real musicians and DJs, the rise of AI music tools, fake producer culture, ghost p...
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  EP 118 | The Aftermath of The JOEL TUDOR Episode | Pinch My Salt 24.03.2026 1ώ 12λ

  EP 118 | The Aftermath of The JOEL TUDOR Episode | Pinch My Salt The Pinch My Salt Podcast is back with one of the wildest surf culture conversations yet as Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan break down the explosive Joel Tudor aftermath, the FireWire surfboard controversy, and the heated debate taking over the surf world. This episode dives deep into surf industry drama, core surfing, surfboard shapers, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Thailand surfboard manufacturing, hand-shaped surfboards...
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  Ep 117 | Sterling Spencer Reveals Surfing Secret | Pinch My Salt 17.03.2026 1ώ 7λ

  You want the surfing secret? In this episode of Pinch My Salt, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan break down the real secret to getting better at surfing: remembering your last wave. From surf progression, surf memory, and mental notes in surfing to cutbacks, airs, style, twin fins, fish boards, mid-lengths, longboards, and shortboards, this episode is packed with real surf wisdom, comedy, and classic surf-core chaos. Sterling also tells the insane story of saving eight girls from drowning, and...