The Insiders' Podcast
Welcome to The Insiders. Join Darren Broadbridge and Matt Hayes in 'The Insiders,' a podcast that takes a candid look at the world of surfing. With their years of experience in the industry, Darren and Matt provide insider knowledge and expertise on everything from foam, liters, fin setups, shapes, and more. They've seen the industry from the inside and continue to watch it from the outside, sharing their perspectives on surfing's relentless sport, passion, fashion, art form, waste of time, life wasting, joy-giving, core-charging activity. Tune in for their best tips and tricks to help stoke your fire and keep the passion alive. With 'The Insiders,' you'll get an exclusive look at the world of surfing from a couple of frothers who won't let the fire go out!
About us: Darren 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 he jumped ship: Just intime for the Pandemic, proving to himselfonce again, you just can't see into the future Somewhere in the last ten years while he was doing his 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.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 15 - The Opinion Episode. A Chat About Surfing.
The latest from The Insiders'.
No plan was set, no brief was given, we just sat down and had a chat about surfing.
Opinion's on Bells, conspiracies about the GOAT, our thoughts on who is going to be …
Episode 14 - A Legend Returns & Weird Wildcards
Episode 14 - A Legend Returns & Weird Wildcards
Get our take on the latest news from the surf world.
Bells is around the corner, we make our Surfvival League picks along with discussing the choice to g…
Episode 13 - Video Killed The Surf Magazine
Video Killed The Surf Magazine
We are back again and this time we are reviewing some of the recent surf edits to hit the internet.
Ripcurl's Juice, that stars Mick Fanning, Crosby Colapinto and Connor …
Episode 12 - The Hawaiian Pilgrimage, Darren Returns From The North Shore!
The Hawaiian pilgrimage.
The dream trip that, at the same time as necessary as it can be fraught with problems.
Costly, dangerous, crowded and a long way from home.
Worth it you may ask yourself year…
Episode 11 - Talking To Josh Kerr & Nathaniel Tummon Of Album Australia!
Talking To Josh Kerr & Nathaniel Tummon Of Album Australia!
Missing one half of The Insiders', Matt got to chat with and get inside the minds and thoughts of Josh Kerr ( Are you kidding me?!) & Nathan…
Episode 10 - Jack Freestone Joins The Insiders'
You cannot be serious?! Jack Freestone Joins The Insiders'
You read that right, Jack Freestone, theee Jack Freestone joined Matt & Darren for a chat.
Discussing Jack's surfing epiphany, his new Album …
Episode 9 - A Master Shaper Talks Master Shaping
Another special guest... Yes, indeed and this week we have one of the greatest surfboard shapers and all-round great guys on! Christiaan Bradley.
We spent the evening going over episode one of STAB's…
Episode 8 - Wildcard Winner & A Costa Rican Champion
Sunset beach. Big bowls. No pity.
The GOAT and Femme GOAT were sent back to the Farmhouse.
Big blue walls shot a wildcard straight to the and a first time Costa Rican WSL event winner is your new wor…
Episode 7 - Album Surfboards Special
A Special Guest Again.
In the world of shaping, Matt Parker has been creating world class surfboards for a long time now. His take on alternative craft that has cracked the asymmetrical and symmetrica…
Episode 6 - SPECIAL GUEST ALERT & Sunset Picks.
SPECIAL GUEST ALERT.
For some the wobbly right. For others, the field of dreams. Sunset beach, a canvas for power surfing and technical aquatic genius’s. The Insiders give you their predictions in th…
Episode 5 - A Queen Arises & All Hail The GOAT
Join us at the Insiders for the Pipeline goat festival. The most watched surf competition in the Tibetan goat herding community ever seen. Primary due to their favourite son evading chandeliers, foo…
Episode 4 - Mid-Length Must Haves & Darren's Disaster.
The mid-length, or not too long not too short is fast becoming the new norm in our world of surfing. Perhaps it's a simple case of enlightenment. That we aren't buying into a world that doesn't belon…
Episode 3 - Paying Respect To The Pipeline & Trestles Tragedy
In Episode 3 of The Insiders, we discuss the mecca of all surf spots seen by the film crew of John Florence. In his latest offering, FORM, JJF pays homage to the location that has groomed his legacy.…
Episode 2 - Medina Melt Show Or Mental Health Break Through?!
In our 24/7 image consumption of our peers and heroes we sometimes forget to appreciate they are just humans. Humans have as much capacity for sadness as ecstasy. Surfing’s primal mate this week d…
Episode 1 - Pipe Line Picks And Who We Are.
Episode 1 of The Insiders Podcast takes us to the coliseum of surfing; The Banzai Pipeline. Where gladiators from Gerry Lopez to Moana Wong have put their bodies on the line. The WSL (World Surf Leag…