Bodega Boarder Crew Podcast - Surf Podcast · Alex Valich

Vol. 83 - DJ Javier

·2 hr 31 min

The episode opens with a warm thank-you and keeps the housekeeping loose. Instagram, the website, the zines, blog entries, videos, and the episode description all get a mention, along with the track list. Then the host pivots to the weather. Southern California is cold enough to get a laugh, and a session at Church left the host's feet frozen for about an hour. That detail gives the episode its first real edge. From there the conversation moves into DJ Javier's story. He talks about getting pulled into surfing at 18. It does not come off as polished or heroic. It feels more like getting hit by something and following it. The host asks whether the lineup turned into a place where work contacts were made later, and the answer is basically no. The scene stayed local and casual. DJ Javier talks about surfing several times a week in Santa Barbara. He also talks about design, artwork, and working with different surf brands and people in the surf industry. The interview keeps moving between everyday details and scene memory. Bobby Martinez keeps coming up as a reference point. The guest says Bobby is one of his favorite surfers. The host remembers seeing Bobby curse out the WSL people on live TV before he had even surfed, and that memory lands as funny and formative at the same time. The conversation then opens onto diversity in surfing. The host asks what it was like entering the Santa Barbara surf scene as a Filipino surfer. The episode does not force a neat ending. It stays in the register of people comparing notes from inside the same world. Surfing, music, design, local breaks, and identity all sit on the same table. That loose feel is part of what makes it work.

As heard by us

Cold-water surf talk that folds identity and local lore into one easy conversation.

Volume 83 starts with housekeeping and a long stretch of cold-water complaints from Southern California before the conversation settles into something more personal.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

You want a surf interview that sounds like a shop hang after dawn patrol.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify