Awesome video and Nate is so open and honest about his life. Been watching his YT for years and you would think he lives a dream life but there is a bunch of reality he shares. Chasing swells and not having sponsors pay is a thing and i can relate. Just because he is a Florence and his brother is a world champ doesn't mean Nate lives the easy life, dude worked for everything he has achieved. Mad respect.
So happy to see this, I love Nathan Florence and I literally watched all those same surf vlogs on RU-vid a d recently started surfing. Bert did an incredible job of interviewing him and asked so many questions that I wondered about too. Amazing podcast
HAHAHAHAHA Getting Griff to string more than a dozen understandable words together could be tricky though... Nice guy, but hardly a secret he's not exactly the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree hehe Bong on bro
What a great interview! You asked all the questions I was interested in hearing, just everything! I'm a 66 yr old land-locked Grandma who swims laps & works out at the Y everyday. Biggest wave I get is when someone kicks hard in the lane next to me or drops a cannonball into the water. I right with ya, Bert. I've fallen down the surf rabbit hole & CAN NOT get enough of surf vlogs, videos, & podcasts. ADDICTED & I LOVE them! I started watching JOB and Ben Gravy. Now I watch and follow so many pro surfers. What a great bunch of humans! Watching surf videos is how I found you & now I follow you, also.
Bert, it's awesome to see your energy & ambition to try new sports. Keep improving your fitness & don't let Tom's accident spook you into just drinking/observing/producing. 🤙
I was surfing a massive south swell on Hermosa beach Costa Rica on June 9th 1995 (or maybe it was 96' ?) as we where out surfing the biggest waves a couple kids from the Gulf coast had ever seen and it was easily double overhead (we where way out of our league !) ! Then the swell really hit and it went from 10-12 foot up to 15-20 foot sets ! Some sets looked like they where 40 foot on the face ! Me and my friend both thought for sure we where going to die ! When these sets would com rolling in you could see them a mile away..........and no matter how hard we'd paddle they would always break outside us and we'd get completely ragdolled ! We didn't die that day and man let me tell you the beers tasted like honey that whole night ! I was on a 6'4" short board ! Ha ! Now I'm 52 and disabled and when I look back .........that was truly living and I only just exists now ........not really living ! Time to get wet again even if it's only in 3 foot surf !
Great interview, but those 6 or 7 min commercials suck! While I'm driving to work (15 mins) and am excited to listen to the interview, the commercials come on and ruin the rest of my drive to work! Can advertise your sponsor in a less intrusive way? I know this is how most RU-vid channels advertise, but maybe innovate so it doesn't bother the viewers so much! Anyhow, once again, great interview! I'm a big Nat and Koa fan as well and I live on the North Shore and have witnessed them grow up as well. So interesting to hear their behind the scenes of their lives
Don’t feel bad bro, I’m a kook in a landlocked state that supports these dudes also. It’s the lifestyle we wish we could live. My family and friends think I’m a weirdo for being so into it as well. There’s lots more of us all over. Makes me wish I wasn’t a fat turd. If a wasn’t in my 30s with two young kids…
bert definitely met kala alexander, hes a hot head. but to think a drunk non surfer like bert got to meet buttons, surfing ROYALTY...makes me blood red mad
Hey Bert Titus Kinimaka Is the guy who broke his femur during the Eddie comp at Waimea in the '80's. He's from the island of Kauai Some mates of mine used to live next door to him in the good old bad old good old days hahaha... (not one of the Aikau boys sorry)
I have been following the professional surfing scene as a waterman for nearly 50 years and count many ex-professionals and a handful of World Champions as personal friends. There has never been a time in history when the surfing has been so good, the personalities so compelling, and the atmosphere so civilized. Guys like Nate and John Florence, Koa Rothman, Eli Olson, and legends Laird Hamilton and Kelly Slater are tremendous men and true role models for adults and children. Let me know before you head over to Jaws, Bert. I would like to be able to give you a nice firm handshake and a soft gentle kiss on the forehead before saying Aloha, forever.
This has to be one of the best podcasts ever. For the last couple of years I dealt with eye surgeries not being able to see. Being an artist/illustrator I was at my lowest. Nathan, JOB, Koa & Makua Rothman’s vlogs got me through it. It was blurry blue with dots but the positive attitudes got me through it. Now I have my vision back & getting my life back.
