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BLITZED: THE BIG CHOPES PREVIEW with 2019 Gath-Wearing Cone Pig Owen Wright! Aug 05, 2025

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Dometic's Ultimate Campfire Season Base Camp Presents... Blitzed: Pure Tour Nerdism Chopes Preview with Owen Wright! (Get your Dometic Gear Here!)

Chopes has been cooking and the forecast looks insane as the CT heads to Tahiti for the final stop of the 2025 Season before WSL Finals Day in September. And who is better qualified to give you the ins and outs of surfing's most treacherous cone than the three-time finalist, two-time 10 point Chopes tube piggery master and 2019 Champion Owen "Bronze Dick Eye" Wright!

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NEW SHOW! At The Movies: Liam O'Brien Talks Pacific Thunder Eggs and Shamanic Tube Technique in his new opus, 'Friction of Perception' Aug 04, 2025

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At the Movies is a new show dedicated to picking apart surfing's best new films and getting the backstories behind the big sessions. In Episode one, we go deep with Liam O'Brien on his new Pacific Thunder Egg Fest, Friction of Perception, which is currently premiering around the world.

It's an absolute orb fest of Mortal Conequence. The backstories are insane. As are LOB's insights into the mad, mad shit he watched locals doing at Chopes, Cloudbreak, Pipe and elsewhere.

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Core Lords: 1977 World Champ, Tribal Elder, OG Vortex Shaman Shaun Tomson Jul 31, 2025

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UP! The bank that's got young Aussies backs presents...One of the greatest surfers to have ever lived, South Africa's Shaun Tomson. Former world champ, pioneering vortex shaman, bastion of resilience, longevity, wisdom and high performance surfing insights.

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Choon: Donnie Frankenreiter on Jamming with Curren & Occy, Soul Archin' in Video Games, and 10 Point Cones on the Q! Jul 29, 2025

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Childe Eyewear (Sign Up Now) & Love Police Presents... CHOON with Donnie Frankenreiter.

The Soul-Arching Single Fin-Shredding Rock & Roll Groove Lord is heading back down under for his first Australian tour in nearly a decade and Deadly caught up with him to talk Drive Thru, Video Games, Jamming with Occy and Curren and 10 Point rides on the Q!

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21 – THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST, QLD

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22 – MIAMI MARKETTA, GOLD COAST, QLD

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23 – TANKS ARTS CENTRE, CAIRNS, QLD

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25 – CROWBAR, BRISBANE, QLD

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27 – AVALON RSL, AVALON, NSW

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28 – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY, NSW

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29 - THIRROUL MUSIC FESTIVAL, THIRROUL, NSW

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30 - QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL, QUEENSCLIFF, VIC

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DECEMBER

2 – THE CROXTON, MELBOURNE, VIC

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Kooks Outlawed! Banchongs Brushed! Bingin Destroyed! Thank Hughie for ATS! Jul 28, 2025

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Billabong Presents... An ATS Regular Ep: Smiv and Deadly tee off on the current state of surf culture including the Bingin Demo job, kooks being banned from Cloud 9, and not a single Banchong in the Lady Boy division at Stab High! But there's also plenty to be frothing about including a heap of World Class surf flicks, the winners of the Blitzed Fanasy League, Ask us a Question and more!

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System Failure: Natural Disaster Unfolding as South Oz Toxic Algae Bloom Wreaks Devestation Jul 26, 2025

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South Oz is copping the full impact of a monstro natural disaster with a toxic algal bloom devastating local marine life and making the line-up uninhabitable for local surfers. So what's causing this and how do we stop it? Smivvy lifts the lid on yet another mind melting stitch up.

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System Failure: Bingin Shredder, Kopral, and the First Man To Surf Ulus, Steve Cooney, on the Desecration of Bingin, Bali and Surf Culture Jul 24, 2025

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As the bulldozers move in to destroy one of the most sacred and storied surf communities in the world at Bingin, we catch up with local ripper, Kopral, for an eyewitness report of what went down and how he feels about the future of both Balinese culture and surf culture.

We also speak with the first man to ever surf Uluwatu, Morning of the Earth star, Steve Cooney, for his reflections on the changes that have unfolded since he first set foot on the island in 1971, who is to blame, and what, if anything, can be done, to turn back the tide.

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BLITZED: Connor O'Leary on THAT Perfect Ten, The Power of Intention and the Greatest Backside Blast-A-Thon J Bay Has Ever Seen Jul 23, 2025

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Brought to you by the JS Industries BIG HORSE...The biggest, baddest, backside powerhouse on the planet , Connor O'Leary, joins The Swellians to relive his first ever World Tour victory at all-time J Bay and explain how he produced the best backside surfing the wave has ever seen.

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Blitzed: Big Juicy Peaches O'Learyzy Brah Detonates All-Time J-Bay in Comp for the Ages! Jul 19, 2025

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The JS Big Horse Presents... Blitzed: Pure.Tour. Nerdism.

Smiv and Deadly break down all the action from a throbbing finals day at J-Bay including Connor O'Learyzy Brah's famous backside demo job on the world's most iconic right point. Get that well and truly up yas!

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Core Lords: Skits SoCal Localism, Gospel of Greenough, Rasta Cone Clinics, and Inside Giorgio Armani's Italy w/ Chris Del Moro Jul 18, 2025

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UP! The bank that's got young Aussies backs presents...Chris Del Moro is a former-professional surfer from Southern California who works as the creative director of Drifter in Bali. He's a close friend of Dave Rastavich, environmentalist and sought after artist, who split his time between Giorgio Armani's inner-sanctum in Italy as a kid and the mean streets of San Pedro, Palos Verde and Los Angeles in the US.

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