Ricky Basnett is a South African former World Tour surfer, artist, tattoo artist, photographer, truth seeker, truth teller, meditation enthusiast, and alcoholic in recovery.

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Ricky Basnett is a South African former World Tour surfer, artist, tattoo artist, photographer, truth seeker, truth teller, meditation enthusiast, and alcoholic in recovery.
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ricky_badness/">Follow Ricky on instagram, here. </a>

Award winning degeneracy...since 2013. UTFS!

Surfing's original and best podcast. Award winning degeneracy since 2013. UTFS!

AIN'T THAT SWELL

Core Lords: Ricky Basnett

Chasing beachbreak bliss in Prohibition-era India. The second-leg of the Swellness Pilgrimage to India featured a mission to find waves. First published in Stab Magazine in 2023.

Chasing beachbreak bliss in Prohibition-era India. The second-leg of the Swellness Pilgrimage to India featured a mission to find waves. First published in Stab Magazine in 2023.

GSNT: Stradbroke In The Subcontinent

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Kipp Caddy is a pro surfer from the South Coast of NSW and one of the world's best heavy water exponents.

Brought to you by UP! The Bank That's Got Young Aussies' Backs...Kipp Caddy is a pro surfer from the South Coast of NSW and one of the world's best heavy water exponents.

Core Lords: Kipp Caddy on the Science of Super Slabs, South Coast Core Disciples, Nearly Dying at a Mysto Spanish Super Slab, and Leaning Into Intuition 

NEW SHOW! The Tangata Whenua ("People of the Land") Crew II is a show dedicated to Asia-Pasifika surfing, politics and culture, featuring community leaders from across the region (Melanesia, Polynesia, Indonesia, and Australia).

For our first ever episode, we are joined by Hawaiian pro surfer and scientist, Dr Cliff Kapono, who was recently the feature of this Vice documentary, The Smartest Surfer In The World.   

If you would like to listen to the original Tangeta Whenua Crew, you can listen on-demand via the Koori Radio 93.7 website, or, live every Saturday from 2-4pm. 

NEW SHOW! The Tangata Whenua ("People of the Land") Crew II is a show dedicated to Asia-Pasifika surfing, politics and culture, featuring community leaders from across the region (Melanesia, Polynesia, Indonesia, and Australia).
For our first ever episode, we are joined by Hawaiian pro surfer and scientist, Dr Cliff Kapono, who was recently the feature of this Vice documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St59ecWsD3o">The Smartest Surfer In The World. &nbsp;&nbsp;</a>
If you would like to listen to the original Tangeta Whenua Crew, <a href="https://www.kooriradio.com/shows/tangata-whenua-show/">you can listen on-demand via the Koori Radio 93.7 website, or, live every Saturday from 2-4pm.&nbsp;</a>

Tangata Whenua Crew II: Dr Cliff Kapono on Haole vs Hawaiian Relations, Polynesian Stereotypes, Gang Culture, Managing Trauma, and Jason Momoa's Chief of War Series

Core Lords: Ricky Basnett

AIN'T THAT SWELL

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