AIN'T THAT SWELL

Horror! John John's World Title Sadness, Goat to Become next Dalai Lama and Gross Seals Out To Kill Us All!

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong and the ATS Live True Grit Tour Presents... A regular ep of mayhem and hmaaadness as Kelly Slater revealed as possible replacement for his H...

Blitzed: Portugal Pain as Heavyweights Go Down, Chianca and Simmers Breakthrough and Callum Robson gets Gobbled and Spat by a Terrifying Seacock!

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl and the 25th Anniversary Screenings of Searching for Tom Curren Presents... Blitzed Portugal Sand Blast Inferno! You'll be picking the grit o...

GSNT: The Callum Robson Profile, True Grit

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brought to you by Coopers Board Store...In honour of one of the craziest and most clutch waves ever made, we lift the lid on Callum Robson's hard-graf...

Core Lords: Rach and Clint from Barterdayz

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brought to you by Better Beer... Rach and Clint have come up with a radical (yet also kind of not) concept to circumvent the financial system and give...

GSNT: The Parko Vs Slater War of 2012 – Deliverance and Redemption for the Smoothest Surfer on Earth

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coopersboardstore.com.au presents... Part 2 of our Joel Parko World Title story special. It's three years on from the agony of 2009 and Joel Parkinson...

Blitzed! Get that Fair Up Ya! The Strayan "On The Reg Q" is Fire and Mikey McDonagh is Flaring!

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl and the Searching for Tom Curren 25th Anniversary Screenings Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. Have you been copping the Australian R...

Core Lords: Dane Gudauskas

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brought to you by Better Beer's Zero Carb...Dane 'Gudang' Gudauskas is a professional freesurfer, big wave maniac and style master. Along with his two...

Core Lords: Sterling Spencer

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Better Beer...Sterling Spencer is a former professional surfer from Pensacola, Florida, who suffered a series of serious brain injuries d...

Disgraceland! Surfing in meltdown as former greats shame todays stars, boats shipwreck onto pristine reefs and Derek Hynd calls for an end to all legropes!

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong and Jai Glinderman's Surf Film's are Hard on Stab Premium Presents... A good old fashioned ATS rip in ep! Smiv and Deadly somehow keep their...

Blitzed: Wilko's Picks For Portugal – Neck Beard and T-Dub To Reign

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort Presents... A Portugal CT Preview with former World No.1 Matt Wilkinson, who was once invited to dine...

What are the best surfer vs surf journo punch ons? Who are the hottest surfer on surfer hook ups? And what happened when one Swellian encountered an honest-to-God pall spraying Sea Cock?

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

thecakeclub.com.au Wax Subscription Co. presents... an all-Swellian Ask Us a Question Variety Hour Special. No query left unstained by Smiv and Deadly...

GSNT: The Mick Vs Joel War of 2009 by Sean Doherty

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Coopers Board Store... In 2009 Joel Parkinson won three of the first five WCT events of the season to take what looked like an unbeatable...

Blitzed: Sunset Beach Gets Absolutely Skewered by Pip and the Pickle

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by the Rip Curl Mirage Activate Compression Expression Session, live today on Rip Curl's Youtube Channel... Smiv and Deadly take an Ethan Ew...

Core Lords: MAPS Psychedelic Psychotherapist, Dr. Nigel Strauss

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Better Beer... Following the groundbreaking announcement that Australia will be the first country in the world to legalise MDMA and Psylo...

GSNT: The Godfather of Gutter Rap, Skeaz ‘Skeamo’ Lauren

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode of the Greatest Stories Never Told, Smivvy dips into his big bag of mainstream journalism to deliver this profile of the infamous gut...

ATS Classic: Goodzy Brah and Surfcore2001

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this ATS classic episode we head back to 2020 to the time when Smiv and Deadly sat down with Sunny Coast legend and all-round creative powerhouse W...

Curren’s Mythical Maurice Finally Found, The Wozzle’s Transgender Pickle, Bring by Back The Surf League, and Are CT Surfers Getting Shortchanged?

11 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Billabong... Ain't That Swell The Original Surf Degenerate Radio Show featuring…Dane Reynolds’ daily droppings, classic Mr Sunset, th...

Blitzed: The Vortex Shaman, Jack Robbo, and Carissa 'Aunty Riss' Moore Win The Billabong Pipe Pro

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort...we review the opening World Tour event of the year, the Billabong Pipe Pro, won by Jac...

Blitzed: Soli Bailey on How Byron Bay Boardriders Became the Number 1 Club in Oz

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort... Byron Bay, a town famous for serving up avocado on toast for $44 is now also home to ...

How You Like Dem Apples? Woz is back, Lazza Goes Da Bomb and the Remnants of Swellpocalypse!

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by the Billabong Pipe Pro... Ain't That Swell The Original Surf Degenerate Radio Show featuring... JJF VS Medina - seacocks engaged and read...

Blitzed: World Tour Rookie, Liam O'Brien, On Making His Long-Awaited Debut At Pipe

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Tour Rookie, Liam O'Brien, gives us the late mail on what to expect from the opening event of the 2023 World Tour season. See omnystudio.c...

Feast your Cornhole at the Usher Cup President's Dinner with Parko, Gerr, Hog, Hippo, Jay and the Bugwan

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by... The 2023 Usher Cup World Club Challenge. Please do join us for an evening of tube gluttony, mead swilling and pokies fingering at the ...

Core Lords: Luke Shepardson

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Better Beer... Luke Shepardson is a North Shore (Oahu) Lifeguard and the winner of the 2022/23 Eddie Aikau Invitational. See omnystudio....

Blitzed: Inside The Eddie w/ competitor Jamie Mitchell

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ten time Molokai to Oahu paddle champion and perennial big wave lunatic, Jamie Mitchell, shares his experience of competing in The Eddie. See omnystu...

Greenough’s Brown Snake and Bindies Plague, Skitz Hawaii Gone Hmaaad, Egg Jam on Toast and Pammy Brushes Our Goat

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong Pipeline Pro Jan 29 - Feb 11 Presents… The original degenerate surf radio show diving deep on the King Brown crisis engulfing surfing’s ...

Core Lords: CJ Hobgood

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 2001 World Champ, 16 year World Tour veteran, and Floridian freesurfing wizard, CJ Hobgood, joins ATS.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Core Lords: Salim and Sammy

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Afghan Hazara refugees, Salim and Sammy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Cosmic Apricots: Calling Heats with Occy At the 2023 Burleigh Single Fin Festival

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong and Gage Road Presents... Cosmic Apricots! Join Smiv, Deadly and the '99 World Champ Mark Occhilupo as they call two heats at the 2023 Burle...

Blitzed: Mike Ho, Mason Ho, and Logen Dulien Breakdown Da Hui's Backdoor Shootout

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Da Hui's 2023 Backdoor Shootout will go down as one of the heaviest surfing spectacles of all-time. We're joined by the mastermind behind the Snapt su...

Blitzed: Meet Jarvis Earle, Australia’s Newest Woz World Junior Champ

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Board Short... Last week the Cronulla Shire's Jarvis Earle joined Ethan Ewing, Joel Parkinson and J...

Carnage at the Bowlo - R-Cal, Lobby, Bottle and Pete Harris Live from Burleigh Bowls Club

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong and Gage Road Brew Co Presents... An afternoon of shambolic, debauched shenanigans from the birthplace of modern professional surfing. In a ...

Core Lords: The Kamchatka Cone Conquerers, Fraser Dovell, Letty Mortensen, Spencer Frost and Guy Williment

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of the great Australian surf expeditions. Four mates from Avalon, on Sydney's Northern Beaches (filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment, and pr...

Blitzed: The Eddie Is Off... For Now, Not That it Bothers Ross Clarke-Jones

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort Presents... Blitzed with Ross Clarke-Jones. The former Eddie Aikau winner jumped a plane for his firs...

GSNT - Michael Peterson in Life and Death by Rabbit Bartholomew and Sean Doherty

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Coopers Board Store... When Michael Peterson passed away in 2012 Australian surfing lost one of its most powerful and enigmatic figures. ...

Who Conquered Surfing in 2022? Who Rinsed the Filthiest Corn? And Who'd Win a Fight Between Sea Cock and Cujo Seal?

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Billabong Burleigh Single Fin Festival Presents... The first big Ep of 2023! Ya boys Smiv and Deadly tackle all the big questions from the year ju...

Core Lords: Mick Waters

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mick Waters is an award-winning independent surf filmmaker who has produced three feature films (Outdated Children, Little Black Wheels, Believe) and ...

Blitzed: Interview with Emma Deiters, Australia's Newest World Champ

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly two years after a surgery up-ended her life, Emma Dieters won gold at the World Para Surfing Championships in Pismo Beach, California. She joi...

The Best of '22: Relive Da GOAT's Pipe Masters Masterclass

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the World Tour set to kick off at Pipe in January, sit back and revel in the emotion and inspiration of one of the greatest surfing performances ...

ATS Last Reg Ep of the Year! It's the Flagrante Delicato You Didn't Know You Needed!

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong and the Burleigh Boardriders Single Fin Festival (Jan 6,7,8) Presents... the last ATS regular ep of 2023 and by God is it a howler! Featurin...

Blitzed: PICKLE IN DA PIPE! How Australia's Molly Picklum Became the First Ever Women's Pipeline Master

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by Club Rip Curl and the Mirage Activate Boardshort. Three years ago Molly Picklum paddled out at Pipeline for the first time. Today she is ...

GSNT: A New Dawn

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of shmaltzy, Smiffy journalism about a trio of core lords (Albe Falzon, Simon Jones, and Torren Martyn) and the sick boards, films and philosoph...

Core Lords: Simon Jones (Morning of the Earth Surfboards)

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The award-winning shaper and longtime Swellian, Simon Jones, joins Ain't That Swell to share his story and discuss his formula for making some of the ...

Blitzed: Vans Pipe Master, Balaram Stack, LIVE from Hawaii.

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New York pro surfer, Pipe specialist, and winner of the inaugural Vans Pipe Masters, Balaram Stack, joins us on the phone from the Volcom House on the...

ATS LIVE Redux: GOAT on FIRE! Kelly Slater and Seth Moniz LIVE from Margaret River

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With our next ATS Live Tour announcement just around the corner, we revisit one of the all time greatest live shows with the Greatest of All Time hims...

GSNT: Scum Valley's Finest (Matt Ellks Profile)

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A profile of Matt Ellks (our most recent Core Lords guest), first published in Tracks Magazine back in 2019. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

Blitzed: Xavier Huxtable

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wavepool Maestro Xavier Huxtable joins Smivvy for a chat about Conquering the first Concrete Jungle Surf Comp at URBNSURF! hmmmmaaadddd. See omnystud...

Core Lords: Matt Ellks

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

He rode for Hot Buttered, went into business with Eddie Rothman and Da Hui, pissed on Trough Man at a RAT Party, toured with Metallica, and lived one ...

The Inaugural Swellness Summit Podcast (pt. 3): Surfing Soldiers Ben and Nath, Ollie Dousset, and Robbie Paige

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lock-in for the most heart-wrenching journey yet. This episode we’re joined by Benny and Nath from the Veteran Surfers Association, who talk us thr...

GSNT: Lungi Slabb in 'The Chosen One'

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous surfer, Lungi Slabb, is a young man on a mission. This episode is brought to you by Coopers Surf. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

Blitzed: Full Haleiwa Changaz Rip In!

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl Presents BLITZED: Pure Tour Nerdism. This episode we break down every part of the shenanigans at the pinnacle of the Changaz series! Sunshine...

Blitzed: Sophie McCulloch WHAAAAAAT?!!! Haleiwa Champion and Newly Minted 2023 CT Rookie!

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl Presents BLITZED: Pure Tour Nerdism. Yesterday Sunshine Coast Swellian Queen Sophie McCulloch pulled off a miracle run for the ages to win th...

Gabby Versus Sea Cocks, The Power of Corn Earthing, Evil Greedy Gambling Goblins and Five Swellian Anthems. Why it's an Ask Us a Question Special Edition!

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong Presents... Ain't That Swell - the original Degenerate Surf Radio Podcast. This ep we deep dive with the Swellians for an Ask Us a Question ...

Blitzed : Former Haleiwa Champion Richie Lovett on How to Win the Last Chang of the Year to Qualify

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl Mirage Activate Boardshort Presents BLITZED! The last Changaz Comp of the year is on right now at Haleiwa and our Aussie CT hopefuls are lini...

Core Lords: Joshe Faulkner

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joshe Faulkner fought his way out of the slums of South Africa to become the two-time national surf champion. His remarkable story of survival, stoici...

True Grit! Smiv and Deadly on The Floz Bros Ocean Domination, Cal Robbo’s Untapped Marketing Potential, Finger Buns, Unders/Overs, Ask us a Question and more! UTFS!

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Billabong Presents The Original Degenerate Surf Radio Podcast with ya boys Smiv and Deadly taking on all surfing’s biggest issues and a heap of shit...

Blitzed: Dimity "Shimmy Disco" Stoyle on the Aussie Women's Charge at the Haleiwa Chang

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl Presents Blitzed! This episode we have a chat with Swellian and Doof Queen Dimity Stoyle about the Aussie push heading into Haleiwa, the log ...

Blitzed: Jacob "Chippo" Willcox on the Haleiwa Changaz!

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rip Curl Presents... Blitzed: Pure Tour Nerdism. Today Smiv catches up with WA's Jacob Willcox, one of a handful of Aussies looking for a big result i...

GSNT: Fiji 2012 – Sean Doherty on the Greatest Big Wave Cone Feast Ever, Why the ASP Turned its Back on History, and the Set Wave that Nearly Ended Deadly

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

20-30 foot and not a drop of water out of place! Has there ever been a more consistent or perfect big wave cone-off like the one that bombarded Cloudb...

LIVE from the Inaugural Swellness Summit (Pt 2.) Jodie Cooper, Pauline Menzcer, Richie Vaculik, Robbie Paige and Lachie Rambouts

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For part two of our investigation into all the ways our culture is making us sick, we are joined by Swellian Queens, Jodie Cooper and Pauline Menzcer,...

NOZ VISION! Noa Deane and Harry Bryant LIVE from The Steyne Hotel presented by Young Henry’s

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In anticipation of one of the most consequential conical clinics in history - in the form of Noa’s new film Nozvid - we got the pride of Coolangatta...

LIVE From The Inaugural Swellness Summit: Tom Carroll, Dean Morrison, Brad Gerlach, and Rashida Dungarwalla On How Our Culture Is Making Us Sick

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It was all about Swellness. What could these surf legends (and one mental health professional) tell us about life, addiction, consumption, violence, a...

The Grom Shaman: 88 World Champ Barton Lynch on reconnecting kids with true surf culture

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For 16 years now World Champ Barton Lynch has been running the world’s most fun grom experience. Part coaching seminar, part full-tilt froth out, BL...

NOZVID: Join us for Noa Deane's World Film Premiere and a Free Swellian Live Show this Sunday, Steyne Hotel, Manly as Part of Young Henry's Rip In Weekender

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will you be anywhere near Manly in the city of Sydney this weekend? If so come and join us for a FREE SWELLIAN LIVE SHOW as well as the World Premiere...

GSNT: The Long Road to J Bay

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Majestic waves meets harrowing reality in post-apartheid South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listene...

Core Lords: Jackson Connellan from The Healthy Minds Club

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our next guest is Jacko Connellan from the Healthy Minds Club, an organisation from the Northern Rivers of NSW, set up in response to the loss of key ...

ATS Special Investigation: Could Deadly Sea Cocks End John Florence and Torren Martyn?

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Smiv and Deadly are back for a good old fashioned mondo ear chew and the boys are on a Nate Florence-style heater as they discuss the middle Floz Bros...

Blitzed: SACK-A-RIMMER with Supercoach Man Stew Botts and the King

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andy King and Jay "Bottle" Thompson are the head performance super coaches for Surfing Australia and the masterminds behind the great Strayan Changaz ...

GSNT: The Passing of Andy Irons and the Days that Followed

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks 12 years since the great Andy Irons died alone in a hotel room in Dallas Fort Worth Airport, just months before the birth of his son. In t...

Core Lords: Koby Abberton - Part Three

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For our final instalment of this very special series with Koby Abberton with dive deep into his surf career.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Steaming Heats: Seven Years of Shanghai Sex - The Remarkable CT Career of Luke Stedman

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mona Vale's Luke Stedman spent an incredible seven years on the elite ASP/WOZ World Championship Tour in an era that is still regarded as the toughest...

HUGE! Harry Bryant's Eight Week Journey from Not Walking to Surfing in the Vans Pipeline Masters

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Sunny Coast wild man Harry Bryant sent a lofty full-rote to the flats only to explode the living shit out of his fibula upon landing, the last th...

Core Lords: Koby Abberton (ft. Mickey Avalon) - Part Two

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part Two of our series with the southside battler king Koby Abberton. We are joined by his old mate and iconic artist Mickey Avalon aka Yeshi.See omny...

Swellness: Slab Shaman and ex-UFC fighter, Richie Vaculik, on Drugs, Alcohol, Violence, Martial Arts, Surfing’s Dark Side, and the Mental Health Issues Plaguing his Community.

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"As a society, it’s one of our biggest problems: depression, mental health and the ripple effect." - Richie Vaculik, one of the feature guests at th...

Core Lords: Gerry Lopez and Stacy Peralta

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mr Pipeline, Gerry Lopez, and Mr Dogtown Z Boys, Stacy Peralta, join Ain’t That Swell for a very special episode of Core Lords. Two of the most infl...

Introducing The Swellness All-Stars: Future Roots, Hof Lord, Dj Bhakti Baby, Menzcer, Alfie, Cooper

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet our eclectic band of groovers, healers, swamis, shamans and core lords. We've got Nui aka Future Roots aka one half of Digital Afrika. We've got ...

Blitzed: Ryan Callinan Has Requalified For the Woz CT and Fucken You BEWDY!!!

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The greatest human in the world Ryan Callinan has kicked the Changaz right in the dot and qualified for the 23 CT with two events still to go! Cop tha...

Swellness Summit: Rayjah45 (Sub-Tribe)

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rayjah45 is a Maori musician from Taranaki, New Zealand, now based in Cronulla. He is also the frontman of iconic underground dub-reggae-fusion outfit...

Core Lords: Koby Abberton - Part One

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Koby Abberton is a former pro surfer and cultural icon from Maroubra Beach on Sydney's Southside. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Swellness Summit Oct 21-23: How X3 Pipe Master Tom Carroll Will Still Your Mind

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Head noise! It comes at ya from all angles. Sometimes out of nowhere. Sometimes in a relentless pushing tide. The good news is, with a bit of guidance...

Swellness Summit Oct 21-23: Dingo Morrison Brings the Honesty, Stillness and Foilies

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Former World Number 1 Dean Dingo Morrison experienced the highs of the pro surfing dream and the lows of drug and alcohol addiction that followed in t...

Core Lords: Kyle Thierman

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Thierman is a Patagonia ambassador and big wave surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He is also a journalist, psychonaut, and environmentalist.  ...

GSNT: The False Reality of the Surf Town

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An investigation of the values system at the heart of every Surf Town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listene...

Swellness Summit Oct 21-23: How Brad Gerlach Will Improve The Way You Surf At The Summit

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If Brad Gerlach can improve the surfing of the world's best wave riders, imagine what he can do for you! The Former World Number 1 will be bringing Wa...

NEW SHOW! Steaming Heats With Wilko

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What really goes on between the hooters? What stories are we not privy too that can  influence or transform the goings-on in an elite level heat? Who...

RIP Chris Davidson – A Wild Surfing Life Comes to a Sad End

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the surfing world processes the sudden death of North Narrabeen icon Chris Davidson, killed in an altercation outside a bar on the NSW Mid-North Co...

Core Lords: Mikala Jones

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From growing up on Oahu's North Shore during the wild days of Da Hui and the Wolfpak, to basing himself out of Bali and scoring mindless waves through...

GSNT: Bali's Tourism Is Sucking The Island Dry

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

(First published in 2018) The majority of groundwater in Bali goes to luxury villas and golf courses, leaving some locals to resort to stealing from n...

GSNT: How Bali's Tolak Reklamasi Movement, Emboldened by Victory, Is Trying to Tackle the Rest of the Island's Woes

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Written and published prior to COVID-19 for Vice Indonesia, this story takes us inside the Tolak Reklamasi movement and the many fronts on which Bali ...

GSNT: The Idiot's Guide To Indonesian Poverty

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Indonesian surf-travel resumes, we take a closer look at the forces underpinning our beloved archipelago’s economic disadvantage.See omnystudio.c...

GSNT: Indo Punks Do It Better

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With 260 million people, 18,000 islands, and literally thousands of world-class punk bands, Indonesia is the new home of short, fast, loud. The music ...

EAT, PRAY, CONE! Green Light Presents The Inaugural Swellness Summit!

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

That’s right Swellians! We’re putting on the biggest wellness weekend for degenerates in history! Presented by Green Light and Space 44, the Swell...

Core Lords: Mega Semadhi

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mega Semadhi is literally a lord. The Balinese pro surfer and two-time winner of the Rip Curl Cup, Padang, is also a Hindu Priest (Mangku) in waiting....

Breaking: Sean Doherty on Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard's Billion Dollar Move to Save the Planet

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today Patagonia founder and rock climbing waxhead hmaadman Yvon Chouinard gave away the company that made him a billionaire in a bold move to save the...

Blitzed: What Went Wrong For Robbo and Ewing at Trestles? Swellian Super Coach Andy King Breaks it Down.

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australians tuned in to the Rip Woz Finals at Trestles with dreams of a Vortex Shaman or Ethan Heeeeyeeeeewing World Title win for the ages. Alas, bot...

Blitzed: All Hail Queen Gilmore World Title Special!

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Smiv and Deadly are back with a full-frothing breakdown of the Rippy Woz Finals Day and the fuse-blowing dominance of her majesty Queen Stephanie Gilm...

BREAKING: RIP/WOZ FINALS 90% LIKELY TO RUN TONIGHT - The Final Word With Former Trestles Champion Richie "Peen" Lovett

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we gear up for a long night in front of the Idiot Box to cheer on Jack Robbo, Ethan Heeeeeyeeeewing and Steph Gilmore at Trestles, we thought who b...

Blitzed: Dawn of a New Ice Age – X2 World Champ Damien Hardman says Jack Robbo and Ethan Ewing’s Sub-Zero Competitive Resolve Can Win it For Straya!

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Iceman Cometh. X2 World Champ Dooma Hardman was a fearless, ruthless, calculated, competitive psychopath in his 15 years tour and he likes what he...

Blitzed: WOW! WOW! WOW! It’s GOAT on GOAT as Layne Beachley Breaks Down How Stephanie Gilmore Can Bring Home No.8 at Trestles

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are 14 CT World Titles between Swellian Queens Layne Beachley and Steph Gilmore, and Layne believes Steph has the runs on the board, the God-giv...

Blitzed: Ronnie Blakey Will Be Calling the Rip Woz Finals, So What Can Us Fans Expect to See?

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ronnie Blakey, the John Farnham of Australian surf commentary, will be doing us proud in the booth at the Rip/Woz Finals. So what are his favourite Wo...

Core Lords: Mark 'Poochie' Isaac

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mark 'Poochie' Isaac found himself front and centre during the unprecedented flooding that struck the Northern Rivers earlier this year. After saving ...