The Reale Deal Show

I finally catch up with old friend and bodyboarding legend Keith Sasaki 18 months after the first two "Keith" episodes to continue where we left off.    Keith discusses his transition out of full-time competitor and his life-altering move to the south of France.  

Bodyboarder Craig Whetter is Orange County, California's prodigy and has been at the forefront of the next generation of up-and-coming rippers in Southern California.  But Craig goes the extra mile putting out content online that will hopefully inspire more kids to take up our sport and bring it back to the Glory Days of yesteryear.   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-even-movie-premiere-...

Legendary photographer Aaron Loyd was one of the most prominent surf photographers of the late 80s/early 90s and turned his lens toward the top bodyboarders of the day more than most.   He is responsible for some of the most enduring images of that golden era of our sport.   Jay talks to Aaron about his beginnings, those iconic days, and what he's up to now.   http://www.aaronloyd.com

Jay and Vicki get together with 2022's bodyboarding "power couple" and get the details of their life stories and how they are building a small bodyboarding dynasty.  

Jay Reale sits down with 2-time World Champ Pierre-Louis Costes to get his take on life, competition, fatherhood, and how to balance everything.   Plus, he reveals his secret to the backflip, one of his signature moves!

Jay Reale takes a deep dive into the life of 3-time World Bodyboarding Champion Jeff Hubbard.  Jeff, at age 47 at the time of this interview, remains at the top of his game a quarter of a century after embarking on his pro career and is the CEO of his own company, holds a master's degree, and is a father.    Shot just two days prior to his win at the 2022 Gran Canaria Fronton King bodyboardin...

Jay is back from the final event on the IBC World Tour- the Gran Canaria Fronton King.  He gives a full recap of the event with Vicki.  

One of the sport's absolute pioneers, California's Tony Prince was one of the first-ever sponsored bodyboarders, inspiring riders all over the USA on his numerous promo trips with Patti Serrano and the Morey company in the late 70s and early 80s.  In addition, he quickly became one of the early documentarians of our sport through photography, responsible for some of the early ad and post...

Jay and Vicki sit down with Amy Hunt, director of sales and marketing for one of the world's premiere wave pool destinations, and site of eBodyboarding.com's Texas Tube Tour to discuss the WacoSurf wave pool, it's history, and her role in guiding guests into making epic memories through wave riding.  

The unofficial "voice of the World Tour of Bodyboarding", Begonia "Bego" Martinez talks about her early life in Venezuela, her adventures in the USA, and her eventual planting of roots in Chile where she operates a successful retail business when she's not traveling the world as a World Tour webcaster and competing on the Tour as well. 

The two-time Reunionnaise World Champ reflects on his long professional bodyboarding career including relocating to the Canary Islands and how his family and business all fit together.   He sits at the pinnacle of the sport thanks to his commitment to health and fitness.  

The 5-time World Champion has made a comeback to the sport in her mid-40s and has proven that experience counts for a LOT as a professional bodyboarder!  Her daughter Luna just became the World Junior Women's Champ (as of Sept. 2022) making them the first-ever mother/daughter World Champs in the sport! 

America's top competitive bodyboarder sits down with Jay to discuss his history as a grom prodigy and how that led to him being one of the top riders on the IBC World Tour. 

Jay gets the scoop on current World Number One and reigning World Champ (as of August 2022) Sari Ohhara.  She's fun and bubbly, but underneath, she's a serious competitor!  

During the 2022 Visit Maldives Pro, I took a few moments to sit down with current World Champ and 2022 IBC World Tour leader Tristan Roberts to see what makes him tick.  

I apologize in advance for the poor audio.   Vicki's mother Carol is an interesting character!  Athlete, entrepreneur, grandmother, golfer, fisherman, and much, much more!  

If you were a bodyboarder in the 90s, you no doubt knew the name "Buckwheat".  One of my oldest friends and my very first bodyboarding buddy, Buck made a big impact on the North Shore of O'ahu in the 90s, hobnobbing with the world's top riders as well as making friends with some of the North Shore's most feared heavy hitters.  He's living back in our hometown of Ocean...

Formerly the editor of both Riptide and BodyBoarding Magazines, Australian Simon Ramsey's contribution to our sport in the 90s makes him one of the unsung heroes of bodyboarding.  

Chad Stickney is on a quest to be the first bodyboarder to ride waves in all 50 US states!  He's nearly halfway there as of the date of this interview in May, 2022!   NOTE:  PG-13 LANGUAGE IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS.

Jay discusses his life as a "serial" game show contestant.  

We wrap up our conversation with former pro bodyboarder JP Patterson covering his Wedge days and a couple of epic trips and the hijinks that ensued.   This is a long one folks!   LANGUAGE:  There are a couple of cuss words thrown out, but pretty minimal.  

JP transitions from pro bodyboarder to working man.  

The legendary JP Patterson talks about his encounter with a massive wave at Waimea Bay. 

The legendary JP Patterson, one of the first-ever pro bodyboarders and big wave charger sits down with Jay to share stories from his long history with our sport.  

On location at Tavarua Island Resort in Fiji, Jay interviews one of BodyBoarding Magazine's early photo editors and prolific photographers in the sport.  Scott now spends a great deal of time in Fiji and is our photographer for our annual Tavi Tube Tour!