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The Double-Up

Women's Surf Network

83 episodes

4 months ago

The constant whirlwind of surf comp coverage on the show is joined this month by talk of some incredible new additions to the women's surf film canon, as well as even more change within the WSL, including the surprise resignation of Jessi Miley-Dyer. While covering the most recent events, including Stab High Japan, the Challenger Series kick-off at Newcastle, Margaret River and the Cut and the return of a standard CT to Trestles, we take a look at Bettylou Sakura Johnson's strong resurgence a...

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The constant whirlwind of surf comp coverage on the show is joined this month by talk of some incredible new additions to the women's surf film canon, as well as even more change within the WSL, including the surprise resignation of Jessi Miley-Dyer. While covering the most recent events, including Stab High Japan, the Challenger Series kick-off at Newcastle, Margaret River and the Cut and the return of a standard CT to Trestles, we take a look at Bettylou Sakura Johnson's strong resurgence a...

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Episode 82: The rise of Bettylou, fresh edits, more WSL changes, Stab High, Challenger Series kick-off and much more!

The constant whirlwind of surf comp coverage on the show is joined this month by talk of some incredible new additions to the women's surf film canon, as well as even more change within the WSL, including the surprise resignation of Jessi Miley-Dyer. While covering the most recent events, including Stab High Japan, the Challenger Series kick-off at Newcastle, Margaret River and the Cut and the return of a standard CT to Trestles, we take a look at Bettylou Sakura Johnson's strong resurgence a...

4 months ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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Episode 81: Cait Miers and Be Ryder talk forging their own paths as photographers in the surf industry

When the Margaret River Pro kicked off a couple weeks ago a little-known historical note for professional surfing was also taking place; two women were hired to be the main event photographers for the first time ever. While women have been an integral part of the WSL's photography team for a while now, two had never been paired together until Be Ryder and Cait Miers joined forces in Western Australia. In the aftermath of the contest Shan and Rach caught up with the pair to talk about th...

5 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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Episode 80: Mid-Season CT Update, Plus: Big Tour Changes for 2026, and the ISA World Longboard Championships

We have arrived at the midway point of a whirlwind WSL Championship Tour season, with six events down and six to go. Three CTs have run in the few weeks since we last recorded and there's only one more chance for the women on Tour to make the Mid-season Cut. This episode we delve into the rankings to catch up with where each of the women are currently sitting and what their year has looked like so far. We also delve into the WSL's massive announcement of the changes to the CT for 2026 and bey...

5 months ago

2 hours

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Episode 79: Portugal CT Wrap, incl. a discussion on voices and influence in surfing, Lucy Small chats Ceibo and Noosa Fest, plus this month's news round-up!

For those who follow our Instagram, you may have seen or engaged with a conversation we started relating to a comment from the booth at the recently wrapped Portugal CT. It wasn't necessarily an offensive comment - it was intended as a huge compliment - but it tapped into a theme we brought up on our collab episode with The Lineup regarding how performance is viewed between genders. This episode we recap the ensuing discussion and continue it, especially in light of the fact that the event ra...

7 months ago

1 hour 55 minutes

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Episode 78: The Lineup Collab: The Undeniable Progression of Women's Surfing

In a first for The Double-Up, The Lineup reached out with the opportunity to join in on a special collab epsiode to discuss the current state of women's surfing. Never ones to pass up an opportunity to dig in deep on their favorite subject, Shan and Rach joined Lineup host Dave Prodan for a conversation that spanned topics from moving beyond an era where the highest compliment a woman could receive was that she surfs like a man, to the role of media in covering women's sports. They also...

7 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

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Episode 77: Natural Selection and Abu Dhabi: Recapping two very different events that share surprising similarities

In theory the two major surfing events that ran back-to-back in mid-February could not have been more different - one held at a man-made wave in a place no surf contest deserves to be, seemingly at odds with the nature of surfing; the other at the furthest ends of the surf exploratory world, seemingly embodying the nature of surfing. It was surprising then that the two events actually shared a few similarities that get at the heart of modern-day competitive surfing - at least according ...

8 months ago

1 hour 42 minutes

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Episode 76: Annie Reickert Interview

Growing up on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Annie Reickert has spent her life embedded in the harsh elements of the windy isle, embracing them to grow into a waterwoman of the highest order. After receiving her first full invite to the 2024/2025 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, the 23-year-old placed highest out of the ten women who took part, despite surfing Waimea for the very first time in her opening heat. This episode we catch-up with Annie to learn more about her experience at the Eddi...

8 months ago

53 minutes

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Episode 75: Tyler, Caity and Molly fire up the Pipe Pro, Plus: Abu Dhabi discussion and preview, the North Shore season, and plenty more!

It took some time to get there but the 2025 CT season is off and running with Pipe run and won by two-time World Champion Tyler Wright, who is now wearing the yellow jersey for the first time in nearly two years...headed into Abu Dhabi. It wasn't peak Pipe (for the women!), but wow did they have some moments. This episode we debrief that event, talk about Abu Dhabi as a CT venue, and preview the fast-approaching contest. We also catch up on a jam-packed North Shore season, talk Caity Simmers...

8 months ago

1 hour 52 minutes

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Episode 74: Vahine Fierro Interview

Vahine Fierro needs no introduction. As one of the most beloved figures in modern-day surfing, Vahine has carried herself throughout her career with an air of joy and beauty, buoyed by her frank honesty. She won the 2017 WSL World Junior Championship in a small beachbreak and the 2024 SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro as a wildcard at large, barreling Teahupo’o.In this episode we chat with Vahine about her unique upbringing, her long road to CT qualification, her relationship with Teahupo’o and the rollerc...

10 months ago

54 minutes

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Episode 73: The Future and History of Women on the CT

From Margo to Molly, Sofia to Steph, Chelsea and Carissa to Caity and Caroline, Sandy to Sally, Pam to Paige, Lynne to Layne, the Championship Tour has provided us an incredible array of women across three different organizations over nearly 50 years.As deep as the list of amazing women to grace the Tour is, their numbers have been capped at 18, at best, for the entirety of its existence, compared with 48 and above for the men during the majority of that time.This episode, while appreciating ...

10 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Episode 72: Challenger Series Year-End Wrap, ISA World Masters Recap, incl. Interview w/ Kim Wooldridge and Serena Brooke, Plus: Lazer Breathing Dragons Review and World Para Surfing Champs Preview

It's a bumper episode this week, delving into all the news we've missed in recent times.We start by catching up on the end of the Challenger Series, talking through each of the qualifiers for the 2025 CT, before delving into a Lazer Breathing Dragons tangent, which leads straight into the ISA World Masters, for which we talk to two of the three Australian women on their team, the 1993 and 1995 ASP Rookies of the Year, Kim Wooldridge and Serena Brooke, before giving a quick preview of the upco...

1 year ago

1 hour 35 minutes

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Episode 71: Rachael Tilly is Your New World Longboard Champion!

In a surprise to no-one, we have dedicated this entire episode to the incredible feat that our co-host has accomplished in winning her second World Title. Having recently interviewed Rach after her US Open win, Shan approached this one differently, taking a holistic look at Rach's career. The two talk through her first World Title and the many changes the Longboard Tour has gone through in the period of time since she claimed that in 2015. They also go deep into process, strategy and the diff...

1 year ago

1 hour 36 minutes

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Episode 70: Abu Dhabi Longboard Classic Recap and Longboard World Champs Preview, Plus: Challenger Series Update and Milla Brown's Odyssey

The Longboard Tour has reached its pinnacle for 2024, with the inaugural Abu Dhabi Longboard Classic being wrapped and the Top 8 decided for El Salvador. Our very own Rachael Tilly sits in prime position to challenge for her second World Title later this week when the Longboard Finals kick off.This episode Shan and Rach catch up on Abu Dhabi and preview El Salvador, while also checking in on the Challenger Series and getting a glimpse of the future with Milla Brown dropping her epic edit, Ody...

1 year ago

44 minutes

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Episode 69: WSL Finals Breakdown - Caity Simmers is Your New World Champion!

Another season is now officially in the books and, at 18-years-old, Caity Simmers is your new World Champion.As predicted by Rach and Shan last episode, an initial loss to defending World Champion Caroline Marks fired Caity up. Fueled by support from her crew of sand children, she delivered some of the best surfing of the year and put a solid stamp on an incredible season.This episode we talk through everything that happened as the World Champions were crowned on the cobblestones of Trestles ...

1 year ago

57 minutes

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Episode 68: WSL Finals Preview and Fiji Pro Breakdown, incl. Interview with Erin Brooks

We're nothing if not wildly inconsistent. No episodes for two months and then two in a week? Welcome to the show.With an extremely quick turnaround from Fiji into the Finals, and with the only real swell of the Finals waiting period expected on day one, we've hustled to make sure Fiji gets its due and that our Finals picks are in just in time for them to probably be wrong. We are also joined by Erin Brooks, the 17-year-old wildcard who claimed victory in her very first CT appearance, to talk ...

1 year ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Episode 67: The Olympics and the US Open - Rach and Shan Interview Each Other

This episode our co-hosts are front and center after a major return to the top of the podium for Rach and a big second Olympic Games opportunity for Shan. With the two events happening almost simultaneously, we figured the best plan was for them to interview each other about their experiences, covering all the rest of the action in each event along the way. We also finish with some discussion around Shan's recent post and announcement.*We recorded this episode while the Fiji Pro was still hap...

1 year ago

1 hour 31 minutes

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Episode 66: Previewing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the 2024 WSL Longboard Tour

Two big things for 2024 are presently getting underway and we've returned from the cliff we fell off to give you a glimpse of the excitement that awaits competitive women's surfing in the coming days.It's as straightforward an episode as the title suggests. We take a peek at the draw for the Bells Beach Longboard Classic which Rach is competing in right now, as well as looking at the overall 2024 Longboard Tour season, before delving into the excitement of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which ...

1 year ago

50 minutes

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Episode 65: Margaret River Pro Recap, incl. Gabriela Bryan Interview, Plus ISA World Longboard Championships

The Western Australia Margaret River Pro is always a captivating event, with all kinds of variables thrown at surfers in the wild west, especially now with the dreaded Mid-Season Cut. This year's epic Finals Day almost washed away the many short and strange days that led up to it, with a forecast that provided stunning lay days, but only small pockets of 'contestable' surf. All of that provided our favorite moment of the year so far however, with an incredible maiden CT win for Gabriela Bryan...

1 year ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Episode 64: The Sexualization of Women's Surfing Conversation Continues, Plus a Recap of Bells and a Preview of Margaret River

Who knew that as we started the conversation in our last episode, Stab were already deep in production of the latest episode in their How Surfers Get Paid series, covering exactly the same topic - the sexualization of women's surfing.This time around we further the conversation covering the subjects raised in Stab's series, plus breakdown the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (presented by Bonsoy!) and preview the Western Australia Margaret River Pro, as well as the dreaded mid-season cut.Go DeeperWat...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes