Join Smiv, Deadly and Mark "The Raging Bull" Occhilupo for the very last show of the ATS Up in Smoke Tour live from the home of the Big Banana, Coffs Harbour. Find out who bit a chunk out of Occy's board during his first session at Sunset Beach, why he and Munga didn't go for earlies during the iconic Pump! Reunion Island Sessions and the sorcery behind Cheyne Horan's failed World Title bids. It's a typical shit show but ya wouldn't have it any other way! Garn geddit India! See omnystudio.com/li...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 32
The Red Bull x WSL Big Wave Award winners are in and our man, Pete 'Condor' Mel, has taken out the Ride of the Year gong for his Mavericks Mondo Cone of Mortal Conequence. We thought it worthy of re-living. Here's his spine-tingling blow-by-blow account of a wave many have called the greatest ever ridden at Mavericks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 04, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 31
More grit than you could fill a Gina Rinehart neck-flap with in this Ain’t That Swell celebration of Australian surfing character. ‘Whacko’ Jacko Baker, ‘Geddit’ India Robinson, and Connor ‘O’Learyzy Bra’ O’Leary grit their cheeks and give it a full blown crack in the European Leg of the Challenger Series. No shore break is too gritty to rinse corn for these fearless warriors. Sack up and have a crack, Straya! Get behind these fearless sand gropers as they fill their stomachs with fire, their mi...
Oct 31, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Join us live at the Bondi Bowling Club for an old fashioned schimozzle featuring a paralytic (and heavily redacted) Rod 'Kerrbox' Kerr, the charismatic journeyman and former world number two, Brad Gerlach, and the unflappable, iconic, iridescent '93 World Champ, Pauline 'Naughty Pauls' Menczer. Stick around for the impromptu freestyle from the mouth of a man who'd only seconds earlier eaten a cob of corn he'd sodomised himself with. If that's not a classic gag, we don't know what is. See omnystu...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 29
What not to do the night before one of the most historic days in professional surfing: take four times the recommended dosage of hardcore trance grade LSD and head to the last night of a three day trance festival titled "Conscious Convergence" held in a commune called "Wacky Woods." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 19, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 28
We’re going off the deep end Swellians and who better to take us into the underworld of demons, drug addiction, jail cells, and redemption stories than Ain’t That Swell’s very own CORE SHAMAN, former Pipe Master and world number six, Robbie Page. A veteran of the Bellambi housing commission and a survivor of more horse shit than you can poke a pitchfork at, Paigey takes us on a spellbinding journey through Tour life, drugs, depression and redemption. He’s got his old mate, the Dunghutti Demon De...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 27
It was a stacked house back in April for a wild old night of ATS Live in the Cenny Coast Ice Rink. With a panel featuring all-star freesurfing icons Dion Agius, Creed McTaggart and Craig Anderson it’ a bummer that most of this ep had to be cut at the risk of endless defamation and litigation suits. Still it's worth trawling for nuggets like an 11-year-old Dion witnessing Dylan Longbottom get coned off his dial at the first recorded Apocalypse session, Iggy Pop’s opening line to all the surfers w...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Five world titles worth of knowledge break down the WSL grand final fantazmo fandango at Trestles, in the form of three time world champ, Michael 'Mick' 'Micktory' 'Eugene' 'White Lightning' 'Liquid Lightning' Fanning, Pauline 'Naughty Pauls' Menczer, and Barton 'Cosmo' Lynch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 25
We get the scoop from Gabe Medina's coach and Swellian iconoclast, Andy King, on his way back up the Trestles track, following a week of high fidelity shralping and high drama. We get the lowdown on the unfolding Filipe Toledo drama at Trestles. Nic Von Froth buries his face in the best bush since Dirk Diggler was getting around. We go deep on the Albee Layer x Matt Meola Opus, Rainbows in the Rearview. Swellian Questions, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnyst...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 24
The most unbiased analysis in surfing history is about to be schvitttttssst straight into your third eye via the pineal gland, as ya boys Smivvy and Deadly break down the chances of the 10 World Championship hopefuls a week out from judgement day. Who will win? Spoiler Alert: MORGS WILL WIN! OUR SAL WILL WIN AND FEMME GOAT WILL IMPOSSIBLY WIN TOO! Get educated and get ready to bunker down for the big show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 23
The world's gone hmmmmmmmad! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 27, 2021•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 22
We mighta taken out the womens and mens divisions in Mexico but did you see the core lord blood bath at the other end of the Tour rankings? The Big O, the Surgeon, the Gosford Grug, Olearyzy bra, all gone. Gone! GOOOOOOOOOOONE! The Punch Drunk Pikey and Rinsed Corn go deep on what might be the darkest day in Australian Tour History. We demand a ROYAL COMMISSSSSSSSION! Get off ya fat sack SCOMO! We put our noses to the wind and smell nothing but fig jam and caviar coming from the End of the Road ...
Aug 18, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 21
In 1974, three men set out on an epic journey in search of a perfect left in the West Australian desert. Their map was a beer coaster with a set of crudely drawn markings. They had enough supplies for a week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 09, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Australian surfing's first ever Olympic Medallist Owen Wright joins the Swellians live from the Tokyo Games, fresh of winning the bronze. Da Big O takes us on an emotional journey through one of the biggest achievements of his career, and the biggest spectacles in world sport. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 19
As Tokyo’s five ring circus kicks into gear ya boys Smivvy and Deadly break down the chances of our much loved Aussie Olympic surfing hopefuls the Iru.. Ira.. Irudu… fuck it! UP THE GELATINOUS BLOBS! The boys also deep dive into the not-much-discussed possibility that if successful, it’s the Olympics that could dismiss the WSL into the dustbin of history as a competitive comical side bar and not the other way around. There’s a breakdown of “Carn Joycey” J-Dub Wilson’s top 5 career highlights in ...
Jul 23, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 18
A MENAGERIE of CORE Live from Bourgeoise (Byron) Bay ft. MOTE GOAT, Chris Brock, BY-GOAT, Danny Wills, Swellian Spirit Animal, Tom Carroll, Slab-Nerd-Cone-Freak ex-WSL Commish, Kieren ‘Chronic’ Perrow, and Lenno LORD, Jimmy ‘Taipan’ Wood See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 17, 2021•2 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 17
The Battler from Baia Formosa and reigning Brazilian world champ, Italo Ferreira, joins the beating heart of the Brazilian Storm, Jadson Andre, LIVE from Narra De Janeiro. What a story it is. From starting out surfing on his fisherman father's esky lid to dominating Gabriel Medina in a Pipe Master's Showdown to claim his first World Title, Italo is the quintessential done-good battler. A village kid at heart who never forgets his roots and brings his battler kin along for the ride, he's a Core L...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Join Smivvy on a warts and all journey through the House of Foo. In a moment of altruism that far outlasted his short but exceptional life, it was opened by the legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer, Mark Foo in the 1980s. It remains the only affordable lodging on the North Shore of Oahu today. "I felt like I'd stumbled into some kind of nirvana. A nirvana of kitsch nineties surf iconography and a lifestyle preference that will never get old," - Smivvy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Jul 05, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 15
The catacomb of core has been prized open revealing the walking hellman himself, Chris Davidson. The North Narrabeen hmmmmmaniac joins fellow Rip Curl Search stalwart and Bonnie Hills World Tour battler, Darren O’Rafferty on the mike. Occy makes his debut as the quiz master on everyone’s favourite gameshow, OCC or NOT! Port Mac prodigy, Matt Banting, rounds out the show bringing us up to speed on his recovery from a radical run of injuries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Se...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Hold onto your corn holes Swellians! Smivvy and Deadly have outdone themselves yet again, bringing together a panel of Australian surfing legends more steeped in sweet sweet oceanic glory than a bagful of puckered calamaris. Thats right, Mick Fanning ("He's that fucken good!"), the Penrith-born, Ballina-raised, Coolangatta kingpin, and winner of three time world titles ("With a hammy on a screw") joins his old mate, 2012 World Champ, Joel 'Leslie Shnorkoss' Parkinson, and Dean 'Dingo lipstick' M...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Two of Cronulla's favourite sons, Occy and Dog Marsh, join Cronulla's prodigal son, Dylan Longbottom for a hall-of-fame chron'd out froth-off of crontacular proportions. We're talking pioneering slab hmmmmmadman, stealing cars to surf Aussie Pipe, eighties tour shenanigans, tsunami survival stories, Shippies mayhem, Nazare wipeouts, Tahitian Roulette, and much much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 03, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 12
It’s with heavy hearts the Swellians take to the air this week. The program lost one of its own in the late great, Jack Macaulay, Gracetown’s finest, son of Dave and Lorraine, brother of Ellie, Laura and Bronte. In this mental health special, the boys go deep on the nature of depression and anxiety, and offer their thoughts on the various solutions. We also talk the Aussie leg of the Wozzle, and whether our countrymen have a snowflakes chance in a Trump rally of taking out a World Title in the n...
May 25, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Picture Albert Einstein, if Einey was the son of a hash-importing gangtser, who could also pack a ten foot nugs at Vooey and Pipeline. Now you’re beginning to comprehend the strange genius that dwells inside the battered cranium of Da Cron-Goat, Andy King. We’ve had some big names and ballsy characters on this program but Kingy takes the mull cake in this one. The new coach of Brazilian superfreakazoid, Gabriel Medina, delivers the crem de la cron in this absolute stoinker of a waffle. ARE. YOU....
May 07, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 10
From impoverished Madagascar to a pair of Pipe Masters titles, the greatest Tahiti Pro victory in history, a Quiksilver Pro France baguette, and an all around unbelievable earthly existence, Jeremy Flores debut on Ain't That Swell is not to be missed. The most hyped supergrom since Taj Burrow, Flores graduated to the World Tour in time to catch the tail-end of the golden age of professional surfing skulduggery. Feast on his tales of debauchery featuring the late great Andy Irons, brother Bruce, ...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week’s Core Lord is a Hawaiian heavy hitter with the purest of surfing pedigree, Seth Moniz. The son of Hawaiian surfing superhero, golden gloves boxer, and state motocross champion, Tony Moniz, Seth grew up in the midst of Hawaiian surf gods such as Dane Kealoha and Ben Aipa, to name just a few. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 05, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Righto La Nina. Think you can buddy up to us with a couple of measly cyclone swells then drop ya load all over the joint! YOU'RE A DISGRAAAACE! Hope ya get the lot ya mutt! AY! Get on protection ya dog! The Sultan of Psilocybin and the frontman of the Goons of Doom are joined by Cronulla Core Lord turned Ballina Blow-in, Connor O'Leary, to preview the upcoming Australian leg of the World Tour. We sift through the clues in the wake of Gabby Medina's shock departure from longtime coach and step-da...
Mar 26, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
She beat crippling arthritis, the murder of her father, the world's best female surfers, and a surf industry stacked with corporate reptiles to win a world title. Pauline Menczer is a deadset, fair dinkum icon and WE ARE NOT WORTHY. HMMMMMMMMMMMAD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 6
It’s about time the Swellians give the lunatics in the west their due respect. From Matt Manners to Camel, Chris Ross to Ry Craike, and many more, we acknowledge the mad core’ishness on the other side of the continent. We also go deep on Chunny’s mind-melting profile film, Blastoid, and hear the synapse-snapping full story behind one of the most heroic air-drop-tube-turn combos at Tombstones ever. Fellow Rage Team member and Ain’t That Swell LIVE’s original and most loved guest, Creed Mctaggart,...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Phone a friend, phone a Swellian! From Nord Lords to Core Lords and the greatest rugby league player to ever out winkle-spit the Merewether hmmmmmmmadman himself, we open up the Swellian Hotline. Not to be missed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 4
It’s a gold cone piece winning spectacular coming to you live from inside the belly of Mavericks as Pete Mel recalls the most monstro cone ever ridden at California’s heaviest outer reef. Smiv and Deadly sit in on the council meeting that ended any hopes of pro surfing coming to Lennox Head, Paul Morgan takes you over the ledge on the most disgusting churned out deep sea bombie corn holing ever and Smiv talks to Surfing Australia’s resident psychologist about the reasons why pro surfers are losi...
Feb 03, 2021•3 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 3
