On this week’s TMA, Tom’s been playing ALL the games including: Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart 8, Pastel Muses and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble, while Mat has lost his free time to the new Holoverse game: ZZZ aka Zenless Zone Zero! Listen to the boy’s talk Manga on Mat’s new podcast, Manga Tak here! Download it here.…

A couple of weeks before the Olympic surf event at Teahupoo, a teenage Australian photographer was found floating face-down during a heavy eight-foot Teahupoo swell. Nineeten-year-old Byron Mclouhglin, who was shooting the action from an inflatable bodyboard, had been sucked over the falls on an earlier set and had ended up in the lagoon. The forme…

On this week’s TMA, the boys are again complaining about demos (Sandland and Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash), before Tom finds comfort in the warm embrace of Shenmue and Mr. Driller Drillland while Mat’s fallen in love with Hi-Fi Rush. The boys conclude by briefly talking the latest State of Play and the opening of Summer Games Fest. Listen to the bo…

Another Timely release! We travel back to good old April 2024 to hear Mat and Tom’s disappointment at the Stellar Blade demo! Tom is happy with Sony’s customer service and played some Analogue Pocket, while Mat’s been playing Shiren The Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island. Download it here.…

BeachGrit has always held Kolohe Andino close to our hearts. I knew his daddy Dino during his wild nineties epoch and first met the boy prodigy, then sixteen, on a holiday to the Canary Islands where he exhibited what were then exotic flavours of aerials. A perfect fit for Chas Smith Hates Surfing to discuss life off tour, the rise of the San Cleme…

Rarely do I get as much pleasure as when the telephone connects to the 1988 world champion Barton Lynch, who cinched his title at perfect eight-to-twelve-foot Pipeline but is now more famous for his oratorical gymkhanas on WSL broadcasts. A few days ago, BeachGrit outed Barton as a filthy communist bastard, which you can read here, and which was sw…

Today’s guest on Dirty Water brought a brutal, but beautiful, savagery to professional surfing. His fav tee featured a skull and the slogan Kill Em All God Will Sort Em Out and he was the star of the Quiksilver ad If You Can’t Rock and Roll Don’t Fucken Come. He’s a three-time runner up to the world title, two of ‘em in excruciatingly controversial…

On this instalment (a couple of weeks ago’s) of TMA, the boys talk in length at their disappointment of the film ‘Damsel’, Mat’s beaten FF7:Rebirth and Tom’s played a bit of Tekken 8 and Sonic Origins. Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

Recently, Kelly Slater responded to an online poll asking which sport was harder, soccer or surfing, with a bombshell…neither. “I wouldn’t rate soccer but I don’t play,” writes Kelly Slater. “I would say skating, free soloing, F1, MMA, gymnastics etc are all at the cutting edge of ability for humans.” Kelly Slater’s comment came just after ESPN had…

On this week’s TMA, the boys have a sense of Deja Vu… Mat’s been Playing Helldivers 2, and Persona 3 Reload, while Tom’s been getting into Tekken 8, Foamstars and both have played Wanted:Dead… Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

This interview with Jodie Cooper was the last podcast the surf writer and commentator Ben Mondy recorded for us and took place around eighteen months ago. BeachGrit had employed the Mondy, who lives in England, to make a few Dirty Water podcasts while Charlie and I busied ourselves with leisure. Mondy and I had worked together at a Sydney publishin…

On the first TMA of 2024, the boys talk moving gaming collections, Mat’s doing a dry ‘gaming’ January to prep for February’s feast of JRPGs, forgetting the name of Tekken characters and playing Wanted: Dead. Tom’s been wrestling with hard drive space and his frustration at Need for Speed: Unbound. Download it here.…

On a slightly delayed episode of TMA, the boys take you back to December 2023, when Mat played Like A Dragon Gaiden, Persona 5 Tactica and some other games, when Tom was defeated by bosses at the end of Sonic Superstars, platinum’d Sonic Origins, and questions whether he enjoyed Sifu more than The Quiet Man… Download it here.…

Almost one decade ago, while filming for Strange Rumblings, Dion Agius and other Globe surfers including Creed McTaggart, sought out the circles of Greenbush in Sumatra, Indonesia. Greenbush is one of those waves where tuberiding to the death is preferable to opening the cat-flap or proning straight. For surfers such as Craig Anderson and, in our c…

In a little under a year, Brazil is going to field two-time world champion Filipe Toledo as part of its two-man team to the Olympics, the surf event being held at Teahupoo. It ain’t no secret that Filipe Toledo is scared of the place. He is the only surfer to score a zero-point heat there. A moment in 2015 that was subsequently dubbed “A brave act …

In the latest episode of Dirty Water, Chas Smith picks apart Bev Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering’s wild street brawl with a gang of “chubby teenage Latinx girls”. “No actor is more surf adjacent than Ian Ziering (save Keanu Reeves and Matthew Perry),” Smith wrote when news broke of the melee. “The now 58-year-old got his start on the 90s program Bever…

ll that heat about the new Palm Springs Surf Club wavepool, featuring the tech of wavepool king Tom Lochtefeld, has been entirely warranted despite earlier fears it was a modern incarnation of the old Disney Typhoon Lagoon. The Tom Lochtefeld tech, which is called Surf Loch, is diff to Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, Wavegarden, American Wave Machines a…

In the latest episode of Dirty Water, the celebrated author Chas Smith reacts to Kelia Moniz giving hell to Roxy’s parent company, the Authentic Brands Group. “The stylish longboarder is a two-time champion, multiple-time cover girl and, most importantly, surf royalty, hailing from the revered Moniz family,” says Smith. “She is, in a word, indelibl…

If you knew Chris Cote like I know Chris Cote, you’d find the sweetest Peewee Herman-esque lover of life, gags, tumbling, surf all day, no-alcohol parties all night, and positivity wherever he can find it. Also a shill for the World Surf League, but we all gotta make a living, the truth be told. The respect is mutual, as you might imagine, with Chr…

On this (last?) week’s TMA, Mat’s been chowing down at the Yakuza buffet with Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His name, while Tom’s been playing more Sonic Superstars, as well as more Immortals Fenix Rising. Then the boys go off on a rant about the Metaverse and their mutual love of John Wick: Part 4… Download it here.…

On the 300th Episode of this here podcast, the boys talk shop about 10 years of podcasting and talk about some GAMES. Mat’s been getting immersed in Digital Eclipse’s latest ‘interactive museum’ with The Making of Karateka, while Tom’s been getting into more Sonic Superstars, Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Quiet Man… Download it here.…

‘Tis the season of games and the boys have rolled up their trouser legs to wade in knee deep… Keeping up with current events, Tom has played both Sonic Superstars and Super Mario Wonder, while Mat’s been enjoying 2022’s indie darling ported to the Switch: Vampire Survivors! There’s also talk of Red Dead Redemption 2, Forza and lots more… Download i…

On this edition of TMA, Mat’s been playing the games of the moment, Armoured Core 6: Fires of Rubicon and Sea of Stars, while Tom’s been playing every classic PC shooter, the closed beta of HYENAS and Dirt. Of course, the boys give their POV on the new Netflix live action One Piece. Download it here.…

On this week’s TMA, Tom’s become a member of the PC gaming elite and decided to use his new found powers to play 1997’s Quake 2, the boys talk more about Street Fighter 6, Mat’s been cooking up a storm in Venba and buying only the best games for the Game Boy Color… Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s pod, the boys have played some games! Mat’s picked up some games from the library including Cult of the Lamb and Street Fighter 6, while Tom’s been knee deep in racing games with Star Wars Racer’s Revenge and Sega Rally Online Arcade! We figure out the origins of Cotton, Mat discusses slow mecha games and a good time is had by all! D…

On a long overdue Tom and Mat Attack, the boys discuss the Limited Run Showcase, as well as what they’ve been playing! Mat beat Final Fantasy XVI, while Tom’s been playing some ExoPrimal and Episode 1 Racer… Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s Tom and Mat Attack, Tom has now dipped his toe into the Tears of the Kingdom depths and played some Street Fighter 6, while Mat’s been disappointed by Atomic Heart. Beyond that, the boys discuss the most recent State of Play in an (as always) timely manner! Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On another star studded Tom and Mat Attack, Mat has been playing more The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Humanity and the Street Fighter 6 Demo. Tom’s not only been indulging in that same demo, but playing more Bayonetta as well as some SPIDER-MAN?! Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s TMA, the boys have been playing some relevant games: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Honkai: Star Rail, Resident Evil 4… and Bayonetta? Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On a yet another later than advertised TMA, Mat has solving The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, dreaming of John Wick video games and learning the history of video games with Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, while Tom has been falling off Fortnite, falling in love with Resident Evil 4 Remake (well, the demo at least…) and Slice, Dice and Rice. …

On a later than advertised TMA, Mat has been playing Like A Dragon: Ishin, and believe it or not, so has Tom… To balance that out, Tom has been falling back into Guilty Gear Strive, and believe it or not, so has Mat… An odd week of gaming serendipity is broken by talk of Phantom Breaker: Onima and wonder how cheap Wanted:Dead needs to drop before w…

On this week’s Tom’s been playing more Sonic Frontiers, diving into the history of Artoon and exploring the world of Full Metal Alchemist, while Mat’s finally embraced the digital cat life with Stray, enjoyed and hated different games in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga collection, and wet his appetite with the demo of Like A Dragon: Ish…

On yet another TMA, Mat’s been breaking apart books to try obscure literary puzzles and playing Square Enix’s tabletop card / role playing game – Voice of Cards, while Tom’s been seeing what the new Golden Eye game is all about and dabbling in some Halo 3… Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

It’s. 2023 and the boys have started on the wrong foot! With no ‘Christmas Games’ under the tree, the boys have ended up watching games? Join us as we discuss HBO’s The Last of Us, Nier Automata Ver1.1a and some other anime besides, as well as actual video games® like Chocobo Racing GP, Heavenly Bodies and One Piece Odyssey. Download it here.…

To wrap up 2022, the boys talk about their favourite things from 2022: manga, movies, games and more! It would be festive had it been released in time for Christmas, but why not start the year as we like to here at Tom and Mat Attack: by desperately clinging to the year that’s just ended!? Download it here.…

On this week’s TMA, the boys abandon bits, talk flipped manga bemoan our digital future. Mat’s been playing AI: The Somnium Files and Beermaster: Beer Brewing Simulator, while Tom’s been enjoying Fortnite, but not necessarily the ending event of chapter 3… Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On a long over due podcast, the boys talk Christmas, Star Wars and the arrest of famed game developers. Tom’s been playing Sonic Frontiers, Mat’s been avoiding Pokémon Scarlet and the boys both got Analogue Pockets! Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s TMA, the boys briefly discuss the Nintendo Direct, the State of Play and what they’re most looking forward to from them. Mat’s been playing Inscryption while Tom’s been getting into Sonic Colors Ultimate and even playing a little bit of Sonic Frontiers! Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s TMA, Tom’s been playing more Fortnite, Mat’s been to a Retro game market and the boys confess their love of the original XBOX. Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s TMA, the boys have both been playing some Dragon Ball Super content in Fortnite, before continuing where they left off talking about the PS2, Dreamcast and Game Cube! Download it here.Av Tom + Mat Attack

On this week’s TMA, Mat has been striking gold at the flea market, while Tom’s been playing terrible FIGHTing games on the PS4. The boys then get into the weeds by taking about the things that defined the console generations from the 16 and 32/64 bit eras. Download it here. Find us on:- Twitter – TMACast…

Today’s guest Andy Lyon is the Malibu realtor and First Point surfer of fifty years who achieved a considerable notoriety recently when he threw a rock into another man’s surfboard following an entanglement, the video of the event going viral. He lost his job, had his address published and a beat down was suggested his four year old kid Glider. Lyo…

Mel, who is fifty-three, no longer has the foaming jaws of a meth addict. Today he is the sort of man who loves his children with a passion, his parents with respect, his wife with generosity and his friends with loyalty. He wears slightly too big flannel shirts and pants with stone washing applied at the factory. On January 8 last year, Pete rode …

On another episode of the podcast, the boys complain about the price of retro gaming and the lack of games at flea markets, while Mat gives a full review of Panic’s excellent Play Date and Tom gets into Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series and updates us on his PS1 collecting! Download it here. Find us on:- Twitter – TMACast…

This episode of Dirty Water hits a high-water mark as Ben Mondy peels layers from "the best surfer in his generation never to win a world title" Julian Wilson. Many revelations, including Julian's arrest as a teen, the day he stared death in the face, not just his own, but Bruce Irons', Nathan Fletcher's and Maya Gaberia's, how he was forced to bec…

On this week’s podcast, Mat has been buying Switch games he has no time for in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Miitopia, while making plenty of time for the Tour de France and Citizen Sleeper, while Tom has finally got his costumes in Dead or Alive 2, having the arcade experience at home with House of the Dead Remake, forgotten more than Mat will eve…

Today’s guest on Dirty Water brought a brutal, but beautiful, savagery to professional surfing. His fav tee featured a skull and the slogan Kill Em All God Will Sort Em Out and he was the star of the Quiksilver ad If You Can’t Rock and Roll Don’t Fucken Come. He’s a three-time runner up to the world title, two of ‘em in excruciatingly controversial…

On this week’s podcast, the boy’s try to remember what games have been announced this month, get on their soap boxes about the usual and talk about games released in the last few months, including Neon White, It Takes Two, Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection and Sonic Origins! Download it here. Find us on:- Twitter – TMACast…

Rarely do I get as much pleasure as when the telephone connects to the 1988 world champion Barton Lynch, who cinched his title at perfect eight-to-twelve-foot Pipeline but is now more famous for his oratorical gymkhanas on WSL broadcasts. A few days ago, BeachGrit outed Barton as a filthy communist bastard, which you can read here, and which was sw…

On this week’s podcast, Tom has some ‘musings’ on the state of buying and collecting video games and finding some time to play Trek to Yomi, while Mat’s become a Fortniter, growing frustrated at Effie on the Switch and falling in love with the modern Game Boy masterpiece that is Pig Ship and The Giant Wolf… Join us to hear us talk briefly about vid…