The Tracks Podcast

Our guest today is Chris Shiflett. Although perhaps best known as a lead guitarist with the Foo Fighters, his also an accomplished solo artist and a surfer. Chris just released his latest album, Lost At Sea and is heading to Australia for a bunch of sold-out solo shows later in the year in conjunction with a tour for the Foo Fighters. In the following conversation, we talked about Chris's musical...

Our guest today is the effervescent Laura Enever. In the following conversation, Laura discusses growing up in Narrabeen, her early passion for gymnastics, negotiating the volatilities of pro tour life and transitioning to the realm of big wave surfing. Laura also talks in detail about the wave she rode in the last Hawaiian Winter, which is widely believed to be the biggest wave ever paddled by a...

Purchase the Captain Goodvibes' Collectors Edition here: https://tracksmag.com.au/current-issue Get your hands on a collectable tee shirt featuring the cover art created by Tony Edwards here: https://tracks.bandtshirts.com.au/ Our guest for the seventh episode of the Tracks Podcast hosted by Luke Kennedy is Tony Edwards, the creator of the celebrated cartoon strip Captain Goodvibes , often known a...

This week's podcast is brought to you by our mates at Better Beer . Our guest for the sixth episode of the Tracks Podcast hosted by Luke Kennedy is with none-other-than Ross Clarke-Jones . The one time star of Mad Wax, winner of the Quicksilver Eddie Aikau Invitational and revered big wave surfer. In a colourful and candid conversation, Ross discusses his early influences, the rivalry and friendsh...

Our guest for the fifth episode of the Tracks Podcast hosted by Luke Kennedy is Olympic bronze medallist and former Championship Tour standout Owen Wright. Owen has just released his autobiography `Against The Water’, which charts his journey from junior prodigy to the competitor who claimed surfing’s biggest ever pay day. Like the book, our conversation traverses a host of subjects, including Owe...

Our guest for the fourth episode of the Tracks Podcast hosted by Luke Kennedy is Josh Kerr. In surfing terms there isn’t much Josh hasn’t done. He played a key role in accelerating the aerial revolution and spent a decade on the Championship Tour after qualifying in 2007. Josh won a big wave world tour event at Todos Santos in 2016 and was also the visionary behind the RedBull Airborn series. Thes...

Our guest for the third episode of the Tracks Podcast hosted by Luke Kennedy is Tom Curren. In the early 80s Tom Curren hit the scene as the Californian prodigy with the trademark double-pump bottom and the magnetic style. Between 1985 and 1990 Tom claimed three world titles. The 1990 title was famously won by surfing events all the way through from the trials stage. A record not even Kelly Slater...

Nathan Hedge opens up to Tracks Editor Luke Kennedy about all of the phases of his colourful life. They discuss the Narabeen Glory Days, being a Ripcurl ‘Search’ Prodigy and pro tour wild man, hitting rock bottom, his re-invention & the legendary Tahiti comeback. This podcast was originally recorded for a feature story which appeared in our recent Mag, Issue 588. We thought this chat with the...

Tracks Editor Luke Kennedy caught up with surf legend Gerry Lopez and film director Stacy Peralta while they were in Aus to promote their film 'The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez.' Listen to the iconic duo riff on everything from mastering Pipeline to the virtues of Yoga, and surfing with Arnold Schwarzenegger.