WSL Commentator Shannon Hughes joins the pod to talk about the Mid-season Cut and her journey to becoming a Championship Tour broadcaster. First, she shares her thoughts on the Mid-season Cut, what it was like to experience it on the ground in Margaret River, witnessing all the emotions, and also seeing how the pressure pushed the level of performance through the roof. She then takes us through her own personal journey in the sport, growing up in a surfing family, moving to J-Bay at 21, starting...
May 10, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 111
Winner of the WSL North America men’s QS tour Michael Dunphy joins the podcast to talk about his career year. After bagging two big wins in the regional Qualifying Series, he discusses making it onto the Challenger Series and starting the season in just a few days on the Gold Coast. He looks back at his long road through pro surfing, from getting his start in Virginia Beach, to choosing surfing over other sports, to battling through the QS, to surfing against the world’s best as a wildcard at th...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 110
Championship Tour star and Margaret River local Jack Robinson joins the podcast to talk about the Mid-season Cut-deciding event being held at his home break. He discusses his welcome return to Western Australia after spending 10 months of the year away, his passion for his home waves, and his excitement for potentially surfing at The Box. He breaks down his start to the season, including a strong 3rd place finish at the last event in Bells Beach that confirmed he had made the Mid-season Cut, and...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 109
A Re-Air of Episodes 17 and 18 featuring 3x World Champion Mick Fanning. In the first half of this two-part series, 3x World Champ and fastest-surfer-alive Mick Fanning lets loose about his evolution from scrawny Gold Coast grom to competitive machine, his infamous encounter and new stance on sharks five years later, and his decades-long relationship with Rip Curl. In the second half of this two-part series, Mick returns to talk about going head to head with prime Kelly Slater and Andy Irons, th...
Apr 19, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Surfing Victoria CEO and former pro surfer Adam Robertson joins the podcast to talk about the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach being held at his home break. He dives into the different parts and peaks of the iconic spot, lists his favorite Bells surfers, and makes his predictions for standout performers in the event. He breaks down his own competitive career, his amazing 2nd place finish as a wildcard at Bells in 2009, surfing for Australia in the ISA World Junior Championships, and his memorable time o...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 108
Championship Tour star Sally Fitzgibbons returns to the pod to talk about the upcoming Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach and beyond. She discusses the tradition of making the pilgrimage to Bells, her spiritual connection to that specific break, what it was like to ring the bell after her first win there, the importance of not rushing things on the wave, and her favorite sections of the iconic break. She looks towards the upcoming Mid-season Cut and breaks down the hungry, “swing free” mentality she will ...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 107
The explosive, dynamic former Championship Tour superstar Julian Wilson joins the podcast to check in after his year away from the tour. He dives into all the elements that went into his tough decision to retire from the CT, how his family changed his priorities, and how the pandemic played in. He talks about what he’s been up to during his welcome break from competition and discusses rediscovering his love for riding longboard and alt crafts. He looks back at the genesis of his successful caree...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 106
Re-Air of Episode 60 (Originally Aired March 16th 2021) ----------- Author and surf scribe Nick Carroll joins the podcast for a deep discussion about a wide and unexpected array of surfing topics. He breaks down the differences between Australian and American surf journalism as well as the similarities between the California and Australia surf scenes. He describes how you can learn a lot about who a person really is by watching them in the water. He dives into the irony of surfing’s counter cult...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 57 min
The Lineup Episode 38 Re-Air featuring a conversation with Griffin Colapinto in August of 2020. ------------------- Griffin Colapinto talks about his role as California’s next great Title Contender, his relationship with Kolohe Andino, buying his own house, being the first and only Californian to win the Vans Triple Crown, and having success at such a young age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 27 min
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Rosy Hodge and Jessi Miley-Dyer take over The Lineup for a special episode. The two start by telling the story of how they met at the World Junior Games in Durban about 20 years ago. They share how they each got into surfing at a young age, the surfers they came up through the ranks with, and the women that inspired them along the way. They dive deep into the evolution of the women’s Championship Tour over the last decade and the impact its made on the nex...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 105
Current World No. 1 Barron Mamiya joins the podcast to talk about his massive win at the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach presented by Shiseido. The young star discusses his strong start to the season, surfing against Kelly Slater at Pipeline, and going from wildcard to winner at Sunset. He goes in-depth about what the win meant to him as a North Shore local, how it changed the trajectory of his career in a moment, and his new goals for the rest of the Championship Tour season. Barron also describes his ...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 104
Today's episode is a Re-Air featuring WSL CT surfer Brisa Hennessy. Brisa is the newly crowned champion of the 2022 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Presented By Shiseido and is heading into the MEO Pro Portugal as number one in the. world. Championship Tour surfer Brisa Hennessy joins the pod to talk about her strong showing on the Challenger Series and requalifying for the CT. She breaks down her success on the new Challenger Series, the pressure she felt at the US Open, qualifying early, and how that ...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Big wave surfer, former Championship Tour competitor, and WSL commentator Laura Enever returns to talk about her memorable winter on the North Shore. She discusses surfing for three weeks straight leading up to the opening event, scoring barrels at Off The Wall, filming her Tour Vlog, and witnessing history at Pipeline. She breaks down all the highlights from the Billabong Pro Pipeline, shares her most memorable moments, gives her take on Kelly Slater’s win and Moana Jones Wong’s performance, an...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 103
Championship Tour rookie Joao Chianca joins the podcast to talk about making his debut at the Billabong Pro Pipeline. He recaps his huge winter on the North Shore, enjoying an amazing run of swell, staying at the Volcom house for the first time, and competing in his first career event. He breaks down how he prepared for Pipeline, how he took a short break to recharge for the season, and how different it is surfing in heats with one other person versus free surfing with hundreds of people in the ...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 102
Championship Tour rookie Luana Silva joins the podcast to talk about making her debut at the Billabong Pro Pipeline. Born and raised on the North Shore, she discusses the first time she surfed Pipeline at the age of 11, how hard it is to train there, and her strategy going into her historic first event. She breaks down her breakthrough season on the Challenger Series, details her big performances at Portugal and Haleiwa, and describes the mindset she’s taking into her rookie year on tour. She lo...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 101
The Lineup podcast celebrates its 100th episode with Championship Tour star, Olympian, and World Title contender Caroline Marks. She talks about preparing for the historic Billabong Pro Pipeline, the first-ever full women’s CT event at Pipe. She discusses practicing at Pipeline over Thanksgiving, getting her North Shore quiver locked in with shaper Matt Biolos, and her game plan for taking on the world’s most dangerous wave. She looks back at her 2021 season that feels like forever ago, from the...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 100
Australian surf filmmaker Justin Gane joins the podcast to talk about his new and highly-anticipated film ‘Re-Pulse’. He breaks down creating ‘Re-Pulse’ nearly 25 years after releasing his iconic surf film 'Pulse’. He discusses the four generations of surfers that span his new film and all of his inspirations behind the lens. He looks back at his road to becoming a filmmaker, starting out as a surfer, the accident and “sliding door moment” that changed his life forever, and his early days of fil...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 99
Championship Tour surfer Nat Young joins the podcast to discuss his long-awaited return to the tour and starting the season at the upcoming Billabong Pro Pipeline. He breaks down his eventful year, the packed Challenger Series, the short offseason, raising a baby daughter, and finding time to surf and train as a new dad. He discusses requalifying for the tour after four seasons away and how different it is from when he first qualified as a rookie in 2013. He talks about the power of letting go, ...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 98
Happy New Year! Big Wave World Champion and former Championship Tour surfer Keala Kennelly talks about her successful career as a surfing pioneer. She dives deep into equality in women’s surfing, touching on the importance of women’s events at waves of consequence like Pipeline and Teahupo’o, her excitement about the women’s CT returning to those places yearly, fighting for and eventually winning equal pay, and how female surfers always rise to the occasion when given the opportunity. She dissec...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 29 min
The first of our re-air episodes for the holidays. We hope you safely get some waves where ever you are! WSL founder and Sunset Beach local Randy Rarick talks about the early days of the Championship Tour, getting started in 1976, the very first contest on the North Shore, crowning Peter Townend as the first World Champion, and how he got into the administrative side of pro surfing. He dives into his personal story, from growing up in Hawaii to learning to surf from Rabbit Kekai, his biggest inf...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min
In this special episode of the pod, host Dave Prodan wraps up the year by diving into the mailbag and answering listener questions about all things surfing. Beyond the podcast and the Championship Tour, topics include Dave’s surfing bucket list, the incoming CT rookie class, helping surfers after they retire from the tour, the new three-tier system, The Lineup fantasy league, and how the WSL decides when to run heats. Plus, Dave shares the most rewarding part of the podcast and reveals some of h...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 97
In 2021’s final “Break Room” episode of the podcast, host Dave Prodan speaks with a panel of fellow WSL employees that work across the league. Get insights from inside headquarters on the upcoming 2022 Championship Tour roster. They react to the finale of the Challenger Series, get pumped for the massive, diverse, and exciting rookie class headed to the CT, discuss the new generation of women that are about to shake up the rankings, and pick a few surfers they’re most excited to watch in 2022. T...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 96
Championship Tour surfer Brisa Hennessy joins the pod to talk about her strong showing on the Challenger Series and requalifying for the CT. She breaks down her success on the new Challenger Series, the pressure she felt at the US Open, qualifying early, and how that impacted her nerves, expectations, and confidence going forward. She dives into the importance of mental strength in this sport, the uncontrollable nature of the ocean, how working with a sports psychologist has helped her be a bett...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 95
Championship Tour surfer Ezekiel Lau joins the podcast to talk about the wild past year of his career. He describes focusing all his energy on the upcoming Challenger Series finale at Haleiwa, how different it is to prepare for Haleiwa vs Pipe, the expectations put on him as a local Hawaiian surfer, and requalifying for the CT after a year away. He looks back at his journey to becoming a pro surfer, growing up in a non-surfing family in Honolulu, getting pushed by his father to compete, learning...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 94
Former Championship Tour surfer and current WSL Senior Manager of Tours & Competition Travis Logie talks about the massive changes in pro surfing over the past few seasons. Hear straight from the mouth of the inventor of the Rip Curl WSL Finals format how he came up with the idea, how it became a reality, and how he thought it worked in its first year. He describes the new three-tier system in pro surfing, with the Championship Tour, heightened Challenger Series, and regional Qualifying Seri...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 93
Irish marine social scientist and big wave surfer Dr. Easkey Britton talks about the We Are One Ocean campaign and the 30x30 petition that calls on world leaders to protect 30% of our shared one ocean by the year 2030. She dives deep into Blue Health and the countless proven mental and physical benefits of being in the ocean, from the healing effects of the water on PTSD, anxiety, and depression to the impact of cool water immersion on the nervous system. She details her family’s roots in surfin...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 24 min
In the latest “Break Room” episode of the podcast, host Dave Prodan speaks with a panel of fellow WSL employees that work across the league. Get insights from inside headquarters on the Championship Tour’s “offseason,” the Challenger Series, and WSL PURE’s We Are One Ocean petition. To start, the crew describes what they’ve been working on since the World Champions were crowned at Lower Trestles, how the offseason is getting more packed than ever, and the fast-approaching start to the 2022 seaso...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 92
Writer, journalist, and former professional surfer Jamie Brisick talks about the many phases of his life in surfing. He starts by telling the story of his entrance to the sport, growing up in Los Angeles in the Valley and earning his spot in the lineup at Malibu, using surfing as the way to escape suburban mediocrity, competing as an amateur, and having big dreams to pursue surfing as a career. He details his experiences as a pro surfer, discovering the very real delineation between amateur and ...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 91
Three-time WSL Longboard World Champion Honolua Blomfield talks about her recent World Title win at Malibu. She describes what it was like to clinch the title at such an iconic wave, her first time surfing Malibu at age 10, feeling support from the longboard community there, and what another title means for her personally and career-wise. She dissects her mentality during competition, how she feels less and less pressure as the years go on, her mathematical brain, and being fierce while appearin...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 90
The Ultimate Surfer competitor and Puerto Rican pro surfer Alejandro Moreda about his surfing origins, growing up on the “Hawaii of the East Coast,” charging big waves, and adjusting to small wave contests once he decided to leave and pursue the tour. He describes his early years on the Qualifying Series alongside Dylan Graves and Brian Toth, banding together around a dream, eventually signing on with Billabong, and earning his place on the North Shore. He looks back at the bittersweet 2010 Rip ...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 89
