AIN'T THAT SWELL

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs... Hawaiian, Mark Healy, is considered one of the greatest tube riders, big wave surfers and all round watermen of his generation. He grew up in a violent and contested period of North Shore, Oahu surfing history and made a name for himself charging maxing Pipeline, Cloudbreak, Waimea, Mavericks and elsewhere. He has won Wave of the Winter, come 3rd at the 2023, Eddie Aikau Invitational, and won a Spearfishing World Cup in Mexico in 2008. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun Bum the official Sun Care of the Swellians Presents... Rando Conversations with Surfing Super League CEO Chris Mater who gives us an update on the recent Foxtel TV rights deal, how the franchises are coming along and when we can expect to see team colours, logos and athletes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up...The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs! Max Desantis' debut documentary is a cutting-edge, multimedia, visual masterpiece rooted in Balinese culture and mythology, that captures the cosmic battle between capitalist greed, neo-colonial foreigner kooks, and local surfing culture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong’s A.I. Collection Presents… Comic Apricots live from Kirra Surf where Bong launched the new A.I. Collection and a few old friends shared yarns of the great man before a couple of spliff smokers in the dunny nearly shut the whole deal down!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burch is Back with a three part Crossing the Tideline special on Whites, Bulla and Tiger Sharks The word “shark” is often used to describe a broad range of species, but that can overlook some significant differences. Great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks have different biology, behaviours, movements, diets and population dynamics. Those differences matter when we’re talking about how they interact with people and the environments they share.These three species have been highlighted because they are the species most commonly associated with serious interactions with humans in areas where sharks and people overlap. Understanding why that is, and what makes each species different, is part of understanding the broader picture.For this series of three episodes, we’re taking a closer look at each of these 3 species individually. Each episode is essentially a 101, covering biology and behaviour, population, growth and recovery, shark encounters and attacks, mitigation, what comes next, and some of the bigger questions surrounding each species.This is the great white ep and the first of the 3. The next 2 eps in the mini series, featuring Bull Sharks and Tiger sharks, will drop in the coming weeks. The aim is to build a better understanding of the individual species, rather than grouping everything together under the word “shark”. It then becomes easier to understand the differences between species and add a bit more context to the information, research and conversations that surround them.The episodes are recorded with Dr Paul Butcher, a Principal Research Scientist with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Fisheries), based in Coffs Harbour. Paul is a leading marine researcher who has spent years working across shark research and management in NSW, including the NSW Government’s Shark Management Strategy, shark tagging programs, SMART drumlines and research into post-release fish survival.Also, if you have any pressing questions from any of the following eps, please comment or DM through as Paul has generously offered to do an ep dedicated to audience questions once the 3 eps have been aired. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For decades, surfboard designer and shaper Greg Webber has questioned the basic theories of surfboard design: the impact of water flow, how curves and bottom contours work together, and ultimately, how we can build a board that allows a surfer to move more efficiently through water and on a wave. Some of his ideas have been controversial, some misunderstood, and some well ahead of their time. But Greg has never been afraid to ask why a surfboard works, and that curiosity has taken him down some pretty fascinating rabbit holes. So today, we’re going to get into design, hydrodynamics, experimentation, and the evolution of the surfboard as he knows it. We may even challenge a few long-standing theories along the way. Greg and I worked together for about a decade during the early part of my professional surfing career, and I credit him with teaching me some of the key fundamentals of surfboard design. And I am really proud to have him on the Volume Podcast today. – Richie Lovett Check out Riklove’s Volume designs here: https://www.volumeshapes.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That’s Got Young Aussies Backs…Talon Clemow is back with his second feature length documentary (Thundercloud 2012), Stern Fever, which shines a light on the iconic Shipsterns Bluff like you’ve never seen before. From the folk heroes who first dared to roll the dice out there (and later fell out), to the efforts to keep it secret, Rastas unbelievable first surf out there, Kieren Perrows eternal effort on a 12 foot mutant, teenage Laurie Towner putting AI on show, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Stone and Wood's Pacific Ale...Marginal conditions at Trestles favoured the lightweights and left the lead-foots stuck in the mud in the mens (bar hundy kegger Col Houshmand). In the Women's Erin Brooks is on another planet right now. Gabby Bryan also announced her return to the yellow leaders jersey with a solid showing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed. Pure. Tour. Nerdism. An update from the swill bucket t6hat is the Lowers line-up as The Cut Looms and the Heavy Hitters in the World Title Race get bent over! In the women’s a generational baton change battle looms as Aunty Riss and Brooks Brah get ready to tear each others heads off!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Volume Podcast with Richie Lovett. All things surfboards with the former CT legend and WSL Commentator turned World Class Shaper. Riklove will host weekly chats with master craftsman to share the design elements, ideas and folklore behind the world's most magic surfboards, as well as share with you dear Swellian the secrets to getting the best possible plank under your feet enriching your own surfing journey. Let's rip in!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pipe Specialist, Chopes Thunder Egg Pilot and Hmmmmad Pasifiki House DJ, Makana Pang, joins Smivvy on the mic at the Rip Curl Cup Padang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The galactic tube pig and ATS Hall-of-Famer, Mason Ho, joins Smivvy on the mic at the Rip Curl Cup Padang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Fijian Freakshow himself, James Kusitino, joins Smivvy on the mic during the Rip Curl Cup Padang for a wide-ranging interview about his radical yet short surfing journey - from village kid to the toast of world surfing in four short years! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Stone and Wood Pacific Ale...There are competitive formats coming out the razoo right now with Stab 100 providing one helluva spectacle this week and the Trestles World Tour event serving up one of the most appetising prospects this year. Smivvy and Deadly unpack it all, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong’s Big Time Candy Collection Presents… ATS Reg Ep featuring best friends and room mates Deadly and Medina’s Fiji pissing comp, the Former Masterpiece Defect starring Cous Cous Kusitino, Goat gets put to pasture by Jack Freestone, Bali Dharma Goes to War, and what are the conflicting theories on saving or expelling Chi being championed by Laird Hamilton and Shane Dorian?!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs... Denny Novikar Nasution is a Sumatran-born, Bali-based punk and hardcore musician, and visual artist. Find his work here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ATS Live from Bali General Supply's (BGS) Spiritual Home in Kuta presents an Indonesian Surf Culture Extravaganza ft. Indo's first world champ, Bronson Meydi, Padang Cup's teenage champs, Weston Hirst and Jasmin Studer, WQS and Padma lord, Ketut Agus, Desert Point's Absolute Finest, Usman Trioko, Bingin Hindu underground ripper, Kopral, and Indo's Julian Assange and maxed out philanthropist LORD, Piter Panjaitan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Stone and Wood... A Cloudbreak contest for the ages won by the monolithic San Clemente goofy foot, Col Houshmand, over Medina, despite the Brazilian dropping a freakish perfect ten in the final. Erin Brooks wins the final on a walk through after Izzy Nichols is unable to surf due to injury. We recap all the action from the event including the untold injury toll that besieged the tour over the course of a seriously consequential Pacific leg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. The penultimate day of competition at the Fiji Pro saw a total Nuke Peach Pacific Armageddon with 10 point rides, laceration carnage and send merchants deluxe. Boss Hog and Deadly break down the days action before Deadly sits down with Tahitian Lord of the Cone and Olympic Gold Medalist Kauli Vaast and Portuguese Send Kween Yolanda Hopkins. Hmaaaaad!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs. Ketut Menda was the first ever Indonesian professional surfer. He travelled to compete in Australia, Hawaii and elsewhere and is a pioneer of surfing in his homeland. Today, he is a devoted father, grandfather and Balinese Hindu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs. Matt Ellks is a former pro surfer turned novelist from Bondi Beach, Australia. He is a historian of Southside Surfing and part of the greatest generation of surfers to come out of Bondi - one that included, Chris Brock, Joe Engel, Pauline Menczer, Cheyne Horan, Richard Cram, Bill Powers, among others. He is the author of four books, which you can find here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... Tavi TV Radio Fiji Pro gets demo'd by the four biggest arse cheeks in pro surfing Connor O'Leary and Kauli Vaast. Tour Rookie and best bloke alive Oscar Berry plonks into the Tavi Man Soup Jacuzzi with Deadly to discuss today's action as well as his year so far: with a special guest cameo from Italian Superstar Leonardo Fioravanti!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... Tavi TV Radio featuring Erin Brooks exclusive chat with Rinsed Corn literally moments after exiting the most chambered off glitch cone in women's surfing history! Strider Raspberry Wasilewski and Jake the Snake Paterson also Chirp in on a wild day 1 of the Fiji Pro at fucking cooking Cloudbreak!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed: Tavi TV Radio Day 3. The swell is about to kick and all signs point to the Fiji Pro pumping for the next three days straight! We check in with surfing’s high performance avant guardian Jimmicane Wilson for his thoughts on who will win and why, and catch up with Aussie Spirit animal Nathan Big Hedge for a look inside camp Straya. Fucken oath let’s go!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christ Mater reveals the details of the just announced Surfing Super League - an 8 week team franchise competition season (starting in 2028) that hopes to bring surfing alongside AFL, Rugby League and the Big Bash League as a prime time sporting super series!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... Blitzed Tavi TV Radio Dispatch Day 1 featuring World Champ Molly Picklum, Wildcard from the Shire Jarvis Earle, and World No.23 True Grit Tex Robbo who joined us on arrival day to discuss the year so far, trusting in your process, what's up with the Aussie men on the Chang and who's sharing bedrooms on the heart shaped Fijian Island. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LE-BA Boardriders and Lennox Alive Initiative Presents… Storm Riders Live - a night celebrating the 1981 Hoole McCoy Classic with the stars of the film live at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre lennoxalive.com features 10 events until June 2027. The second Saturday of each month. Free Shuttle Service from Ballina to Lennox Head, and wide range of events at the Cultural Centre with satellite activations at downtown business venues featuring local community organisations from dance, comedy, music, surf, skate, indigenous culture. LeBa was an awesome turnout for the inaugural launch of Lennox Alive. Find out more on the social tag above!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Piter Panjaitan is a Bataknese surfer and philanthropist from Sumatra. He runs an orphanage in Bali and has risen to prominence speaking truth to power and defending Indonesian people and the environment from exploitation. You can follow him here and his orphanage and philanthropic projects here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussie's Backs...Chas Smith is an ex-war correspondent writer and surf journalist from Oregon, California. He has worked for Stab Magazine, Vice and many others, and now edits, Beach Grit. He has written three books, Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell, Cocaine and Surfing, and Reports From Hell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Hawaiian Seth Moniz and Canadian Erin Brooks have taken out a classic Tahiti Pro Event with supreme tube riding masterclass. 2015 Chopes Champ Owen Wright joins Deadly just after the final hooter to break it downSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents - Kelly Slater has caused heads to explode with NEAR PERFECTION on a day when men became Gods and Goats became Cone Aliens from Other Realms! Special Guest analysis with Chopes Bandit and Chang Lord Lennox Smith!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brough to you by Stone and Wood Pacific Ales...The Tahiti Pro is underway in some of the most mutant conditions ever seen for an event with tube specialists and slab heathens finally getting the chance to flex in surfing's ultimate arena: CONES OF MORTAL CONEQUENCE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents… Two hours of Power with Smiv and Deadly taking on the biggest stories ins surf including… The GOAT astonishingly wiped from the history books on the eve of his Teahupoo comp comeback, our Chang Lords forced to share beds on tour but who’s keeping who safe from the boogie man? Is it Italo’s line-up etiquette or pasta binging that makes him the tour’s most hated man? Sharknado continues to churn AND can St Mick of Penrith save Australian Surfing from it’s worst start to a year ever?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone & Wood Presents... Blitzed with Olympic Hero and Hard Charging Former Chopes Champion Owen Wright who sat down with Deadly for an up close look at the next Woz CT stop in Tahiti, our Aussie hopefuls, and who might come along and steal our fucken thunder! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stab Premium Presents... Woz Commentator, Gold Cone Piece Award Winner, and Renowned Twitcher Paul Evans takes us behind the scenes of his new four-part Stab Podcast Docu-series HOSSEGOR BEACH COCAINE - the true story of the time kilo bags of rack washed up on France's most famous surf break. First ep available on Stab Premium Friday 7th of April!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ATS X POW POW SNOW SHOW with Reggae Elliss! Get your fix of fresh mountain news and topical surf banter with a couple of petrified old SW Editors chewing the fat!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonsoy Isotonic Hydration Presents... Blitzed from the US Open! Led by Sierra Kerr and Isla Huppatz, the Australian women salvaged pride for the nation with a one-two finish. In the men's, Jed and Vaughan, discuss a dismal showing and the shock of not a single Australian flag in the top ten of the Men's Challenger Series ratings. Is it too early to sound the alarm?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Daniel Brown, better known as the mad slab heathen with the hmmmadest mullet this continent has ever produced, reveals the drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness that sent him to a rehabilitation clinic at 24 years old. Thirteen years of sobriety and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings later, he's killing it with his coffee and cafe franchise (Lords Supply), raising a happy family, and man-handling the most mutant cones you can paddle. One of the great spiritual warriors and vortex shamans. Don't miss this one! Connect with Daniel Brown, here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonsoy Isotonic Hydration Presents... Blitzed from the US Open! A nightmare day that saw our Aussie men get humped from day break to sun down in one of the worst Chang routs in recent memory. One man who survived the days carnage was Shellharbour's Lennix 'The Beagle' Smith. He takes us inside Camp Oz for the breakdown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonsoy Isotonics Presents...Westen Hirst, Lakey Peak's latest prodigy, on being the youngest winner in the history of the Rip Curl Cup Padang, what it's gonna take to defend his title, growing up with Bronson Meydi at Lakey Peak, and doing it for his late, great father, Troy Hirst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents… Smiv and Deadly reflect on the once great Waves Magazine revealing the former Editors who shivved it in the neck in a story straight outta Greek Mythology. PLUS: An exclusive first look at the Sacred Fanning Scriptures - a parchment so biblical Christopher Nolan might use it as his next major film project! Shane Dorian gets absolutely demo’d into shallow Indo reef! Bali locals have had a gutful of pissed touro gronks! And the great Indo Conefest is about to fire up!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonsoy Isotonics Presents... Bonsoy Blitzed with High Flying Chang Lord Dane Henry! Layed up with a busted pin after an air gorn wrong at Lowers Dane-o gives us the run down on how long he'll be out, his highlights from Ballito and how he sees the upcoming Chang at Huntington Beach playing out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ray Jah45 aka Ray Nolan is a Maori reggae singer, selecta, surfer, skater, father, occasional MMA fighter and tradesmen from the Waikato region, in New Zealand, who now resides in Cronulla, South of Sydney. You can find him here and his band, Sub-Tribe here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents… ALL OUT WAR as Smivvy deflects a blindside attack from Surf Cam website Swellnet with one of the great counter punch knockouts of our time! Video evidence of Crocs spotted in Macaronis line-up gets pundits screaming CONESPIRACY! Goat tees off on Brazilian Big Wave Icon Maya Gabeira! Tim Bonython’s problematic corn gets gold pass! And so much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonsoy Blitzed Presents... Pure. Quewey. Nerdism. The opening Challenger Series event of the year was held in Ballito Durban. In the men's CT pedigree shone through with big Col Houshmand taking the win. In the women's Teresa Bonvalot took out an all Portugese final over Francisca Veselko. There was also plenty to like from the Australians' performance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Two time Bodyboarding World Champ, Andre Botha, joins us for part two of his insane career retrospective. We talk the science of Skeleton Bay, early Indo jaunts, 90s and 2000s Aussie punk bodyboarding muses, South African violence, and Durban drainers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2012 World Champ and Pipe Master Joel Parkinson weighs in on the penultimate day of competition at the first Chang of the year in Ballito as Aussies get obliterated save for Cronulla Shire weapon Jarvis Earle. Can he go all the way?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patagonia Presents… Rando Conversations with SW Editor and 29 Gold Cone Piece Award winning surf journalist Seano Doherty who takes us through the latest cover-to-cover shark edition of the mag and what he learned while making of it. SUBSCRIBE TO SURFING WORLD HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Violet Coco and Brad Homewood join System Failure to talk about Violet's experiences aboard the Palestinian Peace Flotilla before it was intercepted by Israeli Defence Forces on its way to Gaza. And how she faired in Israeli detention while Israeli politician, Ben Gvir, made his now infamous appearance among the captives. Brad, who is married to Violet, explains what it was like to be present for the infamous attack by Neo-Nazis on the Indigenous Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ATS X POW POW REGGAE - The Snow Report is in and cold white shit is starting to fall from the heavens! Plus: An update from the first Chang of the year in South Africa and Reggae's top 3 Rando facts about Tracks Magazine in the 1980s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ATS Live from the Australian Surf Industry Honours Night where the late great Shane Stedman was acknowledged for his contribution to the surf industry. We kick things off with a catch up with his son, former top 10 CT surfer Luke Stedman, then roll into a fantastic tribute featuring Gold Cone Piece Winners, World Champions, Titans of the Industry, Bells Winners and Shane himself. See ya in the next life Shane-o old mate! Love ya!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.