Against The Grain with Albee Layer and Jack Freestone
Jun 27, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min · 13 segments
Torrey Meister. Big wave surfer, contest shredder and all around legend of a human. Listen to the tales of Torrey as he talks about the harder things in surfing. Ups, downs and in between.
Tori MeisterGuest
Albee LayerHost
Jack FreestoneHost
dude, that morning, I came in from my heat, my first round heat, all my fin plugs were taken out.

There was two fin screws on either side that were missing and one was taken out.

So who, you were against Zeke? That was what, you had to beat him by one? No, no,

This was like, this was going into a, I can't remember what heat it was because in the last day you kind of surf a fair few heats.
like a handful of guys
or something.

I don't know who was in my heat, but I can, I came in and Peter Mel was on the beach and he like touched my fin.

And then I was like, why? And I went up into the, into the competitors area and I looked and there was no fin screws in my, and it's wild because I,

dude, that morning, I came in from my heat, my first round heat, all my fin plugs were taken out.

There was two fin screws on either side that were missing and one was taken out.

So who, you were against Zeke? That was what, you had to beat him by one? No, no,

This was like, this was going into a, I can't remember what heat it was because in the last day you kind of surf a fair few heats.
like a handful of guys
or something.

I don't know who was in my heat, but I can, I came in and Peter Mel was on the beach and he like touched my fin.

And then I was like, why? And I went up into the, into the competitors area and I looked and there was no fin screws in my, and it's wild because I,
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