AIN'T THAT SWELL

Lucy Small is an intrepid surf adventurer, competitive longboarder, journalist, anthropologist and activist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and the ATS Live True Grit Tour Presents... A regular ep of mayhem and hmaaadness as Kelly Slater revealed as possible replacement for his Holiness the Dalai Lama, seals begin to revenge club surfers' ankles to death, John John feels unfulfilled by World Titles and the origins of Corned Beef are revealed. Get ya ticket for the True Grit Tour at theswellians.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rip Curl and the 25th Anniversary Screenings of Searching for Tom Curren Presents... Blitzed Portugal Sand Blast Inferno! You'll be picking the grit out of your undies for weeks after the carnage that went down in Peniche, including; big dog upsets galore, two first time champions on a heater and the first 10 point ride of the year that was less wave than it was giant throbbing feary as sea cock! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Coopers Board Store...In honour of one of the craziest and most clutch waves ever made, we lift the lid on Callum Robson's hard-graft journey to surfing's elite level.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Better Beer... Rach and Clint have come up with a radical (yet also kind of not) concept to circumvent the financial system and give waxheads more time to eat quality produce, pray multiple times a day, cone more, and connect with fellow core lords. All they need is your participation.  Find out more information at Barterdayz.com.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coopersboardstore.com.au presents... Part 2 of our Joel Parko World Title story special. It's three years on from the agony of 2009 and Joel Parkinson is heading into the Pipeline Masters with the slimmest of ratings leads against Championship threats Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Can the greatest surfer to never wear the crown keep his composure and realise his destiny, or will the GOAT and White Lightning put his long held dreams to the sword? A magnificent yarn of an incredible event by the great Sean Doherty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rip Curl and the Searching for Tom Curren 25th Anniversary Screenings Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Have you been copping the Australian Regional Qualifying Series over the past three months? Fwaaaaark it's going absolutely bonkas on there! Deadly caught up with Lennox Head beast man Mikey McDonagh who's caught fire to win two of his last three starts. Can he qualify for a second tilt on the Changaz? And if he does, what the hell is that Changaz gonna look like now that France and Haleiwa are rumoured to be GORN???!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Better Beer's Zero Carb...Dane 'Gudang' Gudauskas is a professional freesurfer, big wave maniac and style master. Along with his two brothers, Pat and Tanner, he also fronts the Positive Vibe Warrior Foundation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Better Beer...Sterling Spencer is a former professional surfer from Pensacola, Florida, who suffered a series of serious brain injuries during his career. We spoke with Spencer ahead of the release of a feature documentary, by Stab Magazine, called Are You Serious, which charts his decline following his most recent and severe traumatic brain injury.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and Jai Glinderman's Surf Film's are Hard on Stab Premium Presents... A good old fashioned ATS rip in ep! Smiv and Deadly somehow keep their cool despite fin chops, cell phone fuckery, all out war over how Sunset Beach should be surfed, being alluded to as gossipers on the new series of Make or Break, the wrongful reporting of lifelong film projects, super yachts marooned on pristine Hawaiian surf breaks and Derek Hynd calling an end to all legrope use! The Mayans got it wrong in 2012. Doomsday has arrived in 2023!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort Presents... A Portugal CT Preview with former World No.1 Matt Wilkinson, who was once invited to dine with the Mayor of Peniche after competing in a wetsuit printed neck-to-ankles in the town's proud emblem... the sardine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

thecakeclub.com.au Wax Subscription Co. presents... an all-Swellian Ask Us a Question Variety Hour Special. No query left unstained by Smiv and Deadly as they trawl through the septic brain matter of the Swellian masses. Included within... Is surf Gurn-alizm dead? What should I do about the old cunt who keeps paddling up my inside? Where does Smiv get his cone-fix? And what really went down between Daedly and Kirk Pengilly's squeeze that Rip Curl Media Night in 1994? No lies. Only truth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Coopers Board Store... In 2009 Joel Parkinson won three of the first five WCT events of the season to take what looked like an unbeatable lead on the Woz ratings. Barring catastrophe a long awaited World Title would surely be his. But when a mistimed air-rev in Bali destroyed his ankle at the halfway mark of the tour Joel's worst nightmares began to play out as another surfer went on a blinding back half of the season run. The surfer also happened to be his best mate. Mick Fanning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by the Rip Curl Mirage Activate Compression Expression Session, live today on Rip Curl's Youtube Channel... Smiv and Deadly take an Ethan Ewing-sized scalpel to the Sunset Beach Pro and break down the big performers, the shocking melts, the superior tactics employed and the all-out rail surfing extravaganza that made up a very memorable event. How many SHATs did you give?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the groundbreaking announcement that Australia will be the first country in the world to legalise MDMA and Psylocibin for therapeutic use, we spoke with one of the leaders in the field of psychedelic assisted therapy, Dr Nigel Strauss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this episode of the Greatest Stories Never Told, Smivvy dips into his big bag of mainstream journalism to deliver this profile of the infamous gutter rapper, career criminal, drug addict and trauma survivor, Skeaz ‘Skeamo' Lauren.  This story was first published by News Limited in 2018. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this ATS classic episode we head back to 2020 to the time when Smiv and Deadly sat down with Sunny Coast legend and all-round creative powerhouse Wade "Goodzy Brah" Goodall upon the release of his cinematic masterpiece Pentacoastal. Sitting in on the chat is none-other his Holy Powellyness Surfcore2001. Hmaaaaaad!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Billabong... Ain't That Swell The Original Surf Degenerate Radio Show featuring…Dane Reynolds' daily droppings, classic Mr Sunset, the Aussie Boardriders Battle, GOAT's musing on GOATness, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort...we review the opening World Tour event of the year, the Billabong Pipe Pro, won by Jack Robinson and Carissa Moore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort... Byron Bay, a town famous for serving up avocado on toast for $44 is now also home to the best Boardriders Club in Australia. But if you think the core surf community is a bunch of activated-almond latte-sipping manicured-man buns you can think again. This is a proud surfing region with a gritty high performance underbelly and the club has defeated a nation of heavyweight contenders to be crowned champions at the Australian Boardriders Battle in Newcastle. Former CT surfer and born-and-bred Byron local Soli Bailey took a break from tending the goldies in his cow shit paddock to talk exclusively with Blitzed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by the Billabong Pipe Pro... Ain't That Swell The Original Surf Degenerate Radio Show featuring... JJF VS Medina - seacocks engaged and ready to spray, Lazza paddles into history, GOAT Appreciation society at full vibration, and the remnants of Swellpocalypse!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian Tour Rookie, Liam O'Brien, gives us the late mail on what to expect from the opening event of the 2023 World Tour season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by... The 2023 Usher Cup World Club Challenge. Please do join us for an evening of tube gluttony, mead swilling and pokies fingering at the Greenmount Usher Cup Presidential Palace as Joel Parkinson, Brad Gerlach, Ryan Hipwood, Nathan Hedge, Jay Phillips and Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew OAM join Smivvy, Deadly and his highness Theodore Vairaktaris on stage to discuss Australian Boardriders Culture, the implementation of Global Club Competition and how many tubes is too many tubes? Riveting conversation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke Shepardson is a North Shore (Oahu) Lifeguard and the winner of the 2022/23 Eddie Aikau Invitational. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ten time Molokai to Oahu paddle champion and perennial big wave lunatic, Jamie Mitchell, shares his experience of competing in The Eddie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Pipeline Pro Jan 29 - Feb 11 Presents… The original degenerate surf radio show diving deep on the King Brown crisis engulfing surfing's most beloved bowl cut, a gluttonous feast of skitz orbs from the backdoor shootout, some heaps toey mansplaining about the flood of egg jam invading our froth pouches, Pammy stings da GOAT and so much more…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2001 World Champ, 16 year World Tour veteran, and Floridian freesurfing wizard, CJ Hobgood, joins ATS.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Afghan Hazara refugees, Salim and Sammy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and Gage Road Presents... Cosmic Apricots! Join Smiv, Deadly and the '99 World Champ Mark Occhilupo as they call two heats at the 2023 Burleigh Single Fin Fezzy. Covered within... Occy's disdain of the Woz Finals Day showdown and longing for a return to event trials, his appreciation of i-ching and yoga, his froth for Jim Banks and his memories of surfing Burleigh against the titans of the 80s. Iconic core surf froth!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Da Hui's 2023 Backdoor Shootout will go down as one of the heaviest surfing spectacles of all-time. We're joined by the mastermind behind the Snapt surf film series and Snapt5 surf team, Logen Dulien along with Mike and Mason Ho - two surfers who need no introduction on this program.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Board Short... Last week the Cronulla Shire's Jarvis Earle joined Ethan Ewing, Joel Parkinson and Jack Freestone as the fourth Australian to become Woz Junior World Champ. Deadly caught up with Jarv in the States to find out how the Shire is reacting to yet another goofyfooted corelord destined for surfing greatness in the spirit of Banksy, Occy, Greeny, Dog, Nug, Flintoff, O'learyzybrah...etc etc etc...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and Gage Road Brew Co Presents... An afternoon of shambolic, debauched shenanigans from the birthplace of modern professional surfing. In a sea of mayhem Smiv and Deadly pin R-Cal on his dreams for 2023, how Lobby will bounce back after the disappointment of last year's injury that forced him out of his rookie season, Bottle the Supercoach's secrets to making a run for the Woz top 5 and Pete Harris's miraculous run to claim a hometown victory in the 1980 Stubbies. There's some gold in here Swellians but beware the final 15 minutes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the great Australian surf expeditions. Four mates from Avalon, on Sydney's Northern Beaches (filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment, and pro surfers, Letty Mortensen and Fraser Dovell) venture into the depths of the Arctic winter, to Russia's far east coast, where they discover mind-melting waves and confront more hardship than a one-armed taxi driver with crabs.  Click the link for the tour dates: https://www.cornersoftheearth.com.au/tour-datesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort Presents... Blitzed with Ross Clarke-Jones. The former Eddie Aikau winner jumped a plane for his first Hawaiian visit in four years only to be told this morning his favourite event has been called off. No dramas, he's frothing to be back in the juice anyway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Coopers Board Store... When Michael Peterson passed away in 2012 Australian surfing lost one of its most powerful and enigmatic figures. But how did those who knew him best reconcile the electrifying and intimidating competitive genius in his prime with the shy and reclusive figure who died in his mother's arms some 30 years later? MP biographer Sean Doherty along with MP's his greatest rival Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew shared their thoughts in Surfing World Magazine 326 - The Definitive MP Tribute Issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Billabong Burleigh Single Fin Festival Presents... The first big Ep of 2023! Ya boys Smiv and Deadly tackle all the big questions from the year just gone such as who fucken dominated hardest? Who scored the most spectacular wave? Are big wave drop-in offenders about to be cancelled? And who'd win a fight between Sea Cock and Cujo Seal – the latest beast to terrorise the brine!  And if you're on the Goldy this weekend call into Burleigh for the greatest surf comp of the year so far, the Burleigh Single Fin Festival complete with a free ATS live how at Burleigh Bowlo and the world prem of R-Cal's new clip Beneath a Pear Tree. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick Waters is an award-winning independent surf filmmaker who has produced three feature films (Outdated Children, Little Black Wheels, Believe) and racked up a host of credits in films including Thomas Campbell's 'The Present,' Andrew Kidman's 'Spirit of Akasha,' Jack Mccoy's 'A Deeper Shade of Blue,' Patrick Trefz' 'Idiosyncrasies,' and many more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nearly two years after a surgery up-ended her life, Emma Dieters won gold at the World Para Surfing Championships in Pismo Beach, California. She joins us live on the line from her home in Sydney's Northern Beaches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the World Tour set to kick off at Pipe in January, sit back and revel in the emotion and inspiration of one of the greatest surfing performances of all time - Kelly Slater's 2022 Pipe Masters win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and the Burleigh Boardriders Single Fin Festival (Jan 6,7,8) Presents... the last ATS regular ep of 2023 and by God is it a howler! Featuring a full Vans Pipe Masters wrap, wipeouts that'll bust your corn and make ya lips go mondo duck, John John's sexy nuptials, Shaun Manners' phantom illness, The Woz banning sex in Indonesia using Apple watches, the greatest surf movies of the year, the OG Brazzo storm kickin' up a stink and much much more! Keeeeeeding me! Get that up ya 2022!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort. Three years ago Molly Picklum paddled out at Pipeline for the first time. Today she is the Women's Pipeline Master. The Queen Cone Swelli from North Shelley put in the hard yards at the World's deadliest wave to score major respek, the biggest win of her career and $100k in her sky rocket. Find out how she did it right here. Garn the Pickle!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bit of shmaltzy, Smiffy journalism about a trio of core lords (Albe Falzon, Simon Jones, and Torren Martyn) and the sick boards, films and philosophies they've cooked up. Well played... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The award-winning shaper and longtime Swellian, Simon Jones, joins Ain't That Swell to share his story and discuss his formula for making some of the best boards on planet earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York pro surfer, Pipe specialist, and winner of the inaugural Vans Pipe Masters, Balaram Stack, joins us on the phone from the Volcom House on the North Shore of Oahu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With our next ATS Live Tour announcement just around the corner, we revisit one of the all time greatest live shows with the Greatest of All Time himself, Robert Kelly 'Da Goat' Slater and his fellow Pipe Masters finalist, Seth Moniz. Live from the Beer Farm in Margaret River. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A profile of Matt Ellks (our most recent Core Lords guest), first published in Tracks Magazine back in 2019. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wavepool Maestro Xavier Huxtable joins Smivvy for a chat about Conquering the first Concrete Jungle Surf Comp at URBNSURF! hmmmmaaadddd. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He rode for Hot Buttered, went into business with Eddie Rothman and Da Hui, pissed on Trough Man at a RAT Party, toured with Metallica, and lived one of the wildest lives you're likely to hear.  Join us for an epic journey through underground surfing in the 1980s and 90s with the godfather of inner-city surfing, Scum Valley's Finest himself, Matt Ellks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He rode for Hot Buttered, went into business with Eddie Rothman and Da Hui, pissed on Trough Man at a RAT Party, toured with Metallica, and lived one of the wildest lives you're likely to hear.  Join us for an epic journey through underground surfing in the 1980s and 90s with the godfather of inner-city surfing, Scum Valley's Finest himself, Matt Ellks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lock-in for the most heart-wrenching journey yet. This episode we're joined by Benny and Nath from the Veteran Surfers Association, who talk us through the living hell of war in the Middle East and the lifelong battle with PTSD thereafter. If that doesn't get ya pissing out ya pupils, strap in for the insane tale of Ollie Dousset, who lost his leg at the peak of his powers, only to bounce back bigger and better than ever, sending it at the most skits slab in the country with a prosthetic limb! Are you keeeeeeeeeeding me?! Talk about courage, talk about skills, talk about FIG JAM! Give me some of that! Crack a fresh box of sorbents 'cos this one had Smivvy blubbering like a four-year-old who'd dropped his Frosty Fruit.  Special intro by Pipe Master and ex-con, Robbie Paige.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indigenous surfer, Lungi Slabb, is a young man on a mission. This episode is brought to you by Coopers Surf. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.