Stab Magazine | Listen: Kelly Slater's Gut-Busting Performance On Ain't That Swell
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Listen: Kelly Slater’s Gut-Busting Performance On Ain’t That Swell

Have a long car ride in your future? Download this now-infamous podcast featuring da GOAT and Occy.  

stabfm // May 3, 2019
Words by stab
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If you were one of the few hundred people at the Torquay Bowlo on the night of April 17, 2019, congrats – you’ve experienced a remarkable moment of surfing history.

After getting a couple beers in him, Kelly Slater was in career-best form, razzing the chronic instigator Jed Smith and riling up the audience with hilarious accounts from his past. 

But for the readers that didn’t happen to be on the scene that night, we urge you not to fret.  

Thanks to modern auditory tech, you’re now able to absorb all of the words that flowed from Kelly Slater’s mouth while on the stage with Ain’t That Swell. It was a 2.5-hour show that could have gone all night. 

It is with great pleasure that we present to you the official ATS podcast featuring Slater and Oc. 

Give it a listen here

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