Its Not The Length

Whether 2021 was an annus horribilis for you or not, well it’s all behind us now. For this episode, It’s Not Length looks back on some of the very best chats of the year that was, as your hosts Evans and Mondy brought you insights from an array of some of the legendary folk in the sport.

Peter The Condor Mel tells us all about becoming the Mav’s GOAT and riding the best wave ever at Mav’s - possibly the best wave anywhere, ever - back in January.

Next up photographer/explorer Chris Burkard checks in from the wilds of Yosemite to chat all things travel and adventure surf photography. The line is crackly, but the insight and inspiration is tack sharp.

Jon Frank tells the story of filming Litmus back in 1995, and the Irish surf scene back at a time when relatively little was known about the surf riches of the Emerald Isle. Now co-owner of Australia’s legendary Surfing World Magazine, Frank has long been one of the most artistic surf photographers in the game.

When Gabriel Medina sat down to mastermind his World Title winning 2021 campaign. He called Fanning. Fanning called Kingy. We called Kingy too, and he told us about working with Gab, life on tour, his own fascinating backstory, but above all gave performance surfing advice for Evans and Mondy.

Best Wishes for 2022 from everyone at Wavelength.

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Evans & Mondy would like to borrow your ears to float some great great surf chat in your general direction. Topics up for discussion in this latest episode of the pod include Wozzle worries, recent mountain forays, while Paul is brave enough to tell Ben the tough truths about his sub-standard written work that only a true pal would.

Meanwhile, Ben hints to a slightly worrying mental state that means he’s still caught up in a lingering Azores Pro finals day emotional high, even though the event was actually so long ago, Paul forgot they were even there. Awks.

Up for discussion this time out…

Drugs: Weed, Hapé (shamanic snuff), Oxy

Sports: Snowboarding, surfing, F1, cricket

Culture: Jazz (experimental feminist trumpet), The Scorpions, Pete Mel’s Movie Everything & All, Craig Ando in Ceremony, Patrick Raddin Keefe

Running time: 53mins

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Evans & Mondy reunite for It’s Not The Length after Ben’s sickening, treacherous and yet not altogether surprising BBC Olympic betrayal, Paul ultimately making a decision to get back together for the good of the pod fans the world over, as well as surfing in general.

Topics up for discussion in Ep 26 include:

FOIL WARS: Paul gets into deep and lengthy foil beef with a dangerous, angry kook, yet lives to trim another day with a typical display of resilience, diplomacy and calm under pressure.

ITALO… BIT OF A C**T?: What’s happened to the 2019 World Champ? Is having a gold chain minion conducive to being a good human? Find out.

TOM MOREY RIP: Mad cap inventor, innovator, free thinker and jazz enthusiast moves on up to drop knee the endless boogie wave in the sky.

SKINDOG AKA THE BRIT GOAT: Cornish long lord Ben Skinner cements his pozzie as the greatest Rosbif competitive surfer of all time with a final at Malibu to new 45 year old World Champ Joel Tudor.

And much much more

Running time: 41m40s

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It's Not The Length Olympic special brings you the big stories from the build up to the games.

Surfing debuts at Tokyo 2020(1) in a few weeks time, and we've recorded a special pod episode dedicated to all the things we love about the five ringed circus.

Find out:

How Leon Glatzer blazed and epic qualification trail in El Salvador to represent ze Germans in Tokyo, and his homes and dreams for the games... assuming his efforts to stay on the right side of WADA pee pee collectors goes ok.

Away from surf, we take in Paul & Ben's favourite Olympic memories.

From your Eric the Eels to your Michael Johnsons and your Cram, Coe & Ovetts and much, much between.

There's even a run through of Paul's very fave Olympic anthems: rousing anthems from the likes of Katy Perry, Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé and of course Whitney Houston... but who takes gold?

Also: What formats could liven up the surf event? Should it be a teams competition? Who going? Who isn't and should be? Who is, but shouldn't be?

Did Team GB kook it by not throwing wads of cash at Yolanda Hopkins Sequeira to surf for them?

There's even an Olympic mascot themed quiz, where Ben tests Paul's deep olympic memorabilia knowledge.

Plus: Igarashi streaking? Gilmore urine sample shame*?!?

Enjoy!

Running time 57m50s

*Purely in the interests of comedy. Stephanie Gilmore has never been implicated in any steroid use**, this is a fictional account for entertainment purposes, not a factual report.

** (Yet)

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Gabriel Medina's new coach and friend of the show Andy King joins the pod down the line from the land Down Under to tell some of his own his incredible life story, offer insights into the Gabby hook-up and the pair's current working relationship.

He even offers Evans and Mondy some (brutal) insights into their own surfing shortcomings.

Elsewhere, the Aussie leg, Mondy's home patch of Newy, new webcast meat, the Surfing Super League and other scintillating topics are under the spotlight.

Given Mondy's recent joining of the global elite 1% by expanding his investment portfolio into the exciting, delicious new CBD drink Good Rays, Paul - who continues to nobly fight for environmental and social justice - reflects on being the only person left in the surf biz over 40 who doesn't co-own a drinks brand.

Running time: 1hr10mins

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The latest ep of INTL brings you the greatest surf shooter in the biz, Chris Burkard.

Chris joined the show down the line from Yosemite, to chat all things surf, photography and adventure.

With a brand new Burkard Studio x Billabong Adventure Division Collection just launched, we celebrate the release of the purpose-built range by catching up on some of Chris' greatest adventures from the high latitude surf frontier.

Elsewhere, topics up for discussion include:

Naughty Pauline Menczer & the Girls Don't Surf documentary

The Wozzle on Quarantine in Australia

Surf comp names... could do better

60-year-olds riding the tube

Haz Bryant & Bigger boned surfers (& cricketers)

Paul's Cory Lopez block

Mondy's toxic surf media patriarchy mea culpa

Plus, the return of quiz segment 'What C__t Said That?'

We also hear from WL Editor Luke Gartside in Newquay, Cornwall, bringing some exciting live WL event announcements for 2021, as well as the forthcoming print edition of WL, Volume 260.

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Running time: 70mins

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This bonus ep of the pod features Jon Frank down the line from the Balearics talking us through the iconic 1996 surf film 'Litmus'.

Teaming up with the creative force that is Andrew Kidman, Litmus was the mid 90's surf film that went against the grain of conventional surf flicks of the time, unveiling Hawaiian style surf in Ireland and helping launch a global rethink of surfing equipment with Derek Hynd's quiver section at J-Bay.

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Running time: 27mins

Peter 'the Condor' Mel aka The Mav's Goat sure started off 2021 with a bang... Condor joins the pod to recount his ridiculous backdooring of the Mav's bowl on 8th Jan 2021, and impart wisdoms gleaned from a lifetime going full tilt in Half Moon Bay.

At 51 years young and still pushing the boundaries of big wave surfing, Pete gives us some background on the La Niña winter in NorCal, which like him, is showing little sign of letting up.

There's much more to Jah's rich shred tapestry than icy cold death teepees of course; we chat to lithe log lord Harry Roach in tropical Queensland, Australia about his style influences, notably the very fine noseriding of Mr Dane Peterson.

Meanwhile, find out how and why co-host Mondy, famed for his frugality, spent £750 on a 3 second Cornish tuberide. That's three quarters of a bag of sand on a Kernow tunnel visj... but was it worth it?

He says yes.

Elsewhere, enjoy the usual thrust and parry of surfing's hot topics being dissected and debated by two middle aged men who were in their primes before the Internet or podcasts were even invented, struggling desperately to maintain relevance in what is essentially, a youth sport.

- Going the wrong way at surf spots.

- Mondy's long JoB submission.

- Moana Wong / Tati West beef & women at the Pipeline.

- Accidental lineup shots: Yes please.

- Vintage tube stances in the magic 3-4ft range (come back Tudor, all is forgiven): Mike Ho's cheater 5 steez, Jim Banks' peace sign, Occy's hands behind the back, Bugs' iconic pointing etc.

- Mondy takes on the FB anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory mafia faction of the Aussie surf media

- Leo vs Mikey's not-so-sudden death surf off

As the show comes to its thrilling climax, ITNL's exclusive quiz segment 'What C__t Said That?' returns as Mondy poses 10 quotes from surf luminaries and Paul attempts to guess from whose lips they emitted.

Paul's choice of song to play out the show if he wins: Tom Zé - Jimmy Renda Se

Ben's choice: Grace Jones - William's Blood

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Running time: 1h 11min

Is 2021 merely 2020 in a trench coat (with its pubes on fire)?

No!

It's fine it's fine it's all gonna be just fine.

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Like the welcome relief felt when that obnoxious drunk of a mate has finally passed/been punched out(or roofied, if that's what it takes), 2020 's fun n' games are finally all but over.

We've put together some highlights from a year of podcasts that include an assortment of voices, from Evans and Mondy's regular rip snorting contributions to colourful insights from the likes of G-Mac, Sean Pertwee, Chas Smith, Andy Martin and Nick Hayes.

Big thanks for tuning in and continuing to support the pod, wishing you the very best of health and happiness for the new year and beyond.

"Enjoy yourselves, it's later than you think" - Evans

"Get a dog up yas" - Mondy

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Running Time: 55min 50s

Running order:

00:40s Live from Nazaré

06:20s Mondy on heartbreak

10:00 Andy Martin on Bradshaw & Foo and Lord Ted Deerhurst

18:10s Lockdiggity vibes and new localism

22:30s Nick Hayes on Right to Roam & the Natural Health Service

29:30s Chas Smith's General Knowledge (from BeachGrit vs WL)

35:50s Sean Pertwee on becoming a surfer for Blue Juice

38:50s Are You Smarter Than A Smooth-Talking Matt Barr steward?

43:00s Geoff Lawton, Rasta & the Top 3 descriptions of surfing ever

49:10s 'Joel Tudor leaves me cold'

51:05s G-Mac on the best day ever at Nazaré

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