Riptide Podcast - Lukes Lounge Riptide Media

French born World Champion, and Canary Islands resident, Amaury Lavernhe sits down on the Riptide lounge and spills the beans on what has kept him at the top of the world rankings well into his forties.
With a locally sourced diet that would satisfy the most strict dietician, whilst regularly engaging in daily stretching routines that even has the great Lewy Finnegan raising eyebrows, it’s no wonder Amaury is still hitting 10ft Fronton ramps and collating online social media content that has the entire boog world screaming for more.
Touching on world tour schedules, judging criteria’s, coaching clinics and alternative medicine products, this podcast reflects on much of Amaury’s current life history and opinions moving into the competitive year ahead.
Hope you enjoy it 🤞

Cronulla’s favourite son, Benny Sawyer, sits down on the lounge with Luke for a classic Sutherland Shire inspired yarn that will have you walking away with a few more insights into the culture of their shared hometown environment.
Revisiting Ben’s childhood in the shire, what it’s been like to chase slab after slab around the globe and what it’s means for him to be invited into this years SIC is all covered off in this laid back yarn.
This one was a well overdue chat and was conducted in Benny’s red brick apartment just a few streets back off Cronulla beach, the environment for the tone of this conversation couldn’t have been more fitting.
Enjoy

Episode 71 features a man who needs no introduction, the Portuguese Prince himself, the smoothest of waterman to lay rail in the Atlantic, the one and only Antonio Saraiva.
We chat about style in the European boog ranks, what it’s been like to film for the up and coming Common Thread film and how many classes of scotch Antonio is going to down on his impending trip to chilly Scotland.
T’was great catching up with an old friend and chewing the fat surrounding the European boog scene. Hope you all enjoy, peace

Wave pool technology is sweeping the booging world in an impactful way, bringing different demographics into our beloved core discipline like moths to a flame.
To celebrate this “Wave Garden” technology being brought to the city of Sydney, Luke was allowed special access into the new URBN Surf wave pool as it was still undergoing its final pieces of construction.
Sitting down with Shaun Hutchinson, the General Manager of Operations, the two covered a wide variety of topics surrounding the new build and technology that is to be expected at this state of the art facility.
Hope you enjoy the insights into the future of urban city wave riding

Description: With the competitive side of booging in full swing for 2024, Shaun Cooper and Luke O’Connor dissect all the happenings in a regional, national, and international sense, to see where the competitive heat is at.
Touching on new East coasts boog clubs being born, to the national comp scene in Australia, the Shark Island Challenge, and the wrap up of the IBC Morocco Tahgazout Pro, the fellas go deep with analysis, predictions, and personal opinions.
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Episode 68 welcome’s Brad Stone to the lounge and after recent events further chiropractic pillows and cushions were supplied for the Sunny Coaster to tell all surrounding his recent bone breaking wipeout at a South Coast slab just only a few weeks prior.
With little Stone being on a serious wave hunt over the past 5 years it was about time he told all, leaving no stone unturned surrounding his entire Boog journey.
From relocating to the SC over the past few years, to sending it down in large Victorian pits to reveling in Samoan sunshine on a wave ascent pacific journey, Brad really has experienced a roller coaster of moments in the ocean of late.
Luke and Brad get deep into the crevasse of the Riptide Media Lounge and dam it sound better than day old cold sofa pizza.
Enjoy Lords and Queens of the Boog, it’s a gravy train this convo with a side of backbone 👌