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Crest Surfcast
by Tom Anderson
All things surf from in and out of Wales, hosted by Tom Anderson, Rob Blythe, Sindia Sosdian and others. Interviews with local, national and international legends, topical discussion and general stoke! (Producer: James Dodd; Artwork: GS Design Co; Music copyright James Dodd )
Episodes
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Crest Podcast Ep65 - Alys Barton on her CS Qualification
22 year-old Gower phenom Alys Barton has just made Welsh and British surfing history! Never before has someone from these shores qualified for the WSL Challenger Series, and with a runner-up in the last QS in Morocco, Alys has done just that. She will now go to five global stops to compete…
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Crest Podcast Ep64 - Christmas Special with Surfline's Jamie Bateman and the Festive Forecast
We finish 2025 with an episode we've wanted to do for ages - Surfline's Jamie Bateman, quizzed by Dr Sindia Sosdian (and Tom too, sort of) on all things oceanography and surf forecasting. How is the Surfline forecast calculated? What are the most important metrics to use? What crazy requests does…
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Crest Podcast Ep63 - Autumn Roundup with PLD & Sindia Sosdian
With the European QS season wrapped up, and the ISA Worlds behind us too, Wales' top pro surfer PLD joins Tom and Sindia. A year of two halves, PLD gives us a frank assessment of his competitive goals, as well as a look at who else is worth a watch from the UK and Euro roster. Where did everyone...
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Crest Podcast Ep62 - The Welsh Champions Interviewed; Eli Perrins-Davies and Emily Williams
The newly crowned open men's and open women's Welsh champions, Eli Perrins-Davies and Emily Williams, sit down with Tom for a run-through of the event, and of what the wins mean for their surfing careers. Also featuring Sindia Sosdian's perspective on the tight finish from the women's open final,...
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Crest Podcast Ep61 - Spring '25: Fins, Wilky Sword, Caparica Pro preview & good luck PLD!
Plenty to talk over, whatever the waves have been doing! Logan Nicol joins Tom for an update on the Wilkinson Sword, held in Fresh West last month, as well as mulling over the upcoming final event of the European QS tour, the Caparica Pro, and Patrick Langdon-Dark's chances there. Besides that…
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Crest Podcast Ep60 - 2024 Welsh Nationals & Josie Hawke interview, Summer or Winter?, Keeping Surf Diaries and more ft guests Logan Nicol & Sindia Sosdian
We had to drop at least once before 2024 was done, didn't we? Our excuse is we kept waiting for the Welsh to run... but then it did, so here we are. We've got the exclusive first interviews from both Mens and Womens winners Logan and Josie, as well as a 'best bits' file of Greg Owen's commentary....
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Crest Podcast Ep59 - Christmas Special featuring RHINO
Who in Wales doesn't miss the Rhines? Of course, it was only a matter of time before Crest and Welsh Surfing legend James Rhino Thomas appeared on our bandwidth again - and this time it's from New Zealand, his new place of abode. Following a late arrival, as Rob had to finish his Cricket Club's…
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Crest Podcast Ep58 - Welsh Surfing Federation 50-year Anniversary Edition
We formed this podcast to chat with legends, and here they are! To celebrate the WSF turning 50 this year, Crest has pulled together quite a guest list. Mark Vaughan and James Jones have joined Tom and Rob on the couch, alongside none other than Linda Sharp and Herbi aka Huw John. These guys…
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Crest Podcast Ep57 - Llywelyn 'Sponge' Williams
For most of Wales' sixty-plus years of surf culture, the idea we could have a world champion was beyond improbable. Not any more. Last winter, at Pismo Beach, California, Llywelyn 'Sponge' Williams broke the best record of them all - the first ever Welsh world surfing champion. This is an...
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Crest Podcast Ep56 - Yolanda Hopkins
Charger, style-master, Olympian and current European Number One... could there be a better start to our fourth season? On the morning of the final (Boardmasters), Tom and Millie Phillips sat down with the defending event champ, Portugal's rising star Yolanda Hopkins. Yolanda has been a popular...
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Crest Podcast Ep55 - Welsh Nationals 2023
It's here! Season 4 is go, and it's kicking off with Rob and Tom's analysis of the 2023 Welsh. Held over the Mayday weekend, it turned into a real showcase of the state of Wales' surfing, and our presenters should know, having watched just about every heat as our team helped run the webcast with...
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Crest Podcast Ep54 - Christmas Special
The latest on Llewelyn 'Sponge' Williams' win at the World Games - a first in Welsh Surfing. Then we have a run-through with Producer Dodd and Tom of some of the last two seasons' guests' favourite memories of Christmas surfs. Plus, will there be a wave on Christmas Day? Or is it too early to...
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Crest Podcast Ep53 - John Purton of JP Surfboards & goodbye Rhino!
The Season Three finale sees us chat to a very special person in Welsh and British surfing. John Purton has been shaping surfboards seriously for some half a century, and in that time has met, known and worked with some of the top athletes these shores have known. Involved from the first moments…
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Crest Podcast Ep52 - Hugo Tagholm
With more heat than ever on governments' approaches to clean oceans, sewage discharge, sustainability and plastic reduction, we catch up with one of the shining lights of surfing's ecological movements. Hugo Tagholm has decades of experience trying to hold power to account on behalf of the...
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Crest Podcast Ep51 - Boardmasters Part Two: Groms & QS Update
In the second of Rob and Tom's dispatches while on WSL duty in Newquay, this is a celebration of a range of voices from the UK junior scene. During the Havianas Junior Open, beach marshall Tim Pitt let Crest run a pop-up interview station during Rounds One and Two of the boys' event, through…
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Crest Podcast Ep50 - Boardmasters Part One: Live from the Booth
Having annoyed ears around Wales for decades, Rob and Tom were both fortunate to finally make their debuts as WSL rent-a-gobs last week at this year‘s Newquay Boardmasters Surfing Festival, after the event was given QS status again. A fitting fiftieth episode has emerged; a special Crest live…
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Crest Podcast Ep49 - CELEBRATING SCHOF 1963-2022
In the summer of 2020 we had the pleasure of talking to Mark Schofield for a whole evening, covering his surfing life and his views on just about everything else we could think of. In March of this year, we sadly lost this colossus of the Welsh surfing community. This is a re-cut of the...
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Crest First Tuesdays - Nick Hounsfield
It has to be the coolest moniker in surfing – Wavemaker. Nick Hounsfield is best known for being the person who brought surf stoke to the inland flats of northern Bristol. In one of The Wave's fabulous glamping pods, Tom and Emily caught up with the man who took the place from inception to...
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Crest First Tuesdays - Patrick Langdon-Dark
An exciting adjustment to the promised schedule for this month, as for the first time since Carwyn Williams (we believe, at least) Wales is home to Britain's top ranked pro surfer. In case you didn't know, Pat Langdon-Dark is a young Gower goofyfoot who finished the year 13th on the WSL Europe...
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Crest Podcast Ep46 - Jamie Bateman
Besides being one of the best surfers this land has known, Jamie Bateman has recently become Surfline's chief forecaster for the UK and Ireland. He's long been one of the most interesting guys you could sit down with for a chat about the ocean and its ways, but now he's officially employed in…
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Crest Podcast Ep45 - Langland Board Riders (inc Wilky Sword preview)
Founded off the back of a skate ramp made from stolen ply, the Langland Board Riders is now one of the most dominant forces in Welsh surfing. Having fostered some of our greatest past and present surfers, this is an organisation which taps into one of the land's best known surf communities.…
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Crest Podcast Ep44 - Paul Gill, Part Two
To finish our 2021 Season, here's the second instalment of The Gill's life story. What was it like to discover some of Northern Europe's most iconic spots? What about the process of sharing those finds? Tom and Rob hear all about these moments, as well as tales from Ireland and Wales - not to...
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Crest Podcast Ep43 - Paul Gill, Part One
The greatest tales, from the greatest of legends - put simply, this is why Crest in Partnership with Elusive was started. Season Two culminates here with one of the all-time storytellers of Welsh, and indeed global, surf folklore. Paul Gill (a.k.a. The Gill) here talks to Tom and Rob for the…
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Crest Podcast Ep42 - Gabe Davies
During the recent Blue Earth Summit, one of the UK's most iconic surf figures joined Rob and Rhino to discuss the importance of this key moment in the history of the surf industry. Now working for Patagonia, multiple British champ, seasoned traveller and big-wave legend Gabe Davies, is well…
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Crest Podcast Ep41 - The Grumpy Surfer & Pagans crossover edition
We've been huge fans of Adz Lison's The Grumpy Surfer Podcast since it's debut moment, so we simply had to do a crossover episode with him. And why not make it a triple? Also joining us, therefore, for this special, are the 'Pagans', Pat Langdon-Dark, Callum Thomas and Logan Nicol. In this...
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Crest Podcast Ep40 - Buzzy Kerbox
The tale of how towing-in was developed is one of the most crucial turning points in surfing's journey as an 'extreme sport'. A million miles from what most of us do, day-in-day-out, what sort of mindset does decide to be part of such incredible leaps into the unknown? For the milestone that is…
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Crest Podcast Ep39 - Welsh Nationals: The Results Show
The Pura Vida MiPost Welsh Nationals has finally run, and we break down the results. Tom and Rhino are joined in an emergency studio by Open Men's Champ Logan Nicol, Llantwit-turned-Gower ripper Chris Fowler (fresh off finalling in the Masters) and Junior Longboard Champ Blake Jones. Via Zoom, we...
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Crest Podcast Ep38 - Greg Owen, Part Two
One of the landmark interviews the team have done to date sees its concluding part here, with Greg delivering more of his masterclass on what he thinks makes good surfing. Stand by for Vaughanie to challenge him on some of these points, before fond reminiscence from Greg about being among the…
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Crest Podcast Ep37 - Greg Owen, Part One
The one the people wanted! If you've ever had anything to do with Greg, you'll know what to expect here. One of these shores' finest ever surfers is also one of our most colossal characters. Of course it was only a matter of time before we hit Greg up for his life story, and as with some of our...
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Crest Podcast Ep36 - Brad Gerlach
Hours after the Olympic surfing finals, and a day before his internet-busting chat with Kelly Slater, WCT legend Brad Gerlach joined Tom and Rhino for this amazing discussion - now available to Crest listeners as an unscheduled Summer bonus episode. One of the best voices in all of surfing, Brad...
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Crest Podcast Ep35 - Llewellyn Whittaker OLYMPIC SPECIAL
Surfing is in the Olympics, and it's starting this week! Our extra-special guest to celebrate this historic moment in surf is Llewellyn Whittaker, whose full-circle journey from Mossel Bay, South Africa has taken in time living in Durban, Newquay and South Wales along the way. Now the head coach…
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Crest Podcast Ep34 - The Hon David TC Davies MP
Perhaps there isn’t a job you’d imagine as being further from beach culture than member of parliament? Nevertheless, South Wales has for several decades had a surfing MP! So how does David TC Davies balance the most pinstripe job there is with sandy toes? And does it influence his views on the...
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Crest Podcast Ep33 - Linda Sharp, Part Two
Linda’s spectacular life story picks up with some insight into her uncanny ability to foster winning mindsets not just for herself but for a generation of younger surfers too. We hear little-known facts about Huw ‘Herbi’ John’s two side careers as both movie star and kneeboarder, as well as...
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Crest Podcast Ep32 - Linda Sharp, Part One
The most influential female surfer in British history! For this special occasion (and thanks to the wizardry of Martin John) we’re on video again, as Tom and Rhino catch up with the icon that is Linda Sharp. In this first part of her amazing life story, we hear Linda’s thoughts on the ISA Worlds...
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Crest Podcast Ep31 - ISA World Games Special
It's potentially one of the most important events in surfing history to date. The 2021 ISA World Games takes place in El Salvador from the 29th May, deciding the final five men's and seven women's spots in the inaugural Olympic surfing tournaments in Japan this summer. Especially exciting for…
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Crest Podcast Ep30 - Frankie Pioli
A lifelong seeker of adventure and travel, Frankie Pioli has taken a stoke made in Wales into a career that has seen her be, among other roles, the physio for the Swiss Free Ski Team. Now resident of the Alps, Frankie reminisces about surf trips and other tales with Rob and Elliot, before…
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Crest Podcast Ep29 - Al Mennie
If there's a challenge for our times then surely it was Al Mennie's mind-boggling 'Swim through Darkness' across the 2020-21 winter. One hundred kilometres, at night, in or around the impact zone. We can try to imagine the pain, the fear, the dedication and the cold. For Al, this was a nightly...
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Crest Podcast Ep28 - Jem Evans on Tom Curren
Who could forget that little nugget last season when Rhino told us Tom Curren had written a song about him? Well, the central part of that incredible story belonged to former Welsh Seniors Champ Jem Evans, who would go on to host Curren at his Bourdaines home for three consecutive summers. What...
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Crest Podcast Ep27 - Jenny Jones
Has any single person made a bigger difference for British board sports than Olympic snowboard medallist Jenny Jones? Arguably, her contribution to slopestyle's debut at the Sochi 2014 games was one of the most significant catalysts in spreading the popularity of surfing's mind-boggling sister...
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Crest Podcast Ep26 - Luke Cromwell
We all gazed longingly at the images shared by 'Photo Boss Bali' last year, but what are the actual stories behind them? What was it like to shoot Kelly Slater at Padang-Padang, to stare at empty Sumatran perfection as the rest of the travellers went home? Originally from Pembrokeshire, the tale…
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Crest Podcast Ep25 - 2020 Christmas Special
How's the surf industry looking going into the Christmas shopping season? And do you need some gift buying inspiration? Tom catches up with Chris Seage of Cove Distribution Ltd to learn what's been flying off the shelves this year, and how to best supports the businesses that matter as you shop....
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Crest Podcast Ep24 - Pete Jones, Part Two
Last week it was becoming PJ - and now it's about being PJ. Hands up if you remember that surfline! Listen as PJ tells Tom and Rhino how he went about creating his seminal surf report service, about growing the surf shop and brand and about the rest of life's journey to where we are now. This...
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Crest Podcast Ep23 - Pete 'PJ' Jones, Part One
Present or nearby for many of the defining moments in international surfing history, Pete ‘PJ’ Jones has first-hand experience of some of the greatest tales our sport can offer. In this first half of his life-story interview, Wales’ trailblazing surfer talks Tom and Rhino through discovering his...
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Crest Podcast Ep22 - Eoin McCarthy Deering
Our first Irish guest is as intrepid as they come. Renowned charger Eoin McCarthy Deering tells Tom about his addiction to remote slabs on the west of his beloved Emerald Isle, as well as the wanderlust which has seen him post up in some of the planet's remotest surf spots. Eoin's relationship…
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Crest Podcast Ep21 - Chris Nelson & Demi Taylor
International purveyors of the finest surf stoke. After jacking in the day jobs to become nomadic writers, Chris Nelson and Demi Taylor's Footprint Guides to Surfing in Britain and Europe dropped at a time when publishers were eating up anything surf. Building on Demi's experiences from her days…
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Crest Podcast Ep20 - Angus Ruddle
Long known as a charger and a legend of Wales' underground surf scenes, Porthcawl's Angus Ruddle is a character whose tales, advice and opinions are the stuff of fable. A consultant vascular surgeon by day (or night!), 'Gus' applies the same personality traits which have taken him to the top of…
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Crest Podcast Ep19 - James Jones
'Logos out, logos in.' Be it advice for the future generations, or incredible tales from the highest levels of contest success (he's beaten Taj Burrow!), James Jones is one of the most important voices in modern Welsh, and indeed British, surfing. Tom and Rhino Thomas get the inside take on what...
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Crest Podcast Ep18 - Sindia Sosdian
What makes a world-renowned paleoclimatologist with a powerful forehand gouge leave New Jersey to settle down in... Wales? Apparently our waves aren't too shabby, and our water 'isn't as cold' as NJ in winter. With a work travel itinerary that could just as easily be that of a Search movie, Dr...
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Crest Podcast Ep17 - Sam Bleakley
With Brilliant Corners, Sam's series of travelogues from the world's less visited surf destinations, now available on WSL Studios, this former European champ is well placed to lead a new wave of surf exploration. Listen to him as he tells Tom and Rob about some of the places he's visited, his...
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Crest Podcast Ep16 - Jocks vs Purists; The Debate Edition
'Surfing’s not a jock sport, it’s not football or whatever... We’re not f***ing athletes, we’re surfers,' said Joel Tudor to Surf Europe. A contentious issue, which has rumbled since, now it's Crest's turn to tackle the thorny debate about surfing's changing identity. For this debate special, Tom...
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All things surf from in and out of Wales, hosted by Tom Anderson, Rob Blythe, Sindia Sosdian and others. Interviews with local, national and international legends, topical discussion and general stoke! (Producer: James Dodd; Artwork: GS Design Co; Music copyright James Dodd )
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All things surf from in and out of Wales, hosted by Tom Anderson, Rob Blythe, Sindia Sosdian and others. Interviews with local, national and international legends, topical discussion and general stoke! (Producer: James Dodd; Artwork: GS Design Co; Music copyright James Dodd )
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