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The Grit! with Chas Smith
David Lee Scales
368 episodes
2 days ago
The Grit! is a weekly show co-hosted by David Lee Scales and Chas Smith discussing the most scintillating headlines from the surf world and BeachGrit.com. Part of the Surf Splendor Network.
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The Grit! is a weekly show co-hosted by David Lee Scales and Chas Smith discussing the most scintillating headlines from the surf world and BeachGrit.com. Part of the Surf Splendor Network.
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The Grit! with Chas Smith
353 - The Grit! January 2, 2026
In today’s show David and Chas pick up the pieces from NYE and embark on the New Year with intel about Tom Curren’s hair dye, a new crown and title at Pipeline, a major shift from CT Champs that devalues legacy surf brands and spikes value in one surfer-owned brand, Jack Robinson offers you financial advice, shapers offer religious guidance, and we all learn difference between “butt hurt” and butt pleasure. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 days ago
1 hour 39 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
352 - The Grit! December 26, 2025
In today’s show David and Chas recap the glory of Christmas and ponder the possibility of The Lost Week, count the number of times they’ve executed what they intended to do while surfing, survey two recent surfing Blood Feuds, perplex over Curren’s hair color, Julian’s shift to LGBTQ-friendly leisurewear, and map a winning plan for NYE. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 week ago
1 hour 37 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
351 - The Grit! December 18, 2025
In today’s show David and Chas discover why bodyboarding reigns supreme over surfing, learn the virtues of not getting paid, pro surfing gets litigious, JJF brands Pipeline and lobbies to become Mister, a pro surf Catfish stands trial for wanton domestic abuse, and learn why your mail carrier deserves a parting gift. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 34 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
350 - The Grit! December 12, 2025
In today’s show dingleberries Chas and David learn about Kelly’s suspicious (alleged) scrubbing of the Internet, Bethany’s threat from the WSL, Sterling gets Curren to finally run his mouth, the boys learn how surf music becomes iconic, why Chinese wax jobs are here to stay, and which vehicle value is too great to bring to the beach. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 20 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
349 - The Grit! December 5, 2025
In today’s show David and Chas review the newly released Surfline footage that potentially captured UFO activity, predict the implications and wonder if Harry Bryant tapped into the resource, they learn how Dale Webster soothed a weary cord lord’s Great White trauma, provide the ultimate holiday gifting guide, learn the beneficial chemical reaction of triethyl citrate, and explain the precise and only appropriate usage of “sick”. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 32 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
348 - The Grit! November 29, 2025
In today’s show David and Chas innumerate a Gratitude List and explain why the modern era is the best time to be a surfer, welcome Benedict Cumberbatch into the brotherhood, honor Mom John as the greatest mother of all time, wonder where they’d be without surfing’s quiet gift of discipline, realize that cold plunges are free, and explain why it’s okay to pretend to be religious. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
347 - The Grit! November 21, 2025
In today’s show Chas and David offer suitable insults for children, advise on how to keep a second marriage thriving while avoiding a third, wonder if the WSL lost it’s internet connection in Hawaii, learn when it’s appropriate to ask another surfer on a date, and determine the precise moment you should quit surfing. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 22 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
346 - The Grit! November 14, 2025
In today’s show, while Luke Cederman snores in the background, Chas and David predict that the next Matt Hoy will come from a wave pool, make predictions about Carissa Moore’s return to Tour, a long time listener gets regulated from a La Jolla reef, and another gets emasculated by both Coco Ho and then Billy Kemper, and we all get reminded why opting not to regulate females in the line-up is sexist. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 23 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
345 - The Grit! November 7, 2025
In today’s absurdist themed show longboarders take center stage as youngest WSL champ ever wins her third title while Stab buries the lede, Joel Tudor wins over corporate airlines and then takes them to court, Moana Jones Wong joins OnlyFans, and the boys discover the perfect projectile to reintroduce regulation in your local line up. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 17 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
The Weekend Vans Chats
In today’s show, recorded at The Boardroom Show, listeners get on the mic to share their stories, interview by the one and only Chas Smith; among them, Shea Somma, Com Turren, Chris Christenson, James from SD, Backside Dave, and Alejandro. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 33 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
344 - The Grit! October 31, 2025
In today’s Halloween episode David and Chas confront a new spate of misplaced anger and advise Rory Russell on how to use Instagram, explain how to win a fight against four frat boys, get revved about the greatest invention since the wave pool, and learn that there’s no such thing as a one wave set. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
343 - The Grit! October 24, 2025
In today’s show David awakes from an anxiety dream to realize he’s manifested the perfect plot for North Shore 2, John Peck sends a wink from the great beyond to remind us he was never really here, Surfing World maps for the next 60 years with an injection of fresh blood, and the boys welcome Raglan Surf Report and Turtle for the next live show! Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 29 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
342 - The Grit! October 17, 2025
In today’s show the world’s biggest surf fan finds her way to Chas and David’s heart through their stomach, Dan Mann waltz’s into Icon status in a blanket of foam dust, Jamie Mitchell makes mainstream news with another near death wipeout, Bill Stewart shirks the criteria and wins the day, and the boys explain why you should never how the waves are today. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 34 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
341 - The Grit! October 9, 2025
In today’s show Chas finally reveals music he DOES like, and David reveals Malibu’s coolest resident, and the boys gawk at JJF’s newly chiseled physique, are rapt by Jason Momoa’s story of survival, count how many people Laird has rescued, discover the Rock Star SUP’r who gave it all away, pray for Sierra Kerr, and learn to accept their future as birders. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 26 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
340 - The Grit! October 3, 2025
In today’s show Chas and David mourn for a newly split surf industry power couple, pout over Yago’s world title tax liability, learn why they should stake skating, gawk at the celebs crowding LA lineups, learn which “pro” surfer mimes Machine Gun Kelly, and accept why mamma’s are the ultimate butt of all jokes. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 35 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
339 - The Grit! September 26, 2025
In today’s Jack Johnson themed show Chas and David attempt to understand the appeal of bubbly toes, define the exact moment 3-chord guitarists go from hero to zero, make a case against the board sock, fall in love with kneeboarding, and a secret truth about Chas’s upbringing reveals the cheat code to 99% of his ire. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
338 - The Grit! September 20, 2025
In today’s show, live from Tuscany, David dissects Joel Tudor’s rightful haranguing of Hawaiian Airlines while Chas struggles to get past the block and a Karen presentation, the boys then learn why small can be grand when it comes to sponsors, another DJ leverage tube adjacency to advance his career, and Chas finally says about Jack Johnson what is long overdue. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
337 - The Grit! September 12, 2025
In today’s show Chas and David discover where all the WSL event merch goes, survey the most savage burns in surfing, identify Bobby M as the purest artiste, assess the damage done by Butterface, and explore the dangers of letting your kid wear a red hat. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 47 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
336 - The Grit! September 5, 2025
In today’s show Chas and David explain why society successfully functions on Little White Lies, wonder why Griff manifested a role as first loser, identify the (second) biggest surf fan on the planet, give up hopes of cracking the lip, attempt to understand their disdain for surfers doing performative yoga, and warn to never go on a recreational hike. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 months ago
1 hour 46 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
335 - The Grit! August 30, 2025
In today’s show Chas and David celebrate surfing’s greatest new local hero, lament how the parties have changed on Tavarua, find even less resolution in the 7’- 9’ discussion, determine if you can get a Lemon surfboard, and celebrate the Sydney plumber who won the Uluwatu Single Fin classic. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes

The Grit! with Chas Smith
The Grit! is a weekly show co-hosted by David Lee Scales and Chas Smith discussing the most scintillating headlines from the surf world and BeachGrit.com. Part of the Surf Splendor Network.