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Cosmic Apricots: Mason Ho Talks GOAT and Medina Mind Tricks, Buttons v Kusitino, Karmic Surf Laws Sep 13, 2026

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The galactic tube pig and ATS Hall-of-Famer, Mason Ho, joins Smivvy on the mic at the Rip Curl Cup Padang.

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Cosmic Apricots: James Kusitino’s FIRST INTERVIEW! Chopes Pin Drop of the CENTURY, Limitless Style, Cloudbreak SHAMANISM! Sep 12, 2026

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The Fijian Freakshow himself, James Kusitino, joins Smivvy on the mic during the Rip Curl Cup Padang for a wide-ranging interview about his radical yet short surfing journey - from village kid to the toast of world surfing in four short years!

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Blitzed: Stab 100 Showcases Outermost Limits of Parko Dad-Bod Shredding and Dakoda Walters New School Whip-Lash-Sting! Can Steph Gilmore Save Herself At Trestles and Crush Carissa's Title Dreams...Again! Cut Land Approached and World Title Race Heats Up in the Men's Sep 11, 2026

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Brought to you by Stone and Wood Pacific Ale...There are competitive formats coming out the razoo right now with Stab 100 providing one helluva spectacle this week and the Trestles World Tour event serving up one of the most appetising prospects this year. Smivvy and Deadly unpack it all, and more!

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Medina Vs Deadly: Power & Flow War Erupts on Tavi! In or Out: Laird Vs Dorian Chi Debate Rages! Hazza Vs Horan: Surfing’s Great Cosmonauts Can’t Find Middle Ground. And Plenty More… Sep 09, 2026

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Billabong’s Big Time Candy Collection Presents… ATS Reg Ep featuring best friends and room mates Deadly and Medina’s Fiji pissing comp, the Former Masterpiece Defect starring Cous Cous Kusitino, Goat gets put to pasture by Jack Freestone, Bali Dharma Goes to War, and what are the conflicting theories on saving or expelling Chi being championed by Laird Hamilton and Shane Dorian?!!!

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Core Lords: Sumatran Punk Lord and Artist, Denny Noviskar, on the Anniversary of the 2025 Riots, the Healing Power of Punk Rock and Visual Art, Indonesian History, Chronic Corruption, and Policing Indo Lineups, Sep 06, 2026

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Denny Novikar Nasution is a Sumatran-born, Bali-based punk and hardcore musician, and visual artist.

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(RE-RUN) INDONESIAN SURF CULTURE EXTRAVAGANZA! Ft. Indo's First World Champ, Bronson Meydi, Padang Cup Champs, Jazzy and Weston, Uzzy Trioko, Ketut Agus, Kopral and Piter Panjaitan Sep 05, 2026

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ATS Live from Bali General Supply's (BGS) Spiritual Home in Kuta presents an Indonesian Surf Culture Extravaganza ft. Indo's first world champ, Bronson Meydi, Padang Cup's teenage champs, Weston Hirst and Jasmin Studer, WQS and Padma lord, Ketut Agus, Desert Point's Absolute Finest, Usman Trioko, Bingin Hindu underground ripper, Kopral, and Indo's Julian Assange and maxed out philanthropist LORD, Piter Panjaitan.

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Blitzed: Medina Goes MONSTRO in Mondo Cones at Cloudbreak Classssic! Loses with a Perfect Ten To Col 'POWER HOUSH' Houshmand Sep 03, 2026

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A Cloudbreak contest for the ages won by the monolithic San Clemente goofy foot, Col Houshmand, over Medina, despite the Brazilian dropping a freakish perfect ten in the final.

Erin Brooks wins the final on a walk through after Izzy Nichols is unable to surf due to injury.

We recap all the action from the event including the untold injury toll that besieged the tour over the course of a seriously consequential Pacific leg.

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Blitzed: Fiji Send Merchant Spesh! O’Learyzy Brah, Kauli Vaast and Bella Nichols Detonate Pacific as Cloudbreak Roars! Starring Kauli Vaast, Yoyo Hopkins and BOSS HOG. Sep 02, 2026

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Stone & Wood Presents… Blitzed: Pure. Tour. Nerdism. The penultimate day of competition at the Fiji Pro saw a total Nuke Peach Pacific Armageddon with 10 point rides, laceration carnage and send merchants deluxe. Boss Hog and Deadly break down the days action before Deadly sits down with Tahitian Lord of the Cone and Olympic Gold Medalist Kauli Vaast and Portuguese Send Kween Yolanda Hopkins. Hmaaaaad!

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Core Lords: Bali's Original Pro Surfer, KETUT MENDA, on Surfing the Stubbies Pro, Selling Sarongs to Survive in Hawaii, Roots Balinese Culture, Spirituality and the Threat of Over-Development Sep 01, 2026

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Ketut Menda was the first ever Indonesian professional surfer. He travelled to compete in Australia, Hawaii and elsewhere and is a pioneer of surfing in his homeland. Today, he is a devoted father, grandfather and Balinese Hindu.

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Core Lords: Scum Valley's Finest, Matt Ellks, on Dodgy Dealings with Da Hui, Johnny Boy Gomes Destroying His Car, In The Nude (ITN) Boardriders, Early Indo Pilgrimages, Touring with Metallica, and More. Aug 30, 2026

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Matt Ellks is a former pro surfer turned novelist from Bondi Beach, Australia. He is a historian of Southside Surfing and part of the greatest generation of surfers to come out of Bondi - one that included, Chris Brock, Joe Engel, Pauline Menczer, Cheyne Horan, Richard Cram, Bill Powers, among others.

He is the author of four books, which you can find here.

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