The Double-Up
Hosted by Rachael Tilly and Shannon Hughes, The Double-Up features current women's surfing news along with deeper conversations delving into particular topics within the women's surf world.
Episodes
70 episodes
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 ...
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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 b...
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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 exp...
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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 the...
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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 a...
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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 shor...
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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.Th...
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Episode 63: The Great Sponsorship Reshuffle, Plus Lucy Small Joins to Talk Surf Brand Marketing
A lot has changed since surf brands started at the grassroots level in the late 60's. From making boardies with grandma to an endless cycle of greed and excess, passing from one owner to the next.This episode we talk about all of the re...
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Episode 62: A Monumental North Shore Season, plus all of the Olympic Qualifying Drama
It's impossible to overstate the impact of the first two months of 2024 within the history of women's surfing. Between the earth-shattering efforts of Caity Simmers, Molly Picklum and Bettylou Sakura Johnson on the North Shore, Sally Fitzgibbon...
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Episode 61: Paying Tribute to Carissa Moore and Stephanie Gilmore
This week we discuss the topic on everyone’s lips - the departure of Carissa Moore and Stephanie Gilmore from the 2024 CT season. While there has been plenty else happening throughout the women's surfing world lately, we decided to focus solely...
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Episode 60: Vans Pipe Masters, ISA Para Surfing and World Junior Championships, and the WSL World Champion Crowning Events
A lot of things have happened in women's surfing over the course of the past three months and Shannon and Rachael have covered absolutely none of it. Well at least not on this podcast...they've been participating in it directly too much to talk...
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Episode 59: WSL Finals Preview & Bells Beach Longboard Classic Wrap
This week on the show Rachael's dearly departed voice returns just in time to join Shannon in previewing the WSL Finals, which could take place at any moment now. They also break down all of the happenings at the inaugural Bells Beach Longboard...
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Episode 58: Tahiti Pro Wrap - Caroline Wins, Caity Locks Final 5, Carissa, Tyler & Molly are Olympics Official, plus a look at the US Open of Surfing
This week we catch up on a big month of surfing including the Shiseido Tahiti Pro and its related Olympics and Final 5 implications, as well as the US Open of Surfing’s shortboard and longboard comps.Chapters00:00 - Intro...
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Episode 57: Lakey Peterson Back on Top, Bronte Wins Ballito, Asian Surf Championships Score, Stab Audience's Favorite Surfers
This week Shan and Rach talk Asian Surf Championships, review the Corona Open J-Bay and Ballito Pro, take a look at Stab Audience's Picks for best surfers and catch up on the rest of the news in women’s surfing.Go DeeperRead:...
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Saffi Vette Interview: Talking Olympic qualification, training for Teahupo’o and dealing with unexpected injury with New Zealand’s newest Olympian
The 2023 ISA World Surfing Games saw many fascinating storylines play out, but one of the tightest battles came down to New Zealand teammates Paige Hareb and Saffi Vette, with Saffi making heat after heat thanks to seemingly endless buzzer beat...
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Episode 55: Caity Simmers Wins Rio, WSL CEO Erik Logan Departs, Kirra Longboard Klassic Round 2, Erin Brooks' Canadian Cancellation
This week Shan and Rach discuss WSL CEO Erik Logan’s mysterious departure, follow up on the Kirra Longboard Klassic, celebrate Caity Simmers’ second CT win, and talk through Erin Brooks’ Canadian cancellation.Go DeeperRead: <...
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Episode 54: Lucy Small on the Kirra Longboard Klassic, Seas the Day Recap, Quincy Symonds Interview, El Salvador CT Wrap, Challenger Series Update
This week Shan and Rach talk to Lucy Small about the movement around the Kirra Longboard Classic, chat with Quincy Symonds about Seas the Day and the progression of women’s surfing, recap the WSL El Salvador CT and glance through the current Ch...
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The ISA World Surf Ranch Pro - Catching up on a month of non-stop surf action, Plus a preview of Seas the Day Surf Festival
What do Surf Ranch, longboarding, the Olympics, Iran, judging, puppies and surf festivals have in common? They're all discussed in detail on this week's episode.An unexpected month away has left Shan and Rach with a lot to catch up on t...
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The Mexi Logfest Margaret River Pro Mash-Up
Two major events in the short and long board worlds finished up in the past few days and our very own co-host Rachael Tilly placed runner up in one of them (hint: it wasn't Margaret River).This week Shan and Rach break down the Mexi Log...
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Ula Majewski Interview - Talking Surf Journalism and Environmental Activism
The concept and execution of the White Horses magazine She Has Stories issues is always so great that upon receiving the latest issue we had to track down its guest editor and learn more. And we're extremely glad that we did. Our conversation w...
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Heritage Heat v.1: Pam Burridge vs. Pauline Menczer - Talking Bells Beach, Margaret River and the Impact of Girls Can't Surf
This week we're celebrating our 50th episode by welcoming very special guests who need no introduction. 1990 World Champion Pam Burridge and 1993 World Champion Pauline Menczer both held 20-year careers on the Championship Tour, collecting all ...
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Golden Bells and Chocolate Bunnies: Previewing the 60th Anniversary of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
The world's longest running surf contest, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and the waiting period is officially underway.This week Shan and Rach look back at some of the history, preview this y...
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Caity Confirms New Kids on the Block are Here to Stay, Plus: Lucy Small talks Yama, and more!
The generational shift that has been long forecast appears to have definitively arrived on the 2023 WSL Championship Tour. For the second event in a row a first-time winner has topped the podium and we now have a 20-year-old and a 17-year-old s...
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The One With the Guest Co-Hosts; Sarah Baum and Jess Grimwood Join to Talk New Edits, Portugal Picks, the Regional QS and Baumy's Big Win
While we've spent the start of this year almost entirely consumed by the WSL Championship Tour, a whole lot else has been happening in the world of women's surfing.This week Shan and Rach start to catch up on those happenings, including...
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The Rise and Rise of Molly Picklum; Breaking Down the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach and Molly's Swift Ascension
For the second year in a row Sunset has delivered a first-time CT winner and this time it's Molly Picklum's turn. Backing up her Vans Pipe Masters win, Molly has proved that her current confident rise is no fluke, settling into equal first plac...
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