The Grit! with Chas Smith

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198 - The Grit! January 5, 2023 Jan 06, 2023

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A tragic start to 2023 as Nazare claims its first casualty and one of actions sports' culture shifters meets an entirely unlikely end. David and Chas assess the toll, struggle to process, and attempt to reconcile the reality of how close we all live near the edge of existence. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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197 - The Grit! December 29, 2022 Dec 29, 2022

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Sending off 2022, David and Chas recap the top stories of the year, make predictions for 2023, celebrate the latest (and biggest yet) celebrity/surf coupling, question why the average surfer's ability level has degraded in the past decade, reaffirm why Hawai'i will always reign supreme, and identify how Jamie O'Brien's dadbod is the ideal waterman physique. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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196 - The Grit! December 23, 2022 Dec 23, 2022

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In today's show Chas and David discuss why they miss quarantine, survey the most terribly brilliant business moves of 2022, determine surfing's most egregious Nepo Baby, predict Riss and Steph's niceness will end their career against the new crop, and explain how exploiting runaways to make millions might just be bad for society. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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195 - The Grit! December 16, 2022 Dec 16, 2022

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In today's show David and Chas discuss the disturbing degradation of American youth as it relates to burgeoning pro surfers, musical preferences, general intelligence, and respect for fellow man via WSL rankings, the VALogger who nearly decapitated Makana Pang, and their wives obsession with Taylor Swift. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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194 - The Grit! December 9, 2022 Dec 09, 2022

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In today's show Chas and David dig into the story behind why all the male CT surfers have withdrawn from the Pipe Masters and how 2022 has become the year of the novelty contest, the troubles at VF Corp, how surfing has influenced the greatest show on television, how the world greatest surfer influenced the world's most expensive smoothie, and why you should abstain from sex until marriage. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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193 - The Grit! December 1, 2022 Dec 01, 2022

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In today's show Chas and David investigate why skateboarding's heroes share so many more skeletons than pro surfers, how Stab has built a biz transcribing Thrasher, the unlikely reconnection between Quik and Dane, why the WSL won't drug test their athletes, and the utter futility of trying to execute a dry hair session. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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192 - Thanksgiving Grit! Nov 24, 2022

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Feast yourself on a holiday episode of The Grit! Chas and David shirk family obligations just to tell you about how Jonah Hill's new documentary has radically changed their lives, how Pretty Privilege left the surf world when Julian Wilson retired, how Laird Hamilton contributed to Lupita Nyong'o's physique, and why 2023's Oscar for Best Picture very likely will be a surf film. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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191 - The Grit! November 18, 2022 Nov 18, 2022

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In today's episode David and Chas identify and pay homage to the surf world's most inventive, prolific, and entirely unsung creative geniuses, and then discuss the inverse Karma of their employers holiday blood letting, how the sport of kings has been denigrated into the sport of clowns and how it's directly related to one of the world's largest surfboard manufacturers flooding the market with heavily discounted boards. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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190 - The Grit! November 11, 2022 Nov 11, 2022

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In today's gargantuan show David and Chas discuss the implosion of Netflix's bid to buy the WSL, the aching nostalgia casued by Griff's recent job change, Laird's gentlemanly rebuff of David's advance, and why objectifying beautiful people is the road to finding out what's on their insides. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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189 - The Grit! November 4, 2022 Nov 04, 2022

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In today's show Chas and David confront an existential revolt from within their own audience! They then weigh the thrills and dangers of high jumps, riding motorbikes, assess why surfers love sketching landings, and design a plan for how dawn patroler's can perfectly time their morning constitutional. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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