Best Keith Mcmullen Podcasts (2025)

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101 with Tim Baker. Topic: SURF CULTURE ... 35:07

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6d ago35:07

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101 with Tim Baker. Topic: SURF CULTURE ... - Who better to have a free-flowing conversation about surf culture than the three-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award, Tim Baker? With decades of surf writing (ten books) and editorial work (two surfing magazines), Tim has an astute understanding of the surfin…

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TIM BAKER 36:15

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TIM BAKER ... Tim is the renowned former editor of TRACKS and AUSTRALIAN SURFING LIFE magazines. He is also the author of ten books, which include biographies on Wayne Bartholomew, Mark Occhilupo, Mick Fanning and Simon Anderson. Tim has been bestowed three times with the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Cultural Award for his print contribution to …

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 6 10:27

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 6 ... That international surfer of mystery, Mr Waxanov, has failed his arranged rendezvous with Keith in St Petersburg (see SURF TOWN Instagram posts) adding more uncertainty to his whereabouts. In the meantime, this SURF TOWN episode features the reading of two short stories from his book …

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ZION POY 17:10

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ZION POY ... 17 year old Noosa filmmaker Zion Poy comes into the SURF TOWN studio to talk about his film that has been accepted into this year's Noosa International Surf Film Festival. Titled, "WHERE THE GIRLS ARE," it's the story of Lynette Clemitson who started the all female boardriders club called the Kurranulla Wahines Boardriding Club in 1966…

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JESCA MAAS 30:57

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JESCA MAAS - ... Some people surf and that's about it. Some surf and do other stuff as well - and then there are those who don't surf ... or haven't surfed much. But they still tap into surfing for its energy and culture. Sometimes, these latter folk understand surfers better than themselves as surfers often stand too close to the flame. Jesca is o…

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KIRRA MOLNAR 35:07

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KIRRA MOLNAR - ... Women's longboarding today, and indeed women's all-around surfing in general, is in full flower. Its presence is marked with a style that all so often resonates with the very essence of surfing. Displaying a grace and the pure joy of simply riding a wave, women's surfing is a breath of fresh air. No surprise that it's growing wor…

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STUART CAMPBELL 44:01

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STUART CAMPBELL - ... Stuart, a well-known Noosa surfboard shaper, is Keith's guest on this episode of SURF TOWN. Stuart is a much sought-after shaper due to his reputation for well-shaped, hand-crafted, high-performance shortboards under the CAMPBELL DESIGNED label. With a deep experience as a life-long surfer, shaper and thinker Stuart brings man…

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 5 - BYRON BAY 10:28

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 5 - BYRON BAY PARENTS DISOWN SON FOR CHOOSING A MEDICAL CAREER OVER BECOMING A YOGA INSTRUCTOR. ... The mystery of Vladimir's whereabouts deepens into a concern. Previously, Keith had Vladimir's girlfriend Tatianna Lovesalotavic in the studio, who whilst giving assurances that Vladimir wo…

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DAVID "MEX" SUMPTER 39:43

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DAVID "MEX" SUMPTER - ... Many surfers grew up virtually right on the beach, making their surfing life almost inevitable. David, and his brother Rodney, started life in England well away from any surfing scene that might have drawn them in. However due to their parents deciding to move to Australia and set up home on Sydney's northern beach suburbs…

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 4 - SEX WAX SAGA 9:34

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 4 - SEX WAX SAGA - While the current whereabouts of Vladimir B. Waxanov remains a mystery and a concern, Keith decided to upload one of Vladimir's cheekiest short stories to keep his fun-loving spirit to the fore. As there is next to no Woke emphasis in Russia, especially Vladimir's tradi…

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: John "JC" Charlton's favourite surfers. - Part 2 35:17

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: John "JC" Charlton's favourite surfers. ... JC mentioned, when he was in the studio previously, that he'd like to record an episode concerning his list of favourite surfers. So Keith invited him back to sit down for another session on SURF TOWN to discuss his list along with the question, "What is style?" - and a few ot…

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JOHN 'JC' CHARLTON - Part 1 32:53

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JOHN 'JC' CHARLTON JC doesn't need too big an introduction to Queensland surfers as he has been a familiar face talking about surfing on their TV screens for a very long time. But what they may not know is some of his rich back story. JC has been a surfboard maker, worked in the surfwear industry with Billabong, a radio surf reporter, chief reporte…

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DIAN HADIANI 24:16

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DIAN HADIANI ... Phoning in from Bali, East Java local Dian Hadiani chats with Keith concerning her book, "The Chronicles of G'land" which focuses on Java's fabled surf spot Grajagan, known affectionately across the surfing world as G/land. With, the following introduction on her web page, "Bobby's Surf Camp; Behind the Legendary Tales - describes …

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: SURFING WORLD Magazine's 50 Most Interesting Surfers 32:50

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: SURFING WORLD Magazine's 50 Most Interesting Surfers ... Richard Wallace joins Keith in the studio to discuss SURFING WORLD'S lastest edition featuring their pick for surfing's fifty most interesting surfers. It's by no means definitive as there would be any number of people who could qualify. So who to include and who …

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CHANNA SENARATNE 37:28

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CHANNA SENARATNE - ... It's not every day you get to chat with a man who is a restauranteur, a chef, a commercial fisherman, a surf charter boat operator and skipper, a manager of a surf camp, overseer of surf holidays that gave something back to the island locals, an importer, an exporter and owner of a private catering service - and all the while…

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RICHARD von WILDEMANN 27:42

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RICHARD von WILDEMANN - ... It was a pleasure for Keith to welcome Richard onto SURF TOWN as his first international phone-in guest. Richard is an all-round waterman who has thrived on the wild beaches and coastline of South Africa. His story is a surprisingly similar one to the overwhelming majority of Australian surfers whose first introduction t…

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JOHN FINLAY - NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING ... 29:05

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JOHN FINLAY - NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING ... - John Finlay, Chairman of Noosa's Festival of Surfing, certainly has an unusual story concerning how he came to pick up the running of this premier surfing event. It all started when he semi-retired to the Sunshine Coast an hour's drive south of Noosa. Semi-retirement generally means you reduce your busy…

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DAMIEN KING 28:30

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DAMIEN KING - ... Three-time World Bodyboarding Champion Damien King had an unusual introduction to surfing. It's quite common for surfing champions to grow up close to the beach and thrive amongst mates who all surfed and hung together at their local surf spot. But not Damien (known far and wide as "Kingy"). Sure he eventually found his place in t…

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 3 11:30

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 3 - THE MERMAID'S DREAM ... A few friends had contacted Keith stating they weren't so sure about this Vladimir Boris Waxanov bloke. Geopolitics aside, they express skepticism as to his actual existence. And then, right on cue, as if Vladimir willed it into being, his girlfriend Tatianna L…

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 1 30:20

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 1 ... Phil Jarratt has probably lived the surfing life as fully and richly as humanly possible. With a working life as an author, a journalist, a publisher, surf shop owner and filmmaker - all inspired by surfing, he still managed to keep riding waves throughout his decades - and the world. Reading his CV alone almost makes you …

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 2 25:36

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 2 ... One interview with Phil Jarratt left this interviewer with a desire to hear more of his wide-ranging surfing life and stories. Certain that others would as well I pressed Phil for another round. Graciously he came into the studio for a second interview, which proved to be every bit as fascinating as his first one. How coul…

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 2 10:18

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 2 - CHINESE BUSINESSMAN PROPOSES ALTERNATE WORLD PROFESSIONAL SURFING WAVE POOL CIRCUIT TARGETING INDIA, AFRICA, CHINA AND RUSSIA ... The title says it all. Somewhat surprising as the title may be, so are the comments from national surfing bodies revealed in this unusual tale. But then ag…

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PETER HUDSON 35:45

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Peter Hudson ... With three Australian shortboard and three Australian longboard titles, three New South Wales State shortboard and six New South Wales State longboard titles, a twenty-five-year surf shop ownership, a decades-long surfboard coaching and surf school record behind him, it's fair to say that Peter (Huddo) Hudson has lived a life soake…

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part Two 29:23

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part Two ... Bobby Atkins is back in the studio to recount more of his surfing life. A lot is personal about his surfboards, his surfing but along the way he tells of many characters who have added so much to Noosa's rich surfing history. Surprisingly, but then again maybe not so much, Bobby never surfed shortboards. Always mals, wel…

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CHAD WHATLEY 29:24

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CHAD WHATLEY ... Chad Whatley represents a new breed of young surf entrepreneurs. There was a day when surf shops only sold surfboards that were constructed on the premises. You'd walked in to be greeted with the air thick with resin fumes. Maybe a couple of board shorts and t/shirts on a rack to the side. These days you walk into a surf shop and b…

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part One 27:28

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part One ... Bobby (Bobby Barrel or Bobby Beach - depending on who you talk to) Atkins is a unique Noosa original. Really .. as he was amongst the very first to surf the fabulous points of Noosa back in the 1960's. With only a few years of surfing under his belt he arrived in Noosa on that first day to see the surf at Noosa's First P…

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 1 16:07

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 1 - THE BALLARD OF OWEN ROBERTS ... Once us Aussies discovered the surf in Bali we invaded. There was hardly a beach anywhere along its coast, and beyond, where you couldn't swing a cat without hitting half a dozen Australian surfers at any given time. Now it's the turn of the Russians. Y…

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DANE WILSON - Part one 27:57

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DANE WILSON - Part one ... Cronulla boy Dane was born into a surfing family with deep roots in the local surf scene and industry. As long as he can remember Dane's father has always made surfboards. When Floyd Smith, partner of the famed American surfboard brand Gordon and Smith, set up a surfboard factory in Cronulla in 1965 it wasn't too long bef…

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DANE WILSON - Part two 29:17

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DANE WILSON - Part two ... Dane has more surf stories that we can fit into a thirty-five-minute podcast. Yet somehow he manages to tell quite a few, pass some interesting observations of surfing and surfboards, plus recount some of his family's, and his own, adventures. Any one of those topics, with Dane's re-telling, could have easily stretched ou…

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MIKE DAVIS - Part 1 24:41

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MIKE DAVIS - Part 1 Mike is one of the first Californian surfers to immigrate to Australia in the 1970s, arriving about the same time as fellow American surfers Bob Cooper and Rusty Miller. It didn't take long before Mike established himself in the Australian surf scene with his enthusiasm for surfing and working within the surf industry along Aust…

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MIKE DAVIS Part 2 32:07

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MIKE DAVIS Part 2 Part 2 sees Mike in the studio to share a free-ranging conversation about his surfing life. He talks of a lap-over between California and Australia which is quite interesting - particularly from an American expat who has lived here for nigh on fifty years. And what it was like in the early days being an American (Seppo) making his…

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PETER WHITE PART 2 29:26

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Peter White Part 2 Picking up from where he finished last time, Peter is back in the studio to talk more about his surfing life - particularly as a surfboard shaper. With such vast experience across the globe from the east coast of Australia to Asia, USA, Europe and beyond Peter drops some good stories. Particularly, the one about Spain. His is a v…

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PETER WHITE – Part 1 23:16

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PETER WHITE – Part 1 Our Surf Town guest today is Peter White. Peter is the Noosa-based, internationally respected shaper and owner of Classic Malibu. And indeed they are, as so many of Peter’s beautifully crafted longboards are to be found all around the world ridden by countless surfers who treasure them. They are surfboards for all surfers of al…

Keith Mcmullen Podcasts

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101 with Tim Baker. Topic: SURF CULTURE ... 35:07

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TIM BAKER 36:15

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 6 10:27

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ZION POY 17:10

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JESCA MAAS 30:57

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KIRRA MOLNAR 35:07

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STUART CAMPBELL 44:01

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 5 - BYRON BAY 10:28

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DAVID "MEX" SUMPTER 39:43

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV ... Story 4 - SEX WAX SAGA 9:34

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: John "JC" Charlton's favourite surfers. - Part 2 35:17

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JOHN 'JC' CHARLTON - Part 1 32:53

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DIAN HADIANI 24:16

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DISCUSSION TABLE 101. Topic: SURFING WORLD Magazine's 50 Most Interesting Surfers 32:50

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CHANNA SENARATNE 37:28

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RICHARD von WILDEMANN 27:42

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JOHN FINLAY - NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING ... 29:05

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DAMIEN KING 28:30

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 3 11:30

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 1 30:20

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PHIL JARRATT - Part 2 25:36

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 2 10:18

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PETER HUDSON 35:45

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part Two 29:23

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CHAD WHATLEY 29:24

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BOBBY ATKINS - Part One 27:28

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THE AUDACIOUS SURF TALES OF VLADIMIR BORIS WAXANOV - Story 1 16:07

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DANE WILSON - Part one 27:57

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DANE WILSON - Part two 29:17

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MIKE DAVIS - Part 1 24:41

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MIKE DAVIS Part 2 32:07

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PETER WHITE PART 2 29:26

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PETER WHITE – Part 1 23:16