Our guest this week is a Surf industry pioneer who has spent more than five decades helping shape the sport and protecting the places we ride!
With roots in Long Beach, New York, he led his first successful fight for Surf beach access in 1970. After graduating from Fordham University, he headed to Sunset Beach, Hawai‘i, before landing a job at Surfing magazine, launching a nearly 30-year career, much of it as publisher.
He helped launch SIMA, supported Surfing’s journey into the Olympics through his work with the ISA, and earned a place in the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. His dedication to protecting our coast also earned him Surfrider’s Wavemaker Award for his contributions to the successful Save Trestles campaign.
From Surf media and industry leadership to beach access and ocean conservation, this guy has given a whole lot back to Surfing, and we can’t wait to hear his stories!
We are pumped to welcome the one and only Bob “FILET” Mignogna to the show!
We also had the fortune of having another great Surfer, journalist, author, and former Pro-Surfer.
He won Australian National Surfing Titles in 1979 and 1981 (and was runner-up in 1977).
He is also a founding member of the Newport Plus Surf Club (later Newport Boardriders) on Sydney's northern beaches alongside his brother Tom.
He was the editor of the iconic Australian Surf Magazine, Tracks. Later he became Editor-in-Chief for Surfing Magazine.
He is still in the media scene and has a podcast with Hannah Anderson, “We Shouldn't Be Friends”.
We welcome to the show Nick “WOGS” Carroll.
