Ain't That Swell

We revisit our chat with Gerry Lopez and Stacy Peralta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award winning journalist, Tom De Souza, is halfway through a radical surfing and motorcycle adventure across Indonesia. He phones in from Sumba to bring us up to date.  You can watch his documentary series at Scenic Route TV.  And read about it on Tracksmag.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to System Failure, a no-holds barred exploration of the global fuckery that defines our time. Today we hear from a Palestinian and an Israeli about life in the Middle East in the midst of war.  As mentioned in the show, if you'd like to reach out to Yotam and help him achieve his surfing dreams, you can find him here. UTFS! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kipp Caddy is an Australian slab-specialist from the NSW South Coast, who recently suffered a near-fatal injury. Prior to that he undertook one of the great conequests with the great cone-conquerer, Nathan Florence.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Brock is one of Australian surfing's great unsung heroes. A product of Bondi Beach, he travelled the world surfing in the 1960s and 70s, featuring in Morning of the Earth and the Inner Most Limits of Pure Fun. He lived in a nudist colony in Kauai, in the famed Angourie treehouses, sailed from California to Australia with George Greenough, and so much more. Find the documentary about Taylor's Camp in Kauai, here. And listen to the Celibate Rifles rendition of Kev The Head - as mentioned in the program - here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First published in News.com.au back in 2016, this story features the late great, Peter Tripovich, and his attempt to walk across Australia to raise money for impoverished children in South-East Asia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents... a good old fashioned Smiv and Deadly ATS breaking down surfing's most pressing and topical issues... including: Friend or foe: who is the new Woz head judge, Chippo and Our Sal locked in for the 24 CT, can the Goat's Foreskin save humanity and is Mason Ho surfing's John Pilger? Also; what sort of burgeois reptile would pay 18 million dollars for a prime piece of Lennox Head? Carn get into it ya mutts! UTFSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smivvy dips into his back catalogue with News Limited for this story about the night he almost killed a young, knife-carrying hoodlum in a street fight.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A breakdown of the monumental 2012 Cloudbreak swell - aka Thundercloud - with a couple of the stars from the day, Dave Wassel and Kala Alexander, with commentary from surf scribe, Lewis Samuels.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode two, we yarn with surfer and musician Alex Knost, surf-journalist Lewis Samuels, and Canadian Pro, Pete DeVries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That's right, we've found the first ever season of ATS from 2011/12, buried deep in the digital archives.  Over the coming days we'll be playing a few selections from the first season of ATS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brainzo... The world's most inconsistent weekly surf trivia show is back to test your general surf knowledge. Can you beat quiz master Ronnie Blakey at his own game or is your shred knowledge as fickle as Mundaka on a mid range swell with an incoming tide? Play on!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special edition less than two weeks out from The Voice Referendum Yinjinbarndi man and Swellian CORE LORD Simon Zuvich reminds us all to approach this moment with kindness, empathy and understanding. Don't let the haters divide us. The only way forward is side-by-side with respect and love for everyone who shares this country. If you're undecided and/or would like more information on the Voice Referendum please read and watch the following... https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/view-the-statement/ https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-voice-referendum-explained https://www.facebook.com/kimberleylandcouncil/videos/279935371179773/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing&mibextid=e1zS5dSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Daly is an ex-salvage diver, surfer, adventurer, and sea captain famous for, among other things, pioneering the Mentawais. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong Presents... Smiv and Deadly sitting in a tin shed on a 40 degree day, sweatin' beads and musin' on the new Woz Schedge, Riss Moore's sis having a monstro BF, Puckered Fil's rank cornhole, and one of the most conspiratorial Goat Watch rants in history! Have we all been slurpin' on the Masonic Agenda this entire time and does Kelly Slater actually have Leonardo Da Vinci's exhumed foreskin in his hip?  IMPORTANT NOTE: If you'd like to support Port Macquarie shark attack survivor and Swellian brethren Toby Begg in his recovery you can donate here https://www.gofundme.com/f/shark-attack-rehabilitation?member=29008793&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook UTFSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special guest and esteemed 7000 x Gold Cone Piece Award Winning surf journalist, Matt George, dips into his bulging sack of quality feature articles to produce this absolute stonker, charting the dark past of the ATS spirit animal himself, Ozzie Wright.  You can find Matt's new book, In-Deep: The Collected Surf Writings, here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a trip back to the nineties and to what is still one of the most feared and neglected islands in surfing. Your guide is underground Hawaiian hero, and one time Rapa Nui resident, Kohl Christensen. Today's episode is brought to you by Swell CBD oil and Smart Leash Co See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Better Beer's Arvo Ale...Kohl Christensen is a Hawaiian heavy-water specialist and Patagonia Ambassador. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brought to you by Better Beer's Arvo Ale...today's episode features one of the greatest surf journalists of all-time, Matt George. Matt's unique gonzo style saw him sleeping on Kelly Slater's mum's floor to get the scoop, shacking up with Cheyne Horan in Goonengerry, living with the Hamilton family just days after Bethany had lost her arm to a shark attack and much more. His work has now been compiled into a book called, In-Deep, which you can get by following this link.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ronnnie Blakey is back with a heaps spesh tribute ep to those surfers who have hoisted giant silver salad bowls into the air after becoming the champions of the world. So how well do you know these titans of the coloured rashie? Test yaself already.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.