Crankin Surf Podcast

I sat down with industry legend Don Munro, the creator of legendary 80's brand Mango Surfwear and Triple X Wetsuits. Dons incredible journey started in the late 60's with Close to Earth before the colourful days of Mango and he's still involved in the industry.

I sat down with Victory Wetsuits owner Marc Spitaleri and learned the history of Victory and what happened to the company. A great innovator who shows passion for the company he built with Greg Wade.

In this Episode we talk about the Bells Beach Surf Contest, the attempt by Vissla to purchase Rip Curl, Wether Europe is the new Brazil,the new Perth Wavepool is under construction, the WSL issuing a maternity Wild card for 2027 and who is Kent Ladkin?

We had 6 months off, thanks for sticking by us, we got new mics and revamped the back end. Hope you enjoy it.

Inspired by a surf trip to the Banyak Islands with friends. Good waves, cold beers and good times.

A song about reflection

In this episode we chat about Surfest, the WCT and Challenger Series plus the WCT Tour for 2026. We talk about some music I found, Thee Headcoatees and a great social media account surfibabe. We gave our 5 top surfers to never win a world title. Hueys Choice wax has new wax combs and we drop the date for Few For Shoes plus so much more.

In this episode we talk about URBNSurf, Cyclone Alfred, Just Surf Co Fins, farewell to Tommy Peterson and Allen Green plus our Fantasy Teams are not doing well.

In Episode 42 we chat about Few for Shoe, the 2025 WSL Tour events, Surfest is now a Challenger Series Event, I surfed in the Arctic Circle at Unstad Beach in Nowrway, we went and seen Reggae Spys twice!

In Episode 41 we tell you how we onw a surf magazine, the 2024 Olympics is coming up, Baumy wins the J Bay Classic, I get the JS Industries HiFi Jacket, we tell you about Reggae Spys new album, what we are watching on YouTube and my trip to try and surf the artic waters of Norway an so much more.

We sat down with Newcastle Pro Surfer, Jackson Jacko Baker to talk about his career, set backs and come backs. He's the blue collar surfer, not afraid to roll up his sleeves and grind out the hard work. A true surfers surfer.

In Episode 38 Lisa Anderson leaves Quicksilver, who owns Quicksilver, 3 legends take a break from the WCT, Reggae Spy's going to Brazil, the Boardwalk Surf Expo, more wave pools and so much more

In Episode 38 we talk about Surfebruary, The Port Macquarie Surf Museum, Surfing World and Lances Left, the Col Smith Documentary plus why we should support smaller surf brands.

In Episode 37 we sat down with Clare and Ainz to talk about Fewforshoe, a surfing event in Newcastle based around Mental Health. Let's learn to talk about depression and PTSD openly and honestly as it might save a life.

In Episode 36, we realised we haven't done a podcast in awhile. We had heaps to chat about including Stockton Beach finally getting sand replenishment, the 2024 WCT Season, Green Planet Surfer and Hueys Choice Surf Wax and so much more.

We are back again, we talk about Baumy into her first CT Event, Sumatra, new boards and busted shoulders. We review the Need Essentials back zip wetty and the Wax Fresh wax remover.

We finally got to UrbnSurf in Melbourne, Miles got the new wax remover, Surf Film Archives is do amazing work digitalizing old surf films, we did SurFebruary and I got the Rip Curl GPS 2 watch.

We discuss the Haleiwa Challenger event, the Swedish Surfing Titles at Waco, Texas. The Rip Curl Pro is coming up at UrbnSurf, why we need a trip there. I thank Max Bidstrup from Max & Occy for showing that it's ok to talk about your mental health.

Getting back into the groove but we mix up Sally and Stephanie that neither of us picked up, have a halfway dog bark break but still manage to get through it all. We discuss what's Bali like at the moment.

In Episode one we look at Tahiti and the WSL Finals, chat about The Lost Tapes by Kelly Slater, talk about new boards, get stoked for Nathan Hedge and discuss the Bloxytonks Bass Guitar Project.

We are back from a break and discuss the WSL latest, the new series Coco, the new MR Skateboard and much more.

We are back after a 2 month break due to the COVID lockdown. We are rusty but happy to talk about Tim Bakers Rip Curl book, Surf Aid, the WSL Challenger Series, Callum Robson and much more.

In this episode we talk about the Olympics and why we weren't stoked. The WSL are getting busy, still nothing on Stockton and we have Hueys Surf Wax to try.

In this episode we share the Morgan Ciblic stoke, missed Wildcard opportunities, the Apple Watch Dawn Patrol App, will something finally happen to Stockton,

In this episode we address cyber bullying and the death of Lee McMillan, talk about the first two Aussie WCT events, What is PEC11 and why we need to protest it. Are Surfboard Warehouse surfboards too cheap. We will test one out soon.