AIN'T THAT SWELL

Jamie O'Brien called it the day of the year and Shane Dorian was spellbound by Backdoor's "super nuggets" for the round of 64 at the Pipeling Challenger Series Event. We break down the death or glory action from days one and two of the men's and women's events. 

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Billabong Presents... ATS with Smivvy & Deadly! 

It’s been the busiest surf week since Elo got his farewell kick up the coit with X3 World Champ John Florence giving the Woz a severe case of blue balls, J-Bay gets the fuh-lick, Rags goes to the big show and Goat trades nubile princesses for burnt out South Tweed units on mobility scooters. The Pipe Chang fires up, and the Swellians take over the asylum for a huge Ask us a Question Special. Slurp Slurp Slurp away!

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Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Russel Ord is one of the most respected and hard working water photogs in the world. Willing to get back slammed on dry reef or risk getting eaten alive by a giant Great White for the shot, he's had countless magazines spreads and covers, and has just put out book of his favourite shots and stories (written by Al Workman), called Life Around the Sea. Buy it here. 

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Surf cam operators, surf schools, surf industry sell-outs, and Swiss-owned ‘Yoga Surf Retreats.’

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The prickly faced, mango sucker from the Australian Sunny Coast delivers yet another sermon of core philosophy, sharing tales of deep conical pilgrimage, and communing with surfing's spiritual elders, the long suffering, carcinogenic-dust-huffing shaper.

Check his Stab Edit of the Year Award Winning Film, ROASTED, here.  

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Isla Huppatz and Dane Henry cap a dominant performance by Australia at the World Juniors, taking out the contest despite the entire team being struck down by a mystery illness on the eve of the event. Aussie Coach, Clancy Dawson, joins us from the Phillipines to break down the contest. 

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Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...James Kates is the former pro bodyboarder turned filmmaker behind Noa Deane's unprecedented run of smash-hit surf films and surf sections. He is also a member of the cult Aussie punk band, the Pinheads along with indie-pop outfit Shining Bird.  

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Billabong Presents… ATS First Ep of 2026! What a start to the year it has been and Smiv and Deadly are back to run the critical eye over everything that’s gone down in surfy land including, the John Florence mega flex going down on da Islands brah, Medina’s separation from Rippy and who might fill the void, Stab in the Dark’s excellent boozy shapers Goat Roast, and so much more. Let’s fucken go Swellians!

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The official Launch of Swellian Hmaaaad Plonk by Daily Grind McLaren Vale Presents... (GET YOURS HERE)

CRUST LIVE from the Daily Grind South Oz with camel milk-slurping desert wandering cone fiend and mad cunt par excellence Harry Bryant as well as double peen eyed local legend Clouse Howse. A night of pure delight as we pop corks and talk pure South Oz lore in the home of the OG filthy red dirt encrusted desert Aussie core lord. 

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Billabong X Otis Carey (GET SOME HERE) Presents... Smiv & Deadly attacking 2025's Biggest Questions so far including...

Can the stem cells from Goat's forey save Medina's ripped off titty and the 2025 Woz season? Is Japan now the greatest surfing nation on Earth in waves of TRUTH following their outstanding win at the giant throbbing Backdoor Shootout? If you ride the biggest wave ever surfed but didn't paddle does it really even count? Are Byron Bay kebabs still Absolutely Kebabulous? All these questions and more answered right here, right now, right here, right now...dodododededededeeee.

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