After an eight month break off air, SE contributor Jed Smith is back with the first episode of the second season of ‘Ain’t That Swell’, now with a new co-host Vaughan Dead (Formerly of Waves Magazine now editor of Surfing World/frontman of the Goons of Doom).

They take a look at who’s been getting into fisticuffs lately, the Men’s and Women’s World Tours, feature an interview with Red Bull Cape Fear contestants, Makua Rothman, Koa Rothman and Dean Morrison, talk surf music (The Sunnyboys Vs The Surfers feat. Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Peter King vs Growlers, and much more.

If every marketing manager in surfing took more LSD, the world would be a better place… – Jed Smith

Honorable mentions: Westerly Windina finds her feminine flow, Costa Mesa and the indie surf culture revolution, Kelly Slater, Steph Gilmore and Jimmy Buffet sing Margaritaville and they cross live to the boys from The Sandpit, “Byron’s most cooked radio show” for an interview with Makua Rothman.