AIN'T THAT SWELL

Is it true? Is Julian Assange really set to be freed and allowed to return to Australia after 12 years locked in the Ecuadorian Embassy and Belmarsh Prison? We phoned the Surfing Senator to get the low down on what's going on.  Sign up to our Patreon, here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we are joined by Konrad Michalski, aka Punter's Politics, a school teacher turned YouTube and now podcast sensation, who’d had an absolute gut full and put the crosshairs on this facade of a democracy we live in.  Sign up to our patreon here.   Sign up to his patreon here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who sharted, who got coned, who got bounced, who breathed themselves into another dimension? All the important questions answers as the Swellians phone in from aboard the majestic Barrenjoey Surf Charter in the Ments.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billabong and Occy’s Grom Comp Presented by Sun Bum June 28 - July 2 presents… A regular ep so chock full of orbular insanity and gutter profanity you’ll need to have a Detol bath and a Nate Floz Coight Mint just to stand the look of yourself in your own bathroom mirror. Sign up to our Patreon Account, here. Topics discussed at length include… Fanning’s Charity Golf Day Stab High Smivvy’s New 'Jus...

Wild Things Gallery Presents... Board Talk! Live from Wild Things Gallery in the Byron Bay Industrial Estate on a chilly winter evening it’s a good old fashioned lip flapping session with three world-renowned and totally original surfboard crafters. Featuring Malcolm Campbell of Campbell Brothers going deep on Bonzer specs, Neal Purchase shaping for feel and Ellis Ericson’s adventures in sustainab...

Up - the financial revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents... Up Lord of the Week featuring Victorian and Torquay Boardriders Club Hmaaaadman Xavier Huxtable who just dropped a perfect heat score of 20/20 in giant throbbing orbs in the Nias regional Q. Find out how he did it right here and for fuck's sake... get on the sign up with Up already! Download the ‘Up’ app and sign up in minut...

Ocean & Earth Apex Boardcover Range Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. All the high flying action from Punta Roca as the Woz hits El Salv for a big old Octopus Ring Snap-a-thon. Join the Swellian Patreon Lords Here https://www.patreon.com/posts/105976808?pr=true Get ya O&E Apex Boardcover with Lifetime Warranty Here! https://oceanandearth.com.au/pages/apex See omnystudio.com/listene...

Billabong & Occy's Grom Comp Presents… ATS regular ep dong dragging epic featuring Noz Deane at the Shark Island Challenge, El Sav preview, Taylor Knox’s Forrest Gump moment, huge Indo Cone-offs, Gabby’s sea cock And much much more! Sign up to Win ATS X Billabong Voucher https://www.billabong.com.au/swellians   Occy's Grom Comp June 28 - July 3 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Rip Curl Presents... Search FM with Mason Ho and Rory Pringle as they talk about their gluttonous Scottish rock shelf slab banquet Caveheart - a surf movie that has to be seen to be believed! Prepare for dings, bangs, bruises and outrageous vision from two of the great avante-guard surf film makers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A magical muck fest for the ages, lead by the ladies, and backed up with a tonne of mind melting, shat-inducing, cones of mortal CONEquence for the men.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mikey Brennan is an underground slab and big wave specialist from Tasmania. He's also a survivor of the most serious kind of child abuse and shares his tips for surviving trauma, and what lies on the other side. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up - the banking revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents...Liam 'LOB' O'Brien. He gets this week's Lord of the Week for his psychotic 'wave of a lifetime' while warming up for the Tahiti Pro. Find it here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Mondy is a multiple time Gold Cone Piece Award winning surf journalist, from Red Head, Newcastle, via the United Kingdom. He was a writer for Tracks Magazine during the Kelly/Andy years and travelled the world reporting on systemic degeneracy amidst the elite surfing community, of which he was a repeat offender.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rodrigo Perez is a world leader in health, wellness and functional medicine who has worked with the likes of Gabriel Medina, Griffin Colapinto, Joel Parkinson, Erin Brooks, and many more.  His book, The Art of Longevity, is out May 14. Find it at his website  or on Amazon, and follow him on instagram here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up - the banking revolution that's got young Aussie's backs presents... Dane Henry. Fresh off the most dominant Aussie team performance at the ISA World Surfing games in 15 years our newly crowned ISA junior World Champ sits down for a wrap about big airs, team spirit and doin' it for Straya! Hmaaaad! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Narrabeen's Jordy Lawler urged on to a famous victory in front of a parochial home crowd and Isabella Nichols claims her first win of the Challenger Series to complete an Australian clean sweep.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2: the official Headphones of Ain't That Swell Presents... Core Lords with proud Bundjalung man Soli Bailey. The Byron Bay local is having a year to remember - a festivus of the cone if you will - as he drains em from Shippies, to Cloudies, to parts unknown on Surfline and O'Neill's Maps to Nowhere. Will he take Nate Florence's title of most hole stuffed human on the planet?...

Billabong X Occumentary 25th Anniversary Tour Presents... Smivvy and Deadly garn deep on the power of the ping, the compressed vertebrae of a CT weapon, Mick Mick D's big night on the tiles, thin shreds of cotton riding gelatinous dot and milking Goat teet for that sweet sweet vegan spider silk. Get on the slurp already! Book now for tickets to see Occumentary on the big screen for the first time!...

Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2 Presents... Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. The first Chang of the new series served up all sorts of party snacks including 10 point cones, inverted Meola flips, peeeeyeeewer rail shamnism, a World Champ super heat and a Fish and friends Gurn-off for the ages. In the end it was Lennox hard man Mikey McDonagh and Canadian Texan Erin Brooks who slurped the big slushies for the...

Ocean & Earth Presents... Core Lords with Paul McNeil. Emerging from the peak era Mambo collective of artists Paul McNeil has forged a surf soaked and stoked life of music, colour and explosive creativity to become one of the most beloved figures in Australian pop core culture.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conner Coffin is a former World Tour surfer and Final Five Contender from Santa Barbara, California. He remains one of the best power surfers in the world and has just embarked on a new chapter of his career as a Freesurfer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ocean & Earth Presents... Core Lords: Matt Bromley is a big wave surfer, slab specialist, podcaster, public speaker, and community outreach worker from Cape Town, South Africa.  Follow him on Instagram, here . On youtube, here . And support his work with the 9Miles Project here.  Get your O&E Core Chron right here! https://oceanandearth.com.au/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

We're joined by WSL commentator, Ronnie Blakey, to dissect all the drama from the Margaret River Pro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up - the financial revolution that's got Aussies backs presents... Up Lord of the Week: Jack Robinson! Fresh off his famous humping of John John Florence in the final of the Margaret River Pro, the Vortex Shaman jumps a call to speak exclusively to the Swellian Army within an hour of the final hooter! Gather your arms Swellians... you're in Robbo's house now! Get on the Up Swellians!!! Download th...

Simon Williams is a former professional cricket player turned Mindset and Performance Coach, who has worked with a range of high profile athletes across various disciplines, including surfing, the National Rugby League, cricket, Olympians, Winter Olympians, dancers, and artists. You can find out more about his programs at MAPPLIFE.COM and on Instagram here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...