The Grit! with Chas Smith

In today's show Chas and David witness the indignity of a surf superhero being relegated into wave pool submission, shudder at the recent round of Pipe maimings, have AI recommend their next surfboard, and reveal Olympic surfings next venue. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's Valentine's themed show, Chas and David recount Hollywood x Surfing's greatest power couples, bid farewell to 59% of Surfival League, give you the perfect VDay gift recs, and cement Five S's that will lead you to finding the love of your life. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David discovers the finest way to ingest the Pipe Pro, Chas uncovers the WSL's secret backmasking, Filipe finally conquers Pipeline, and the boys get to the very center of an important matter of the heart. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode one lucky (albeit cowardly) listener learns a valuable life lesson from the world's greatest big wave rider, JJF sweeps the knee of the already fledgling WSL, Chas designs the ultimate Hollywood vehicle for Sterling Spencer, and David pines for surfing aristocracy of yore. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Fast Eddie uses Da Hui's pulpit to smite the white man, we officially kiss goodbye surfing's greatest would-be rivalry, museums of memorabilia get vanquished by fire, and we get to the dirty bottom of the Chinese wax job. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David welcome the world's prettiest man into the surf community, warn against the dangers of being a P.U.B.E., outline core tenets to attain Duke status for today's surfing youth, and Chas explains how to ensure your child spends their future in therapy. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David and Chas explain why your kid will never a pro surfer if you aren't one, warn against the dangers of Mister Softee, gawk at the largest wave ever surfed, mathematically conclude the appropriate number of surf photos you're allowed to post on Instagram, and explain why surf culture is the utopia that inspired Japanese society. Plus Barrel or Nah?   Learn more about your ad cho...

In today's show, traditional masculinity returns, the prestigious Edward Invitational reasserts surfing's core values, then David and Chas crack the code for the perfect nap, plot how to steal wine back from a holiday party, and resolve to take all life advice from Matthew McConaughey in 2025. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David and Chas celebrate a Christmas miracle in the form of a walrus, uncover the secret to winning a Pipe Master's title, warn parents against the dangers of surf coaching, and advocate for the return of the dapper grandpa. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David's inspiration behind their persona's is revealed, Filipe inadvertently reveals his mental health to ESPN, Hawaiian enforcers shoot themselves in own feet, and they identify the precise reason VANS won't pay to live stream the Pipe Masters. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David and Chas identify the single most important surf fan of all-time and anoint their sainthood, the then pivot into a True Crime podcast, reveal the most unlikely rags to riches surf story, dispense garbage financial advice, and give a single tip to mint a solid gold marriage. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David advise best methods to milk the clock and stick it to the main, explain why finding a surf nemesis is your fastest route to ripping, navigate the trickiness of a prone take-off, and caution against offering to coach a youth sports team. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas takes back what was rightfully his (from Ashton and from ChatGPT), David identifies a potential new WSL owner, Italo goes under the knife, Drouyn tries to get under the covers, and the boys determine the precise number of possessions needed to unlock happiness. Enjoy! Find Noble Rot on Apple Podcasts Find Noble Rot on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

In today's show, medium wave surfer Mark Zuckerberg protests too much love for Queen P, Curren spots a podcaster in the wild, Slater KO's Samuel Jackson & Vin Diesel, and David and Chas rank the least sexy instruments to play whilst naked. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David celebrate Leonardo Dicaprio's birthday with a guide how to avoid the indignities of self-celebration, being sung to at a restaurant, perpetually dating 25 year olds, and explain why Martha Stewart might be the ultimate catch. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David advise on what to do if you catch your girlfriend tracking your sexual performance, how to shame a pack of unruly teen boys, why you should never snake a dude with cauliflowered ears, and Drummer Dave calls in from beyond the veil. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas tamps down the election fervor with a reminder that amusement can, and should, be found in all of life's pursuits and charts a course to thrive through any political fallout via art, food, and indulgence. Learn how herein! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David and Chas's favorite trans surfer teases an OnlyFans page, surfing youngest champ gets silenced by the WSL, ELO spritzes Poo-Pourri over his own grave, someone rips themselves a new B-hole, and a listener reveal why you should sleep with your new surfboard. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode of Noble Rot is brought to you by Laird Hamilton! How to hold your breath for 5 minutes, the virtue of a chaste life, how dogs can sniff out wife beaters, and why there is no such thing as an excuse. Chas and David ascend to alpha male status in todays episode. Behold! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Joel Tudor details his time at P.Diddy's parties and Chas explains the phenomena of going soft with age while Flick twists an ovary thanks to a thorough jackhammering, Raimana learns why the caged bird sings, and the boys pinpoint the exact age when sharing a room on a surf trip become inappropriate. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

In today's show, while our Presidential candidates "work the fry", Chas and David reflect back on their first jobs, chart how menial jobs led to careers, and identify the moment where youthful enthusiasm to earn shifted to a lifetime of resentful ire. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show David and Chas discover the one surfer who attended a Diddler White Party, feel shame as Prince Harry's surpasses their surf ability, defend Abu Dhabi's anti-Tyler Wright's stance, attempt to appreciate the surf boardslide, and explain when it's appropriate for your ladyfriend to give up shotgun for your quiver. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Today's mega-episode finds Chas and David at the world-famous Boardroom Show. Smith hunkered down in a Weekend Van interviewing a who's who of surfers, shapers, mathematicians, dear listeners, hall-of-famers and doctors while David worked the floor. The conversations are fun, loose and come from every corner of the surf world even though Noble Rot is decidedly anti-surf talk. Rules, however, were...

In today's show Chas and David speculate which surfers may be fingered in a Freak Off, find bros attempting to go viral at Hurricane Milton, the WSL reveals their '25 season and which familiar faces will return to the CT, and the boys ponder the consequence of a silent retreat. Plus Barrel or Nah? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David plot a course of fandom and anti-fandom for food they would tattoo on their temple's, teams for which they would bleed, clothing brands they would shill to their friends, and they relive the adolescent heartbreak that calloused their heart's so. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices