The Insiders' Podcast

About The Insiders' Podcast

Welcome to The Insiders. Join Darren Broadbridge and Matt Hayes in 'The Insiders,' a podcast that takes a candid look at the world of surfing. With their years of experience in the industry, Darren and Matt provide insider knowledge and expertise on everything from foam, liters, fin setups, shapes, and more. They've seen the industry from the inside and continue to watch it from the outside, sharing their perspectives on surfing's relentless sport, passion, fashion, art form, waste of time, life wasting, joy-giving, core-charging activity. Tune in for their best tips and tricks to help stoke your fire and keep the passion alive. With 'The Insiders,' you'll get an exclusive look at the world of surfing from a couple of frothers who won't let the fire go out! About us: Darren unpacked trucks for Quiksilver in the heyday then moved to the dream: Managing a surfboard factory with a motley crew of the worlds best shapers. Then seeing the surf tourism industry booming he jumped ship: Just intime for the Pandemic, proving to himselfonce again, you just can't see into the future Somewhere in the last ten years while he was doing his best to sell surfboards for Euroglass to the biggest mover of fibreglass in Europe, Boardshop. Matt picked up the phone. Matt has sold more surfboards than you have had hot dinners (Self-diagnoses surf nerd and board freak). We talked foam. Litres. Fin Setups. Shapes. Futures. FCS. FCS2. Fixed. Finless. Boardless. Aimless. The full circle. And we still are talking this: We stopped working together: But we never stopping talking surf together.

Publisher

Matthew Hayes & Darren Broadbridge

Category

health & fitness · news · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jan 2022

Latest episode

8 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

46 of 211 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Burns, Barrels and Big Airs - Cloud 9 Event Review

   Hosts Medina and Caity review the exciting Cloud 9 event, discussing standout performances, surprising upsets, and the future of this new surf competition.

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   1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Comp Special - Our wrap on Portugal & preview on Cloud 9. This could be special.

   Hosts discuss the Portugal competition, analyzing the challenging wave and standout performances, then preview the upcoming Cloud 9 event.

3. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   It's Time For Change. Men Need To Do Better. - Trigger Warning.

   Host Alex Rodriguez and guest Noah Klapp discuss the urgent need for men to improve their behavior following recent events, offering a more informed perspective.

Inside a recent episode

Burns, Barrels and Big Airs - Cloud 9 Event Review

Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's just unreal. I thought it was unreal to watch. What a wave. Yeah, I loved it. I thought it was like ticked all the boxes because super performance, like really consistent, can run quite a lot of heats. And also a little bit like when the wipeouts had a bit of consequence to him as well. Blabby, man. […]

Who has been a guest on The Insiders' Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Pio Marasco
• Fynn Gillespie
• Belle Betteridge

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,359

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

94

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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