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Marko's Hammock - The Classic Stories of Unknown Surf Heroes

Marko's Hammock - The Classic Stories of Unknown Surf Heroes

By Mark Imhoof

A podcast that believes everyone has a story to tell as we hang out with everyday surfers from around the world and talk about the most unusual adventures they have had that were most definitely not a part of the plan. Hosted by Mark Imhoof, world traveler and surfer for over forty-five years who believes the best place to be is in a hammock and lives by the motto - "the best trips usually involve the least money and even less planning."
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Tim Folkert of Migration Surfboards - Holland, Michigan

Marko's Hammock - The Classic Stories of Unknown Surf HeroesDec 17, 2020

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Tim Folkert of Migration Surfboards - Holland, Michigan

Tim Folkert of Migration Surfboards - Holland, Michigan

Raised in a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, Tim finished school and headed out west where he discovered a girl and through her, surfing. Tim's story is the classic start at the bottom and work your way up in the surf industry as he began as a sander and polisher for two of Santa Cruz California's most productive shapers, Bob Pearson and Michel Junod. With a degree in biology and a keen interest in ornithology, Tim started his own label, Migration Surf. He himself migrated back to Michigan with his wife and three children, where today he is the only shaper for half a continent with customers ranging from Minnesota to Toronto. 

Dec 17, 202001:02:36
The Smiling Dude in the Blue Tent

The Smiling Dude in the Blue Tent

In these times of restricted freedoms and liberties, it becomes a time to think about past times of travel and the characters we have met along the way. This episode is the story of the happiest surfer and the circumstances that made him so. It is refreshing to imagine him out there somewhere along that road heading north, living the simple life with his permanent grin. Join me on this episode about a surf hero who chose FREEDOM!

Nov 21, 202015:10
Don't Eat The Pork Tacos Point, Mexico with Señor Deputy Stink

Don't Eat The Pork Tacos Point, Mexico with Señor Deputy Stink

The Wild West of Mexican surfing in 1986 was La Ticla Mexico. Señor Stink and his Outer Banks crew made multiple cross-continent trips to surf the point that we called "Don't Eat the Pork Tacos Point". Proof that Mexico has always been dangerous, he tells of surviving cartel gunfights, the pig toilets, an afternoon fight with drunken locals in a three table beachside restaurant, and the near lynching that followed. Hear about Russel the lost Rajneesh and his twenty-four hours of hell at Ticla as well as the murder in the mountains and lessons in dealing with Mexican authorities.
Oct 20, 202001:03:19
Roach - Oahu 1984

Roach - Oahu 1984

Roach talks story about his fascination for strippers and bizarre insects, leaving cocaine behind for Hawaii and moving there with less than $1000 thirty-six years ago, a near-death wipeout at giant Haleiwa and his time on the North Shore and at the Pi'ikoi Pit in Honolulu with the X Brah, Couch Boy, Skeeter and the Peruvians on the floor. A former Eagle Scout and Altar Boy, he is now a loving grandfather of two and continues to party. This interview was done on the eve of a hurricane at 4 am Hawaii time.
Aug 03, 202041:35
Fing Yardin - Africa 1996

Fing Yardin - Africa 1996

During this hour, join me in my hammock as we hang out with Fing Yardin from the Southeast Coast of Australia as he shared his stories of learning to bodyboard due to a surfboard fin being embedded in his leg. He became a river surfer who ended up surfing the largest rapids in the world in Africa on the Zambezi River. During this hangout, Fing teaches us how to charge crocodiles, field delivery of a baby, hugging the Durban Pier during 20 foot surf, the time he threatened to kill a van driver, being one of six white dudes at the Zulu King's wedding , and using his Shark Sixth Sense. Another surf hero with stories to tell!
Jul 27, 202054:02
The Dune Man - Central America 1977-78

The Dune Man - Central America 1977-78

The Dune Man discusses "The Deliverance of Surfing", "The End of The Search", drug lords and swindlers in Central America, surfing El Salvador at nineteen at the start of the Civil War, his two thousand dollar property on the point at Pavones and naming everyone who was in the lineup - all six of them. He shares stories of boat sinking and survival, getting divorced on his honeymoon and taking advice from the dead.
Jul 22, 202051:24