The Challengers has been played on NTS in shows including Diddy Wah, featured first on 16 June 2014. Songs played include Wipe Out, Raunchy and Wipe Out.

The Challengers was an instrumental surf rock band started in late 1962. They were located in Los Angeles. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album "Surfbeat" was the biggest selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world.

The band was formed out of the pioneer surf band called The Bel-Airs. The Bel-Airs were still in high school at…