591 - Eden Saul: Dead Kooks

About this episode

Eden Saul discusses his board building practices and the challenges faced in the surf industry.

In today’s show board builder Eden Saul explains his shifting manufacturing practices in response to erratic US tariffs, injury’s endless travails on a shaper’s livelihood, the blessed gift of finding a committed apprentice, the scary first step of scaling and delegation, how to create a brand aesthetic while still letting you lam team go nuts, and a patriotic fervor for the new crop of CT shredders. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Lee Scales

Guest: Eden Saul

Topics covered

• board building
• manufacturing practices
• US tariffs
• apprenticeship
• brand aesthetic
• surfing culture

Keywords

• surfboards
• tariffs
• apprentice
• scaling
• brand
• CT shredders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dead Kooks, US

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