Today on The Still Point Tapes we are with Skip Frye, one of surfing’s most quietly influential figures. Known not just for his graceful, flowing style in the water, Skip is also a master surfboard shaper whose designs have guided generations of surfers. He has always approached surfing with humility, almost as a meditation, connecting rider, board, and wave in a single rhythm. In this conversation, Skip reflects on the deeper side of surfing: the energy of the ocean, music, salsa, and how a lifetime spent gliding across waves can shape the way one moves through life.

In this episode of The Still Point Tapes: Echoes from the Lineup, we spend time with Jeff Divine, one of surfing’s most respected documentarians, not just with a camera, but with a quiet attention to the spirit of the ocean and those who ride it. Though known for his iconic photography, Jeff speaks here less as a photographer and more as a listener, to energy, to waves, to the deep rhythm of surf culture. He reflects on growing up near the California coast, and the way certain moments seem to arrive with meaning built into them.

He also shares memories of his grandmother, a wise and perceptive woman whose way of being shaped his understanding of flow, intuition, and respect for nature. Her presence lingers throughout the conversation, like a compass quietly pointing toward a deeper kind of knowledge.

This is a reflective, gently powerful episode about tuning in to the ocean, to each other, and to something larger than ourselves.

The film “The Still Point” is available on The Surfers Network.

Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz was many things: a doctor, a philosopher, a nomad, and above all, a surfer who believed in the healing power of the ocean and the simplicity of a life lived close to nature.

Long before “wellness” became a buzzword, Doc was preaching the gospel of health, family, and wave-riding from the seat of a camper van. He raised nine children on the road, taught countless people how to surf, and challenged mainstream values with an almost radical purity.

In this conversation, recorded nearly twenty years ago, Doc reflects on the ocean as a source of spirit and balance. He speaks about education and instinct. It’s raw, it’s wise, and unmistakably Doc, uncompromising and full of life.