AIN'T THAT SWELL

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Hawaiian, Mark Healy, is considered one of the greatest tube riders, big wave surfers and all round watermen of his generation. He grew up in a violent and contested period of North Shore, Oahu surfing history and made a name for himself charging maxing Pipeline, Cloudbreak, Waimea, Mavericks and elsewhere. 

He has won Wave of the Winter, come 3rd at the 2023, Eddie Aikau Invitational, and won a Spearfishing World Cup in Mexico in 2008. 

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Sun Bum the official Sun Care of the Swellians Presents... Rando Conversations with Surfing Super League CEO Chris Mater who gives us an update on the recent Foxtel TV rights deal, how the franchises are coming along and when we can expect to see team colours, logos and athletes!

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Max Desantis' debut documentary is a cutting-edge, multimedia, visual masterpiece rooted in Balinese culture and mythology, that captures the cosmic battle between capitalist greed, neo-colonial foreigner kooks, and local surfing culture. 

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Billabong’s A.I. Collection Presents… Comic Apricots live from Kirra Surf where Bong launched the new A.I. Collection and a few old friends shared yarns of the great man before a couple of spliff smokers in the dunny nearly shut the whole deal down!

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Burch is Back with a three part Crossing the Tideline special on Whites, Bulla and Tiger Sharks

The word “shark” is often used to describe a broad range of species, but that can overlook some significant differences. Great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks have different biology, behaviours, movements, diets and population dynamics. Those differences matter when we’re talking about how they interact with people and the environments they share.
These three species have been highlighted because they are the species most commonly associated with serious interactions with humans in areas where sharks and people overlap. Understanding why that is, and what makes each species different, is part of understanding the broader picture.
For this series of three episodes, we’re taking a closer look at each of these 3 species individually. Each episode is essentially a 101, covering biology and behaviour, population, growth and recovery, shark encounters and attacks, mitigation, what comes next, and some of the bigger questions surrounding each species.
This is the great white ep and the first of the 3. The next 2 eps in the mini series, featuring Bull Sharks and Tiger sharks, will drop in the coming weeks. 
The aim is to build a better understanding of the individual species, rather than grouping everything together under the word “shark”. It then becomes easier to understand the differences between species and add a bit more context to the information, research and conversations that surround them.
The episodes are recorded with Dr Paul Butcher, a Principal Research Scientist with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Fisheries), based in Coffs Harbour. Paul is a leading marine researcher who has spent years working across shark research and management in NSW, including the NSW Government’s Shark Management Strategy, shark tagging programs, SMART drumlines and research into post-release fish survival.
Also, if you have any pressing questions from any of the following eps, please comment or DM through as Paul has generously offered to do an ep dedicated to audience questions once the 3 eps have been aired. 

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For decades, surfboard designer and shaper Greg Webber has questioned the basic theories of surfboard design: the impact of water flow, how curves and bottom contours work together, and ultimately, how we can build a board that allows a surfer to move more efficiently through water and on a wave.

Some of his ideas have been controversial, some misunderstood, and some well ahead of their time. But Greg has never been afraid to ask why a surfboard works, and that curiosity has taken him down some pretty fascinating rabbit holes.

So today, we’re going to get into design, hydrodynamics, experimentation, and the evolution of the surfboard as he knows it. We may even challenge a few long-standing theories along the way.

Greg and I worked together for about a decade during the early part of my professional surfing career, and I credit him with teaching me some of the key fundamentals of surfboard design.

And I am really proud to have him on the Volume Podcast today. – Richie Lovett

Check out Riklove’s Volume designs here: https://www.volumeshapes.com/

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Brought to you by Up! The Bank That’s Got Young Aussies Backs…Talon Clemow is back with his second feature length documentary (Thundercloud 2012), Stern Fever, which shines a light on the iconic Shipsterns Bluff like you’ve never seen before. From the folk heroes who first dared to roll the dice out there (and later fell out), to the efforts to keep it secret, Rastas unbelievable first surf out there, Kieren Perrows eternal effort on a 12 foot mutant, teenage Laurie Towner putting AI on show, and much more. 

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Brought to you by Stone and Wood's Pacific Ale...Marginal conditions at Trestles favoured the lightweights and left the lead-foots stuck in the mud in the mens (bar hundy kegger Col Houshmand). In the Women's Erin Brooks is on another planet right now. Gabby Bryan also announced her return to the yellow leaders jersey with a solid showing.  

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Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed. Pure. Tour. Nerdism. An update from the swill bucket t6hat is the Lowers line-up as The Cut Looms and the Heavy Hitters in the World Title Race get bent over! In the women’s a generational baton change battle looms as Aunty Riss and Brooks Brah get ready to tear each others heads off!

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The Volume Podcast with Richie Lovett. All things surfboards with the former CT legend and WSL Commentator turned World Class Shaper. Riklove will host weekly chats with master craftsman to share the design elements, ideas and folklore behind the world's most magic surfboards, as well as share with you dear Swellian the secrets to getting the best possible plank under your feet enriching your own surfing journey. Let's rip in!

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