
Surf craft, wave judgment, and inner work.
The gist
SURF MASTERY follows long, practical conversations with surfers and surf-adjacent obsessives. The show treats improvement as more than drills, tying paddling, equipment, etiquette, fear, health, and relationships back to better choices in the water.
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About Podcast - SURF MASTERY
SURF MASTERY is a surf improvement show that trusts long conversation more than neat instruction. It is technical, but it rarely feels boxed in. The show moves from paddling mechanics to board design, from lineup etiquette to mental health, from first-wave memories to the slow judgment that comes from years in the water. Its best moments start with something concrete. A guest talks through a surfboard's tail, a swell's wind angle, a skate ramp built for year-round training, or the way a crowded lineup teaches rules faster than any formal lesson. Then the conversation widens. Rob Case brings paddling efficiency, shoulder care, and surf culture into a broader talk about how surfers move, learn, and share waves. Andrew Gellis gives the show a skate-to-surf angle, with New York, indoor training, and cross-training as part of the story. Rambo Estrada adds the photographer's eye, where reading maps, chasing conditions, and understanding light become part of surfing photography. Devon Howard episodes sit deep in board craft, especially around twin fins, mid-lengths, fins, bottom contours, and the feel a board asks from the surfer. The show is not only about performance. It keeps returning to longevity. Sir John Kirwan's episode turns surfing toward daily mental health habits, mentorship, and the need for more than one way to quiet the mind. Connor Beaton's conversation brings relationships, male role models, confidence, and self-respect into the same orbit as wave riding. That range gives SURF MASTERY its shape: surfing as skill, culture, body practice, and inner work. The host stays conversational and curious, often letting guests wander until the useful part appears. Some episodes get deeply surf-literate, with terms left intact rather than flattened. Others are more reflective, using surfing as the place where discipline, fear, ego, and pleasure become easier to talk about. It is a strong fit for surfers who enjoy detail without wanting a sterile coaching manual. The show sounds like time spent after a session, when the board is still wet and the real learning starts in the retelling.
Made for: SURF MASTERY is for surf-literate or surf-curious listeners who want to improve without reducing surfing to drills. It especially suits surfers interested in paddling, boards, etiquette, longevity, mindset, and the culture around real sessions.
What sets it apart: The show sets itself apart by letting surf technique and lived experience stay tangled together. Board design, body mechanics, mental health, photography, skate training, and lineup culture all get treated as part of the same long learning curve.
In their own words
We interview the best surfers in the world and the people behind them, so surfers can learn ways to improve their own surfing. The podcast is targeted to open-minded surfers who want to improve and progress their surfing as well as enhance their surf longevity & health. Each interview will educate the listener on ways to refine and progress their surfing and/or increase their surf longevity.
As heard by us
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed guest conversations connect surf technique and equipment with the physical and mental habits that support lasting progress.
Podcast - SURF MASTERY treats improvement as a matter of technique, equipment, judgment and life away from the water. The host gives guests room to explain how surfing actually works, from Rob Case on efficient paddling and crowded-lineup etiquette to Devon Howard on twin-fin…
Why you'd press play
A rounded tail for your twin fin; a mental health plan for the weeks you cannot surf.
Press play if you want
- to hear why a board designer kept the rounded tail instead of switching to a swallow tail
- to feel less lost about etiquette when you paddle into a crowded lineup
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Episodes
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92 Andrew Gelles - Concrete to Crest
Hidden gemAndrew Gelles, a New York City skateboarder who opened an indoor skate park in Brooklyn, describes how he went from starting surfing at adult age to surfing Pipeline and Waimea within five years by compressing years of practice into extended Hawaii winters.
Nov 10, 2023·1h 7m·4 clips - 2
91 Rob Case - Paddling Coach
Hidden gemRob Case, paddling coach at surfingpaddling.com, returns to Surf Mastery for a wide-ranging conversation covering paddling efficiency, longboard and glider surfing technique, lineup strategy, and a pointed critique of the WSL world tour.
Oct 13, 2023·2h·7 clips - 3
90 Connor Beaton - Man Talk
Hidden gemSurf Mastery podcast host interviews Connor Beaton, founder of Mantalks.com and author, for a conversation on mature masculinity, male role models, and relational health.
Aug 22, 2023·56m·3 clips - 4
89 Rambo Estrada - Surf Photographer
Interview with surf photographer Rambo Estrada about finding perfect waves and the art of surf photography.
Jun 12, 2023·56m - 5
88 Sir John Kirwan
Hidden gemSurf Mastery podcast interviews Sir John Kirwan, knighted New Zealand All Black and mental health advocate, about the overlap between surfing, professional sport, and mental wellbeing.
May 25, 2023·54m·3 clips - 6
86 Devon Howard - Twin Fins
Hidden gemDevin Howard, a surfboard designer who co-designed the Channel Islands mid-twin, returns to Surf Mastery to discuss twin fins with a focus on the mid-length twin fin format.
Mar 29, 2023·40m·2 clips