In today's show Chas and David recap day one of the Pipe Pro, reveal their new fav surfer who shattered the wall of positive noise, face palm about the the faulty Apple "wearables", cover the hottest fashion trends from the WSL awards, and Chas agrees to printing his first-ever retraction! Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Chas and David discuss the lifeguard who took the day off to win the most prestigious surf event on the planet, his missing $65k, Quiksilver's massive marketing miss, why Jack Robinson will win a world title in 2023, and Pete Mel's science defying exercise of paddle power/fashion statement. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congratulations on making it through 200 episodes of this. We commend you. Today Chas and David reflect on 4+ years of surf adjacent podcasting, confess regrets, share lessons learned, and then explain why it's time to vilify our surf heroes, say "I love you" often, protect IP at all costs, and always artful dodge acquaintances at the grocery store. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show Chas and David discuss why the Eddie didn't go, how Surfline will revolutionize the way we consume surf in 2023 and contests in 2024, why the lineup at Waimea was 1/3 female, and argue about whether Albee's plea for sympathy is endearing or damning. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A tragic start to 2023 as Nazare claims its first casualty and one of actions sports' culture shifters meets an entirely unlikely end. David and Chas assess the toll, struggle to process, and attempt to reconcile the reality of how close we all live near the edge of existence. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sending off 2022, David and Chas recap the top stories of the year, make predictions for 2023, celebrate the latest (and biggest yet) celebrity/surf coupling, question why the average surfer's ability level has degraded in the past decade, reaffirm why Hawai'i will always reign supreme, and identify how Jamie O'Brien's dadbod is the ideal waterman physique. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show Chas and David discuss why they miss quarantine, survey the most terribly brilliant business moves of 2022, determine surfing's most egregious Nepo Baby, predict Riss and Steph's niceness will end their career against the new crop, and explain how exploiting runaways to make millions might just be bad for society. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show David and Chas discuss the disturbing degradation of American youth as it relates to burgeoning pro surfers, musical preferences, general intelligence, and respect for fellow man via WSL rankings, the VALogger who nearly decapitated Makana Pang, and their wives obsession with Taylor Swift. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show Chas and David dig into the story behind why all the male CT surfers have withdrawn from the Pipe Masters and how 2022 has become the year of the novelty contest, the troubles at VF Corp, how surfing has influenced the greatest show on television, how the world greatest surfer influenced the world's most expensive smoothie, and why you should abstain from sex until marriage. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show Chas and David investigate why skateboarding's heroes share so many more skeletons than pro surfers, how Stab has built a biz transcribing Thrasher, the unlikely reconnection between Quik and Dane, why the WSL won't drug test their athletes, and the utter futility of trying to execute a dry hair session. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feast yourself on a holiday episode of The Grit! Chas and David shirk family obligations just to tell you about how Jonah Hill's new documentary has radically changed their lives, how Pretty Privilege left the surf world when Julian Wilson retired, how Laird Hamilton contributed to Lupita Nyong'o's physique, and why 2023's Oscar for Best Picture very likely will be a surf film. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode David and Chas identify and pay homage to the surf world's most inventive, prolific, and entirely unsung creative geniuses, and then discuss the inverse Karma of their employers holiday blood letting, how the sport of kings has been denigrated into the sport of clowns and how it's directly related to one of the world's largest surfboard manufacturers flooding the market with heavily discounted boards. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
In today's gargantuan show David and Chas discuss the implosion of Netflix's bid to buy the WSL, the aching nostalgia casued by Griff's recent job change, Laird's gentlemanly rebuff of David's advance, and why objectifying beautiful people is the road to finding out what's on their insides. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show Chas and David confront an existential revolt from within their own audience! They then weigh the thrills and dangers of high jumps, riding motorbikes, assess why surfers love sketching landings, and design a plan for how dawn patroler's can perfectly time their morning constitutional. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show David and Chas explain why self-awareness is the antithesis of "cool", fret for Nathan Florence's moral purity, ponder how Albee Layer has yet again been victimized, and advise on the best methods to scare character into your children this Halloween. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back at center on the space/time continuum, David and Chas return to discuss Emrata and Gisele's love lives and how they used surfing to elevate their careers. They then offer a simple and direct path to financial wealth but warn that it may prevent you from achieving your full potential. And in a stunning twist, they both (nearly) convince their wives to take their last names. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's very special episode, Chas has his world rocked by (a very woke) Kevin Miller (worshiper of ELO), Hulet reveals his arrest record, Warshaw reveals his below-the-belt grooming habits, and DLS tries to prevent another table jump/strangulation. A raucous pod, live from Florida! Enjoy! (Originally published November 8, 2019) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We start the show with some important personal news before Chas and David welcome Jamie Brisick to the podcast. The boys analyze why backwards politics seem to plague the surf world, philosophy, psilocybin, Kooks and Currens, and Jamie’s 30-foot schlong. Enjoy! (Originally published July 1, 2019) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show David and Chas reflect on the life of Chris Davidson and ponder where to define the boundary line for living on the edge in their own lives. They then analyze Kanoa's backstab of Slater, acknowledge El Salvador's climb up surf nation rankings, marvel at Ziff's rise up Fortune's billionaire rankings, and offer decisive rationale for why you should make your bed every morning. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Florida Surf Film Fest founders Kevin Miller and John Brooks join David and Chas to discuss the WSL's most recent kick-in-the-teeth of their core audience, read their official response to outraged fans, outline a potential coup, and attempt to solve why surfers are so obsessed with getting barreled. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show, Chas and David gawk at The Stoked Bloke's voyage into The Upside Down, finally determine whether or not money buys happiness, hear from a mother who takes her kids to nude beaches, and they unveil ELO's first foray into the world of gangsta rap. Plus a birthday themed round of Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Chas tells, in vivid detail, his experience, being on the cobblestones at Lowers yesterday for Finals Day; the wrought tension, the lurid glares, inside goss about the inter-workings at the WSL, and David offers a recap of the action. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's Fight Club themed episode, Chas and David are overwhelmed by surf rage that's infiltrated our line ups. They unpack Joel Tudor being assaulted by the sweeper at Cardiff, the surfer being nearly drown by a local in La Jolla, the foiler who hatcheted someone at Jax Beach, Vans shot between the WSL's eyes, and You vs last week's lil' anon TikTok'r. Put up your dukes and Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today David and Chas, through excessive use of journalistic rigor, discover that truth is stranger than fiction. They uncover the underreported story of ELO's life threatening Tahitian reef injury, discover the identity of the anonymous TikTok'r who doxxed Andy Lyon, and reveal the unprecedented WSL event that replaced their French Challenger Series. Plus Barrel or Nah? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does the size of your lei say about you? Is it really "equality" if you don't offer equal opportunity? When is it justifiable to smash the fins out of a stranger's board? Does Raimana's throat hurt after all that screaming? And what is the proper pronunciation for Teahupo'o? #TrustInWe! Plus Barrel or Nah? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey all, David here just checking in to regretfully inform you that our whole house is down with Covid! It's a mild case. Everyone is already in recovery, but podcast production was interrupted by it. It looks like we should be back in full swing next week. We did publish an episode of Surf Splendor, so go grab that. Sorry to miss you. Much to discuss but we'll cover it all next week. Until then, Bon Voyage! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Chas embarks on a brand new quest to find nymphomaniacal Russian sex bots, while David seeks to uncover SoCal's surf-adjacent youth whom devote their life wholly to the skim. Rob Machado daringly pulls back his van curtains, the WSL uses their radical growth to cancel more events, and Erin Brooks makes the final of the all male Padang Cup. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Live from Oklahoma City, Chas is midway through an epic quest across this great nation to find mythical non-surfing World Surf League fan! Successes and disasters have been many, but spirits are buoyed by last night's text from WSL CEO, and Oklahoma City's own, Elo who provided ardent back pats and new direction. Chas recounts his journey and outlines his next leg. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's show David and Chas abandon childhood dreams of ever surfing Maalaea, advise on how to prevent the erosion of civilization, marvel at Kelly's memory and his sentimentality, celebrate Kai Lenny's new role as Robin, and Chas recovers from being punched by the algorithm after coming out as a biathlete. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author Daniel Duane joins us to discuss his new podcast series, "Reunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise" and the bizarre peculiarities of those tragedies. Chas and David then discuss JBay, Laird dethroning Kelly, the grumpiest La Jolla locals, and why a full ass is always better than half-assed. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
