The Insiders' Podcast

Welcome to The Insiders. A chronicle on what is going on in that world of ours we call surfing. Hosted By myself, Darren and Matt Hayes. I unpacked trucks for Quiksilver in the heyday then moved to the dream: Managing a surfboard factory with a motley crew of the worlds best shapers. Then seeing the surf tourism industry booming I jumped ship: Just intime for the Pandemic, proving to myself once again, you just can't see into the future Somewhere in the last ten years while I was doing my best to sell surfboards for Euroglass to the biggest mover of fibreglass in Europe, Boardshop. Matt picked up the phone. Matt has sold more surfboards than you have had hot dinners ( Self-diagnoses surf nerd and board freak). We talked foam. Litres. Fin Setups. Shapes. Futures. FCS. FCS2. Fixed. Finless. Boardless. Aimless. The full circle. And we still are talking this: We stopped working together: But we never stopping talking surf together: Because once this relentless sport/passion/fashion/artform/waste of time/life wasting/joy giving, core charging activity has gotten hold of you that’s all you want to talk about: So that's what we will do for you. We have seen shit from the inside. And we watch it from the outside. What we will never do is sell you our dream. your dream is for you to create. We will just do our best to stoke your fire with whatever bullshit we can give you to light it up: The Insiders, a candid look at surfing from a couple of frothers who won't let the fire go out!