AIN'T THAT SWELL

This week’s Core Lord is a Hawaiian heavy hitter with the purest of surfing pedigree, Seth Moniz.

The son of Hawaiian surfing superhero, golden gloves boxer, and state motocross champion, Tony Moniz, Seth grew up in the midst of Hawaiian surf gods such as Dane Kealoha and Ben Aipa, to name just a few. 

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Righto La Nina. Think you can buddy up to us with a couple of measly cyclone swells then drop ya load all over the joint! YOU'RE A DISGRAAAACE! Hope ya get the lot ya mutt! AY! Get on protection ya dog!

The Sultan of Psilocybin and the frontman of the Goons of Doom are joined by Cronulla Core Lord turned Ballina Blow-in, Connor O'Leary, to preview the upcoming Australian leg of the World Tour. We sift through the clues in the wake of Gabby Medina's shock departure from longtime coach and step-dad, Charlie Saldanha Rodriguez.

We get deep and meaningful on Billy Kemper's radical near-death wipeout as well as the forlorn story of the late great, Andy Irons, as featured in Stab's new series, Andy and The Radicals.

This and much more on the new episode of Ain't That Swell.

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She beat crippling arthritis, the murder of her father, the world's best female surfers, and a surf industry stacked with corporate reptiles to win a world title. Pauline Menczer is a deadset, fair dinkum icon and WE ARE NOT WORTHY.

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It’s about time the Swellians give the lunatics in the west their due respect. From Matt Manners to Camel, Chris Ross to Ry Craike, and many more, we acknowledge the mad core’ishness on the other side of the continent. 

We also go deep on Chunny’s mind-melting profile film, Blastoid, and hear the synapse-snapping full story behind one of the most heroic air-drop-tube-turn combos at Tombstones ever. 

Fellow Rage Team member and Ain’t That Swell LIVE’s original and most loved guest, Creed Mctaggart, returns to provide expert commentary and reflect on his journey.  

We close out the show with an interview with OG Box Lord, Andrew Sheridan, including one of the most fucked up wipeout stories you’ll ever hear, featuring the late great, Todd Chesser. 

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Phone a friend, phone a Swellian! From Nord Lords to Core Lords and the greatest rugby league player to ever out winkle-spit the Merewether hmmmmmmmadman himself, we open up the Swellian Hotline. Not to be missed.

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It’s a gold cone piece winning spectacular coming to you live from inside the belly of Mavericks as Pete Mel recalls the most monstro cone ever ridden at California’s heaviest outer reef. Smiv and Deadly sit in on the council meeting that ended any hopes of pro surfing coming to Lennox Head, Paul Morgan takes you over the ledge on the most disgusting churned out deep sea bombie corn holing ever and Smiv talks to Surfing Australia’s resident psychologist about the reasons why pro surfers are losing their minds. There’s also the Stab Surfer of the Year results, the West Oz domination of 2020’s best surf flicks and what about that cunt who sent it on his jet ski during the North Shore’s day of days?!!!! Aaaaah surfing… what a glorious fucking mess you are. We’d be nothing without you! Rip in! UTFS!!!

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A long day of waffling, drinking and choofing gives way to a celebration of single fin surfing and assorted skullduggery. 

From the original Stubbies Pro to the Moana and Tati going blow for blow this one’s a stoinker. Two true blue ocker icons take us on a tour de force of the surfing underground, covering everything from taking down Dorian on debut at the Pipe Masters to getting pants’d by Medina in France and a Suharto-era surf contest at a very famous wave in East Java.

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The lads get deeper than Griffin in all things North Shore related. 

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Smivvy and Vaughan break down every stinking detail about the incredible Pipe Masters. Two Time World Champ and all time great, Tom Carroll, gives us his read on the heroic performance of Da Goat, Kelly Slater, at Pipe. Former World Number Two and enduring style icon, Brad Gerlach, breaks down the men, the women, and Da Goat at Pipe. There's Swellian Questions, World Record holding winkle spitters, lots of expletives, and other questionable content.

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Ain't That Swell's annual listener special, 2020

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