Surf Town

Send us Fan Mail TOM WEGENER Part 2 ...    Tom shared a lot of his personal life on his first SURF TOWN podcast about growing up in California, and where his family's influence and personal interests have led him in life. He talked of how his surfing seamlessly slotted into all that he put his hand and mind towards and helped shape his endeavours.  On this episode, Tom shares his thoughts on...

Send us Fan Mail TOM WEGENER  Part 1 ...    Dr Tom Wegener, scholar, author, filmmaker, local politician, surfboard shaper, surfer, family man ... and gardener, chats on SURF TOWN sharing his life’s story in what is Keith’s longest podcast interview. How could it not be with Tom’s life encompassing such a wide field of interest and activities? Tom’s surfing life has led him from California to Aust...

Send us Fan Mail THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV #10 ...        Finally, that international surfing man of intrigue has surfaced once again - but only briefly, which seems to be his MO these days. Momentarily detained by the English regime to once more find good fortune favoured him as he slipped away from their wrongful intent. Last known destination was back in Eurasia. Kazakh...

Send us Fan Mail PETER McCABE …    Newcastle's Peter McCabe was one of the early pioneers of Indonesian surfing. During those uncrowded Indo days, he surfed alongside some of surfing's  biggest names and colourful characters. Peter is credited with being the first to surf Padang, and alongside his good friend Jerry Lopez shared many epic, empty lined-ups at Uluwatu and G-Land. Many of th...

Send us Fan Mail CORKY CARROLL ... CORKY CARROLL is a name many older surfers will easily recognize. Accepted as one of the first professional surfers rising out of the Californian surf scene in the late 1960's and 70's on the back of his natural talent and contest successes. Winning three USA titles, third in the 1966 World Championships, competing in the 1968, 1970 and the 1972 World C...

Send us Fan Mail DAVID PARKES ...    Kneeboard maestro (six Australian Titles and one World Masters Title) and renowned kneeboard shaper (forty plus years experience) David Parkes is Keith's special guest on this episode of SURF TOWN. With a life immersed in kneeboarding, David's name is synonymous with Australian kneeboarding surfing - and shaping. After requiring the Friar Tuck brand i...

Send us Fan Mail JOHN ODGEN Part 2 ... Want to know about surfing's dark subculture in the late 60s and early 70's? Then John Odgen's new book STONE FREE is for you.    John joins Keith on SURF TOWN once again to talk about the book's story of Warren 'Abdul' Anderson's extraordinary life. It's a book described as an elegy for a vanished world - untamed, unre...

Send us Fan Mail THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV. Story # 9 ...    Vladimir has surfaced! But unfortunately, only very briefly. Keith confirms that while speaking with Vladimir recently, exchanging Christmas greetings, their conversation was abruptly cut off. Vladimir had just landed in London and called Keith while standing in line between immigration and customs. He sounded li...

Send us Fan Mail 2025 SURF TOWN WRAP     Whilst the listening base of SURF TOWN has grown this year, reaching 42 countries across 174 cities/locations, the real thrill for Keith has been the guests that he has had the privilege of interviewing over the last twelve months. Our sport has a deep culture and lifestyle that has defined so many people. To chat with some of them and to hear their stories...

Send us Fan Mail MICK BERRIDGE ...    Not many Aussie surfers can say they have surfed in the deep, frigid north of the Atlantic Ocean. We’re mainly warm water creatures who mostly head into the Pacific or Indian Oceans for our tropical surf adventures - certainly not into the icy Norwegian coastline, that's for sure. And definitely not to surf amongst Orcas, floating ice in sub-zero double f...

Send us Fan Mail DAVID BELL -        David is the producer and presenter of the surf-themed CRESCENT SWELLS surf radio. With over 174 shows, David digs deep to produce a weekly radio show featuring traditional surf guitar and drums, reggae, and indie/roots music heavily infused with the feel and sound of the beach lifestyle and music. CRESCENT SWELLS features many new artists that may not have the...

Send us Fan Mail BEAU YOUNG's tribute to JOHN PECK ...    Beau Young, 2000 & 2023 World Longboard champion, joins Keith to share his heartfelt tribute to John Peck, who passed away recently at the age of 81. John gained fame within the surfing world when photographed in the early 1960's surfing Pipeline crouching low and grabbing the rail of his surfboard. It remains one of the great...

Send us Fan Mail STEPHEN COONEY - ... Stephen Cooney was introduced to the surfing world as Steve Cooney, the very young surfer who mesmerized us all in the seminal surf movie MORNING OF THE EARTH. Very few, if any of us, will ever forget the footage of his surfing those amazing Uluwatu waves. But of course, there is so much more to Stephen than that young grommet streaking across perfect Bali wav...

Send us Fan Mail DEREK CRISP -    ... Not many surfers have been caught trying to hijack a submarine for a joyride. Nor be counted amongst the first surfboard manufacturers on New South Wales's Mid North Coast, open one of its first surf shops, along with running a marlin fishing charter boat in far north Queensland for Hollywood stars. Plus a career as a publican for one of central Queenslan...

Send us Fan Mail JOHN BRASEN - ... John is the editor and publisher of Australia's premier longboard magazine, PACIFIC LONGBOARDER. The long-standing magazine's byline is: For The Love of Surfing. Any conversation with John makes it evident that his life is one defined by the love of surfing - so choosing that byline for his magazine wouldn't have been that hard. And it is John&apos...

Send us Fan Mail THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Stories 7 & 8  ...Finally, some good news, Vladimir has surfaced - well, sort of. He has been talking with his sister, Olga, whom Keith has also been talking to, so the relayed message is that he is fine, but he does have to lay low for a while. Without revealing his location, all he would say is that he is in the "Stan...

Send us Fan Mail JOHN OGDEN -  ... This SURF TOWN episode's guest is John "Oggy" Odgen, a Sydney-based photographer, cinematographer, writer and the owner of Cyclops Press, which has published many high-quality books relating to Australian Indigenous and Aussie culture. John is a surfer so it's no surprise he has published a series of surf books, including Mike Ritter's an...

Send us Fan Mail DEREK HYND - ... Any sit-down chat with Derek Hynd is guaranteed to be thoughtful and original. No surprise that this interview was conducted under trees atop of a windy Byron Bay hill. Even his dog Bungle Bungle contributed - as did a stranger parking his car close by. But it's worth braving any cold winter wind to have the privilege of interviewing Derek. He is a former pro...

Send us Fan Mail TERRY RICHARDSON ...  - 1988 Australian Surfing Champion, World Masters Surfing champion, former ASP World number 7, two-time Aussie Masters champion, winner of two Bali Om contests, winner of the 1982 Waimea 5000 in Brazil and finalist of numerous international surfing contests, Terry Richardson chats with SURF TOWN about his rich surfing life and much more. Terry, also known as...

Send us Fan Mail DISCUSSION TABLE 101 with Tim Baker. Topic: SURF CULTURE ... - Who better to have a free-flowing conversation about surf culture than the three-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award, Tim Baker? With decades of surf writing (ten books) and editorial work (two surfing magazines), Tim has an astute understanding of the surfing lifestyle and its vibrant cultu...

Send us Fan Mail TIM BAKER ... Tim is the renowned former editor of TRACKS and AUSTRALIAN SURFING LIFE magazines. He is also the author of ten books, which include biographies on Wayne Bartholomew, Mark Occhilupo, Mick Fanning and Simon Anderson. Tim has been bestowed three times with the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Cultural Award for his print contribution to Australian Surfing. With vast exp...

Send us Fan Mail THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 6  ... That international surfer of mystery, Mr Waxanov, has failed his arranged rendezvous with Keith in St Petersburg (see SURF TOWN Instagram posts) adding more uncertainty to his whereabouts. In the meantime, this SURF TOWN episode features the reading of two short stories from his book "The Wayward Surfer,"...

Send us Fan Mail ZION POY ... 17 year old Noosa filmmaker Zion Poy comes into the SURF TOWN studio to talk about his film that has been accepted into this year's Noosa International Surf Film Festival. Titled, "WHERE THE GIRLS ARE," it's the story of Lynette Clemitson who started the all female boardriders club called the Kurranulla Wahines Boardriding Club in 1966 at Wanda Bea...

Send us Fan Mail JESCA MAAS - ... Some people surf and that's about it. Some surf and do other stuff as well - and then there are those who don't surf ... or haven't surfed much. But they still tap into surfing for its energy and culture. Sometimes, these latter folk understand surfers better than themselves as surfers often stand too close to the flame. Jesca is one of those that h...

Send us Fan Mail KIRRA MOLNAR - ... Women's longboarding today, and indeed women's all-around surfing in general, is in full flower. Its presence is marked with a style that all so often resonates with the very essence of surfing. Displaying a grace and the pure joy of simply riding a wave, women's surfing is a breath of fresh air. No surprise that it's growing world-wide and g...