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Welcome to The Insiders. Join Darren Broadbridge and Matt Hayes in 'The Insiders,' a podcast that takes a candid look at the world of surfing. With their years of experience in the industry, Darren and Matt provide insider knowledge and expertise on everything from foam, liters, fin setups, shapes, and more. They've seen the industry from the inside and continue to watch it from the outside, sharing their perspectives on surfing's relentless sport, passion, fashion, art form, waste of time, life wasting, joy-giving, core-charging activity. Tune in for their best tips and tricks to help stoke your fire and keep the passion alive. With 'The Insiders,' you'll get an exclusive look at the world of surfing from a couple of frothers who won't let the fire go out!
About us: Darren unpacked trucks for Quiksilver in the heyday then moved to the dream: Managing a surfboard factory with a motley crew of the worlds best shapers. Then seeing the surf tourism industry booming he jumped ship: Just intime for the Pandemic, proving to himselfonce again, you just can't see into the future Somewhere in the last ten years while he was doing his best to sell surfboards for Euroglass to the biggest mover of fibreglass in Europe, Boardshop. Matt picked up the phone. Matt has sold more surfboards than you have had hot dinners (Self-diagnoses surf nerd and board freak). We talked foam. Litres. Fin Setups. Shapes. Futures. FCS. FCS2. Fixed. Finless. Boardless. Aimless. The full circle. And we still are talking this: We stopped working together: But we never stopping talking surf together.
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Episode 162 - World Champ Special - The Return Of Kings & Queens. Guess who's back... Not 1, but 4 world champs in 4 days. Yes I think the WSL done that on purpose but we all loved it! What do we think this means for the 2026 tour? Is it lining up to be one of the best ever. A new school movement against a proper old guard. The froth is already starting to build and we have MONTHS to wait. What do you think of the four surfers returning? Do you think they will still be on top ...
Episode 161 - An Honest Review Of Lost Shore Wave Pool + More! Ever driven 10 hours for waves? Ever done it knowing the waves are happening no matter the forecast? Well Matt has now. Matt & a crew drove from Newquay to Edinburgh for guaranteed waves. Here the thoughts on the trip to Lost Shore and how it went. Along with this, we have episode two of STAB's Electric Acid Surfboard Test with Mikey Feb to discuss, have you seen it yet? We also talk general surf talk and more!&nbs...
Episode 160 - Ryan Burch Masterclass + Can You Watch To Much Surf Content?! New episode, a classic, where we talk about some of the best new clips and edits that are dropping online as well as the latest insider news and our surf mishaps too! Ever picked up the wrong board and found out at the beach? Yes, we have and we talk about it. We also dissect the amazing YouTube clip for Ryan Burch, where he tests and rides multiple of his incredible shapes and gives instant feedback...
Episode 159 - WHAT THE F**K JUST HAPPENED?! Wow. With no WSL Championship tour we were worried the surf world might feel a bit sleepy but that is not the case! In this episode we have a lot to talk about! At the time of recording the CRAZY incident that went down at the GB Cup had just happened so we had to discuss this with the information we had available! Along with this, we review the hotly anticipated Stab EAST with Mikey Feb, and we are a little underwhelmed but finger...
Episode 158 - Back With A Bang. News On Slater, Stab & More! We had a couple of weeks off, visiting the Quiksilver Festival, surfing a lot and in Darren's case, working like a mad man! This doesn't mean we have been missing out on anything at all! Did you catch the Stab In The Dark teaser that was live for half a day? Have you copped some of the Stab High madness? JJF dropping the surfing of the year, Tosh Tudor releasing another mental edit and more! Tune in to hear about ins...
Episode 157 - Another Special Guest - What Is It Like Working With The Florence Brothers?! Here we have it, we are joined by Ned Hart and what a guy he is! Do you want to hear what it is like to surf Shipstern's Bluff or Molly's in Ireland? Ned talks us through his beat downs and best barrels. We also chat about what it Is like to work with the Florence Brothers, Pyzel and how Monster supports Ned's vision too! You can also hear us chat about Ned's future plans and much more too!&...
Episode 156 - Special Guest - Don't Call It A Comeback, Or Do? We are stoked to bring you our recent chat with the legend that is Jayce Robinson. After recently setting Instagram into a spin by announcing a "comeback" to chasing waves and swells, we had to get Jayce on for a chat and this is one of our favourites. Without an agenda, this is a casual chat about almost EVERYTHING with Jayce. We take waves, surfboards, social media, houses, business and more! Tune in and ...
Episode 155 - Did Fiji Flop? Our Honest Review Of The WSL Finals Day. What did you think of the WSL Finals day at Fiji? Overhyped? Better than before? Glad to see it gone, you tell us... and we will tell you. Listen in and hear our thoughts on the build up, hype, commentators, the waves, the surfers and more! We review the day alongside the final 5's years in general. Molly was clearly surfer of the year, but who let us down. A surfer called Spursy, can you guess who? ...
Episode 154 - Fiji Final Five & Storm Erin Special. The WSL Finals are upon us, we are praying Fiji lights up and we get an epic showdown to end this Final 5 chapter of the WSL. All eyes on Cloudbreak or maybe Restaurants? (Inside Info) for the final's day. Who will take it out? Will the world number one's hold on? Is Jack Robbo going to go full Sharman again and win from the first heat all the way through? We make our predictions, heat by heat and we do not agree on the resul...
Episode 153 - What To Watch?! - A Special Edit! It may feel like a lot of the talk around the surf world right now is about Tahiti and Chopes, but there is a very good reason. Yes the WSL where just in town, but more so, two back to back mental swells and these swells where captured best by the genius that is Tim Bonython and his Swell Chasers. Released in a two part edit called Liquid Thunder, Tim show cases some of the worlds best taking on Teahupoo at its more beautiful ...
Episode 152 - Chopes Chat - Our Instant Review On The Final WSL Stop Before Fiji. What an event, wow. Pumping waves, big barrels, some dog moves and movement in the top 5 before Fiji. Tune in for our thoughts on the judging, how well a 12 year old handled herself, bold claims on who will be world champ and more! This is our fast, flash initial thoughts the morning after the event the night before. How good were Molly & Caity? Erin and Vahine also looked super strong in t...
Episode 151 - T-AH-HO-PU-OO - A Flash Episode Our Predictions & Preview Its pumping, we are a day or two late in publishing this because its pumping in Europe as well as Tahiti so you can not blame us, but we still have the end of the party to be excited for! During round 1 we spoke, gave our predictions on who will take out the event and what we think the waves will be like for the rest of the time too. Breaking down what we think will happen, if Filipe will paddle over the l...
Episode 150 - Mason Ho, Move Over! There's A New Froth Lord In Town - SPECIAL GUEST If you think Mason Ho froth's out, you need to meet Robbie, our Special Guest for this episode. A human ray of sunshine and an all round core lord! Robbie caught my eye when I saw his videos translating normal surf items from Spanish to English and even to Aussie! I wanted to know more about this guy so set up a chat! Robbie is a "local hero" for Rip Curl thanks to Pablo Gutierrez (who is a ungroun...
Episode 149 - SPECIAL GUEST - The Man Responsible For The Best Edit In Years. You heard that right, this edit is a MUST see, what edit you ask? Friction Of Perception by Liam O'Brien. We are stoked and super lucky to have the chance to share a yarn with Liam. Darren held a chat and spoke a lot about this edit. The speed, style, waves and reckless abandon all adds up to what we are calling this best edit in years. If Ethan dropped this edit, it would be spoken about non stop. ...
Episode 148 - We Told You So! Review Of The Best Comp This Year, J-Bay! How good was that! Pumping J-Bay, world class surfing, unexpected winners, people melting and more! J-Bay delivered like it always does. Did we expect and predict a regular foot take over, yes... Did the goofy foots (men) go mad? Yes... was it amazing to watch, for sure! From Yago's early 9+ scores for rail work with insanely difficult airs to end, to Connor going huge on finals day, the goofy foots really too...
Episode 147 - The Best Comp Of The Year Is BACK! Our J-Bay Preview Missing from last year, our favourite event of the year is back. If anyone ever wants to send us there to do on the ground reporting and commentary we are willing and happy to do so! For now we will stick to our podcast from home. In this episode we discuss previous stand out performances from the likes of Matt Wilko and Julian Wilson, along with who we think will make moves this year! Darren gives us a forecast up...
Episode 146 - An Insiders Current Affairs Report - What Is Going On! We cover all the key events and give our opinion on some craziness and more! Want to hear what we thought about the French free surfers pushing the German surfer in the competition, or our opinion on the WSL event at Rio... we discuss. We also have a chat about the two HUGE airs that recently went down at the Swatch nines event, where Matt Meola and Hughie Vaughan boosted crazy airs. Following this, we talk...
Episode 145 - HUGE SPECIAL GUEST - We are joined by head shaper of XOCOCO. Avalon Starick This is an episode you CANT miss. We are joined by Avalon Starick, the genius behind xococo surfboards. Having the chance to speak with Avalon was an honour. We talk about her early days in the surf industry, how she managed to forge out an opportunity to shape, who helped her and gave her a chance and then how that has led to being the lead shaper for the rapidly growing and extremely exciting bra...
Episode 144 - Special Guest - The Reason You Know About Liquid Death Is This Guy. When Matt had the surprise chance to sit down and chat surfing and action sports industry with Oli Russel-Cowan, he had to jump at the opportunity. Oli is a titan in the Brand building, event hosting, marketing genius that has led global brands and products to heights that can't be second guessed. In his time working in publications and events, Oli got exposure to the action sports world, athletes and the ...
Episode 143 - Lowers Stands Up! Was That The Event Of The Season So Far? Who knew that the final 5 at Trestles wasn't just bad for the athletes but for the venue too? Having a longer event allowed Lowers to really show why EVERYONE loves that wave. Listen in to us talking about where this leaves everyone in the race to Cloudbreak and the final five, along with our waves of the event, competition highlights and our thoughts on everything and everything that went on at this WSL even...
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