The Grumpy Surfer Podcast

Luke Gartside is a surfer, photographer and writer.  He is also the editor for one of the UKs top surfing magazines, Wavelength.  Adz and Luke talk about the diversity of surf culture and the intricacies of developing a surfing magazine.

Wavelength Magazine

Also find Luke on instagram under @lugarts and Wavelength Magazine under @wavelengthsurfmag

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TGSP is taking a break until the 4 Jan 2021, Adz talks about the Billabong Pipeline Masters and Jiujitsu gradings.

Have an awesome Christmas and New Year.

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Lee Spencer Part 2.

Frank and Adz talk about how Frank lost his right leg below the knee, and how this motivated him to become involved with forces charities, that culminated him rowing the Atlantic Ocean single handed in 2019 and breaking 3 World Records in the process.

Catch what Frank is upto in the below links:

Facebook, The Rowing Marine

https://leespencer.co.uk/

Lee "Frank" Spencer is a Royal Marines Commando veteran who has served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan, he is also one of a handful of people to row the Atlantic Ocean as a team and more impressively, on his own.

After losing his right leg below the knee whilst helping at a scene of an accident on the M3 motorway, he believed that he had lost purpose in life. But through courage and cheerfulness under the face of adversity. Overcame all his physical and mental demons. 

In Part 1 Adz and Frank talk about life in the Marines, some of the ideas Frank has to raise money for charities.

Catch what Frank is upto in the below links:

Facebook, The Rowing Marine

/https://leespencer.co.uk/

Kate Jackson is a BELLATOR Women’s Flyweight with a record of 11-5-1. Kate is originally from the SW of England, through hard work, determination and a never say die attitude, has become one of the best Women’s MMA Flyweights the UK has ever produced. In the podcast we talk about her diet, Kates origins in Martial Arts and her career.

For more information on where Kate Jackson trains, please see the link below.

Flo Martial Arts

Bellator Fighter Profile Kate Jackson.

Jed Stone is a former Cornish, English and European Surfing Champion. Jed Started surfing in 1972 and has lived a life of travel and competition.  Jed tells stories of surfing competitions with the likes of Shaun Thompson, Tom Carroll to name but a few.  He also talks about surf travel in the hay day of surfing, in the 70s and 80s, and what it was really like to be THE handful of surfers in the UK then.

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Chris Sherrington is an Olympian and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist in Heavyweight Judo. Adz and Chris talk Judo, BJJ, Iraq and electric cars.

See Chris Sherringtons Athlete Page on Facebook HERE

Chris Sherringtons YouTube page HERE

Peter Conroy is an Irish Big Wave Surfer, he is also a Firefighter Paramedic in Dublin, Ireland.

Pete recently surfed and ran the water safety during the massive swell that hit Ireland from Hurricane Epsilon in what critics are calling Big Wednesday in Mullaghmore, Ireland (28 Oct 2020). Pete talks about how he got into Big Wave Surfing, and how he now takes the lead with water safety during these massive swells. We go in depth of how the surfers get into Big Waves and how the safety jet skis work together to rescue downed riders. Pete and his club the Irish Tow Surf Rescue (ITSR) also run Big Wave Water Safety Courses out of County Clare.

Bellow are edits from Big Wednesday and links to ITSRC.

@islandervisual (instagram) Atmosphere - Oliver Hegarty edit

@irishtowsurfrescue - Irish Tow Surf Rescue

Redbull This and Nothing Else - S1 Ep 1 - Peter Conroy

Pete Conroy on Instagram - @pedro2468

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Luke Cederman is New Zealand's goofy footed ripper from Raglan Bay.  Luke is also the host of podcast and YouTube videos The Raglan Surf Report.

The Raglan Surf Report Podcast

Raglan Surf Report on YouTube 

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Beau Hancock is a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant. He returns to the podcast to talk about his time in Bagdad and Afghanistan. Also how becoming a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) Instructor Trainer led to him teaching Royal Marines Close Combat here in the United Kingdom