Pinch My Salt is the ultimate mashup of surf podcast and comedy podcast — where surf culture gets roasted, worshipped, and flipped upside down. Hosted by pro surfer Sterling Spencer and his filmer Cousin Ryan Spencer, each episode dives into the weird, wild, and hilarious world of surfing, skateboarding, and everything salty in between From soft-top drama and gnarly Pipeline surf house fights to legends like Andy Irons and Kelly Slater, no topic is off-limits. It’s part spiritual journey, part stand-up routine, and all surf-core chaos. If you love laughing at surf industry conspiracies, nostalgic stories, or just want a brea...
Latest episodes
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EP 148 | Serious Allegations Shake the Surf World | Pinch My Salt
Professional surfing is facing serious questions after sexual assault allegations involving World Surf League (WSL) surfer Alan Cleland Jr. In this episode of the Pinch My Salt Pod…
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EP 147 | Benji Weatherley: The Wildest Era in Surfing History | Pinch My Salt
Surfing legend Benji Weatherley joins Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on the Pinch My Salt Podcast for one of our wildest episodes yet. From Kelly Slater and the Momentum Generati…
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EP 146 | Surfing’s Biggest Problem Isn’t What You Think | Pinch My Salt
Did Surfline, surf cams and modern surf forecasting ruin surfing? Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan break down what’s changed about surf culture, why Surfline cameras may have kille…
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1 h 14
EP 145 | Dane Reynolds vs The Surf Industry: What You Need To Know | Pinch My Salt
Dane Reynolds is on the hot seat as Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan break down Dane Reynolds, Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson, the modern surf industry, WSL surf culture, pro surfing,…
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EP 144 | How To Bag a Surf Baddie: The Complete Formula | Pinch My Salt
This week on Pinch My Salt, pro surfer Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan dive into surfing, surf culture, professional surfing, WSL, Kelly Slater, John John Florence, Jordy Smith, J…
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1 h 13
EP 143 | The Lost Jordy Smith Movie & $500K Lawsuit | Pinch My Salt
Jordy Smith joins Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on Pinch My Salt for an unreal conversation about professional surfing, the WSL Championship Tour, Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, A…
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1 h 44
EP 142 | Gabby Reece on Women's Sports, Playboy & Taming Laird Hamilton | Pinch My Salt
Gabby Reece joins Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on the Pinch My Salt podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about Laird Hamilton, the WNBA and women’s sports, Title IX, transge…
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2 h 10
EP 141 | Jack Johnson Finally Speaks Out! | Pinch My Salt
Jack Johnson joins Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on the Pinch My Salt Podcast for a hilarious, wide-ranging conversation about surfing, music, Hawaii, Kelly Slater, Tom Curren,…
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EP 140 | Why Is Everyone Mad at Kolohe Andino? | Pinch My Salt
Why is everyone mad at Kolohe Andino? This week on Pinch My Salt, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan break down the Kolohe Andino drama, the backlash inside surf culture, his comment…
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EP 139 | Brad Gerlach Talks Kelly Slater, Felipe Toledo & Teahupo’o Drama | Pinch My Salt
Brad Gerlach joins Pinch My Salt to break down Kelly Slater at Teahupo’o, the wild WSL Tahiti contest, Seth Moniz’s huge win, Felipe Toledo in heavy surf, big-wave surfing, surf co…
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EP 138 | Jamie O’Brien Says "Pro Surfer's Aren't Core" | Pinch My Salt
Jamie O’Brien, Pipeline, Pipe Masters, core surfing, Catch Surf, soft-top surfboards, surf culture, YouTube surfing, Red Bull, North Shore Hawaii, Backdoor, Ben Gravy, Jack Johnson…
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56 min
EP 137 | It’s Not Sexism… You Might Just Be a Kook | Pinch My Salt
Kelly Slater, surf etiquette, women in surfing, Blue Crush, Nathan Florence, Jamie O’Brien, Dane Reynolds, the US Open of Surfing, surf culture, surf controversy, and the future of…
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EP 136 | Nathan Florence Survived JAWS... and Kaiborg | Pinch My Salt
Nathan Florence joins Pinch My Salt for a full big-wave surfing conversation covering Pipeline, the Vans Pipe Masters, Teahupo’o, Tahiti, Jaws, Puerto Escondido, Shipstern Bluff, C…
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1 h 11
EP 135 | Chad & JT on Selling Out VS. Staying Core | Pinch My Salt
Chad & JT join Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on Pinch My Salt for a wild surf comedy podcast about surf culture, the WSL, the US Open of Surfing, pro surfers, viral prank videos…
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54 min
EP 134| Did Kelly Slater Buy His Way Into Tahiti?! | Pinch My Salt
Kelly Slater’s controversial Tahiti wild card, Outerknown’s connection to the WSL event, and the future of professional surfing lead this episode of the Pinch My Salt surf podcast.…
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EP 133| Skip Frye on 68 Years of Surfing, Shaping & Staying Core | Pinch My Salt
Skip Frye joins Pinch My Salt for a legendary surf conversation with Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan. In this episode, Skip Frye talks about 68 years of surfing, surfboard shaping…
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55 min
EP 132 | Mason Ho on Growing Up Inside Surfing Royalty | Pinch My Salt
Mason Ho joins Pinch My Salt for a full surf podcast interview packed with wild stories, Ho family surf history, North Shore memories, Hawaii surf culture, Pipeline, Backdoor, Suns…
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1 h 07
EP 131 | Morgan Maassen Tells the Untold Jeremy Flores Story | Pinch My Salt
Morgan Maassen joins Pinch My Salt for one of the funniest and weirdest surf stories we’ve ever heard — including the night Jeremy Flores “choked out” Sterling Spencer… while Morga…
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Ep 130 | Blair Conklin Takes Us Behind the Scenes on the Biggest Swell in Decades| Pinch My Salt
The Wedge got so big surfers pulled out 9-foot guns—and Blair Conklin says it was some of the biggest surf he has seen there in his lifetime. In this episode of the Pinch My Salt p…
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EP 129 | Which Surfer Is Kelly Slater’s Eskimo Bro? | Pinch My Salt
Did Marshall Alberga date the same woman as Kelly Slater? In this episode of the Pinch My Salt Podcast, professional surfer Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan sit down with Florida s…