The Grey Space with Brenden Newton
Gentle, deep & lively conversations with bodyboarders predominantly, but wherever the thread lead us, and to whoever.
A place to celebrate, contemplate and synthesise the big & the small.
Welcome to The Grey Space.
Episodes
113 episodes
Ep 118: SIC anticipation - Pyno | O’Toole | Baker | Finlay | Kingy | Lester | Strachan
An intimate array of phone calls with the world's best bodyboarders, discussing their amp for a potential Shark Island GREEN LIGHT this weekend.Hope you enjoy.
Ep 117: Timmy Hamilton
As core as it gets, I'm so thankful this lad is my friend, and what a heartfelt friendship it is. No convo topic off the table, Timmy is your Barnesy to the South Coast, Stoker to Cali & Mickey to the Atlantic. His Boogie Nation vids inspir...
Jesse John Blair
Welcome to the life of an incredible young man.One of the most exciting bodyboarders there is, losing his dad to drugs at the age of 3 and surrounded by this challenge every week since, Jesse used wave-riding as his place of expression. Thi...
Episode 115: Wayne Bell 'Roots Bodyboarding'
Core boog journo, skater, moto rider and golden child for transmuting hardship into shared stoke and stories. Wayne Bell's life changed the moment his mum suggested he buys Rush 'Class of 99' at the age of 7, from Helensburgh Newsagent. 30 year...
Caleb Graham & The Joel Taylor doco
30 years in the making & more compelling even than you might anticipate.The Joel Taylor doco, Beyond The Break has been crafted slowly & sensitively by today's podcast guest, Caleb Graham.Listen for the full down-lo behind...
Ces Bassi 2.0 - lost on the way home.
A ponder on the human condition.Lost and finding.Give to keep. Addiction, acceptance & the in-between.
Mike Stewart - a celebration of SIC 2025 + more.
Take a walk with Mike.Talk through our fortune as wave-riders, breathing exercises to manage reaction & what his manoeuvre exploration looked like in the 80's.A long and reflective chat revealing the inner workings of one of t...
Chopper & Tully - Time is irrelevant.
An education in flow & style.A time portal to the timeless.90s boog royalty get honest with the full loop of 4 decades, from Mike to Mike.Enjoy.
Jess Landrigan: Dad's legacy.
His dad sends him 500 metres out to sea and sits on the land to film.Tapped into some of the east coast's best reefs, Jesse's dad opened pathways for his future booglord son. Aware of his dad's legacy Jesse now teaches behaviourally chal...
Liam O'Toole - a lifelong dream
Amazing chat with this true boog lord.1km paddles in pre-sunrise baitballs, 14 years married & wrestling his lifelong SIC dream at the age of 44.So sick.Tile image: Paul Humber
Cohen Thomas: Nurse & pit pilot.
Cohen Thomas is likely the answer to our cries “where are all the hardcore young boogers these days”Compared to the early 2000’s there appears to be less in number, but maybe Cohen & his brother make up for a few dozen given the airs...
Toby Player: deep boog.
In the footsteps of King Doory, Toby takes to av shorey on his council cleanup beast. 14 years later he wrestles this cavern at the bottom of the world.Lotsa stories. Too many for a 15min pod. But here's a small doorway into TP for you t...
Marli Dunn - pre Shark Island Challenge
Marli Dunn surfs slabs, but he spins in them and flys out.A unique set of skills n bravery.Tune in for his frame by frame account of the 2 most gnarly waves of his life.Enjoy.
Jase Finlay: pre SIC chat.
The most agile soldier in the field.The flying gymnast.Super friendly & a hellova ticker in his chest.A bottom turn as sharp as a f*^ckin stanley knife.Here, Jase speaks of some of the outer edges of his life, in...
Stephanos Kokorelis: pre SIC chat.
In a northern hemispheric land of boog talent Steph grew up under the tutorlage of the famous Paulino, one of Portugal's greatest. With his older brother as motivation and aspiration to fly out of Aussie end bowls, Steph now clocks his online w...
Sophie Leathers: pre SIC chat
A girl rippin in and living large."Shark Island is for the f*&kin girls!" she yelled over the mic at the 2025 SIC Launch Party.Great to catch up, hearing the backstory and the cognitive processes of Sophie. Fascina...
Lilly Pollard: Pre SIC chat
Power to Lilly.What a strength.Great chat with a wonderful person.We talk 3 decades of camping around the world with her bodyboard. Setting up one of Australia's best Boog coaching clinics & finding nature as her friend most rec...
Winny - pre SIC chat
Beautiful convo with a truly talented gentleman.We talk big macs in ya teens & raw veg in ya 30's.We talk soccer vs boog world tour.We also talk about changing nappies for 10 years straight & how to stay connected to your pa...
Ben Sawyer: pre SIC chat
Under 16's Australian water polo champion.The foundations were strong.Now 2024 Shark Island Challenge winner,& IT manager across some big-ass underground tunnels.There's more to Benny than we knew.
Lester: pre SIC yarn
Andrew Lester is one of the all-time best pocket surfers on the planet. For this recording I caught him in his corporate office, well dressed and kindly chatting through life as he knows it. Something very special about someone with su...
Liam Lucas & Michael Ostler: The lives of 2 special bodyboarders.
A casual yarn in front of 4 ft pits, with two gentle humans full of story. The challenges of their lives and how they have navigated such. Appreciate their time and application.
Heydon Bunting 2.0 - Being less hard on yourself.
From the tyranny of guilt and overthinking, to being content with what is.This is Heydon Bunting 2.0, a rich walk through therapeutic art, natural wonder & stilling the mind.What a blessing and a gift to record this one....
Jarod Oshannessy: Talking about dark places.
This chat, as with all eps, gets better and better as the recording continues.Jarod and I really hit a flow and towards the back end, as he's able to discuss his passion for helping others; connected to his photography practice.
Ep 94: The Grey Space x Fumanswoo - talking boog & life
In this collaboration episode, I chat with Ben Hodge & Jolan Kilkelly - two diehard NZ boogs who run a cracking little boog centric podcast called Fumanswoo.We talk discrimination, shame, the global boog network, world tour ideas, the 2...
Shaun Cooper: The inception of a new bodyboarding club.
Shaun Cooper is a doer.Coming 2nd to Mitch Rawlins in the Australian Pro Junior in the 90's, Shaun used his disappointment to fuel 2 subsequent Australian Titles victories.Running a busy pools maintenance business, raising 2 boys &a...
