
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
83 episodes
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...
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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 ha...
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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 M...
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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 com...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 202...
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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....
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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 Champi...
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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...
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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 Bre...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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