“If You Don’t Surf, Don’t Start. If You Do Surf, Never Stop.” A bold 1988 magazine ad by Gotcha surfwear helped define surfing’s aggro attitude during the Reagan years. Gotcha was the creation of Pipeline-charging, Free Ride-starring, cocaine-loving innovator Michael Tomson. The Breuer brothers unpack the radical life and times of this surfing original. All this and more on the second episode of the Sunday Joint, an Encyclopedia of Surfing-adjacent podcast.
The Sunday Joint Podcast is an Encyclopedia of Surfing-adjacent show, produced by Surf Splendor. Stream or download on your favorite pod platforms, including Apple and Spotify.