Late Drop: The Big Wave Podcast
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Billy Kemper
November 16, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBA conversation with the only man to win four championships at Jaws Welcome to Episode Ten of Season Three of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — Stay tuned here for more Late Drop episodes. Professional big-wave surfers are humans of another ilk. And even among that elite group, ...
Late Drop Big Wave Podcast with Keala Kennelly
October 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBThe hard-charging big-wave world champion from Kauai that goes by the name of KK. Presented by http://futuresfins.com “I was pretty much raised by savage wolves,” said 2018 Womens Big Wave World Champion, Keala Kennelly, “But it turned me into a warrior.” Those wolves? Kauai boys. The Irons. The Alexanders. Heavys like that. And warrior, indeed. Unapologetically herself—and a rad one, at that—Keala’s actions have always spoken louder than words. From a successful career on the CT, to brea...
Derek Dunfee
September 14, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThe San Diego big-wave icon and author articulating the realities of head trauma Welcome to Episode Six of Season Three of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — Stay tuned here for more Late Drop episodes. In big-wave surfing — much like normal-wave surfing — the audience usually s...
Dylan Longbottom
August 18, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBThe Aussie big-wave surfer-shaper that’s packed bombs with the best of them. The surfer-shaper is truly a special kind of surfer. They know what works, what doesn’t, and all the nuance in between because they’ve had their paws on every curve and concave of the craft, over and over and over again. But the big-wave surfer shaper? Like Dylan Longbottom? That’s another kind of responsibility. A guy like Dyl—who has packed bombs from Teahupoo to Shippies—he knows the level of quality a board in...
Francisco Porcella
August 04, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBIt ain’t easy on a kid moving over to the North Shore of Maui from the Mainland — let alone another country. Sardinia’s Francisco Porcella, however, is cut from a different cloth. And even though he learned to surf off of a large island in the Mediterranean Sea, the dashing Italian stepped up to the plate very quickly as a teenager on Maui — and joined the league of gentlemen and women at Jaws that led the paddle-in new era. Eventually, after about a decade of working at the big-wave game, F...
Gabriel Villaran
July 28, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBfrom Pico Alto to Puerto Escondido—the Peruvian King holds court… Welcome to Episode XX of Season Three of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — upcoming guests include, XXXX and others. Stay tuned here for more. Being a professional surfer—let alone professional big-wave surfer—is...
Grant Washburn
June 28, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBClass is in session with the Maverick’s Mathematician Welcome to Episode XX of Season Three of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — upcoming guests include, XXXX and others. Stay tuned here for more. It's funny how things are a thing—until they’re simply not. “There’s no such thin...
Carlos Burle
May 25, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBLate Drop Big Wave Podcast with Carlos Burle Brazil’s godfather of big-wave surfing Presented by http://futuresfins.com Throughout the course of history, what were once deemed “absolute truths,” are often no so absolute anymore. Stuff like: The world is flat. How certain peoples don’t have the capacity to vote. An electric car will never have the power of a gas-fueled one. Brazilians aren’t a threat in big waves. Then someone comes along and shatters that entire way of thinking. For that l...
Laurie Towner
May 04, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBIf it’s heaving, you just know Laurie’s gonna go. PRESENTED BY https://futuresfins.com When Billabong sent 19-year-old Laurie Towner to one of the scariest waves on the planet during a massive swell with top-shelf pros Andy Irons and Joel Parkinson in 2006, few expected the Angourie hell boy to actually step up to the plate — much less rule the whole field. While most of the crew spent the day getting towed into terrifying kegs at Shipstern’s Bluff, Laurie casually paddled into the bomb o...
Shane Dorian
April 07, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBWhen the big-wave GOAT speaks — we listen. Jamie Mitchell's Late Drop Big Wave Podcast with Shane Dorian. Season 3 Episode 1 Presented by Futures Fins. Every so often, in certain eras across certain disciplines, an athlete doesn’t just change the way we look at a team — he or she changes the way we look at the sport itself. A little over a decade ago, Shane Dorian did that with big-wave surfing out at Jaws. He raised the bar out there in XXL paddle-surfing, setting a precedent for all othe...
Mikey Redd
March 10, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThere’s a lot of surfers out there trying to live their best version of the movie “North Shore.” Spoiler alert: It ain’t that easy. Getting good waves at places like Pipeline, let alone Jaws, require years of beatdowns, humblings, moments of glory, and respect to pay off. Nobody knows this more than Hawaii Island’s Mikey “Redd” O’Shaughnessy, who, for over a decade, started from the bottom of the pack to become a yearly standout on the North Shore. (He’s won the coveted WOTW, mind you.) Of c...
Mike Parsons
February 03, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBIf they made a Mt. Rushmore of influential Californian big-wave surfers, a couple names would probably come to mind off the bat. Peter Mel. Greg Long. Of course, four spots just isn’t fair, but the footprints of a lean, former pro surfer turned big-wave specialist from Laguna Beach nicknamed Snips loom large, indeed. From pivotal sessions at Todos Santos and Mav’s, to exploring and bagging world records at Cortes Bank, to barrels at Jaws…Snips has seen some things. In the newest episode of t...
Buzzy Kerbox
January 21, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBBack in the ’70s, when a pro surfer would sign a contract for wax, two t-shirts and a surfboard (that was Buzzy’s first sponsorship with Local Motion), pros would do other bizarre feats. One of the original godfathers of big wave tow-surfing, Buzzy Kerbox, for example, took a zodiac out with Laird Hamilton and Darrick Doerner to outer reefs on Oahu…really, just to get away from the crowds. After a more lucrative contract modeling for Ralph Lauren, Buzzy got his kicks while in Europe paddling...
Frank Quirarte
December 29, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBthe vet that just can’t keep out of the danger zone… Welcome to Episode Six of Season Two of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — upcoming guests include, Bob Pearson, Buzzy Kerbox and others. Stay tuned here for more. Speakin’ of Mav’s….Why not drop an episode of Jamie Mitchell ...
Maverick's Swell of the Decade
December 29, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBJamie Mitchell, Pete Mel, Kai Lenny and Twiggy Baker: Mav’s, slabs, outer boils and bean burritos. Call it a debriefing. They’re normally required by military soldiers or spies after a completed mission — and any big-wave surfer surely knows that some sessions can feel like a war zone. That swell of the decade a couple weeks ago at Maverick’s? Yeah, that deserved a debrief. So in this very special episode of the Late Drop, Jamie Mitchell patched in Peter Mel, Kai Lenny and Grant Twiggy Bake...
Kai Lenny
December 01, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBThe thing about Kai Lenny, one of the greatest watermen the world has ever known, is that Kai is unapologetically…Kai. He’ll tell you that he wants catch the biggest wave ever surfed on the planet, and in the same breath, tell you that he’d like to surf Shipstern’s Bluff specifically so he could try a chop-hop down that infamous Shipstern’s step. No shame in Kai’s game. With a first name that literally means “ocean” in Hawaiian, and Waterman as his middle (it’s actually an old German family ...
Nathan Fletcher
November 12, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBIt would be easy to assume that most big-wave surfers have Nazaré-sized egos. And maybe, some very well do. One of the most revered, influential, and unassuming modern big-wave greats named, Nathan Fletcher, however, surely does not. “Out there…you can’t really have your ego up,” says Nathan. “You have to lose your culture, all your history, everything that you bring to the table has to be left on the beach because you’re dealing with you, and the ocean…” Preach. From pretty much giving u...
Conor Maguire, Barry Mottershead and Finn Mullen
November 07, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBLate Drop - The Big Wave Podcast: Jamie Mitchell Interviews Ireland’s Keen Tow Team Conor Maguire surfs, Barry Mottershead drives, Finn Mullen keeps everyone safe. In this latest episode of Late Drop, Jamie Mitchell shines a light on exactly how much hard work, intense preparation, adamantine teamwork, local communication and mental toughness goes into tackling an XXL swell at Mullaghmore — and that’s before you even hit the water — by interviewing the tow team heard around the world: Co...
Tony Moniz
October 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBPapa Moniz drops that local BW knowledge Welcome to episode 2 of season 2 of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast Presented by Futures Fins. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline each week — upcoming guests include Nathan Fletcher, Bob Pearson and others. Stay tuned here for more. Sure, with enough discipline and mental fortitude, you c...
Ross Clarke-Jones
October 09, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBCatching up with the Notorious RCJ Welcome to episode 1 of season 2 of Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline every other week — upcoming guests include Nathan Fletcher, Tony Moniz and others. Stay tuned here for more. Big-wave visionary? Middle-aged grom? Good Time Charlie? Screw loose? For one of th...
Felicity Palmateer
October 07, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBThe Girl Wonder from West Oz Welcome to the 13th installment of the Late Drop – The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline each week — upcoming guests include Ross Clarke-Jones and others. Stay tuned here for more. Five years ago, a young woman from Perth, who was becoming disillusioned with the waves on the wom...
Matt Bromley
September 24, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBIf you’re a big-wave surfer — and, a big-wave surfer from Cape Town, South Africa — it’s not about quantity; it’s about quality. Because, when it takes something, like, 50 hours to get to a place where the swell’s going to flex, be it Jaws, Nias, or Mullaghmore…yeah, you’ve got to be discerning. Precise. Surgical. Meet Cape Town’s Matt Bromley. He’s the guy that shows up on his own after a 3-day flight and bags the wave of the day, chipping in from some lineup spot 10 yards deeper than the p...
Clint Kimmins
August 28, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBCharge…swim…bike…run…repeat. When one’s world gets thrown upside down, often folks play the blame-game, or just plain wallow. Yeah, that’s never been Clint Kimmins’ M.O., the hard-charging grom to follow Mick, Parko and Dingo’s generation on the Gold Coast in the mid-2000’s. A kid who was getting multiple magazine covers from his North Shore exploits, on his way to potentially qualifying…his path was accidentally waylaid. So whattya do when life gives you lemons? Clint made triathlons. Actua...
Peter Mel
August 21, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBBack in the late ‘80s, there was a classic TV commercial running a lot about the anti-balding Hair Club for Men product. The big reveal at the end? The owner goes: “I’m not just the president of Hair Club for Men…I’m a client!” And in an odd way, this reminds us of Santa Cruz, California’s finest: Peter Mel. For some years, Peter Mel was not only the Commissioner of the WSL Big Wave World Tour…he was also a former BWWT world champion, Maverick’s event champion, “The Kill” Generation super-st...
Late Drop - The Big Wave Podcast #9: Jamie Mitchell Hosts Gary Linden
August 14, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBThis is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamiemitcho.substack.com
Nic Lamb
August 03, 2020 20:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBMuch like druids, dervishes, and the secret castes of ancient alchemists…a man from Santa Cruz, California can be hard to pin down. The Fleas and Skindogs and keepers of the Lane often defy reason; are often unknowable. The Westside’s young Nic Lamb, a 2X Punta Galea winner and Mav’s event champion is bred in the same vein, but lucky for us, Jamie Mitchell pulled the stories and tales out of the man like a podcast sorcerer. “At the end of the day I’m just being me,” said Nic. “I’m doing me, ...
Aaron Gold
July 27, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBQuestion: Can you still really be considered “underground” when you’ve won a Guinness Book of World Records record for your efforts? Mmm, maybe if it’s “Smallest Watercolor Painting,” but if it was for “Largest Wave Ever Paddled Into Pe’ahi (Jaws)”…yeah, in the surf world, you’re gonna blast through Ground Zero. Big Island-born, North Shore of Oahu-raised Aaron Gold, actually won that record in 2016 for a 63-foot-tall Jaws drainer. Of course, for anyone in Hawaii, that might not be a surpris...
Jojo Roper
July 17, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBEver done the big wave trifecta? Jojo Roper has. Welcome to the sixth installment of the Late Drop Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline each week — upcoming guests include Brian Keaulana, Peter Mel, Nic Lamb and others. Stay tuned here for more. Groomed on the shallow reef breaks and fickle slabs of La Jolla, San ...
Mark Healey
July 17, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBThe things this man has seen… Welcome to the fifth installment of Late Drop - The Big Wave podcast. The series was created to showcase conversations with some of the best big-wave surfers in the world — hosted by one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. New episodes will drop on Surfline each week — upcoming guests include Aaron Gold, Nic Lamb, Brian Keaulana and others. Stay tuned here for more. When you talk about those rare humans so innately skilled at survival that you could ...
Emi Erickson
July 08, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBSome people say that we are destined to become our parents. Now, whether that’s true—or, not—the North Shore’s Emi Erickson surely is her own, fiercely unique woman…even if she’s inadvertently following the footsteps of her legendary big-wave surfing dad, Roger Erickson. An Eddie invitee (like, pops) and regular standout in Outer Reef lineups across the North Shore, Jamie Mitchell, continue Surfline’s Big Wave Podcast with Emi as his second guest. Buckle up and tune in…Ms. Erickson doesn’t p...
Russell Bierke
July 08, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhen it comes to big-wave surfing, often, that urge isn’t something learned. It’s a hunger that reveals itself early. Take Russell Bierke, for example. Some years back, Kelly Slater was sampling some secret Aussie slab, struggling to figure out its steps and moods. A then-13-year-old Russell Bierke showed up to the session—and instantly had the wave dialed, “putting decades-worth of my experience to shame” as Slater described. Now, a fierce competitor on the Big Wave World Tour—owning it at ...
Rusty Long
July 08, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBWhen it comes to big-wave personalities, there’s certainly all types, but traditionally, these personalities have been, well…big. There’s the “Are you not impressed?” chest beaters. There’s the incorrigible closeout-slab-hunting hellmen (and women). There’s the egomaniacs. The wanna-be Lairds. The actual Laird. And then there’s a rare gem like San Clemente’s Rusty Long. The quiet-type. The epitome of anti-ego. A guy who’s been rushing in extremely heavy water since his teens (often, with yo...
Makua Rothman
July 08, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBOften, they say big wave surfing is a grown man’s game. But there have always been some rarified groms (and gals) that have been like, “Nah” to that sentiment. Big Wave World Tour surfer and zillion-time paddleboard champ, Jamie Mitchell, pops off Surfline’s new "Late Drop Podcast" with his first guest, Makua Rothman, a former Big Wave World Tour champion who shocked the surf world in 2002 when he caught a 66-foot-wave at Jaws…at 18 years of age. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to gro...