Mad Surf Stories podcast

Mad Surf Stories podcast

James Russell

Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 1h 6m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Dec 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
29%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Surfers, by their nature, are an adventurous lot. But where adventure goes, calamity is never far behind. Surfers are also brilliant storytellers. Join surf novelist James Russell as he chats to his ridiculously intrepid guests about close calls, shipwrecks, wildlife (and lowlife) encounters, heroism, exploration, discovery and freedom. Follow: Got a Mad Surf Story? Get in touch - [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madsurfstories/ James Russell's surf novels: https://dragonbrothersbooks.com/collections/saltwater-series

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S1E11 Biking NZ with a surfboard in tow: Johanna Brebner's Mad Surf Story

May 08, 2026 55m

Johanna Brebner is a go-getter. A Kiwi living in Australia, she felt she had some unfinished business with her homeland, and dreamed up the idea of riding the length of the country with her…

S1E10 Part 2: Man overboard: Brett Archibald's Mad Surf Story

Feb 08, 2026 59m

Part 2. In this episode we rejoin South African surfer Brett Archibald whose Mentawais surf trip with the boys went horribly wrong when he fell overboard in the throngs of a bout of food…

S1E9 Man overboard: Brett Archibald's Mad Surf Story (part 1)

Feb 01, 2026 1h 2m

It all started so well. Brett Archibald was on a Ments trip with his buddies and was looking forward to barrels and Bintangs, but when he ate a dodgy calzone pizza and ended up with food poisoning,…

S1E8 Surviving the Boxing Day Tsunami: Daniel's Poole's Mad Surf Story

Jan 25, 2026 1h 23m

Daniel Poole’s life can be divided into ‘before’ and ‘after’. He has devoted his career to helping those facing natural disasters, and it all started when he faced one himself. What began as an…

Mass rescue in a freezing rivermouth: Dr Will Allen's Mad Surf Story

Jan 18, 2026 1h 5m

Dr Will Allen was a trainee doctor in Dunedin, a small city in the South Island of New Zealand, when he and his fellow students decided to surf a remote beach south of the city. What should have been…

S1E6 Lost at sea: Elliot Foote Mad Surf Story (part 2)

Jan 11, 2026 1h 4m

In Part 2 of Elliot Foote's Mad Surf Story, we rejoin the shipwrecked crew floating in the straight between Nias and the Banyak Islands of Indonesia. Night is fast approaching, but they've spotted an…

S1E5 Lost at sea: Elliot Foote's Mad Surf Story (Part 1)

Jan 04, 2026 1h 14m

Part 1: It was the trip of a lifetime, but not in the way Elliot Foote expected. Turning 30, and wanting to celebrate, Elliot headed for Indonesia with his girlfriend and ten of his mates. Bingtangs,…

S1E4 Breaking your neck whilst surfing: Steve Bewley's Mad Surf Story

Dec 28, 2025 1h 24m

Steve Bewley is a happy-go-lucky Aussie, with a thirst for adventure. When his brother moved to Panama, and Steve paid him a visit, he discovered the magical coastlines – and pumping surf – of…

S1E3 Surfing during a tsunami: Chris Nel's Mad Surf Story

Dec 21, 2025 47m

Back in 2009, Chris Nel had managed to save a bit of cash, and decided to splash out on a surf trip to Samoa. He had a couple of weeks of blissful, stress-free lazing, punctuated with great surfs on…

S1E1 Chomped by a shark: Sam Judd's Mad Surf Story

Dec 14, 2025 55m

Sam Judd – the co-founder of beach cleaning/tree planting charity Sustainable Coastlines – had concluded his university studies in Chile when he decided that instead of going home to New Zealand,…

S1E2 Saving a shark-bite victim: Erwann Lagabrielle's Mad Surf Stories

Dec 14, 2025 1h 17m

Erwann Lagabrielle, a shark scientist living in the tropical paradise of Reunion Island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, decided to go for a morning surf at the most well-known break on the…

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