Ain't That Swell

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The tempestuous beast that is Sunset lived up to its mantel as expected dishing up a Whitman’s sampler of warps, wobbles and big, blue Polynesian bowls.  For the second time in as many events, a Hawaiian wildcard rose to the occasion, taking out the Elite Tour event and with it the Jeep Gold Leader’s jersey. In the women’s Brisa Hennessy capped a momentous year for Costa Rican surfing, taking out the country’s first ever World Tour event.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smivvy sits down with the 1970s surf legend, Steve Cooney - the first man to surf Uluwatu, as depicted in the seminal surfing and counterculture film, Morning of the Earth, now in its 50th anniversary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dive Deep into this Mini Episode as Connor O'Leary takes us inside the Tomb at the Pipe Masters, while 3x West Peak Champion Joel Parkinson Nose the hidden secrets of Sunset! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kelly Slater produces the most spellbinding performance in surfing history, taking out the best Pipe Masters event in living memory. Womens wildcard Moana Jones Wong does the cakewalk and stuffs her face with tubular glory at the end of it, taking out the women's. Liam O'Brien opens up about breaking his leg at Backdoor, the Brazilians battle against the odds, Anzacs huck 'emselves into the trench, and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All-time Hawaiian surfing great and Pipe lunatic, Jamie O'Brien sacks up and answers to The Swellians! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s pure pro surfing nerdism at it’s most psyched as Smiv and Deadly leave no piece of blood soaked lava unturned in their preview the greatest show on Ocean and the first event of 2022 WOZ season. Will Da Goat arm bar father time and make the cunt tap out? Will Carissa, Steph and Tyler get royally served by the next Gen of Hawaiian rookies? Will the ANZAC battlers go deep in the cone and the draw? And can anyone, and we mean ANYONE, stop John John Florence? Saddle up Swellians, it’s about to go turbo orbular up in here!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Venture back to 2011 as Deadly travels up the old F3 from Sydney to the Steel City of Newcastle to watch Matt Hoy shove a home made meat sock straight into his pie hole. Oh....and he shaped a surfboard as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Absolutely torched from the day of festivities beforehand, under the influence of a cosmic apricot, wilting like dried lettuce in the sun, energy levels dangerously low, hovering in the red zone, enter the G(A)OAT, the Rabbit, the spirit animal of Australian surfing, Rabbit Bartholomew. Sit back, light some incense, say your oms, spark a buddha stick, and cop an earful of iconic surfing folk lore and culture from one of the greatest humans in the history of this vast continent, Wayne 'Rabbit' 'Bugs' Bartholomew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merry La Nina, Happy New Years and I hope you get the lot Rona ya mutt! Smivvy and Deadly are back to break down all the shenanigans and chicanery from Tropical PSYclone Seth, including Vaughan’s now infamous First Australian fade. Smivvy and Stace Galbraith eat a cosmic apricot and go toe-to-toe with The Great Rabbit Bartholomew at the Burleigh Single Fin Festival. Gearoid Mcdaid phones in from Ireland to spill the beans on his mental mortal conical clinic in Domestic Tourist. We cover The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout, JJF overtaking AI with his HIC Pipeline Pro win, Tex Williams and Kael Walsh’s under the lip heroics, and much, much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Owen Wright – the Gathed-up, Chopes-conquering, skullet-wielding, tube pig degenerate hmaaaaaaaaaaadman – gets tied to a chair inside Coopers Surf Shop Coffs Harbour for an all-Swellian waterboarding of epic proportions. Included within: The time Slater iced the Big O’s 11-year-old face off, the greatest wave he ever saw surfed at Aussie Pipe, his wildcard entry to the Pipe Masters as a 15-year-old, the best party he’s ever had on tour, and why he feels it is his DUTY to represent Australia at Chopes in the 2024 Olympic Games. Hmwell played Swellians! Ya done good.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the heaviest wave on earth. The locals, the wave, the reef, all signs point to danger. So how did 43 year old Japanese man get a piece of Pipeline named after him? And why is he alive to tell the tale?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A surf trip holiday disaster the whole family can enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Swellian Army take over the airwaves as Smiv and Deadly dedicate an entire episode to the whims and curiosities of surfing’s most committed corelords. Deep-diving on topics such as reptilian Musk, the benefits of macro, Vortex Shaman’s World Title prospects in 2022 and Da Goat, Da Goat, and more Da Goat! Eddie Rothman and Smiv have a full-blown "Angry-off” and among other things we break down who would make up the Beatles if the band was pro surfers. It’s an omelette with every single Christmas Day leftover chucked in, even Grandpa’s tripe. Feed ya face with it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a fully charged bolt of Pro Surf Nerdism fired straight from the Haleiwa toilet bowl deep into your Challenger Series-loving corn hole. Featuring Whacko Jacko Baker and Connor O’Learyzy Brah phoning in from Honolulu, a breakdown of JJF’s Haleiwa masterclass, a look at Swellian Queen rookie India Robinson’s meat hack domination, and a full review of all the new faces on tour and how they’ll fare once thrown to the lions! Leave ya surf culture at the door and pull on ya Kanoa Iga Rashie cause Blitzed is all about hooters and hate boiling in the cauldron of elite surf competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a Sensory Cornhole Blowout Deluxe! Smiv and Deadly ring in the festive season with a visual, aural, corneal schvitzing of hmaaaaad proportions! Featuring the winners and losers from Haleiwa, early season Backdoor cone-offs, the face melting wave carnage of Snapt4, Re-Pulse, Ethan Ewing in Mex and Stab Highway. Theres Goat Watch, Tulsi Watch and Reptile Watch, and don't blink cause Smiv is teeing off on the bourgeois brah with the electric car Elon Musk. Happy Holidays Swellians! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abandoned by his mother at six, beaten and bloodied in brawls for respect at the beach and in the streets, an adolescence surrounded by drugs and violence, Jamie O'Brien might be at the top of the heap at Pipeline but it hasn't come easy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the stats and facts that matter as the Challenger Series climaxes at Haleiwa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been a checkered run that’s delivered former World Tour surfer Dustin Barca from Kauaiian street fighter to politics. More checkered than any politician you’re likely to find. The difference is he doesn’t hide from it. Nor is he ashamed of it. Jed Smith follows the Kauaiian hardman, turned World Tour surfer, turned MMA star, turned environmental crusader and would-be mayor, on his latest fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They don’t come any more iconic than Albe Falzon. Born and raised in a tenement in Redfern, deep in the industrial heart of Southside Sydney, he went on to have arguably the single biggest impact on Australian surfing culture through his seminal surfing and counterculture classic, Morning of the Earth, as well as Tracks Magazine, which he founded with John Witzig and David Elphick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.