{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646fa3e7bc0c7d001138fd73/647742db2db2b1001170779a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 3 | Chas Smith (Surfer & Journalist)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646fa3e7bc0c7d001138fd73/1685537356482-e47ebda44de80377ad404f93acd68808.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, we spoke to writer, surfer and pioneer of 'trash-prose' Chas Smith.</p><p><br></p><p>Chas is the author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, a wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime.</p><p><br></p><p>We talked about how he discovered surfing in the cool waters off Oregon leading to surfing adventures in Yemen. Seduced by the big personalities of Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer, Chas writes with brutal honesty but sympathetic voice and challenges our world views..</p><p><br></p><p>Check out Chas' work at <a href=\"http://beachgrit.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beachgrit.com</a></p><p>Follow Chas on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/surfjournalist/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Follow Chas on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/trashprose?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>.</p><p>Buy his book on <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3CnArSg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/readingthegamepodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Reading the Game on Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://readingthegame.substack.com/p/podcast-episode-3-chas-smith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Reading the Game on Substack</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/ReadTheGamePod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Reading the Game on Twitter</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/reading-the-game-podcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Reading the Game on LinkedIn</a></p>","author_name":"Reading the Game"}