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Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge

Luke’s Lounge, built and sustained by Riptide Media, aims to sit down and talks all things bodyboarding.With everyone from famous industry heavy-hitters, the Pro"s you know and the average crew who"s making a local boog flick with their mates. Hosted by Cronulla"s Luke O"Connor, This is Lukes Lounge, ladies and gentlemen.

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep40 Sam Thomas

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2023/05/29

Tasmanian’s Sam Thomas slides onto Luke’s Lounge for episode 40 of the poddy and it does not disappoint ladies and gentlemen.Diving deep into what it means to make a parody of a great old Australian beer commercial, to maximising day light hours for deep southern ocean swells in the depths of winter, Sam modestly demonstrates what a creative, cool and calm cat he truly is through stories long and short. As there were some ironic technical difficulties through out the poddy, mostly operator error, it

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep39 Dave Goodrich

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2023/05/22

In this episode Luke sits down with one of California’s wildest OG’s, David Goodrich, who really lays it on thick when it comes to his journey through the bodyboarding world so far.Being the proud co-owner of Alternative Surf Shop in Seal Beach and someone who has deep embedded ties to the drop knee element of the sport he provides refreshing commentary on his current perspectives of the sport.Touching on the current American Boog scene, referencing generations gone by, how to stay relevant in the

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge -Damian King Bwalls...

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2023/05/15

As the Port Macquarie break wall saga continues to make waves through the NSW’s mid North Coast region it’s only fitting to hear from the man who is truly front and centre in regards to bringing the fight n grit right back to the State “Grubberment” on this contentious development project.With Kingy generously giving up his time for a second update in just over three months on the unfolding events surrounding the Breakwall upgrade, this poddy recaps the project timeline, how it’s divided the

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep38 Nick Meseritz

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2023/05/02

With over thirty years experience in the bodyboarding industry, shaping boards in various continents around the world and for some of the best to ever do it there’s so much to unpack in this Luke’s Lounge episode featuring the great and powerful Nick Meseritz.After touching base at this years NMD pool party and speaking briefly it became apparent that Nick and Luke needed to sit down for a long form conversation to decode the celebrated shapers career and to relive those finer details that had been

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep37 Bego Martinez

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2023/04/19

In this episode Luke sits down with the lead señorita of the IBC commentary team, Begoña Martinez, to talk all things booging from the highest level of competitive booging the world has to offer. Reliving her journey through commentating, brand development, long term relationships and making it through covid were just a few topics that were covered during this in-depth conversation.With incredible success occurring during the 2022 IBC calendar and with 2023 gearing up to be even bigger and more jam

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep36 Andy Lester

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2023/04/04

With Luke hailing from the hobbit infested Shire in Sydney’s South, there’s no prizes for guessing why this episodes guest was right up there on the list of people he’s badly wanted to strike up a convo with for a very long time. With pocket booging hotter than a Californian ghost pepper, more poise in the barrel than Madonna after she had her bosom’s exposed at the Super Bowl and that classical blonde milky bar kid appearance that made him so marketable during peak booging as he sat on the

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep35 Benny Oborne

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2023/03/28

When grass roots Australian bodyboarding is spoken about anywhere at anytime, Benny Oborne’s name is sure to accompany that convo as his services to the sport over the last decade have been second to none.Sitting down with Ben on the lounge, Luke discusses Ben’s involvement with the ABA, his time managing the BSC boog team and how he views the current competitive scene in Australia and what needs to be added to spice it up to its great heights once again.With a true passion for competitive sport and

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep34 Michael Ostler

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2023/03/15

When you’re willing to sleep on the beach at pipe for 6 weeks straight due to accom falling through and you’ve owned and operated a bodyboarding company for the last decade your a real candidate to take a seat on Luke’s Lounge, and that’s exactly what unfolded.Pulling up a chair with Michael Ostler in his recently rented retail shop on the Main Street of Caringbah was seriously over due and an absolute time of it was had between the two as they physically sat across from one another chewing the fat

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep33 Power Couple,...

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2023/03/06

When you think of bodyboarding couples in the sport a few come to mind, but none exude the same energy, passion and stoke towards the game as much as Ayaka and Mack!Residing on the island of Oahu, in the famous Hawaiian archipelago, these two legends live to boogie and simply just want to chase their dreams.They join Luke on the lounge to talk about Ayaka’s new all natural sun protection range, how Mack can literally ride almost anything in the ocean and how the competitive landscape of world tour

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56:33

Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep32 Cali Crew,...

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2023/02/20

Episode 32 marks the first ever video pod produced on Luke’s Lounge and we didn’t miss ya’s with the two top notch legends we had on as guests either.Filmed, cut and pretty much spawned by the multifaceted Jamie Rose of California over in the States, Luke gets to digitally spin a few yarns with Tanner McDaniel and Craig Whetter, whom both hold resumes that need no reflection.They cover the crippling and ever tragic death of Evan McMillenn, how to scale Hawaiian swells in feet against the rest of the

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep31 Pam Bowren

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2023/02/14

In this episode Luke receives the privilege of sitting down with the only female bodyboarder to ever be given an invite into the heralded Tand Invitational on the rugged West coast of South Africa. Riding for Hand Picked Bodyboards, hailing from Port Elizabeth and packing more punch in the competitive scene than a cornered Spring Bok on heat, please let us introduce Pam Bowren. Pam and Luke talk all things travel, how Pam’s bodyboarding journey started and how the landscape currently sits for a

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep30 Jack Dobinson

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2023/02/07

With years of experience immersed in the bodyboarding world, Jack Dobson is a self confessed boog tragic who spends any, and all of his free time planking on the foam.With masterpieces such as “Chicks” and “Outrageous Behaviour” already out there in the digital ether for all to consume, plus with the pending release of his new film eerily tilted “Goodbye”, Dobbo lives and breathes bodyboarding on a daily basis.Sitting down with Luke they touch on many past and present industry topics, focusing in on

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Breaking News - Damian King and a Town at War

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2023/02/03

STOP THE PRESS - Port Macquarie’s unofficial mayor and the people’s champion, Damien King, lends Luke 30 mins of his time to explain the current redevelopment plan for the famous Town Beach Breakwall and how the elected state government officials are trying to force it down the local communities throat whilst ignoring the professional advice from the third parties who were employed to survey and report on the structures stability and longevity.This intense discussion covers the origin of the

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep29 Tyge Landa

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2023/01/30

When you sit down with an individual who proudly holds the name of Tyge Landa Richardson Plasto, you know you’re in for a good chat.In this episode Luke sits down with one of the industry’s brightest creative minds to strip back what aspects of the sport continually drive the man, preferably referred to as Tyge, forward in his pursuit to contribute in a visual sense to his beloved ocean community.Being a major contributor to the sport in many ways, most notably through the films Relocation, Beneath,

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep28 Elliot Williams

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2023/01/24

With the podcast entering into a new year who better to chat to than one of the Co-CEO’s of Riptide Media itself, Elliot Williams.We chat about the purchase and new beginnings of the second oldest surf culture rag in the world, Riptide. We also delve deep into the future of the organisation moving forward, how to boog dreamy summer peaks and how not to hit the sauce after plus the launch of the ever growing digital library of boog flicks over on the webby.Enjoy the humble beginnings to big things

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep27 Dane Woods

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2022/12/07

There was a couple of interruptions and intermissions in this episode, we've decideed to leave it raw because it's just classic woodsy.With colloquialism being his first language of choice, Dane Woods knows how to call a spade a spade when the big moments come a knocking. He gives a moment of his time up for a conversation with Luke about scoring $20 headphones from office works, how booging with Harry n Noz is pushing boundaries and how growing up in quaint Stanwell Park was the making of him

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep26 Jared Houston

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2022/11/30

Boog lord Jared Houston perches up on the digital airwaves of Luke’s lounge to chew the good word and talk all things booging. With Hurricane season coming to a close and plenty of bodyboard camps running back to back Jerry explains the Puerto Rican way of life, how Orcas now rule in his place of origin and how wild it is to win 2 x world titles. #hesafuckingchampion

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep25 Aaron Trevis -...

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2022/11/22

With wave pools shaping the next generation of bodyboarders period, it’s only fitting Aaron, the CEO & founder of Surf Lakes, sat down with Luke on the lounge to talk about the future. Covering robust wave pool design features, prototypes turning into actual pools and how Aaron’s recently joined the Gold Coast Bodyboard club this poddy has all your wave pool needs covered.

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep24 Mitch Rawlins

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2022/11/13

Pardon the interruption...The gravy train keeps rolling on through the Riptide station with Mitch Rawlins stopping by for a well overdue yarn on Luke’s Lounge. With new tour wave locations spoken about, we visit Mitch’s Gold Coast humble upbringings and how one of the GOATS of the sport featured on two print magazine front covers at the same time. Throw heaving WA slabs and a few board material discussions in the mix and you have a fan-fucking-tastic conversation, enjoy good people of the boog

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Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge - Ep23 Nicholas De Graff

Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge ·

2022/11/09

With head noise affecting everyone in some way shape or form during their days on this planet, it’s important to know how to employ the correct techniques and management strategies to mitigate the down days. In steps Nicholas De Graaf, a Western Australian booga, chippy, skateboarder and a mental health life coach who has over come his own steep challenges to be here today. Luke picks Nic’s brain on his M.A.W.S foundation, crazy injuries at Rotto Box and why loud hotted up cars are not his go.

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