313 - Jeff McCallum: Creative Kin

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313 - Jeff McCallum: Creative Kin

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Mar 5, 2020

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In this new 6 part series surfboard shaper Donald Brink spends a week in the mountains with board builders and artists. Today he chats with Jeff McCallum about the fallacy of "sustainable" surfboards, the virtues of the twin-fin Egg, and the unimportance of legacy. Enjoy!
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Mar 5, 2020

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