If you’re looking for an Australian surf podcast that sounds like the car park, the lineup, the band room, and the back seat on the way home, you’re in the right place.The Sunday SHITSHOW is back with Season 3, Episode 12 — a 35-minute hit of surf froth, local chaos, and punk rock surf culture that doesn’t need permission slips.This episode we’re joined by Luke Hutchinson (Hutcho), the man behind the lens at Surfing Sunrise Beach Instagram. If you’ve seen Sunshine Coast clips that look like they were filmed by someone who doesn’t blink, there’s a good chance it was Hutcho standing somewhere sketchy, filming barrels and banking footage while everyone else is still deciding if it’s worth getting out of bed.

Watch Episode 12 on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/H8YotD2-cbc

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Watch the full episode on YouTube

This blog post is the warm-up. The full thing lives on YouTube: Watch The Sunday SHITSHOW S3E12 on YouTube. If you’re new here, do the usual: subscribe, drop a comment, and tell us what you’re backing for Barrel of the Year 2026.

Hutcho’s world: barrels, clips, and the yearly argument

Hutcho’s been living the loop — filming, surfing, editing — and he reckons Barrel of the Year 2026 (Sunshine Coast) is already stacking up. He’s pushing the clips out on Facebook first (because that’s where the feed moves fast), and Instagram later when motivation crawls back in. If you’re chasing surf clips, barrel footage, and that raw local energy, this is the rabbit hole.

Next Gen Challenge 2026: Yaroomba juniors, big prizes, proper community

We get into the Next Gen Challenge 2026 at Yaroomba Beach (August). Junior surf comp. Big prizes. Big energy.If you want the details, dates, and the full rundown, hit this: Next Gen Challenge 2026 Yaroomba Junior Surf Comp. This is the part of surf culture that matters — the kids having a crack, the crew behind the scenes doing the work, and the community showing up. Surfing isn’t just the wave. It’s the posters, the cameras, the mates who help you carry boards, and the people who clap when you land something you’ve been eating it on for months.

Hangers Boardriders: not a club, not a gang — just mates

Then we talk Hangers Boardriders. Not politics. Not gatekeeping. Not a weird uniform situation. It’s a crew doing daily surf checks, hunting banks, training hard, and backing each other. Same energy you see in a good skatepark session — people yelling you into your next attempt because they want you to land it. That’s the heart of it. Support your mates.

Noosa parking + lineup etiquette: don’t be a dick

We attempt to crack the case of Hutcho’s “priority parking” at Noosa. The truth is classic: secrets, hitchhiking, and mates who pick you up. Then we get into the stuff that keeps lineups from turning into a full-blown circus: Don’t drop in. Don’t snake. Don’t hog four waves in a row. Don’t be a dick. It’s just respect. And if you’re learning, don’t paddle out at a core spot, dredging off the rocks and float around like a cork. Someone’s going to get hurt, or someone’s going to get a huge hole through a nice board, and then everyone’s day is cooked.

Surf Talk: WSL bits, wave pools, and who’s ripping

Stu runs through the latest comp chatter, wave pool weirdness, and the crew pushing through heats. Wave pools are an even playing field, sure, but they’re still their own sport if you’re not training in one every week.

Be sure to go watch Stu’s Wave Of The Week — presented by BOARDCARRY. Quick, punchy, straight to the point.

If you want to binge the chaos properly, here’s the playlists:

Stu's WAVE OF THE WEEK!

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