Wavepool Maestro Xavier Huxtable joins Smivvy for a chat about Conquering the first Concrete Jungle Surf Comp at URBNSURF! hmmmmaaadddd. 

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Wavepool Maestro Xavier Huxtable joins Smivvy for a chat about Conquering the first Concrete Jungle Surf Comp at URBNSURF! hmmmmaaadddd. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Blitzed: Xavier Huxtable

Today’s guest is the iconoclastic Aussie filmmaker Kai Neville, who you may not know, hails from South Australia originally. He spent his early years down there where he was raised by a passionate surfer of a dad, who tragically lost his leg in a car crash on his way home from a surf trip east of Adelaide. It didn’t stop him though, the hellman that he is, eventually moving the family to the Sunny Coast so he could longboard the more forgiving point breaks of the Noosa region. And this is where Kai’s surfing journey really gets going - a journey that has produced a handful of the greatest surf films of the modern era.

Today&rsquo;s guest is the iconoclastic Aussie filmmaker Kai Neville, who you may not know, hails from South Australia originally. He spent his early years down there where he was raised by a passionate surfer of a dad, who tragically lost his leg in a car crash on his way home from a surf trip east of Adelaide. It didn&rsquo;t stop him though, the hellman that he is, eventually moving the family to the Sunny Coast so he could longboard the more forgiving point breaks of the Noosa region. And this is where Kai&rsquo;s surfing journey really gets going - a journey that has produced a handful of the greatest surf films of the modern era.

BEST OF 2025! Crust: Kai Neville's Journey from South Oz to the Sunny Coast and Directing a Handful of the Greatest Surf Films of the Modern Era 

Julian Wilson joins us following his insane Gold Coast Pro performance to break down the result, explain his furious Filipe spray, and what it was like to be the man of the moment in one of surfing's great spectacles. 

Julian Wilson joins us following his insane Gold Coast Pro performance to break down the result, explain his furious Filipe spray, and what it was like to be the man of the moment in one of surfing's great spectacles.&nbsp;

BEST OF 2025! Blitzed: Julian Wilson Talks Gold Coast Pro Heroics, His Furious Filipe Spray, and Why He's Never Felt More Fired Up 

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Shaun 'Chunny' Manners has been through the ringer of mental and physical anguish these past few years but he's emerged from it bigger and better than ever, and doing the best surfing of his life. Now with the support of Former (Dane Reynolds, Craig Anderson and Austyn Gilette), among others, he's surfing with a renewed sense of presence that's unlocked a new level of performance. Here he explains how he did it (spoiler: he took up Smivvy's head-injury protocol) and takes us inside the underground loony bin that underpins the West Australian surf scene. 

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Shaun 'Chunny' Manners has been through the ringer of mental and physical anguish these past few years but he's emerged from it bigger and better than ever, and doing the best surfing of his life. Now with the support of Former (Dane Reynolds, Craig Anderson and Austyn Gilette), among others, he's surfing with a renewed sense of presence that's unlocked a new level of performance. Here he explains how he did it (spoiler: he took up Smivvy's head-injury protocol) and takes us inside the underground loony bin that underpins the West Australian surf scene.&nbsp;

Blitzed: Xavier Huxtable

AIN'T THAT SWELL

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