In today’s show, the return of ol’ pals Ashton G and DJ Lunakye, Ben Gravvy rises as the hero “we” need, “honesty” finds it’s integrity questioned, hubris trumps experience in Big Wave surfing, Chas explains what your choice of emoji says about your gender orientation. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2024•2 hr 42 min•Ep. 287
In today’s episode Devon Howard joins Chas and David to discuss the fine but definitive line of gilding Lillies. From Cybertrucks (Deplorians) to Freak Offs, to commenting on PornHub, how, where, and when is it appropriate to go all in? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 5
In today’s episode Chas and David design the most sophisticated surf report of modern times, identify the moment where surf fashion jumped the shark, celebrate the generosity of the surf enclave, and explain the dangers of renewing your wedding vows. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 286
In today’s show Chas sets a course, with guidance from one Circe Wallace, to blueprint the ideal modern man. How to: eat phallic food in public, embrace one’s femininity, the allure of the bad boy, and why trauma harnesses the DNA for the ultimate modern man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 4
In today’s show David and Chas bask in the pleasure of being sprayed in the face, identify precisely why surf culture has become so foppish, take notes from the moment Raygun broke dancing, and caution why you should always trust your gut. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 13, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 285
In light of James Earl Jones’ passing and amidst the era of Insta model fame, where hast the art of speaking gone? How to fake an accent, learn a language, seduce a lover, and earn 17 million dollars, all herein. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 3
Whilst watching Finals Day, Chas and David comment live and shudder at the impending clutch of Big Brother, are bequeathed with the gift a bright future, learn why Britt loves Billy, and accept the reality that less is often more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 06, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 284
In today’s show, Chas submit’s his candidacy for president on the platform of shifting Holidates, eradicating society of baggage claim blockers, Brazilian Butt-Lifting his way to First Class, and why you should aspire to owning a 1976 Corvette Sting Ray. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 2
Surprise! Chas Smith takes use through pop culture's most salacious headlines; an A-List marriage on the rocks over political ideology, public shaming an heiress DJ's mothering, a celeb couple bequeaths their fortune to divorce lawyers, architecting a pop star, and how to protect your kid from becoming a true crime story. Take it all in . . . after dark! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 11 min
In today’s show David and Chas break gargantuan news about the future of this show, ChatGPT helps design Kelly’s ideal retirement plan, Kai Lenny’s secret dietary hack is revealed, Demi Moore blames surfing for her struggle with identity, and the boys peek into the shameless world of adult nerds. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 283
In today’s show the WSL gets outed on Tucker Carlson for silencing athletes, Ivanka hits Surf Ranch, Carissa reveals she surfed the Olympics with a baby on board, Billy’s rep gets further besmirched by a fan on the street, Stab refuses to acknowledge your existence. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 23, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Ep. 282
In today’s show Raygun teaches us a valuable lesson about surf culture, Kemper’s secret celebrity progeny is revealed, Mexi surfers position to oust Brazil as surf world’s finest, and one multi-time female champ gets outed for subjugating one lowly working-class surf fan. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 281
In today’s show David and Chas finally understand the unbearable lightness of being Filipe, identify the exact dollar amount for Billy Kemper’s friendship, voice concern about Stab’s authoritarian censorship, and explain how to rinse the pee out of your wetsuit without losing your brine. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 09, 2024•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 280
In today's show, live from the streets of Paris, Chas and David assess why the greatest day of surfing hasn't made a mainstream splash, shame Pedro Scooby for slandering a venerable veteran of our sport, marvel at the idiocy of athlete's promoting their own failure, and Carissa one-ups Gabe's famed kick out with the grandest our sport has ever seen. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 279
It's finally happened, Chas Smith has been cancelled. A mob of Brazilians, Olympic and WSL legal teams, and Meta descended to effectively silenced @SurfJournalist. Today he speaks on the events, the aftermath, and what's next as the world shifts focus towards the End Of The Road and what this all means for freedom of speech and civilization as we known it. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 278
In today’s show get a VIP out of the doghouse, identify when it’s time to quit surfing, feast on a Blood Feud between two of their favorite shapers, explain how NOT to make magic happen in the bedroom, and unlock the secret to eternal youth. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 277
In today’s show David and Chas assess the tragedy at Teahupo’o mere weeks prior to the Olympics, blush at Billy Kemper’s foray onto OnlyFans, outline definitive rules for which craft is allowed at specific breaks, and discover the noblest of rots. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 276
Live! from Paris, the Grit! celebrates Independence abroad while shaming the pro surf simps Hawk Tuah-ing the Zuck, David and Chas devise a Brotherhood of the Traveling Single-Fin, explain the value in making one’s self scarce, prepare to divulge their profits to the corp, and vow to never tattoo their kids names on their temple. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 275
In today’s show David and Chas attempt an intervention, fight feeling awkward at a pool party, pinpoint why KK can’t get no respect, lament their influence over Italo, and explain why surfing’s future will be about doing less. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 274
In today’s show Chas and David finally get starstruck, then fully flummoxed by a gifted single-fin, lambast a sacrilegious surf cultural appropriating Influencer, and explain why flossing might ruin your marriage. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep. 273
In today’s show Chas and David attempt to delicately balance gratitude without sacrificing ambition, celebrate Kolohe 2.0, identify the hottest Rodent Men on Tour, and reckon with an impending midlife crisis. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2024•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 272
Today’s show gets infiltrated by the CIA’s Midnight Climax, JJF’s destiny gets set in stone, Kalani Robb’s pristine persona gets flayed by a bad joke, and the boys explain how to plant covert seeds of psychic warfare to manipulate your spouse into booking you a surf trip. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2024•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 271
The day has finally arrived! Chas and David head north to Channel Islands HQ to engage ‘Dead Head’ Britt Merrick in a raucous debate about whether one polarizing rock group has changed American culture for better or worse. Plus, Britt shares stories from the CT frontlines, revels in Vahine’s destiny fulfillment, and closes the argument for why you should kiss your kids on the lips. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 270
In today’s show Noa Deane transitions, Laird’s actual diet is revealed, a Snake Oil Salesman attempts to sully a surf mag, Andy buys drinks for everyone at Mundaka, and Pros In The Wild hits the big time. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 269
In today’s show David finds transcendence through sand drawing, Chas becomes a podcast listener, and the boys gauge the value of a surf coach, campaign for equality for kneeboarders, and advise for how best to approach a pro in the wild. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 268
In today’s Mother’s Day celebration episode David and Chas search for Filipe in the weeks leading into Teahupo’o, discover the fallacy eternal youth, learn from Laird how to stand up to bullies, and explain why you should be a worse spouse. Plus Barrel or Nah? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 267
In today's show FISHER gives the WSL the shaft (and balls) while the boys explain why surfing's best pundits are kooks, search for pro surfings first "out" male, then Chas picks a fight with one of the world's most notable shapers and David reveals a secret that may have him officially cancelled. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 03, 2024•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 266
In today’s show David and Chas chart the best board for your body type, explain why the Rider Is Always Right, warn of the financial perils of pitaya in paradise, reveal the one word that will ruin your sex life, and map the precise age you should spawn offspring. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 26, 2024•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 265
In today’s “Surf Past Your Prime” themed episode, the boys advise on how to get your first barrel in your 50s, question why Kelly’s closest friend’s are forcing him to retire, explain the perils of a one wave session, and finally discover whether it’s harder to be a surfer or a swinger. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 19, 2024•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 264
In today’s episode David discovers that yes, surfing is easy, but it’s a lot of work, Chas musters the energy to get the new WSL CEO fired, and the boys discuss the cost of Kelly’s greatness, the lion who tamed the Wolf Pack, the next big trend in surf fashion, and how to ruin an otherwise perfect gift. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 263