Surfer

A Podcast for Shred Heads, Wax Heads, Kooks and Barnies

“It’s just a weird, crude, shambolic shit show where people get to hear these surfing legends peel back their masks and be the core lord degenerate wax heads we all know they are.”

For the past half century, surf entertainment has mostly consisted of magazines, films and, more recently, webcasts. But lately, a handful of surf junkies have ventured into the realm of Joe Rogan and Terry Gross, getting in front of a microphone and some recording equipment to wax on about all things surf. Some have flipped, some have flopped, but Ain’t That Swell—the brainchild of surf writer Jed Smith and former Surfing World editor Vaughan Blakey—has become a cult favorite among a sect of surf-stoked masses dubbed the “Swellians”.

Keeping surf-stoked individuals engaged in the age of unlimited content and nonexistent attention spans can be

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