The Insiders' Podcast
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.
The Insiders' Podcast
La Nord + Pipe + The Best Wave Caught By An Englishman In Hawaii?!
Episode 128 - La Nord + Pipe + The Best Wave Caught By An Englishman In Hawaii?!
A jam packed episode. The WSL is BACK with a bang in the end, Rip Curl's La Nord Challenge runs and Darren caught a BOMB and talking about catching life changing waves, we chat about the wave Lukas Skinner caught at Off The Wall on the same day 10's where dropping at Pipe.
Without giving away too much, we are frothing to have some real waves to talk about.
Who are the stand out performers in Hawaii, in and out of a jersey. How did the commentary do? What was Red Bull's alt cast all about and more, we cover it all!
Along with this, we speak and give live reaction from Darren when seeing Lukas Skinner's wave of a lifetime, if you haven't seen it check it out!
Lastly, Darren gives the inside scoop from the competitors angle when taking part in the La Nord challenge, which he did and scored!
Another banging episode for you!
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