THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV

... Story 1 - THE BALLARD OF OWEN ROBERTS

... Once us Aussies discovered the surf in Bali we invaded. There was hardly a beach anywhere along its coast, and beyond, where you couldn't swing a cat without hitting half a dozen Australian surfers at any given time. Now it's the turn of the Russians. Yes, they have finally come - although not armed with Kalashnikovas AK-47s but surfboards. Some every bit as surf-obsessed as any full-on charger wherever they may have come from. Some too are best described as hard-core mavericks who have devoted their whole lives to nothing but surfing. Living feral or otherwise. Vladimir Boris Waxanov is one such individual. Quite a character with a sharp mind, sharp eye and a drive to raise a laugh as much as possible. Meeting him forged an unlikely friendship and outlet for his surf tales.

DANE WILSON - Part two

... Dane has more surf stories that we can fit into a thirty-five-minute podcast. Yet somehow he manages to tell quite a few, pass some interesting observations of surfing and surfboards, plus recount some of his family's, and his own, adventures. Any one of those topics, with Dane's re-telling, could have easily stretched out into many, many minutes. Probably longer. With a life deeply rich in surfing the young Cronulla charger is still well and truly alive in Dane. Albeit somewhat tempered with maturity but definitely not dampened. If anything the maturity adds a deeper perspective.

DANE WILSON - Part one

... Cronulla boy Dane was born into a surfing family with deep roots in the local surf scene and industry. As long as he can remember Dane's father has always made surfboards. When Floyd Smith, partner of the famed American surfboard brand Gordon and Smith, set up a surfboard factory in Cronulla in 1965 it wasn't too long before his father worked there. The coastline around Cronulla is wave-rich with slabs, beach breaks and rock-bottom coves - a stretch of beaches that has nurtured a long lineage of chargers. Dane is one of them. Yet while an accomplished shortboarder Dane was drawn to longboards. How could he not with such a background plus falling under the influence of the legendary surf photographer Jack Eden? While never straying too far from his family roots, Dane soon forged his own path and reputation as an accomplished young longboarder.

MIKE DAVIS Part 2

Part 2 sees Mike in the studio to share a free-ranging conversation about his surfing life. He talks of a lap-over between California and Australia which is quite interesting - particularly from an American expat who has lived here for nigh on fifty years. And what it was like in the early days being an American (Seppo) making his way along the Australian East Coast into the Aussie surfing world, the people he met and the life he made for himself here in Oz.

MIKE DAVIS - Part 1

Mike is one of the first Californian surfers to immigrate to Australia in the 1970s, arriving about the same time as fellow American surfers Bob Cooper and Rusty Miller. It didn't take long before Mike established himself in the Australian surf scene with his enthusiasm for surfing and working within the surf industry along Australia's east coast. Mike shaped surfboards for Nat Young, Bob Cooper, John Skipp and many others. Mike also ran his surf shop in Kiama, situated on the south coast of New South Wales, for twenty-five years. Today Mike's surfing passion still burns along with his other passion of writing books. Mainly surf-related of course - and can be found at mikedavispointsurfer.com Oh, and he's still shaping surfboards under his label "Mike Davis Designs."

Peter White Part 2

Picking up from where he finished last time, Peter is back in the studio to talk more about his surfing life - particularly as a surfboard shaper. With such vast experience across the globe from the east coast of Australia to Asia, USA, Europe and beyond Peter drops some good stories. Particularly, the one about Spain. His is a very full life of shaping surfboards and one that our short time doesn't fully do justice to. But such is its depth, that what Peter does share, is well worth listening to. Along the way, Peter speaks very well of other people. Thus leaving one to think - Classic Malibus shaped by a classic guy.

PETER WHITE – Part 1

Our Surf Town guest today is Peter White. Peter is the Noosa-based, internationally respected shaper and owner of Classic Malibu. And indeed they are, as so many of Peter’s beautifully crafted longboards are to be found all around the world ridden by countless surfers who treasure them. They are surfboards for all surfers of all levels right up to top competitors in Australia and overseas – including professionals. Peter was almost born on the beach and with an international life infused with surfing this episode tells us more about the man.

For more information on Peter's longboards please visit classicmalibu.com