SPIT! breaks down Filipe Toledo’s Twin+1 setup, Stab High overshadowing the WSL in New Zealand, Ethan Ewing’s SITD controversy, and the biggest stories shaping modern surf culture.
Spit! May 20th, 2026 (Full Episode 458)
In today’s show David and Scott discuss the delicate balance of maintaining a passion for surf while being able to monetize it and exploit to the masses, revel in the Twin+1 virtues at gutless Manu Bay, note a demarcation line when media company entered the events biz and stole focus from a CT event, applaud one grom’s sheer dominance at the most hotly contested comp on the planet, and identify the single most iconic and never replicated surf move ever performed. Plus Duke and Kooks! Enjoy!
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Host, Producer: David Scales @David_Lee_Scales
Host, Producer: Scott Bass @BoardroomShow
Intro Music: Benjamin Booker, Violent Shiver
Outro Music: Benjamin Booker, Violent Shiver
Jump Around
00:00 SurfNVS.com The Official Fins of the Show that Knows
Twin+1 discourse officially enters its doctoral thesis era.
00:30 Nick Carroll on Filipe Toledo’s 2 plus 1 and more Fin Talk
Gutless Manu Bay somehow becomes the center of world fin theory.
05:05 Realwatersports.com HUGE Memorial Day Sale
A dangerous sentence for anyone with board storage problems.
06:42 yeah guy, yeahhhhhh guyyyyy Daavid
Off to a great start
07:55 2026 Boardroom Show: Scott Bass Talks Shapers List
Scott starts mentally planning his purchases
10:30 Who said that, David? 50th Anniversary Edition (A David WIN!) Also, Big Brand Talk
Historic scenes as David secures a legitimate victory.
19:00 WSL New Zealand: Hugely Problematic for WSL
Tiny waves, bad vibes, and awkward optics.
22:30 David Drops a FULL Stab High recap for Scott + Hughie Vaughan
The event may now officially outweigh the CT in cultural gravity.
30:00 The Butter Factor
It’s buttery.
36:15 Nathan Fletcher Hall of Fame? Christian Fletcher?
Surf lineage above all.
39:00 Isla Hardy Wins Lady Birds, Yadin Nicol Wins Bottle Rockets
One grom looked completely untouchable…Isla.
40:50 Stab In the Dark Ep 4 Recap: Ethan Ewing’s Mom Rips and Dan Mann Controversy Continues
The best SITD?
59:00 Stu Nettle on Swellnet
A reminder that surf journalism still matters.
59:30 1 SPACE LEFT for the Surf Splendor Listener Trip to Chicama http://www.waterwaystravel.com
Someone is about to score the easiest left of their life.
1:01:30 David’s Duke of the Week: Mickey Munoz Statue in Dana Point
A rare surf statue that actually feels deserved.
1:05:00 Etymology of the Club Sandwich surf move
An all-time surf term gets unpacked.
1:06:15 David’s MSM Presented by treewax.com code SPIT: Gazan surfers still surfing
Perspective arrives whether the surf world wants it or not.
1:12:45 Surfrider.org The Ocean Needs More Friends
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