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Listeners of AIN'T THAT SWELL that love the show mention:The AIN'T THAT SWELL podcast is an absolute gem in the world of surf podcasts. With their hilarious banter and insightful commentary, hosts Jed and Vaughan bring a refreshing and entertaining perspective to the surfing community. This podcast is a must-listen for any surf enthusiast looking for a good laugh and some valuable insights into the sport.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the chemistry between Jed and Vaughan. Their dynamic is infectious, and their humor adds an extra layer of enjoyment to each episode. Whether they're singing original songs or teasing each other mercilessly, their camaraderie shines through and keeps listeners engaged throughout.
Another standout aspect of The AIN'T THAT SWELL podcast is the quality of their guests. From legendary surfers like Parko and Slater to industry insiders like Ron Dog, they consistently bring on fascinating individuals with captivating stories to share. These guests add depth and variety to the podcast, keeping it fresh and interesting with each episode.
However, one downside to this podcast is that they occasionally have live episodes that aren't as polished as their studio recordings. While they still manage to be funny, these live episodes can sometimes lack the same level of comedic timing and production value as their studio counterparts. It would be great if they focused more on producing high-quality studio episodes consistently.
In conclusion, The AIN'T THAT SWELL podcast is a top-tier surf podcast that delivers both laughs and valuable insights into the world of surfing. Jed and Vaughan's chemistry, along with their excellent guest selection, make this podcast a standout in its genre. Despite occasional dips in production quality during live episodes, it remains a must-listen for any surf enthusiast craving entertainment and knowledge from two witty Aussie hosts who truly know their stuff.
Dometic's Ultimate Campfire Season Base Camp Presents... Blitzed: Pure Tour Nerdism Chopes Preview with Owen Wright! (Get your Dometic Gear Here!) Chopes has been cooking and the forecast looks insane as the CT heads to Tahiti for the final stop of the 2025 Season before WSL Finals Day in September. And who is better qualified to give you the ins and outs of surfing's most treacherous cone than the three-time finalist, two-time 10 point Chopes tube piggery master and 2019 Champion Owen "Bronze Dick Eye" Wright!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At the Movies is a new show dedicated to picking apart surfing's best new films and getting the backstories behind the big sessions. In Episode one, we go deep with Liam O'Brien on his new Pacific Thunder Egg Fest, Friction of Perception, which is currently premiering around the world. It's an absolute orb fest of Mortal Conequence. The backstories are insane. As are LOB's insights into the mad, mad shit he watched locals doing at Chopes, Cloudbreak, Pipe and elsewhere. See the trailer hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
UP! The bank that's got young Aussies backs presents...One of the greatest surfers to have ever lived, South Africa's Shaun Tomson. Former world champ, pioneering vortex shaman, bastion of resilience, longevity, wisdom and high performance surfing insights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Childe Eyewear (Sign Up Now) & Love Police Presents... CHOON with Donnie Frankenreiter. The Soul-Arching Single Fin-Shredding Rock & Roll Groove Lord is heading back down under for his first Australian tour in nearly a decade and Deadly caught up with him to talk Drive Thru, Video Games, Jamming with Occy and Curren and 10 Point rides on the Q! GET TIX HERE NOVEMBER 21 – THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST, QLD TICKETS 22 – MIAMI MARKETTA, GOLD COAST, QLD TICKETS 23 – TANKS ARTS CENTRE, CAIRNS, QLD TICKETS 25 – CROWBAR, BRISBANE, QLD TICKETS 27 – AVALON RSL, AVALON, NSW TICKETS 28 – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY, NSW TICKETS 29 - THIRROUL MUSIC FESTIVAL, THIRROUL, NSW TICKETS 30 - QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL, QUEENSCLIFF, VIC TICKETS DECEMBER 2 – THE CROXTON, MELBOURNE, VIC TICKETSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Billabong Presents... An ATS Regular Ep: Smiv and Deadly tee off on the current state of surf culture including the Bingin Demo job, kooks being banned from Cloud 9, and not a single Banchong in the Lady Boy division at Stab High! But there's also plenty to be frothing about including a heap of World Class surf flicks, the winners of the Blitzed Fanasy League, Ask us a Question and more! Finger Buns brought to you by Up - the Financial Revolution is here. Sign Up Now!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
South Oz is copping the full impact of a monstro natural disaster with a toxic algal bloom devastating local marine life and making the line-up uninhabitable for local surfers. So what's causing this and how do we stop it? Smivvy lifts the lid on yet another mind melting stitch up. Watch Seasick here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As the bulldozers move in to destroy one of the most sacred and storied surf communities in the world at Bingin, we catch up with local ripper, Kopral, for an eyewitness report of what went down and how he feels about the future of both Balinese culture and surf culture. We also speak with the first man to ever surf Uluwatu, Morning of the Earth star, Steve Cooney, for his reflections on the changes that have unfolded since he first set foot on the island in 1971, who is to blame, and what, if anything, can be done, to turn back the tide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brought to you by the JS Industries BIG HORSE...The biggest, baddest, backside powerhouse on the planet , Connor O'Leary, joins The Swellians to relive his first ever World Tour victory at all-time J Bay and explain how he produced the best backside surfing the wave has ever seen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The JS Big Horse Presents... Blitzed: Pure.Tour. Nerdism. Smiv and Deadly break down all the action from a throbbing finals day at J-Bay including Connor O'Learyzy Brah's famous backside demo job on the world's most iconic right point. Get that well and truly up yas!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
UP! The bank that's got young Aussies backs presents...Chris Del Moro is a former-professional surfer from Southern California who works as the creative director of Drifter in Bali. He's a close friend of Dave Rastavich, environmentalist and sought after artist, who split his time between Giorgio Armani's inner-sanctum in Italy as a kid and the mean streets of San Pedro, Palos Verde and Los Angeles in the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
UP! The bank that's got young Aussies backs presents...Tom De Souza is a print journalist, film maker and one of modern Indonesia's most intrepid explorers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
UP! The banking revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents... Southside slab specialist and foil lord, Josh Ku, recounts his harrowing mission across the Bali Strait, from Uluwatu to G Land, by Hydro Foil. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up - NO FEES OVERSEAS! Sign up now and join over 1 million Aussies regaining control of their coin with the financial revolution that's got ya back! Sign up here in under 5 minutes! Terry Richardson is a former World Tour surfer, world class shaper, twin-fin pioneer, and coal miner from the south coast of NSW. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bonsoy Kombucha Presents... Brainzo Surf Trivia with Ronnie Blakey! Which Beach Boy was pals with psycho killer Charles Manson? Which company had the slogan "Best for your stick" ? And can you name the 6 women who have won four or more World Titles? It's a general Knowledge Brainzo spesh with Ronnie BlakeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dometic -Campfire Season Presents... Get Gorn: Campfire Surfing Adventure chats with Wade Carmichael (Get your Camping Base Camp Sorted Here!) We sit down in the great outdoors with power surfing Avoca Jesus Wade Carmichael for a fireside chat and relive some of his greatest surfing sojourns! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Swellian Hmaaaad Plonk (Get it Here!) Presents... Blitzed: Wobble Boards and Yawn Patrol as Brazil Goes Meh... The Vivo Rio Pro held in Curl Curl-esque junk had a few fun moments (OATH MOLLY!) but in reality was nothing more than a stepping stone event to the upcoming waves of truth in J-Bay and Chopes. Former CT veteran and Woz commentator Richie Lovett joins Deadly to discuss Brazil and the race for the final 5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Frankie Jones is a plumber and punk rock singer from Portsmouth in Southern England, where he is the last in a long line of working class descendants. Fresh back off a trip to Brisbane to participate in the global march to bring peace to Palestine, that is where we start our long ranging conversation, which winds through the crushing constraints of the British class system, the divisive ploys of the ruling elite, all so old, cold billionaires can host drug-fuelled sex parties on their super yachts - a scene one of Frankie’s good friends has watched play out firsthand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brought to you by UP Bank...the Financial revolution that’s got Aussies backs. Over a million corelords have already signed up. Get on it. Eastern suburbs underground ripper, WSL water patrol, and former Bondi Rescue reality TV Star, Azza Graham talks about running water patrol at the heaviest surf contest ever run, the Red Bull Cape Fear event at Cape Solander aka Ours. He recalls partying with the Bra Boys in a Hollywood mansion during their premiere tour of the hit documentary, Bra Boys; doing the WQS and Junior Series with the ‘most underrated Australian surfer of all-time’ Luke Hitchings, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brought to you by UP Bank...the Financial revolution that’s got Aussies backs. Over a million corelords have already signed up. Get on it. Torren Martyn and Simon Jones join us to talk about the evolution of their shaping journey, Torren's travels aboard a trimaran canoe around Tasmania, film making, Indonesian and South Pacific surf travel, surfing Shipsterns on a twin-fin and the eternal artform of designing equipment to capture and ride energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bonsoy Sparkling Coconut Water and Kombucha Presents... Brainzo - Heaps Hmaad Surf Trivia with Ronnie Blakey. This ep is all about the Director's Cut - a doff to the late great Jack McCoy and the surf filmmakers he helped to inspire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up - NO FEES OVERSEAS! Sign up now and join over 1 million Aussies regaining control of their coin with the financial revolution that's got ya back! Sign up here in under 5 minutes! Deadly sits down with his old man Alfie to find out how a kid from the North Shore of Sydney ended up selling stolen surfboards and winning a Stomp comp to avoiding Vietnam War by hightailing it to J-Bay. A walk through 1950s and 60s Australian surf culture with the old boy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Inside the unfolding disaster at the Costa Rican surf favourite, Pavones, with secretary for the local community association, Dominique Pavones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
JS Industries Big Horse Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Trestles Wrap! Smiv & Deadly give many SHATS as Yago Dora and Betty Lou Sakura Johnson enter legit World Champ energy. Vortex and the Pickle get their grooves back. Griffy and the So Cal kids get care free and gritty mongrel Joel Vaughan runs yet another hot hard young Aussie sword into the swollen punished dot of Italo Ferreira! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Billabong The Occy Collection, Spec 73 and Occy’s Grom Comp Presents… It’s been a while but the boys are back in the studio musing on everything from the quality of the Chang, to NWA Goat Plagues, to Bali Jetski Blow ups, to another near death at Chopes, to Cloudbreak garn turbo, to Brian Conley's magic innervisions, and the perils of gorging too much Peach! Garn… Garn eat some goat peach ya filthy animals! Get on board with Up - the financial revolution that over 1 million Aussies have joined to get more control of their finances! Five minute sign up right here!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dometic the absolute lords of Campfire Season Presents... Rando Conversations with SW Editor and X98 Gold Cone Piece Award Winner Sean Doherty who walks through the beast that is SW 425 on sale right HERE! Featuring Derek Hynd's In Cold Blood - the last days of Chris Davidson The Old Firm - Ank, Frank & Greenough together again at last! Jack McCoy's Final Stand Cyclone Alfred Still Blowing out Ya Stoke Fuse Harry Bryant's Second Reef Pipeline Mission Phylis O'Donell, Tommy Peterson, Sam Yoon and More Sort your winter camping Base Camp Out right here!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up the financial Revolution that's got young Aussie's backs! Over a million true blue Strayans have made the switch and you can too right here! Presents... Rando Conversations with filmmaking giant Taylor Steele! This weekend Taylor Steele's Solento Surf Film Festival is playing at the Mondian Hotel in Burleigh Heads and will feature DOPED YOUTH on the big screen for the first time in 23 Years! Find out more about the schedule and get your tickets now! solentosurffestival.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fresh off his win at the opening Challenger Series event of the year at Newcastle, Jacob 'Chippo' Wilcox, talks us through the mental battle to build himself back up after a deflating rookie year on tour and what it takes to win a Challenger Series event stacked with past, present and future World Tour talent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dometic Campfire Season Presents... Get Gorn! A new show recorded by fireside with adventurers, explorers, astral travellers and fringe dwellers... all nestled in the bossum of the great outdoors. GET YOUR BASE DOMETIC BASE CAMP SORTED RIGHT HERE! And to kick things off, Smivvy sits down with the great surfing futurist, film maker, writer, and living legend Albe Falzon to talk about his early adventures through the Eastern landscapes, peaople and philosophies. It doesn't get better!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sign up with Up! The financial revolution that's got young Aussies backs - Get on the program with over 1 million other Aussies right here BLITZED. Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Margies Wrap. Yeah we're late, but let's revisit all the main break end section carnage, careers in tatters, rail shamanism, full rotes to the flats and all the glitch cone glory of THE BOX. Yeeeeeeew!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brought to you by the WOZTRALIANA TOUR, final show tomorrow night at the Merewether Hotel ft. Julian Wilson, Josh Kerr and Ryan Callinan. Socal core lord kingpin classssssssic, Crosby Colapinto, joins us to reflect on he and brother, Griff's monumental Margaret River event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The passing of surf film maestro and cultural guardian Jack McCoy has been met with an outpouring of love and gratitude and appreciation of the great man and his life's work. Here Smivvy gives his own dedication before we revisit our last chat with McCoy, a sit down in Swellian HQ with his dear friend Occy in the lead up to their Occumentary tour. Rest in Peace Jack. Thank you for everything brother. Aloha Mate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The official Launch of Swellian Hmaaaad Plonk by Daily Grind McLaren Vale Presents... (GET YOURS HERE) CRUST LIVE from the Daily Grind South Oz with camel milk-slurping desert wandering cone fiend and mad cunt par excellence Harry Bryant as well as double peen eyed local legend Clouse Howse. A night of pure delight as we pop corks and talk pure South Oz lore in the home of the OG filthy red dirt encrusted desert Aussie core lord. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up - The banking revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents... The star of the epic Weird Waves series, Dylan Graves, joins us to talk about his upbringing in Puerto Rico; the unique, insanely wave-rich region of the Caribbean; doing Quiksilver Crossings with Kelly and Tom Carroll; his favourite Weird Waves of the world; and spending 15 years riding for Vans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bonsoy Brainzo Presents... 20 questions designed to test your surf knowledge as the Margaret River Pro fires up in the West! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brought to you by Childe Eyewear... In this wide ranging chat with members of three different underground punk and stoner rock bands - Couch Wizard, Happy F**king Family and Return To Nagoya - we traverse much terrain, including but not limited to, the folly of taking too much psychedelics; spending time in the Australian and US prison systems; a six month stint training Kung Fu in a Shaolin Temple in remote china; British class enslavement; Vietnamese meth benders; coastal gentrification in Santa Cruz; sharing a home with Ozzie Wright and Shawn 'Barney' Barron as a ten year old Volcom-sponno'd supergrom, and much more. Hit the link for Show Dates for Couch Wizard and Return to Nagoya's upcoming Australian Tour. Couch Wizard's IG. Happy F**king Family IG. Return To Nagoya IG. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bonsoy - the official milk of the Swellians Presents... The lord of True Grit Callum Robson joins us in the studio for this special edish of Brainzo focussed entirely on the recent Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro! Do you know who scored the only 10 of the event? Do you know who got the highest heat score? Do you know who Julian was flipping off in the final? Have you been paying attention? Test your knowledge of the year's best CT right here!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Julian Wilson joins us following his insane Gold Coast Pro performance to break down the result, explain his furious Filipe spray, and what it was like to be the man of the moment in one of surfing's great spectacles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dometic Pico Swag FTC 2 Presents... Blitzed: Gold Coast Pro Wrap! Smiv and Deadly break down one of the great events punctuated by a heavyweight slugfest for the ages as Joycey Wilson and Fil Toledo go hmaaaaaaad for dad bods the world over. Pro surfing at its finest! A spectacle worth celebrating!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sun Bum Presents... Steaming Heats with Morgan Cibilic. Morgan Cibilic went from relative unknown to surfing for a World Title in the first ever WSL Final 5 event at Trestles. A year after that he had fallen off tour and was wondering if those lofty heights may have passed him by. Now he's back, stronger, faster and wiser and ready to once again rip a few heads off!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The WSL's Back to the Future Dream Tour Announcement Presents... ATS Woztraliana live from the main stage of the Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro at Burleigh Heads. Goat yarns, classic heats and wipeout mentality with Parko, Laz and Uncle Willy. Glory days from only stop 2 on the Woz Oz Trebs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
OnBoard Industries Presents... Blitzed: pure. Tour Nerdism. From the all Aussie Bell Ringers to the absoluter pure rail wizardry of Ethan Heeeeeyeeeewing doing the best Bowl Demo job since Occy was on tour no stone is left unturned as Smiv & Dealdly go ring-a-ding ding for the Rip Curl Pro!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As we get ready to head to the polls let's just consider how the major parties and the fossil fuel industry - particularly coal and gas - have bent us Strayans over and had their way with our coits and natural resources without a seconds thought for our long term financial security or the health of the planet. It's a gaslighting disgrace!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
UP! The banking revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents... A deep dive inside Freshwater Boardriders President, father of two, and tradesman, Tommy Myer's internet-breaking, triple overhead Queenscliff Bombie DOOM CONE! LOOOOOOOOOOOORD!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For this ANZAC Day Special we had back to the Inaugural Swellness Summit to hear from our two of our all-time greatest guests, Ben and Nathan, from the Veteran Surfers Association. Lest We Forget. Find the ACTU Press Release listing Australia's Merchants of Death here. Watch the John Pilger epic, The War You Don't See, featuring Julian Assange, here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In our final episode of Crust we visit Anna and Tim's utopian permaculture set up deep in the dusty recesses of the Great Australian Bight, a short drive from world class waves. Cars running on vegetable oil, year round organic produce in their backyard, homeschooled kids that rip and shape their own boards - this is what freedom looks like. Watch their episode of Farm Boys here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Billabong, Sun Bum, Stone and Wood Presents.... ATS LIVE in TORQUAY with RCJ, MASE and ETHAN HEEEEEEYEEEEEEWING!!!!!! Saddle up for one of the greatest big wave rip-ins as Ross Clarke-Jones and Mason Ho relive the past Hawaiian winter including wild yarns from the 2024 Eddie! With a special first time appearance by the great rail shaman himself Ethan Heeeeeeeeyeeeeeeewing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Billabong & Sun Bum Presents... CRUNCH TIME: The Firing Lyne with Jack River, Frackman, Punter Konrad, Jeremy Miller, Benny Godwin and HUUUUUUGHSEY!!!! The Crunch Time Feral Election Special heads to Forster in the electorate of Lyne to talk politics and debauchery with a hmaaaaaad panel of core lord all sorts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bonsoy's Cafe Del Froth Live at Bells Prsents... Brainzo: Bells Beach Edition.... Ronnie and Vaughano are ready to fire up the grey matter for Stop 1 of the Woz Aussie Treble at Bells Beach for the Rip Curl Pro. So how well do you know the longest running surf conny on the planet? Let's rip in before the rip in begins this Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sun Bum’s Signature Tinted Face Stick. The Zinc stick for surfers that doesn’t come off (GET YOURS HERE) Presents... Steaming Heats with Mason Ho From getting his dong out to playing World Title spoiler to 10 Point Rides at Massive Pipeline Mason Ho has has a wild competitive career particularly for someone who many consider to be the world's most entertaining free surfer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Billabong & Sun Bum Presents... Crunch Time! ATS Live from Surfaris in Crescent Head with Matt Wilko, Gosford Grug Wade Carmichael and Independent Candidate for Cowper Caz Heise The Federal Election is upon us and we're touring the country whacking on town hall style meetings with legends, corelords, activists and independent MP's who are willing to stand up and demand the best out of this reptile influenced democracy for the sake of a better future for ALL SWELLIANS! Surf banter with a side of truth speak for those of you who actually wanna use your vote to instigate positive change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents...Lucy Smalls is a semi-professional longboarder and filmmaker from Denmark in Western Australia. Her new film, CEIBO, charts the tensions beteween mining, colonialism, capitalism and indigenous communities in Ecuador. And surfing, of course. Get tickets here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.