Welcome to the 25th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast.This week’s podcast is an interview with one of the best surfers to come out of Indonesia – Marlon Gerber.Marlon Gerber was a long way from Indonesia when this interview took place, in fact, he probably couldn’t have been any further away from his tropical home. We sat…

Welcome to the 24th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast. This episode features none other than Keith Malloy. Keith has been a shaper of surfing culture for quite some time now, through his work with Patagonia as an ambassador and film-maker, but also through his seminal work ‘Come Hell or High Water’.We caught up with Keith…

Welcome to the 23rd episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast presented by Kona Brewing and their Big Wave Golden Ale. This episode features a recent interview with John Malmqvist who is the co-founder and manager of Surfers Lodge Peniche but also the central character in a new documentary on SVT called En Sjukt Stor Våg which fo…

Welcome to the 22nd episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast. This episode features the final moments that lead up to Heath Joske’s speech at the Equinor AGM on behalf of local people in the Great Australian Bight. The podcast goes behind the scenes during the day of the Equinor AGM and covers shareholder activism and what it is…

Welcome to the 21st episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast presented by Kona Brewing and their Big Wave Golden Ale. This episode features a couple of legendary Norwegian surfers/entrepreneurs who launched the Arctic Coworking Lodge last year up in Lofoten, providing a place for digital nomads to surf and work at the top of the…

Welcome to the 20th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast presented by Kona Brewing and their new Hanalei Session IPA. This episode features none other than Dylan Graves, the mad genius behind the ‘Weird Waves’ series by Vans and an all-round legend of a guy.If you haven’t seen Weird Waves yet, do yourself a favor and get int…

Welcome to the 19th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast which features a very insightful conversation with board member and project manager at Natur og Ungdom, an 8000 strong organization in Norway that is concerned with the environment we share.This was recorded on the eve of the Equinor AGM and provides a very clear pictu…

Welcome to the 18th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast, which gets inside the head of Sterling Spencer. Known for his slightly left of centre surf films, Sterling Spencer just recently released Join the Dance. It’s one hell of a surf film that is described as a journey where self, surf and spirit collide. Check it out righ…

Welcome to the 17th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast which features an update from Patagonia surf ambassador Heath Joske in OsloHeath has been on a mission since landing in Norway and he is doing surfers around the world proud in his efforts. The paddle out in Oslo sent a clear message to Equinor that they need to rethin…

Welcome to the 16th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast which features Deputy Chair of Folkeaksjon for an Oil-Free Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja Ingrid Skjoldvaer.This podcast episode provides a kind of history lesson of the fight to stop oil exploration in Lofoten from the perspective of someone who was involved for nearly…

Welcome to the 15th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast which features second deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Green Party and Communications Adviser to the Research Council of Norway Kristoffer Robin Haug. This podcast covers the ongoing Fight for the Bight against Equinor in Norway from Kristoffer’s persp…

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast which features Patagonia ambassador Heath Joske. This is a special podcast that covers the ongoing Fight for the Bight against Equinor in Norway from Heath’s perspective on the frontlines in South Australia. Hosted by NSM Associate Editor and Senior Writer Joshua B. Ki…

This episode is part of the food campaign that we launched in our last print issue of the magazine. This week Josh shares a conversation he had with fly fishing activist Mikael Frödin who has been busy of late, campaigning to ban open net salmon farms in Europe. Mikael’s work has seen him in the courts in Norway, and also featured in Patagonia’s la…

This episode is part of the food campaign that we launched in our lastest print issue of the magazine. This week Josh and Tim Latte interview the founders of a super environmentally friendly fish company in Skåne called Gårdsfisk, who are raising some unique, tasty and climate-positive fish on land.It’s quite an interesting topic of conversation an…

Welcome to the 11th episode of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast, a podcast hosted by NSM Senior Writer Joshua B. Kirkman where he meets and interviews special guests from the surfing world both here in the Nordics and further abroad. This episode is a little different from previous ones, as it is part of the food campaign that we l…

This new episode is with a contributor to our print magazine on a number of occasions and a great Norwegian photographer – Hallvard Kolltveit. Hallvard recently relocated up north in Lofoten and we are very happy he did – the steady stream of high quality images from this special place in Nordic surfing culture keeps us all happy on those cold, dar…

This new episode of NSM podcast is an interview with a true icon of surfing – Dave Rastovich.You know Rasta well, for his unique free-surfing style and ability to master many types of wave-riding craft, but also for his environmental activism, including work to help stop whaling in the water off Antarctica and more recently, oil drilling in the Gre…

This episode of NSM podcast is sponsored by Oatly who also happen to sponsor Freddie Meadows who happens to be very dialed into sustainability issues which is why Oatly thinks he is such a great ambassador (besides the fact that he is a great person and surfs pretty well) and also why Freddie has swapped cow’s milk for oat drink, even when he is ou…

This episode features a conversation with Australian longboarder and environmentalist Belinda Baggs, who caught up with Josh in Scotland back in May to talk about her work as an ambassador for Patagonia, Fair Trade certification and the issue of seismic testing for oil and gas off the coast of Newcastle, Australia.This episode is connected to the 2…

In this episode, Episode 6, Josh sits down for a conversation with Californian photographer and these days Helsingborg local Jeff Flindt for a couple of drinks in Malmö. Jeff really needs no introduction, he is a photographer of international repute and he has also been a great contributor to Nordic Surfers Mag over the years. Josh and Jeff cover a…

In this episode, Episode 5, Josh sits down for a conversation with Australian surfer and nice guy Joel Den Besten, who many of you will recognize from many of our print issues. Joel has been making a name for himself in the Nordic surfing scene for quite a while and has also recently shared journeys to Iceland and Alaska with 654 Stockholm that hig…

In this episode, Episode 4, Josh talks with Swedish surf entrepreneur Jan Persson from Revolwe. In this episode of Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast Jan answers a number of questions about his journey as an entrepreneur, from idea creation and motivation, material sourcing and business development, and now to the moment where further gr…

In this episode, Episode 3, Josh had the good fortune to sit down and talk with an undisputed legend of surfing, Tom Carroll. In this episode of Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast Tom answers a number of questions about his development as a surfer, from competitive beast, to big wave ‘hell man’, and now an older surfer staying at peak pe…

This second episode is much closer to home, with Sweden’s own Tim Latte sitting down for a chat. Discussing about - the troubling situation in Nicaragua, where hes setting up his own new venture - Surfing at Torö, Sweden - Localism and - the purpose behind Tim’s recent involvement with surfing sustainability company Revolwe.www.nordicsurfersmag.seh…

Welcome to first of many episodes of the Nordic Surfers Magazine Conversations Podcast, a podcast hosted by NSM Associate Writer Joshua B. Kirkman where he meets and interviews special guests from the surfing world both here in the Nordics and further abroad. We all know there are plenty of characters in surfing, so this is NSM’s attempt to help yo…