AIN'T THAT SWELL

Billabong and ATS Live at the Torquay Pub this Monday March 30th Presents... Occy's Wild Affair with Bells and Cloudbreak! What was it that made the Raging Bull so damn good at two of the world's most challenging waves? PURE LOVE BABY!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a terrifying encounter with a massive Great White at his home beach Gold Cone Piece Award Winner Brett Burcher went on a mission to find out more about sharks, shark encounters, attacks and what we can do about sharing space with these creatures in a way that doesn’t result in fear, maiming or death. His first guest is Dr Chris Lowe, a renowned Professor of Marine Biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University Long Beach. These conversations are the long form interviews conducted for Burch and Andrew Kaineder’s upcoming documentary Crossing the Tideline due out in 2027. AST LIVE! Come Celebrate the Aussie Grit Merchants who Tore the Chang a New One! Morgan Cibilic, George Pittar, Liam O'Brien, Oscar Berry and Callum Robson live in person! Torquay Hotel, March 30, 6PM, $30 Don't miss itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Zuvich is an Yindjibarndi (in-ji-barn di) man with Croatian and Australian ancestry from South-West Australia. He works in education and adult learning, and holds down a role with the WSL and not for profit Aboriginal groups. The Tangata Whenua ("People of the Land") Crew II is Ain't That Swell's Asia-Pasifika culture and identity program. You can find the original Tangata Whenua Crew on Koori Radio 93.7 FM Live and Deadly from 2-4 pm Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ATS Live in Torquay Presents... (Click link for tickets) In 2023 Brett Burcher had a very lucky escape when a massive Great White shark stalked and then charged him while surfing his home beach. The entire encounter was caught on drone and is so off chops it's hard to believe he didn't sell it to the highest bidder for a run on the nightly news. Instead, he used it as an anchor point for a new documentary and podcast series that we'll be sharing with you right here on Ain't That Swell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... A Blitzed Bonus Mini Ep with the X4 World Champ and Australian GOAT Mark Richards. MR shares his thoughts on Reginato's famous win and the resurgence of true blue, you beaut, rip their fucken heads off Aussie competitive Mongrel! Must listen! Stone & Wood and Billabong Presents... ATS LIVE! TORQUAY // MARGARET RIVER // COOLANGATTA // RAGLAN Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone and Wood Presents...The final dispatch from one hell of a journey of a C.S contest at Newcastle. We discuss the big winners and losers from Finals Day. Go to https://surfshark.com/swellian or use code SWELLIAN at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone and Wood Presents...A Day of the purest drama at the Newcastle Challenger Series event with careers and qualification hopes hanging in the balance. Go to https://surfshark.com/swellian or use code SWELLIAN at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... Blitzed Daily Dispatch Surfest 40... A huge day for Australian surfing as our TRUE GRIT YOU BEAUT AUSSIE FUCKEN WEAPONS Morgan Cibilic, Oscar Berry and Callum Robson claim their spots on the 2026 CT. Deadly sits down with Richie Lovett to celebrate and pontificate on the days action and what it means for Lobby and Mateus Herdy who will be doing bed karate for the next three days in hopes of keeping their CT dreams alive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone and Wood presents...a radical emotional roller coaster at Day Three of the Newcastle Changaz with Chippo Willcox's CT Qualification hopes in the balance after an early loss, Morgz narrowly avoids a melt, and Sophie Mculloch mounts a late charge for qualification. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone and Wood Presents...Day Two Newcastle Changaz Dispatch! High drama on day two of the all important final Challenger Series event at Newcastle with several Aussie Qualification hopefuls losing, including Liam O'Brien. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone and Wood Presents...Our daily wrap of the final WSL Challenger Series event plus a deep dive into what many are calling the greatest Australian Boardriders Battle Final ever, won by North Shelley Boardriders for the second time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Throw Ons Presents... Cop the amount of primo shit going down in surf this week! The ABB Grand Final at Burleigh promises insane waves and blood feuds deluxe! The Chang winds up in Newy and the Aussies are well placed to claim every qualifying spot left! Goat wins his own Stab in the Dark on a board that looked a 3rd at best. And Shane Dorian has recharged the rig and is ready for a second coming. All that and heaps more. Let’s fuggen go!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Jed Fasso is a surfer and filmmaker from Byron Bay, Australia. His debut film, Beyond Borders: Patagonia traces his journey from the far north of Chile’s wave rich coastline all the way to Patagonia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chasing beachbreak bliss in Prohibition-era India. The second-leg of the Swellness Pilgrimage to India featured a mission to find waves. First published in Stab Magazine in 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Kipp Caddy is a pro surfer from the South Coast of NSW and one of the world's best heavy water exponents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NEW SHOW! The Tangeta Whenua ("People of the Land") Crew II is a show dedicated to Asia-Pasfika surfing, politics and culture, featuring community leaders from across the region (Melanesia, Polynesia, Indonesia, and Australia). For our first ever episode, we are joined by Hawaiian pro surfer and scientist, Dr Cliff Kapono, who was recently the feature of this Vice documentary, The Smartest Surfer In The World. If you would like to listen to the original Tangeta Whenua Crew, you can listen on-demand via the Koori Radio 93.7 website, or, live every Saturday from 2-4pm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

B3 Social Remedy & The Swellness Power Up Presents... The heaviest Ain't That Swell interview of all time! When Elliot Foote and Steph Weise took off on a classic surf adventure to the Ments little did they know they were about to be thrown into a harrowing tale of life and death when a storm capsized their boat during a night time crossing between islands. This truly is the most fucked up survival yarn we've ever had on this podcast. Strap yourselves in and don't forget to breathe!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Backhand surfers to have the advantage, onshore and 3-5 foot is fun as, Kiwis to turn up in throbbing numbers and other things we’ve learned after chatting to the 8-time NZ national champ in the lead up to Pro Surfing's arrival in NZ!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents… ATS with Smiv and Deadly! Light a candle and say a prayer folks the Brazilian Storm is dead… according to two high profile Brazilians! We reflect on the long road to glory for Toquay Boardriders the newly minted World Club Champions. Merrick Jr goes swinging arm deluxe on Goat with a verbal coat hanger for the ages! And our boy Dane “the Tooth of Seal” is back and causing more carnage than ever! Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussies Backs Presents... (Sign up now for a $20 kick in from us using the code "UTFS20" Yeeeeeeew!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Usher Group Presents... ATS LIVE from the World Club Championships President's Dinner. It's Scoops De Ville as Smiv and Deadly host proceedings at the Usher Cup World Club Championships Presidents Dinner. Featuring Steph Gilmore on how she'll tackle old rivals, uppity youngsters and backside cones on her return to the the Woz and global surfing icon Felipe Pomar who is 82 years young and plans to surf to 100!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun Bum The Official Sun Care of the Swellians Presents... Steaming Heats with World Number 12 and Nuclear Peach... Connor O'Learyzy Brah! From dusting R-Cal, Banting and Avoca Jesus in a Rip Curl Grom Search to dropping backside bombs all over J-Bay to win his first CT and shoot into the top 16 Connor O'Leary shares the battles that crafted the warrior within. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Final Five Contender and Australian Challenger Series campaigner, Morgan Cibilic, takes us inside the unprecedented Australian domination of the recent Pipeline Challenger Series event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong presents… Smiv and Deadly get down and dirty in the seedy world of surfing’s drug testers who have no qualms demanding a public squirt from our nation’s finest at 2 in the fricken morning! Plus we reveal why Johnny Johnny Floz Floz is heading back over the horizon, take a look at how Our Sal will fare now she’s officially back on tour and we investigate just how much this whole penis doping scandal could rock surfing to it’s core. Usual stuff really. The Swellness Summit Presents…Power Up! The Ain’t That Swell podcast (aka The Swellians) is curating a day of hardcore wellness at the state of the art B3 facility in Brunswick Heads. The day will feature breathwork, meditation, movement, sauna, ice baths, live podcasts, music, films, and philosophy. Come in and power up with us! *Can’t afford the mandatory donation? Power up on us - pay what you can, or come for free. Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussies Backs Presents... (Sign up now for a $20 kick in from us using the code "UTFS20" Yeeeeeeew!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Callum Robson and Morgan Cibilic finish first and second at the inaugural Pipeline Challenger Series event amidst an Australian onslaught across the board. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie O'Brien called it the day of the year and Shane Dorian was spellbound by Backdoor's "super nuggets" for the round of 64 at the Pipeling Challenger Series Event. We break down the death or glory action from days one and two of the men's and women's events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents... ATS with Smivvy & Deadly! It’s been the busiest surf week since Elo got his farewell kick up the coit with X3 World Champ John Florence giving the Woz a severe case of blue balls, J-Bay gets the fuh-lick, Rags goes to the big show and Goat trades nubile princesses for burnt out South Tweed units on mobility scooters. The Pipe Chang fires up, and the Swellians take over the asylum for a huge Ask us a Question Special. Slurp Slurp Slurp away! Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussies Backs Presents... (Sign up now for a $20 kick in from us using the code "UTFS20" Yeeeeeeew!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Russel Ord is one of the most respected and hard working water photogs in the world. Willing to get back slammed on dry reef or risk getting eaten alive by a giant Great White for the shot, he's had countless magazines spreads and covers, and has just put out book of his favourite shots and stories (written by Al Workman), called Life Around the Sea. Buy it here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Surf cam operators, surf schools, surf industry sell-outs, and Swiss-owned ‘Yoga Surf Retreats.’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The prickly faced, mango sucker from the Australian Sunny Coast delivers yet another sermon of core philosophy, sharing tales of deep conical pilgrimage, and communing with surfing's spiritual elders, the long suffering, carcinogenic-dust-huffing shaper. Check his Stab Edit of the Year Award Winning Film, ROASTED, here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Isla Huppatz and Dane Henry cap a dominant performance by Australia at the World Juniors, taking out the contest despite the entire team being struck down by a mystery illness on the eve of the event. Aussie Coach, Clancy Dawson, joins us from the Phillipines to break down the contest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...James Kates is the former pro bodyboarder turned filmmaker behind Noa Deane's unprecedented run of smash-hit surf films and surf sections. He was also a member of the cult Aussie punk band, the Pinheads and now plays with indie-pop outfit Shining Bird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents… ATS First Ep of 2026! What a start to the year it has been and Smiv and Deadly are back to run the critical eye over everything that’s gone down in surfy land including, the John Florence mega flex going down on da Islands brah, Medina’s separation from Rippy and who might fill the void, Stab in the Dark’s excellent boozy shapers Goat Roast, and so much more. Let’s fucken go Swellians! Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussies Backs Presents... (Sign up now for a $20 kick in from us using the code "UTFS20" Yeeeeeeew!)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.

Billabong X Otis Carey (GET SOME HERE) Presents... Smiv & Deadly attacking 2025's Biggest Questions so far including... Can the stem cells from Goat's forey save Medina's ripped off titty and the 2025 Woz season? Is Japan now the greatest surfing nation on Earth in waves of TRUTH following their outstanding win at the giant throbbing Backdoor Shootout? If you ride the biggest wave ever surfed but didn't paddle does it really even count? Are Byron Bay kebabs still Absolutely Kebabulous? All these questions and more answered right here, right now, right here, right now...dodododededededeeee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dometic CFX5 and Pico Swag presents... BLITZED! Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Pipe Conny Wrap. The Lexus Pipe Pro delivered a monstro first up victory for the Woz with one of the all-time great days in Professional Surfing History forming the cream on a deliciously moist piece of competitive surfing cake. Gorge yaselves Swellians! UTFS!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong’s BONG. Collection Presents… ATS Reg Ep Pacific Cone-a-palooza featuring the best and worst of Cyclone Alfie, Pipeline’s fortnight of terror, a quick skwizz at the upcoming Supertubos CT, musings on the Natural Selection send-fest, users and overs, Ask us a Questions and a whole lot more. Heaps filf! Sign up to get your First Aid up to date Swellians! SURFERS RESCUE - VIC SURFERS RESCUE - AUS Get on the Up Swellians!!! Download the ‘Up’ app and sign up in minutes. Use code 'UTFS' for $10 on signup (do it all from the comfort of your phone, no need to go to the bank or any of that bullsh*t). T&C's @ up.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crust is a series celebrating the creme de la creme of crust lords from Australia's deep south. This week's guest is South Australia's first ever world tour surfer turned supercoach, Jarrad Howse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DOMETIC...Dion Aigus is a professional freesurfer, filmmaker, fashion designer and innovator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s guest is the iconoclastic Aussie filmmaker Kai Neville, who you may not know, hails from South Australia originally. He spent his early years down there where he was raised by a passionate surfer of a dad, who tragically lost his leg in a car crash on his way home from a surf trip east of Adelaide. It didn’t stop him though, the hellman that he is, eventually moving the family to the Sunny Coast so he could longboard the more forgiving point breaks of the Noosa region. And this is where Kai’s surfing journey really gets going - a journey that has produced a handful of the greatest surf films of the modern era.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.

Up the financial revolution that's got young Aussies Backs Presents... (Sign up now for a $20 kick in from us using the code "UTFS20" Yeeeeeeew!) Shaun 'Chunny' Manners has been through the ringer of mental and physical anguish these past few years but he's emerged from it bigger and better than ever, and doing the best surfing of his life. Now with the support of Former (Dane Reynolds, Craig Anderson and Austyn Gilette), among others, he's surfing with a renewed sense of presence that's unlocked a new level of performance. Here he explains how he did it (spoiler: he took up Smivvy's head-injury protocol) and takes us inside the underground loony bin that underpins the West Australian surf scene. 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.

Start your year off right with a rocket up ya from the Swellness Team, led by Housing Commission-raised Empowerment Coach, Teddi Emerald. Unlock your human potential by adopting these simple strategies. Find Teddi on instagram here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Chris White is a former pro bodyboarder, jujitsu black belt, Ninja Warrior contestant, high level skater, and mastermind behind the cult bodyboard film series, Tension (Watch Tension 11 here).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fingal Head Supergrom, ISA World Junior and Senior Champ, and newly minted Aussie Male Performer of the Year, DANE HENRY takes us inside his campaign to become the next great Australian world title hope. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Swellians have been given a healthy stake in the Stab Awards this year. Smivvy and Deadly debate who should take home one of surfing's most prestigious gongs and who should drown their sorrows in an abundantly packed Golden Cone Piece. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the reaction to the Bondi terror attacks continues, we travel back in time and head to what was once Australia's most controversial mosque where 15-year-old Muslim school boy turned Islamic State terrorist, Farhad Jabar was allegedly radicalised and given a gun. In part two, we do the rounds with the White Coats, an Islamic charity run out of a Mosque in nearby Granville, responsible for feeding Sydney's homeless and, in a round about way, combatting extremism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Jai Glindeman is one of the most unique and stylish talents on earth. His profile film, Free Flow, released earlier this year was one of the films of the year and featured a breakout performance at maxing back-ledge Cloudbreak. We unpack every detail of that session and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are joined once again by former Daily Telegraph, The Australian and Sky News journalist, Fred Pawle to discuss the terrorist attack on Jewish worshippers in Jed and Fred's former hometown, Bondi Beach. You can follow Fred on Substack, here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong's EXTRACT (Watch Here!) Presents... ATS with Smiv and Deadly! ATS takes a look at the recent performances of Mick Wright and draw the conclusion that the mullet headed hmaaaadman is on another planet. We take a look at the Surfing Australia Awards where the Bells and Chopes winner got done in by a grom for Australian Surfer of the Year. And we check in on the style wars playing out with Tudesy Brah and the Malloy Bros on the latest ep of How Surfers Get Paid on Stab. Plenty of other shit too! GET ON THE UP PROGRAM! Sign up and use the code UTFS20 to get a bonus lobby thrown straight in the kicker. Order ya Swellian Plonk for Christmas Here! Go to https://surfshark.com/swellian or use code SWELLIAN at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Yeeeeeew! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ritual Vision Presents... ATS Live from the Orpheum for the World Premiere of 10/10 Surf Film Ritualistic Tendencies with an all-star cast on hand to talk about the making of an instant classic! Get your prayer bowls and monk robes Swellians, we're gonna have a seance!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.