The Reale Deal Show

Bodyboard design has come a long way since it's invention in 1971.  Jay and Vicki Reale and Tanner McDaniel discuss what's been and what will be.

Australia's Paul "Barney" Barnard has long been a fixture in the bodyboarding scene Down Under.   The former golden boy from Queensland quickly rose to the top of the heap of young Aussies in the 80s and remained a media darling well into the 90s, paving the way for the next generation of Australian bodyboarders.    He eventually settled into an industry job but still keeps that fir...

Hawaii's Neal Miyake has been at this sport for a half century, and through his upbringing on Kaua'i to his working years on O'ahu, he's seen it all.  Neal has rubbed elbows with the sport's elite and continues to push bodyboarding forward through his stunning photography and support of bodyboarding youth statewide.   His tenure working as a navy contractor has taken him a...

Ex-pro bodyboarders and eBodyboarding.com and TribeBoards owners Jay and Vicki Reale answer all your questions.   Travel with us: https://www.ebodyboarding.com/pages/bodyboarding-travel Bodyboard Holidays: https://bodyboard-holidays.com/ How we started our business: @15 minutes into this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8eYWIe9jUM&list=PLsNzOBhEhm84UbwRfjjwEsWJz7PqwNCpO&index=102

Orange County ripper Scotty Plowden has been quietly making a name for himself in the SoCal bodyboarding scene with blistering performances at The Wedge and honing his skills through his world travels.   He's committed to expanding his bodyboarding horizons while keeping a level head about his future .  We talk Wedge wipeouts, injuries, his love affair with Puerto Rico, and why Trader Joe&apo...

One of 2025's top young California bodyboarders, Drake Kinghorn has already put his stamp on the bodyboarding world with appearances on the IBC World Tour, on O'ahu's North Shore, WacoSurf, and at the Wedge and he's just 15 years old.  Solid family support and a strong desire to see the world through bodyboarding, he's just getting started!  

Jay catches up with PLC on his brief visit to Southern California in April 2025 to hit him with a few questions covering everything from his bodyboarding goals to his recent sponsorship with Morey Bodyboards and Churchill Fins.   Pierre's Portugal Bodyboarding Camp: https://www.costescamps.com/en/ Pierre's Morey/Churchill products: https://www.ebodyboarding.com/search?q=pierre&type=p...

At 72, Tom has been the "elder statesman" on our Tavi Tube Tour trip, and while that doesn't qualify him as the "oldest" bodyboarder we've had the pleasure of riding with, he is eerily calm and capable in surf that would scare most riders half his age, and all of this from a guy who has taken up the sport seriously only in recent years.  Jay gets to know Tom and what...

Long-time California bodyboarder Dave Long has been there since the beginning!  Since the 80s, Dave's name has been a fixture in the competition scene in the Golden State and he's seen the best come and go, and is an encyclopedia of knowledge for bodyboarding on the West Coast.  Jay picked Dave's brain in March of 2025 during the Tavi Tube Tour trip in Fiji and got the lo down on Da...

Joao Veiga has been bodyboarding all over Portugal for decades and currently works as a coach at Linha de Onda Surf School and is a coach and guide with Bodyboard Holidays for their Portugal and Central America trips.  Jay finds out why such an accomplished rider gets so much joy from bringing new riders into the sport, and how his varied interests took him on a path to higher education in the fie...

Jay sits down with Vicki, Rob Barber, Rusty Morrison and Joao Veiga to share injury stories.  They recount their worst injuries and the worst they've witnessed.  Jay breaks his collarbone: https://youtu.be/Wl9A-hLBn-8?feature=shared Interview with Rusty Morrison: https://youtu.be/ejerwTZ4DAA?feature=shared Bodyboard-holidays.com @bodyboardholidays Insta: @jayreale @vickireale @rust_in_peace_...

Jay's family talks about their travels and some of the trials and tribulations of traveling as a surfing family.  Daughter Saige: *Insta: @saigereale @saigesgoodeats *TikTok: @saigealicious Son Kieran: *Insta: @kieranreale *TikTok: @kieranisreale Vicki: *Insta: @vickireale *TikTok: @vickiisreale Jay:  *Insta: @jayreale See our travel videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNzOBhEhm84z5gB...

One of our sport's most iconic figures during the Golden Age of the sport, O'ahu's Danny Kim singlehandedly carried the torch for the very niche discipline of standup bodyboarding.   Danny's incredible talents standing up on his finless craft not only blew minds, but took him to top finishes on the US Pro Tour, and garnered plentiful magazine coverage worldwide.   We discuss Da...

Jay catches up with the founder of the Vintage Bodyboard Collectors Facebook Ground Damien Alexander on his recent trip to Australia.   VBC is credited for spearheading the "Board Again" movement- older riders returning to the sport to recapture the magic of their youth which accelerated dramatically during Covid.   Damien recounts how it all began around the mid-2000s.

Debbie Colwell is truly one of the originals in the bodyboarding industry getting her start more than 4 decades ago eventually starting the iconic American bodyboard brand Custom X in the late 1980s.  She has worked with the best and seen the sport grow from it's infancy to the huge industry it is today.   Jay gets into Debbie's story from her start to her retirement and all that she&apo...

Jay sits down with 2024 IBC Visit Maldives Pro Junior Men's Champ, 16-year-old Aussie Jai Taylor to get to know this young phenom.  Jai is an Aussie Champ and 2024 IBC World Tour Rookie of the Year, and burst on the international scene in August of 2024 by winning in his first-ever go at the IBC World Tour.   How did he start?  Where is he from?  How did he win?  What are his future plans?  W...

Jay and his friend and Bodyboard Holidays owner Rob Barber discuss the current state of the sport in mid-2024 and how it's changed over the years.  Who's doing it, what happened to print media, and local competition, and what's happening with the IBC World Tour?   They cover all the important topics.  

Joe Evans, Scott Evans and Roger Waller are the unsung legends of bodyboarding.  They were among the sport's first-ever professional bodyboarders in the 1970s, when "The Boogie" was first manufactured.  They are three of a small group of riders that represented the brand, working with Morey promoter Patti Serrano to spread the stoke all over the USA with the Morey Boogie Challenge s...

You may not know who Ryder Jalbert is, but you should.   This Maui born-and-bred bodyboarder been quietly charging some of Hawaii's biggest swells in recent years and is on a mission to raise his big-wave game through training, equipment design.   Jay grills him on the finer points of what got him to this level and where he's headed.  

Jay sits down with Dave during the waiting period for the 2024 Itacoatiara Pro in Brazil to discuss his 10 World Titles,  his rivalry with Sammy Morretino, how he stays at the top of his game in his early 40s, board design, and what's in store for him. https://www.ebodyboarding.com/collections/hubboards

One of the most iconic rippers in the sport during the 90s and early 2000s,  Santa Barbara's Jacob Reeve had all the talent and skill to be a dominant figure on the world stage.  But his sponsors had other ideas.  Jacob tore the bag out of his local spots and together, helped cement the reputation of a group of riders north of Los Angeles as...to use a cliche...a force to be reckoned with.  ...

Jay corners all the bodyboarders on this year's 2nd week of the Tavi Tube Tour to find out a bit about them and why they jumped on this year's trip.  The island paradise of Tavarua Island Resort produced perfect surf yet again for Tavi Tube Tour 2024!  Want more info on how to join a future trip?  Click the link below: Bodyboarding Travel

Jay rewinds the clock 44 years to the very first pro bodyboarding event in Hawaii, and the first-ever bodyboarding event at Pipeline.  1980's The Coca Cola Surecraft North Shore Bodyboard Classic was put on by Robb Rice, who was the sales rep in Hawaii for Surecraft's North Shore bodyboard, which at the time, was arguably the best bodyboard on the market, endorsed by bodyboarding legend,...

Rusty Morrison lives a spartan life of a traveler.  He works long, hard hours as a FIFO guy (Fly In Fly Out), squirrels away his savings, and then goes on global odysseys to warm waves- a life we all aspire to.   I wanted to find out what makes this DK specialist tick, so I sat down with Rusty during Bodyboard Holidays' El Salvador trip to get the down low on one of Oz's nomadic legends....

The most prominent bodyboarder to come out of the UK's Channel Islands, Colin Crowther from Jersey has been there and done that.  One of the earliest adopters of Tom Morey's brainchild has been at it since the beginning- as a participant, competitor, contest organizer, and even author!    In recent years, he's taken to spending time searching for uncharted waves in Europe's Arc...