Crest Podcast Ep16 - Jocks vs Purists; The Debate Edition

'Surfing’s not a jock sport, it’s not football or whatever... We’re not f***ing athletes, we’re surfers,' said Joel Tudor to Surf Europe. A contentious issue, which has rumbled since, now it's Crest's turn to tackle the thorny debate about surfing's changing identity. For this debate special, Tom and Rob square off against each other from different sides of the divide - with the help of Logan Nichol, Elliot Dudley and Cornwall's WQS battler, Luke Dillon. Guest hosted, refereed and adjudicated by Breige Lawrence, we attempt to settle once and for all whether the 'jockification' of surfing is a good thing. Sparks will fly, challenges laid down, and common ground kept to a minimum. Who'd have thought a benign question asked by Rob to Gwen Spurlock in the Garden Studio back in June would lead us here? Hey, ho, such is the role of a surfing podcast eh! So who won the argument? Jocks? Purists? And do we even care? Of course we do! Tune in to find out why...