The Reale Deal Show

Jay sits down with Vicki, Rob Barber, Rusty Morrison and Joao Veiga to share injury stories. They recount their worst injuries and the worst they've witnessed. Jay breaks his collarbone: https://youtu.be/Wl9A-hLBn-8?feature=shared Interview with Rusty Morrison: https://youtu.be/ejerwTZ4DAA?feature=shared Bodyboard-holidays.com @bodyboardholidays Insta: @jayreale @vickireale @rust_in_peace_ @robbarber007 @joao83veiga @ebodyboarding @tribeboards

One of our sport's most iconic figures during the Golden Age of the sport, O'ahu's Danny Kim singlehandedly carried the torch for the very niche discipline of standup bodyboarding. Danny's incredible talents standing up on his finless craft not only blew minds, but took him to top finishes on the US Pro Tour, and garnered plentiful magazine coverage worldwide. We discuss Danny's rise in the sport, and what he's been doing to keep himself busy since ending his pro car...

Debbie Colwell is truly one of the originals in the bodyboarding industry getting her start more than 4 decades ago eventually starting the iconic American bodyboard brand Custom X in the late 1980s. She has worked with the best and seen the sport grow from it's infancy to the huge industry it is today. Jay gets into Debbie's story from her start to her retirement and all that she's seen along the way. http://www.customx.com

Jay and his friend and Bodyboard Holidays owner Rob Barber discuss the current state of the sport in mid-2024 and how it's changed over the years. Who's doing it, what happened to print media, and local competition, and what's happening with the IBC World Tour? They cover all the important topics.

You may not know who Ryder Jalbert is, but you should. This Maui born-and-bred bodyboarder been quietly charging some of Hawaii's biggest swells in recent years and is on a mission to raise his big-wave game through training, equipment design. Jay grills him on the finer points of what got him to this level and where he's headed.

One of the most iconic rippers in the sport during the 90s and early 2000s, Santa Barbara's Jacob Reeve had all the talent and skill to be a dominant figure on the world stage. But his sponsors had other ideas. Jacob tore the bag out of his local spots and together, helped cement the reputation of a group of riders north of Los Angeles as...to use a cliche...a force to be reckoned with. Jacob talks about his bodyboarding days, including his first time pulling off an ...

Jay rewinds the clock 44 years to the very first pro bodyboarding event in Hawaii, and the first-ever bodyboarding event at Pipeline. 1980's The Coca Cola Surecraft North Shore Bodyboard Classic was put on by Robb Rice, who was the sales rep in Hawaii for Surecraft's North Shore bodyboard, which at the time, was arguably the best bodyboard on the market, endorsed by bodyboarding legend, Jack "Da Rippa" Lindholm. Robb tells the story of how his groundbreaking event set the stage f...

The most prominent bodyboarder to come out of the UK's Channel Islands, Colin Crowther from Jersey has been there and done that. One of the earliest adopters of Tom Morey's brainchild has been at it since the beginning- as a participant, competitor, contest organizer, and even author! In recent years, he's taken to spending time searching for uncharted waves in Europe's Arctic, using internet sleuthing to locate some of his destinations. He occasionally takes forays...