Raw Saltwater Stories - The Aclassic Podcast - Season 3 coming soon!

Today Dan speaks with Aclassic's newest host, fishing guru - Leon Mcclymont. We dive a bit into Leon's background and then into a few of his wild stories including: - A Monster Cobia - Some wild land-based fishing - 2 trips on the Big Cat Reality As a new host on Aclassic, Leon will be speaking with fishermen and women from across the world, running through some wild stories and having a g...

Today Jack speaks with Ryan Levinson, who is a former Big Wave World Tour EMS rescue team member and all round waterman. He shares his background in water sports, his involvement in rescue operations and how he has done it with his own disability. Checkout Ryans page below: https://www.instagram.com/saltyryan1/ As always check out Jack Akrop here: https://www.instagram.com/jackakrop19/ And Aclassi...

Today Jack sits down with Antonio Silva, a big wave pioneer and charger from Portugal! They get right into Antonio's life and how he came to be riding the giants he does. Antonio discusses his experience on three particular waves: 1- Nazare 2- The Cave 3- Shipsterns Bluff They discusses his experiences and insights into big wave surfing and the pioneering of the sport in Portugal, particularly...

Today our guest is Corey Sainsbury. He is a Bodysurfing MANIAC!! Along with a couple of other insane watermen and women, Corey is lifting the world of bodysurfing to new heights. We briefly run through Coreys life and how he came to be obsessed with bodysurfing. We discuss the training he does to be confident enough to take on some of these wave and then we get into the madness! Corey runs us thro...

Today our guest is Harry Weston who is a spearfisherman based on the East Coast of Australia. Harry has plenty of wild stories but in this podcast we focus on a MONSTER doggie (dogtooth tuna) that he speared in the Coral Sea while on an annual trip with the Coral Sea Cowboys. We also go a bit into his background, his time as a lobster diver and his goal for the future! Check out Harry and the Cora...

Today Jack speaks with big wave charger Steve Rice! He walks us through a bit on his background, how he found surfing and a few of his wildest sessions, including. 1- A dream run of swell in the Mentawai Islands 2- Some wild sessions at Mavericks 3- Jaws! Check him out! https://www.instagram.com/have_you_seen_steve/ In this episode we also introduce a new addition to the Aclassic crew in Jack Akro...

Today my guest is Big wave charger Andres Flores - his goal is to paddle into the biggest waves ever ridden and he unofficially has! He walks us through a bit on his background and two of his wildest experiences chasing swells. 1- The record breaking wave at Nazare, which for some unknown reason the WSL has not recognised 2- A wild session at Puerto Escondido A special thanks to Andres for taking...

Today my guest is Matt Bromley and this is one you want to listen to! It has been Matt's dream to surf in the Eddie and Jaw's events in Hawaii for as long as he can remember. He has been invited before but they never ran. He has now been invited again and this year the chance is fairly high that they will go ahead. Unfortunately though, Matt recently suffered two horrific injuries that wou...

Surf alone Die Alone - Dougal Paterson. My guest today is a South African big wave charger, spearfisherman, mentor, family man and plenty more. He is a regular at two of Africa's most fearsome waves: Dungeons and Sunset Reef. We hear first hand how Dougal found his way into surfing and how it evolved into the giant waves he rides today. He walks us through some wild stories and times that he e...

Today my guest is Shipsterns regular and Tasmanian maniac James Holmer Cross. We run through a bit on James' background and how he first joined the local Shipsterns crew over 20 years ago! He walks us through three of his wildest experiences in the Tassie ocean. 1- The viral wave at Shipstern's, we finally hear how he made it! 2- A near disaster while surfing with his son Harry 3- Pedra Br...

Join me as I sit down with Adrian Kovacic, or as he is better known, Taco! We run through a few of his most incredible surfing sessions: - A solo Bronte session in some extreme surf that landed him the cover of tracks magazine - A recent and insane session at Wedding Cake island off Sydney - And an epic strike mission to Skeleton Bay Subscribe now to never miss an episode! Whether our guests are s...

Today my guest is Mavericks regular and underground big wave charger Jack Akrop.  We have a good chat about his background and evolution from bodyboarding through to big wave surfing at Mavericks and what that break is really like.  He runs us through his experience with going right and left at Mavericks, a few severe wipeouts and a monster Hawaiian thrashing!  Jack is currently a free agent looki...