
AIN'T THAT SWELL
Award winning degeneracy since 2013. A surf culture podcast with a raw, unfiltered take on life, music, and the surf scene.
Episodes
Rail Vs Cheese-wiz Woz War Erupts, Aussies in Crisis, Brazil Unstoppable, Surf Rage in Byron Bay, Global Cone-a-palooza, Your Questions Answered and More!
Billabong Presents… A Smiv & Deadly 3 hour spesh that deep dives… – Rail Vs Chop Hops as Aussie Surf Fans Revolt – The Brazilian Dominance of the Woz – Australia’s World Title Contenders in all-sorts – Surf Rage in Byron as the Man-Buns go turbo nuclear – The mortal global cone-off deluxe – What’s going on with the Shaman’s So
Core Lords: Shyama Buttonshaw on Spending Two Hours Spooning Out Maxing Bells with a Broken Jaw, an Apprenticeship with Simon Anderson, Shaping Fraudsters, and Shaping Benders with Ryan Burch
Brought to you by Up Bank! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Shyama Buttonshaw is a leading Australian surfer-shaper from Bells Beach, Australia, specialising in diverse, futuristic equipment and performance in conditions ranging from one foot to ten plus. Find his website, here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Snow Show! Pow Pow Reggae with Olympic Heroes Valentino Guseli, Jakara Anthony and Cooper Woods!
Get ya snow on Swellians with Pow Pow Reggae - where we chat with Reggae Elliss about all things Aussie Snow. This ep features Olympic heroes Valentino Guseli, Jakara Anthony and Cooper Woods. More gold medals that Smivvy has Gold Cone Pieces!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Core Lords: Skateistan Founder, Ollie Percovich, on Dealing with the Taliban and Tony Hawk, Losing Skaters to Suicide Bombings, and Curing Poverty, Trauma and Sectarian Hatred with Skate Culture
Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Oliver Percovich is a skater from Melbourne, Australia, who founded Skateistan, a hugely successful not-for-profit that started in Kabul, Afghanistan, before spreading throughout the Middle East and all over the world. Follow Skateistan and contribute to their cause by visiting their website. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv
Crossing the Tideline Ep 5. Easkey Britton on how our relationship to water can shape our behaviours and actions.
For this episode Burch takes audience with author, scientist, big wave surfer and powerhouse creative Easkey Britton. The two discuss how our relationship to water can shape our behaviours and actions, how it informs us, how it affects us and how it shapes our lives. It’s not at all a dense scientific shark chat, in fact it barely mentions sharks, but it's worth looking deeper into the share
ATS LIVE FROM RAGLAN: IT'S THE ALL-STAR NZ PRO SENDFEST AT LAST
Volcom, Raglan Surf Emporium, Raglan Roast and Sun Bum Presents... ATS Live from the Raglan Club starring Connor O'Learyzy Brah, Luke "Raglan Surf Report" Cederman, Al Cleland Jr, Daniel Kereopa and local wildcard Billy Stairmand in one of the great sendfests in New Zealand Pro Surfing History! Chuuuuuuur cuzzzzy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blitzed: Auntie Riss Brings DA POLYNESIAN POWAH, Yago Melts Our Scones, and Italo Spearheads Another Brazilian Domination
Brought to you by Stone and Wood....Jed and Vaughan discuss the New Zealand Pro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BLITZED: Raglan Runner-Up, Morgan Cibilic, Talks Backside Savagery, Locking in with Hog, Dealing with Pressure and Why the Judges Love Brazilian Airs More Than Raw Aussie Rail
Moments after his breakthrough runner-up at Raglan, Morgz answers the call from The Swellians to talk about his mind melting backside attack at Raglan, where the final with Italo was won and lost, whether Aussie rail surfing can actually win a world title given how much the judges love Brazilian aerials, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Swellness: Plastic Is Killing You and Your Children! Here's How To Stop It w/Kathryn Nelson aka The Plastic Free Mermaid
This episode of Swellness was recorded live at the recent Power Up held at the state of the art B3 Wellness Facility in Brunswick Heads. Today’s guest is Kathryn Nelson, aka the Plastic Free Mermaid. Through over a decade of research practice in the field, she has become an expert on plastics and how they are literally killing us and our children. Kathryn studied microplastics alongsid
Core Lords: Cocaine and the Qualifying Series, Getting a Ten at Sunset STONED, Addiction, 12 Step Recovery, and One Last Crack at the Challenger Series w/ Beyrick De Vries
Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Beyrick De Vries is a South African professional surfer from Durban who battled cocaine and alcohol addiction before getting clean in the 12 Step Recovery Program and qualifying for this year’s Challenger Series, aged 33. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ATS LIVE AT COOLY: Joycey, Owen & Wilko - X3 Goldy Pro Champs Reunion Spesh with Hughie Vaughan & Lungi Slabb
Stone & Wood Presents... ATS LIVE at the COOLY HOTEL with X3 Gold Coast Pro Champs Julian Wilson, Owen Wright and Matt Wilko talking Brazilian Storm, Olympics, the MF Shark Incident, the Greatest Sporting Comeback ever seen and whole lot More... Special Guest Appearances from Hughie Vaughan & Lungi SlabbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Crossing the Tideline Ep 4: How many sharks are out there and do shark deterrents work?
ATS Live at Raglan Club this Wednesday May 13 Presents... Brett Burcher's Crossing the Tideline Epsiode 4: Charlie Huveneers is a researcher and lecturer at Flinders University who has worked extensively in the field of shark deterrents for 20 years. Burch catches up with Charlie to discuss, amongst other things, the complexities of the shark population debate and how shark deterrents are studied
Blitzed: BEST GOLD COAST PRO EVER? Gilmore and Ewing Reign SUPREME in GREEN and GOLD Shut Out
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...WOW! It does not get better than that. The Gold Coast Pro provided the high water mark of modern professional surfing this week with unprecedented crowds flocking to Snapper to witness the outermost limits of high performance surfing. At the end of the day, two Australian point break masters reigned supreme, Stephanie 'Da GOAT' Gilmore and Ethan YEEEEEEWINGSee om
Core Lords: Building the Afends Empire, Early 2000 Indo Chronicles, Medina and O'Learyzy Bra, and North Coast Core Lore w/ Tubby and Jono from Afends
Brought to you by ATS LIVE, the Artificial Intelligence Tour, Gold Coast Show, April 30th. Jono Salfield is the co-founder of the underground Australian surf heavyweights, Afends, and Tubby is their first and longest serving team rider. Tickets to our Show at the Cooly Hotel on the Gold Coast April 30, here. Tickets to our Power Up on May 3rd in Brunswick Heads here. See omn
Blitzed: GP Digs In and Does It for the ANZACS! Slays Toledo, Dora, Italo and Medina To Claim First CT Win at Margs
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...George Pittar puts on a heroic underdog performance to scalp every Brazilian world champ left on tour and claim his maiden WCT victory. We hear from the North Steyne Boardriders legend after his momentous victory. And 14 year World Tour veteran, Lakey Peterson, aged 31 years young, claims victory and reminds the women the so-called 'old guard' is here to st
Crossing the Tideline Ep 3: My Life with Sharks – South Oz Marine Biologist Brinkley Davies
This ep Burch chats with surfer, diver, marine biologist and conservationist Brinkley Davies. Brinkley shares her perspectives and stories as a surfer raised in South Aus. From the lax protocols in place during her junior surfing days, through shark behaviour, environmental change, the deeper effects of shark encounters on surfing communities, mental health, and the desperate need for better risk
ATS LIVE AT THE RIV MARGIES! Miggy & Sammy Pupes, Snake and Riklove, Antman and Ryan Hardy
Stone & Wood Presents Ain't That Swell Live from the River Hotel in Margaret River featuring World's No.1 & 5 Miguel and Samuel Pupo, 90s Core Aussie Grit Merchants Turned Surfing Super Brains Jake Paterson and Richie Lovett and hard charging wild units Paul Antman Paterson and Ryan "Hard Balls" Hardy. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blitzed: George Pittar's Last Minute Heroics, Medina Scalps the Vortex Shaman, Miggy Goes Down, and Yago Goes the Swellians
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...Chaotic conditions for Round 3 of the Margaret River Pro see the Brazilians dominate again. Three Australians remain in the men's draw, including George Pittar who pulled off another dramatic win over Leo Fioravanti. In the women's Molly Picklum put on a dominant display as did Bells Champ, Gabriela Bryan on the other side of the draw. See omnystudio.c
Blitzed: Eye Witness Report of the Carpark Flare Up Between Team Dora and Wilcox + Strayans Fight Back in the West Oz Juice
Proudly brought to you by Stone and Wood...Tempers flare on a huge day at Margaret River between world champ Yago Dora and local lord, Jacob Chippo Wilcox. Elsewhere, Australia finds its feet in the long period Indian Ocean energy, Steph Gilmore bows out early again, and we preview salivating round three match ups. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blitzed: ONE FOR THE BATTLERS! Miggy Pupo Cracks the Code at Bells, Yago and Medina Blow Minds, and Gabby Bryan Powers Her Way To Her First Bell
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...Miguel Pupo rounds out one of the great performances by the Brazilian Storm to win Bells on a day that saw one of the most freakish finishes to a heat on record courtesy of the Yago Dora and Gabriel Medina semi final. In the women's, Gabby Bryan displayed peerless power to defeat Molly Picklum in the final and claim the Yellow Leader's Jersey. See omnystudio
Blitzed: Izzy Nichols SMOKES Aunty Riss, Mind Melting Brazilian Aerial Wizardry and Leo Beats Fil by a Roman Nose
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...Pretty cooking conditions at Winkipop today as the Brazilians once again dominate with a surreal display of aerial surfing in a howling offshore. Izzy Nichols showed why she's the defending Bells champion and one of the best surfers in the world on any right point. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blitzed: Aussie Men Cleaned Out in Dismal Bells Showing, Jack Robbo's Brain Fade, Brazilian World Champs Return and Pickle Saves the Day
Brought to you by Stone and Wood...A dismal Round Two for the Australian men features a monumental brain fade by Jack Robbo, a near miss for Morgz and a possible robbery of the great Aussie underground battler Xavier Huxtable. The Brazilians dominate, led by world champ Yago Dora, Filipe Toledo, and Gabriel Medina. And Molly Picklum puts on an absolute clinic in the final heat of the day. Go to&nb
Crossing the Tideline Ep 2: Human Spirit Molecule Dave Rastovich Shares his thoughts on Sharks and Shark Encounters
In this second episode of Crossing the Tideline Brett Burcher sits down with surfing's human spirit molecule and long time animal activist Dave Rastovich to discuss our complicated relationship with sharks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BLITZED EXCLUSIVE! Grif and Dane Henry break down the Heat of the Year so Far!
Stone & Wood Afternoon Delight Presents... Blitzed from Bells! Day 3 of the Rippy Pro saw the heat of the year so far with Aussie Wild Card Dane Henry and World No.2 Griffin Colapinto tearing strips off one another with a full blown aerial blitzkrieg! Heat of the year so far and we got them both on to break it down. Also featuring Euro Sensation Lucas SkinnerSee omnystudio.com/listener for pri
BELLS DAY 2 DISASTER: STEPH, EWING & JOEL VAUGHAN GOOOORRRRN!!!! But GP and Our Sal Fly the Flag in Lumpy Bowl
Stone & Wood Presents... Rippy Pro Bells Day 2 Wrap with Sean Doherty.... The Surfing World Editor and Bells Commentator sits down with Deadly to discuss the event ousting of Steph Gilmore, Joel Vaughan and Ethan Heeeeeeeyeeeeewing! Fwaaark are you kidding me Fantasy Surf copping a deadset pole axing! Plus GP and Our Sal get it done. Subscribe to Surfing World HereSee omnystudio.com/list
CHANG LORDS GET FLEXED AT BELLS! Heartbreak and Heroism as Lob, OB and Cal Bow out while Xav and Dane Henry Light Up Day 1 of the Rippy Pro
Stone & Wood Afternoon Delight Presents… Blitzed Rippy Pro Day 1 Wrap with Rondog, Riklove, Joey T and VD. Our Aussie Chang qualifiers copped some tough conditions and heavy losses while the wildcard and trials winner went hmaaaad. Fucken cruel sport and absolutely unmissable!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GSNT: Not Ironic! Life on the Farm
Time travel a decade back in time and step inside the iconic farm shack rented by Ellis Ericson and Beau Foster in the Byron Bay hinterland with its cast of cosmic characters and degenerates. Hipster or authentic? You be the judge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ATS LIVE TORQUAY: AUSSIE MONGREL CHANG LORDS UNLEASHED! Morgs, GP, Lobby, OB and Cal Robbo Get Ready To Run it Straight at the 26 CT!
Billabong's new instant classic surf flick MERGE Presents… ATS LIVE at THE TORQUAY PUB featuring the Lords of the Chang as they get ready to Run it Straight at the Entire CT in 2026. LET’S FUGGEN GO!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bells Winners Revealed! Swellpocalypse East Coast Explosion! For Goat's Sake Leave GOAT Alone! Plus Johnny John Floz Floz's South Pacific Sea Cock-fest and MORE!
BILLABONG'S MERGE SURF FILM and ATS LIVE at TORQUAY HOTEL (Monday March 30 Tix Here) Presents... ATS Regular Ep featuring... The Woz is back and Bells is ready catch fire like a struck match in ya Jap eye! So who will win and why? Smiv and Deadly discuss. There's also the East Coast Swellpocaypse that is delivering cones for the ages. Smivvy implores all Swellians to please leave Goat the fuck alo
PURE LOVE BABY! Occy's Wild Lifelong Affair with Bells and Cloudbreak!
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.
NEW SHOW: Crossing the Tideline with Brett Burcher - Our Complicated Relationship with Sharks and What We Can do About It
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
The Tangata Whenua Crew II: Yindjibarndi man, Simon Zuvich, on Victimhood, Taking Responsibility, and Healing Through Truth, Empathy and Sharing Culture
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
Great White Game Changer - Brett Burcher's Crossing the Tideline - a film and podcast series on our relationship with sharks
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 doc
Blitzed Surfest Bonus: X4 World Champ Mark Richards on Reginato's famous win and the resurgence of true blue, you beaut, rip-their-fucken-heads off Aussie competitive Mongrel!
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 To
BLITZED: Reginato Wins! LOB Survives! Aussie Men Hang On but Heartbreak for the Women
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.
BLITZED: PURE GUT-CHURNING DRAMA! Mateus Herdy's Emotional Melt Down and Callum Robson's Goes MEGA CLUTCH
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.
FUCKEN OATH STRAYA! Morgy, OB and Cal "True Grit" Robbo Stake their Claim in Magic Day for the Land Down Under
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
Blitzed: The Horror! Chippo Goes Down Early, Morgz Nearly Melts, Friendly Fire IMMINENT on Day Three at Newcastle
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.
BLITZED: Aussies Fall On Their Swords in Day Two Disaster at Newcastle Changaz
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.
BLITZED: Battler Spectacular! North Shelley Goes IMMORTAL at ABB + Strayans Blow The Bugle and Hit The Beach Running at Newcastle CHANGAZ
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.
MONSTRO EP: Aussie Clubs Launch Holy War at ABB Grand Final this weekend at Burleigh! Aussie Chang Lords Ready to Punch Heads and Bite Ears off at Surfest! Goat Goes Turbo Goat to win his own Goat in the Dark! And Dorian’s Secret to Longevity Revealed! (Spoiler alert! It’s Goat Forey!)
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
Core Lords: Jed Fasso on Sailing Patagonia, Snowboarding the Andes, Scoring Chile’s Slabs, AI’s Arica Folklore, and Dodging Cocaine and Crack Heads
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.
GSNT: Stradbroke In The Subcontinent
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.
Core Lords: Kipp Caddy on the Science of Super Slabs, South Coast Core Disciples, Nearly Dying at a Mysto Spanish Super Slab, and Leaning Into Intuition
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.
Tangata Whenua Crew II: Dr Cliff Kapono on Haole vs Hawaiian Relations, Polynesian Stereotypes, Gang Culture, Managing Trauma, and Jason Momoa's Chief of War Series
NEW SHOW! The Tangata Whenua ("People of the Land") Crew II is a show dedicated to Asia-Pasifika 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
LOST AT SEA HORROR STORY - The Heaviest Interview in Swellian History.
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
NZ Pro Wild Card Billy Stairmand Slams Down Gauntlet: “I’m the most dangerous wildcard and I want to win the event.”
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.
IT'S OFFICIAL: BRAZILIAN STORM OVER! TORQUAY WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONS! KOOKS BANNED FROM BALI LINE-UP! MERRICK VS GOAT BLOOD FEUD! SEAL TOOTH BACK!
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”
SCOOP! Steph Gilmore on her Return to the Woz, Filipe Pomar on How to Surf to 100 Years Old, and a whole lot more at the Usher World Club Championships President's Dinner
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
Steaming Heats: Connor O'Learyzy Brah on the Mortal Kombat that Crafted the Warrior Within
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/liste
Blitzed: Morgan Cibilic Talks Taking Off Deeper Than Barron Mamiya and Australian Domination at the Recent Pipe Changaz
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.
John John Spills Beans on Decision to Keep Sailing, Thug Smashes Women’s Pipe Chang, IT'S OFFICIAL: Our Sal is Back! Plus: 2am Lettuce Shaking for Drug Testing Gronks!
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
Blitzed: STRAYAN SHUT OUT! Aussie Men Reign Supreme at Da Pipeline Changaz CONE FEST!
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.
Blitzed: Strayan Grit Fest Amidst Backdoor "Super Nuggets" on "Day of the Year" at Da Pipeline Changaz
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.
JOHN JOHN & J-BAY GORN! RAGS IS ORN! GOAT COPS A FACE FULL OF BURNT & DISMAL PRACTITIONERS RIGHT IN THE GOAT SNOUT! PLUS: WHO’S GOT THE TASTIEST TITTY EGG NOG: MASE, NOZ or HAZZA B?
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
Core Lords: Russel Ord on Psychotic Slab Missions, Documenting the West Oz Underground, and the Art of Shooting Water Photos (in Great White Territory).
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 Lif
GSNT: Meet The Parasites Devouring Surfing
Surf cam operators, surf schools, surf industry sell-outs, and Swiss-owned ‘Yoga Surf Retreats.’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At The Movies: Harry Bryant on Ritualistic Tendencies, Mysto Roping Asian Rivermouths, Next Gen Cloudbreak, and Sourcing the Wisdom of Our Shaping Elders
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.
Blitzed: Aussie Team Overcomes Mystery Illness to Sweep The WSL World Junior Titles in the Philippines w/ Aussie Coach, Clancy Dawson
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.
Core Lords: James Kates on Being Noa Deane's Surf Sherpa, Surviving the Canary Islands, Icelandic and Irish Slab Missions, Punk Bands and Boog Lore
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 is also a member of the cult Aussie punk band, the Pinheads along with indie-pop outfit Shining Bird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WE’RE BACK! JJF Drops Huge Flex on 2026 Tour with Hawaiian Masterclass, GOAT sparks big dick swinging Shaper’s War over at SITD, Medina and Rippy Consciously Uncouple and has Isla Huppatz already dropped the best turn of the year? Let’s rip in!
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
BEST OF 2025! CRUST LIVE at the Daily Grind! Harry Bryant + South Oz + Swellian Plonk = Monstro CORE-GASM
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 e
BEST OF 2025! Medina in Desperate Need of Goat Forey Stem Cells, Hawaiian Swellpocalypse Detonates & Beware Venomous Zooid Jizz.
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
BEST OF 2025! Blitzed: PIPE CONNY WRAP! Woz Glory at the Banzai Kicks off 2025 Dream Tour in Spectacular Fashion.
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.
BEST OF 2025! Smiv & Deadly’s Cyclonic Irrigation, Pipeline’s Season of Carnage, Portugal Picks, Natural Seleksh, Cringe Claims & More!
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 -
BEST OF 2025! CRUST: Wolfpak Beatdowns, the CARTOON Dream Tour Years and Coaching Mick, Jordy and Julian w/ South Oz’s FIRST World Tour Graduate, Jarrad Howse
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.
BEST OF 2025! Core Lords: Dion Agius on Dad's Panaitan Island Death Missions, NYC Apocalypse and Spinning the globe with Globe
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DOMETIC...Dion Aigus is a professional freesurfer, filmmaker, fashion designer and innovator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BEST OF 2025! Crust: Kai Neville's Journey from South Oz to the Sunny Coast and Directing a Handful of the Greatest Surf Films of the Modern Era
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
BEST OF 2025! Blitzed: Julian Wilson Talks Gold Coast Pro Heroics, His Furious Filipe Spray, and Why He's Never Felt More Fired Up
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.
BEST OF 2025! Core Lords: Shaun Manners on the West Oz Underground, Overcoming Mental and Physical Anguish, and Being Sponsored by Dane Reynolds
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 Ande
BEST OF 2025! Core Lords: Dylan Graves on Puerto Rican Death Slabs, Quik Crossings with Kelly, and Pirating the Caribbean's Many Cone Zones
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/liste
Swellness: How To Unlock Your Human Potential, Cleanse Toxins, and Bio-Hack Your Way To Peak Performance with (Houso) Empowerment Coach, Teddi Emerald
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.
Core Lords: Chris White on Tension 11, Monastic Core Cone Disciples, Breaking Backs on Offshore Death Slabs, and Walking Out with JDM to Face Islam Makhachev at Madison Square Garden
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.
PRODIGY: Dane Henry, the Back-Flipping, Fully Rotating, Lacerating, All Conquering ISA Double World Champ and Newly Minted 'Aussie Male Surfer of the Year,' Talks ANZAC Mongrel, Ripping In, GRIT, and His Plan To Take Over The World
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.
Slab Shamans, Surf Monks, Style Masters, Grit Merchants and Algorithm Busters UNITE for The Swellians Stab Awards Picks and Gold Cone Piece Awards
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.
GSNT: Prayers and Protests at Australia's Most Controversial Mosque + Meet the Muslim Men Feeding Sydney's Homeless and Combating Extremism
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
Core Lords: Jai Glindeman on Slaying Maxing Cloubreak Stoned, Mikey Wright and Parko as Muses, and the Underground Aussie Mongrel Revival
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 informat
System Failure: Terror Attack in Bondi, Heroes, Villains, and What Comes Next
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.
Is Mick Wright the best surfer on Earth? Who erased style from the Woz Criteria? Who beat the Vortex Shaman out as Australia’s Surfer of the Year? Smiv and Deadly investigate like the Gold Cone Piece Award Winning Surf Gernos they are!
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
Ritualistic Tendencies: ATS Live from the Orpheum with Dion Agius, Mick Wright, Harry Bryant, Noa Deane, Rolo Montes, Wade Carroll, Hughie Vaughan & Holly Wawn!
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.
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