The Grumpy Surfer Podcast

Ross Thompson is one of the Founders of British surf clothing brand Saltrock. Born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa.

Ross tells the story of how two brothers from South Africa travel the world and end up starting one of the UKs most iconic surfing clothing brands. Ross also tells why they left Saltrock to start a new business venture Threadfin, a sustainable and echo-friendly clothing company.

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Tom Johnson is a former Professional Rugby Union player. Whilst at Exeter Chiefs he helped win 2 Aviva Premiership Titles and played for his country.

Now the proud founder of Number 6 Coaching, Tom along with his wife Jess run a successful bespoke fitness gym and wellness company.

In the first half of the podcast Tom and Adz discuss Tom’s rugby career, and the second half we talk about, mental health, nutrition and well-being.

Number 6 Coaching Link HERE

Tom Johnson Lifestyle Link HERE

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Beau Young grew up with one of surfings most famous and icons as a father, the great Nat Young.  Beau and his siblings were all riding waves long before they could actually swim. Surfing as much as humanly possible as a kid was definitely a way of life, before and after school, always ringing wet was just norm.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Beau became a Longboard World Champion in 2000 and then again in 2003 beating Joel Tudor on both occasions.

Then in 2003 decided to retire from Professional Surfing and pursue a music career which his debut album “Waves of Changed” reached Number 10 in the Australian Music chart. After his second album in 2008 “One Step at a Time” he decided to focus on his free surfing and surfboard shaping, which is what he is doing today with Beau Young surfboards.

It was a pleasure and a honour to talk to Beau about his beginnings, middle and what he has planned for the future.

Beau Young Surfboards Link HERE

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John Jameson works for Green Overhead. A company with its sole vision to sell only the best surfing brands, but to create a customer experience that guides an individual to what he wants out of their surfing experience.

To add to this John has spent the last 20 years organising surfing boat trips in Indonesia and the Maldives. With the Company of Green Overhead behind him, he has organised and taken people on what they would call once in a lifetime trips and made them affordable, so they become annual instead once in a lifetime.

In the podcast Adz and John talk about how he became involved with organising boat trips at 18 years old, what makes a good trip, injuries and some epic tales of some glassy peaks.

The also talk surfboard shapes and brands, and how he and Dan Maker became involved with producing a wetsuit for one of the most iconic extreme sports brands in the world, Dakine.

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Green Overhead Link HERE

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Brad Gerlach was a savage competitor on the ASP World Surfing Tour in the 80s and 90s, also the Founder of a surfing technique program called Wake Ki.

In Part 2 Adz and Brad discuss surfboards, the ASP World Tour in the 80s and 90s and some of his crazy confrontations and stories. Also some home truths about surf technique.

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Brad Gerlach is a husband, father, surfer, and founder of Wave Ki Surf Coaching. During Brads professional career he won several major events making him one of surfings biggest stars in the late 80’s and early 90’s. In 1986 at the age of 20, Brad was rated number 1 in the world. In 1991 he finished 2nd on the ASP World Tour after being ranking number 1 in the World that year. At the end of 1991  he left competition to pursue a free-surfing career. In 2006, Brad achieved one of Surfing’s greatest accolades by winning the Billabong XXL award with a massive 68-foot beast of a wave at the notorious Todos Santos, in which he was towed into by none other than the legendary Mike Parsons. 

In Part 1 Adz and Brad discuss Brads surf origins, growing up in North County California, and how he founded Wave Ki.

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Adam Amin is a Big Wave Surfer living in Hawaii. Native to Sidmouth, a small village in the county of Devon, United Kingdom. He left the UK in search of surfing the biggest waves the world has to offer. He ended up, like the majority of surfings journeymen, in Hawaii.

Adz and Adam talk about Hawaii's surf culture, how he got into big wave surfing, training to surf waves of consequence and getting the cover of Europes biggest surfing magazine Carve Mag.

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Recorded 17 February 2021

Chas Smith is one of the most notorious and controversial surf journalist thanks to his work with his online media platforms Beach Grit and Lodge Grit. Author of books like Welcome to Paradise, Now go to Hell and Cocaine and Surfing.

To add to all this, he also hosts and co-hosts podcasts Dirty Water with Derick Riley and The Grit with David Lee Scales.

Chas is very open and honest, he also says it like it is.

Father and surfer, on the podcast Adz and Chas discuss a variety of subjects from war and perilous situations, to the WSL Championship Tour 2021.

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Recorded on 16 February 2021

Matt Hoey is a Mountain Leader in the Royal Marines

Matt discusses with Adz how he became a ML and some of his experiences he has gained over 23 years of service.

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Emily Currie is one of the United Kingdoms best women surfers. A competitor on the Women’s WSL Longboard Tour, and if you have ever seen Emily surf a shortboard, you would agree she would do some serious damage on the Women’s WCT.  In the podcast Emily and Adz talk high performance surfing, Surfing England, the Olympics and her golf obsession with her family. An amazing honest conversation.  Enjoy !

Recorded on 10 February 2021

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