Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge

t’s not always the faces you see representing the sport who are the most influential behind the scenes. With Armen, this notion rings louder than an approaching autumn Nazare season with a WNW swell brewing on the charts.

Starting off in the professional ranks of the BMX world, to joining territorial boog gangs in NYC, all the way to photographing some of the worlds most famous musicians and artists in Paris, this well accomplished cat has lived nine lives, plus some!

This conversation traverses a detailed list of bodyboarding, and non bodyboarding topics, as Armen and Luke try to assess all the different facets and moving parts that make up the beloved sport of booging!

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With the IBC World Tour coming to a close in Gran Canaria for 2024, Luke and the crew thought it would be only fair to sit down and speak with the Fronton Pro winner, 2 x world champion and absolute launch freak, Tristan Roberts.

Discussing all manner of things surrounding the comp, the world title race, that backflip in the final and what Fronton is like as a wave to bodyboard, this poddy is not to be missed.

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As an enthralling year of IBC World Tour comes to a crescendo’ing close, Coops n Luke breakdown the 2024 Fronton King Pro in their usually fair, yet critical analysis of the worlds best bodyboarders at arguably the worlds best bodyboarding location.

From crowning world champions, to local hot pots almost going the whole way to the top of competition to previous world champions showing their competing prowess once more, this years Fronton Pro was one for the ages!

That’s all from the international competitive bodyboarding scene in 2024, but stay tuned for more updates on a local, state and national level here in Aus for the remainder of the year.

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With the turbulent state of the bodyboarding industry and the unknown direction it seems to be hurdling in, Adrian Emerton, cinematographer and director of the yet to be released documentary, Common Thread, takes a seat on the lounge with Luke to talk about his up and coming boog flick, and how it tries to decipher the state of affairs that represents world bodyboarding on a whole currently.

Touching on financial restraints within the industry, the top down management approach from the heavy hitters in the game and how this yet to be released docco illuminates many individuals and their own journey within the sport that make up the scrambled puzzle that currently reflects the sport of bodyboarding.

Adrian Emerton has also made produced a film called “The Chase” and is a major contributor to the Shark Island Challenge media team, with his efforts surrounding the sport being received as positive and undeniably needed as a portrayer of truth and fact surrounding the issues that bodyboarding face today.

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Episode 90 features the soulful enigma from the West, Josh Garner, and his life long obsession with the beloved boog.

With big wave Riptide covers that left him bleeding from the ears, to tackling Hawaii seasons with grown men whilst in his teens to making art and music whilst on his own individual booging journey, safe to say Josh has experienced a lot during his time on this earth.

At the time of recirding Josh was riding for Hubb Boards at the time, but has since moved on to Hexa Boards. The segment on board technology is based on Hubb Boards to be clear.

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Tyson Ryan, a raw, honest and enigmatic individual, takes a seat on the lounge to chat shop about his life in Jack Stance, and all the moments that have spawned from pursuing this scarce discipline.

From the shark infested water of the most recent DK sessions, to being state locked in W.A during the dreaded covid lock downs to diabolical reverse rocker on almost every board he has ever owned, this poddy has substance.

Words and thoughts from a powerful man, with powerful knees and a powerful addiction to the pokies, be sure not to miss this conversation with this outlandish Queenslander.

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Another Comp Talk episode drops with Coops and Luke gas bagging their way through the recent IBC Sintra Pro, held at Praia Grande in Portugal, Europe.

From Pierre’s late season world title charge, to argy bargy in the females world title tilt, what it means to by Uri Valado in his home country of Brazil and how to get more females involved in the sport of booging, the fellas cover it all over a few late night beers.

If you like shit talking, you will be sure to enjoy this dribble.

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Episode 87 welcomes Luna Hardman to Luke’s Lounge to dissect her skyrocketing success to the top of international female bodyboarding.

With 2 x Junior Female World Titles already fastened to her competitive belt, and some quality results in this years IBC Pro Female division it’s only natural to assume that Luna’s presence in a competitive setting is going to be felt for years to come.

Touching on her humble beginnings in Brazil, to not being over shadowed by her mum’s decorated professional career to booging fronton for the first time, Luna and Luke really hit it off and go deep into the mind frame of a female bodyboarder on the world stage.

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GOLD, GOLD & GOLD!

Sixteen year old, Jai Taylor, hits the lounge to discuss his most recent international comp success with a first place finish in the Juniors division of the IBC Maldives Pro.

The conversation details the living conditions over in the comp site, the pressure surrounding the event, the feeling of taking the win, what the costs of the journey were, how the comp preparation occurred and what the future holds the budding Sunny Coast comp machine moving forward.

With a bright future beckoning in the sport, this conversation was filled with insights from a young pair of eyes looking over a sport he sees a positive pathway attached to it. A very refreshing outlook that needs to be heard all who follow the sport.

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Episode 85 of the lounge holds one of the most transformative bodyboarding stories the industry has ever witnessed.

Ryan Rinnga McKinnon, Cronulla and Shark Islands heavy hitting local, spills the beans on his career as a professional free surfing bodyboarder and the events surrounding his slab hunting adventures.

From crippling career ending concussions, to Tension bodyboarding fame, through to dealing with the Bra Boys in their prime and holding down the lineup at one of the worlds most notorious slabs, a reformed Buddhist practicing Ringa tells all in this weeks episode.

This episode sheds personal insight on one of Australia’s leading big wave bodyboarders of his era, and it’s not one to be missed.

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