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David Lee Scales

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01:16:52

251 - The Grit! January 19, 2024

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2024/01/19

It's happened, Carissa Moore announced her retirement from the WSL. David and Chas unpack her dignified exit and the repercussions before celebrating RFK Jr's surf session with Kelly, Billy's Da Hui win, and identifying why Cole Houshmand is destined to fill Slater's shoes in 2024. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

01:23:38

495 - Kian Egan: Westlife

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2024/01/17

Westlife’s Kian Egan joins us to discuss teenaged, rapid rise to pop music stardom, how discovering surfing allowed him reconnect with his core values, why taking time off stimulates growth, and how a once boy-band is still expanding their popularity and depth into their man-band years. Enjoy!

55:16

340 - Spit! January 16, 2024

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2024/01/17

In today’s show David and Scott try to get to the bottom of the reasons behind and the repercussions of surfing abandoning the youth and the rebellious spirit. They also find Kelly recuperating from surgery, Eimeo’s career perhaps cut short, and Kolohe’s finding a whole new chapter. Enjoy!

57:15

085 - Cyrus Sutton

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2024/01/15

Cyrus Sutton Story teller. Eco Entrepreneur? Super smooth goofy foot surfer originally from Orange County, now living in the pacific Northwest; Old soul. Young heart. Deep thinker.

01:22:59

339 - Spit! January 12, 2024

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2024/01/12

In today's show Scott reveals Bob McTavish (!) as the Icons of Foam honoree for 2024 and delivers reporting back from Surf Expo, while David draws attention to Operation Moby Dick in Rhode Island, then they wonder where Kelly went, question why Gabe's being so maligned by Stab, and question what insiders know about 2024's CT Rookie Of The Year. Enjoy!

01:26:54

494 - Darieus Legg: Stoker Machine

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2024/01/12

In today’s episode filmmaker Darieus Legg extolls the virtues and perils of being raised on a sailboat, explains how valuing external validation is a zero sum game, recounts why creative expression can buoy depression, and shares how his simply pursuit to tell the story of a used surfboard unraveled his life’s calling. Enjoy!

01:50:52

250 - The Grit! January 10, 2024

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2024/01/10

In today's show gargantuan show Chas reveals why grom abuse only hurts the abuser, David discovers the origin of Kelly's turtle obsession, the boys quantify the precise amount of time required to become a local, and ELO's poo poo touch reaches from the unemployment line to continue to dismantle surf biz. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

01:49:07

249 - The Grit! January 5, 2024

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2024/01/05

In today’s show David and Chas finally uncover Kelly’s predestined metamorphosis, surfing’s preeminent absurdist Vlogger hits his artistic zenith, Coco designs the blueprint for new partner paradigms, and the boys reveal while role play in the bedroom never achieves one’s forecasted fantasy. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

01:21:23

492 - Eden Saul: Dead Kooks

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2024/01/04

In today’s show Eden Saul joins us to explain why the mat is the most dynamic surf craft, how he planted Dead Kooks seeds globally for free while gleaning knowledge from the best builders, how increasing production decreased his business growth, and why he’s committed to purchasing other shaper’s surfboards. Enjoy!

01:15:34

338 - Spit! January 3, 2024

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2024/01/04

In our first episode of 2024, surfed-out Scott and David discuss the Best Swell Ever (?!) to light up California's coast, the mass exodus of pros fleeing lifelong sponsors, the Pipeline pioneer who could use your acknowledgement, and the recount the single best waves surfed in 2023. Plus Dukes and Kooks! Enjoy!

01:12:45

248 - The Grit! December 29, 2023

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2023/12/29

In the final show of the year, Chas and David share the surprising story of how surfing has helped get guns off the street, Filipe Toledo’s secretly crafted narrative of fear, why the WSL’s CEO vacancy accidentally reveals their true mission, and Drummer Dave joins us from the great beyond to sign off the year. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

01:37:00

491 - Drew Kampion

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2023/12/28

In an apple orchard, on an island thirty miles north of Seattle, eight years removed from his last surf is where I found Drew Kampion. Author of six books, countless surf articles, and perhaps the main person responsible for surfing’s mischievous, irreverent presentation, Kampion reflects on his early years at Surfer, analyzes current surf media, and tells about the first time he got John Severson high. Enjoy!

01:09:35

337 - Spit! December 28, 2023

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2023/12/28

In today's show David and Scott assess the massive swell that's hitting their coastline in real time, then reflect and project on 2023 and 2024; best moment in surfing, best news event, best podcast moment, best surfing, predictions for 2024 and more. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

01:25:05

247 - The Grit! December 22, 2023

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2023/12/22

In today's show, the boys send a Christmas miracle to Baja, pro forma Tom Lochtefeld's latest endeavor, a disgraced YouTuber ventures back to the North Shore he defiled, Fast Eddie disappears amidst cancel culture controversy, and Chas preps for his greatest performance yet, The Nutcracker. Plus Barrel or Nah?!

01:22:32

490 - Kai Neville

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2023/12/21

Era defining filmmaker Kai Neville joins us to discuss why the visual style he is known for is not his own, how Bruce Irons is to blame for the best clip he’s ever missed, and how independent film helps foster the most creative and progressive expressions of surfing. Enjoy!

01:07:18

336 - Spit! December 20, 2023

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2023/12/20

In today’s show Scott and David marvel at the frigid, world-class, mega surf that detonated on Jersey’s shores, reveal the new plans for the Teahupo’o tower, gossip about Carissa’s potential departure from the WSL, and look to competitive climbing to pontificate about how wave pools will influence professional competitive surfing. Plus Dukes and Kooks! Enjoy!

01:27:20

246 - The Grit! December 15, 2023

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2023/12/15

In today's episode Chas enters the Vlogosphere and makes his case for the death of the Pipe Masters while David stays sycophantic, Surfer Mag dives headlong into click-bait, PSCC sends a lusty siren call, a listener narrowly escapes death in Waco, and the boys explain why breaking a friend's board is never a faux-pas. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

56:27

335 - Spit! December 14, 2023

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2023/12/14

In today's show David and Scott unpack the VANS Pipe Masters; the perfect 30, the historic flashpoint for XX chromosomed surfers, destiny fulfilled, and then they celebrate the most versatile, fun, and fairly priced wave pool opening a mere 2 hour drive from coastal Southern California. Plus Dukes, Kooks, and more! Enjoy!

01:25:26

489 - Brenden Margieson

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2023/12/14

Genre defining pro freesurfer of the 90s, Margo, joins us to discuss ushering pro surfing from cottage to corporate, humility gleaned while working as a baggage handler, how a passion for bird watching led to his greatest work, and what sparked the revival in his surf career at age 50. Enjoy!

01:43:10

245 - The Grit! December 8, 2023

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2023/12/09

In today’s show Chas and David celebrate Carissa Moore’s public appreciation of BeachGrit, uncover the hidden agenda behind Tahiti’s Teahupo’o Tower, question the WSL’s silence about their fallen #4 and reveal their attempt to silence Mason Ho, the finally unveil their plans to become faith healers. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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