The Double-Up

This week's episode is a banger. We have our very first guest joining for the main discussion and it's none other than one of our all time favorite humans, the GOAT of consistency, Sally Fitzgibbons. Coming off an incredible year, filled with many highs and its fair share of lows, Sal takes us over the ledge at Pipe, up to the heavens in El Salvador and straight into the Olympic locker r...

Who is the greatest surfer of all time? That's the question we raise in this week's episode. We have the obvious contenders in Layne Beachley and Stephanie Gilmore, along with historical women like Joyce Hoffman, Margo Oberg, Frieda Zamba, Wendy Botha and Lisa Anderson, but is competition the only marker? Also, at what point can we start introducing Carissa Moore into that conversation?...

After spending a lot of time on competition surfing the past few episodes, this week Shannon and Rachael get closer the heart of why they wanted to start this podcast in the first place - a discussion around women in the surf industry. With the announcement of Brooke Farris as CEO of Rip Curl, and the WSL CT event in Mexico featuring two women on the judging panel for the first time ever, Shan and...

If you're a fan of professional surfing you have likely already heard all about the changes to the WSL tours and the full CT and Challenger Series schedules for 2022 announced this week. For our main discussion we delve into what these changes mean for the tour and how they will positively or negatively affect the women in particular. We have heard many opinions on the men's side, but ve...

Our main discussion this week centers around national representation. Going beyond the obvious Olympic conversation in regard to nationality, Rachael and Shannon look into what it might mean for the new WSL Regional Qualifying Series system and Challenger Series and beyond. Looking at case studies of surfers like Tatiana Weston-Webb, Claire Bevilacqua, Mahina Maeda and Anne Dos Santos, they discus...

After calling the medal matches for the debut of women's surfing in the Olympics, Shannon hopped on the bus from the International Broadcast Center in Tokyo, raced back to her hotel room, and called Rachael to debrief the history we all just witnessed. Listen on in for their unvarnished thoughts. Music: Dry Grass , courtesy of Body Type Contact: info@womensurf.net Web: www.womensurf.net

Welcome to The Double-Up, a podcast for women who surf, by women who surf. Hosted by Rachael Tilly and Shannon Hughes, The Double-Up is your weekly update on all things women's surf. This week we take a full dive into the Olympics - Rachael and Shannon simplify the complicated dynamics of surfing's Olympic debut and introduce us to the 20 women who will be competing on the world's l...

Welcome to The Double-Up, a podcast for women who surf, by women who surf. Hosted by Rachael Tilly and Shannon Hughes, The Double-Up is your weekly update on all things women's surf. For the introductory episode we meet our hosts, Rachael Tilly, the youngest-ever WSL World Surfing Champion, and Shannon Hughes, the 3 x Cobbles Classic Queen, to hear the stories of who they are and why they&apo...