The Lineup with Dave Prodan - A Surfing Podcast

Spearfishing champion, chef, and YETI ambassador Kimi Werner joins the podcast to talk about her passion. She describes her visceral, life-changing introduction to spearfishing, the primal satisfaction of being able to provide food for yourself, how food inventory became one of the driving forces around her life, and how sharing fish and food can connect an entire community. She looks back at growing up in Maui, moving to the North Shore of Oahu, going to school for culinary arts, and how her experience as a chef merged beautifully with her passion for spearfishing. She discusses getting into spearfishing competition, working with YETI and using their products in her field, and making the film Lessons From Jeju with Patagonia about a centuries-old culture of freediving and fishing women in Korea.Learn more about Kimi and follow her here.Subscribe to her Youtube channel.Watch Kimi’s film “Lessons from Jeju” on Patagonia’s YouTube Channel. Tune in for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach pres by Bonsoy April 4-14 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Stay up to date with all things WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL commentator and Lineup co-host Mitchell Salazar is back to recap the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Corona. Mitch and Dave discuss the top highlights, choose their biggest winners and losers from the Championship Tour’s first event, answer a wide-ranging list of fan questions, talk about the two exciting young first-time winners, and look at who is in danger of the Mid-season Cut. Finally, they reveal the updates to the 2023 Vissla CT Shaper Rankings.Follow Mitch here.Watch the highlights and full replay of the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal pres by Corona.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings. Tune in for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach pres by Bonsoy April 4-14 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Stay up to date with all things WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Championship Tour’s current World No. 1 surfer and Rip Curl athlete Molly Picklum joins the pod for a special Women’s History Month episode to talk about her breakout season. She describes her confident mindset entering each event, her first impressions of Portugal, and what it’s been like sitting atop the rankings and capturing the yellow leader jersey for the first time in her career. She discusses her road to the tour, her entry into surfing, the strong surfing town she grew up in, how working with coach Glenn Hall has changed her approach, her relationship with Rip Curl, and how making the Challenger Series coming out of Australia is so difficult. Molly also touches on her video part that blew up in Postcards from Morgs, overcoming the Mid-season Cut last year, learning to trust herself, the uber-talented young generation of women on tour, and the woman she chose to honor for International Women’s Day.Learn more about Molly and follow her here.Watch her live at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal pres by Corona on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Celebrate Women's History Month with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eight-time WSL World Champion and YETI athlete Stephanie Gilmore joins the pod for a special International Women’s Day episode to discuss her seventeenth year on the Championship Tour. Amid her journey from Hawaii to Portugal, she describes feeling at home on the road, sitting below the Mid-season Cut line after two events, the young surfers on tour that energize her, and her confidence heading into Portugal. She talks about winning her record-breaking eighth World Title at the 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals, still relishing the glory of that moment, being addicted to the Finals format, her mindset on that specific day, and battling ego and finding continued purpose after making history. Steph also touches on brand representation throughout her career, working with YETI both within and outside of surfing, her mindset going into the next event in Portugal, and who’s next to win a World Title. Learn more about Steph and follow her here.Watch the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal pres by Corona March 8-16 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Celebrate International Women’s Day and Women's History Month with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL commentator and Lineup co-host Mitchell Salazar is back to recap the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach. Mitch and Dave discuss the top highlights, choose their biggest winners and losers from the Championship Tour’s first event, answer a wide-ranging list of fan questions from the Instagram mailbag, and look forward to the next stop at Portugal. Finally, they reveal the updates to the 2023 Vissla CT Shaper Rankings.Follow Mitch here.Watch the highlights and full replay of the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings on worldsurfleague.com. Tune in for the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal pres by Corona March 8-16 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Stay up to date with all things WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producers David Mesfin and Beyin Abraha join the pod to talk about their film Wade In The Water: A Journey Into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture and how it dives into the over 1000-year-old history of surfing in West Africa. They discuss the origins of the project, share their personal reasons for creating the film, explore its healing effects, and describe the many ways that aquatic culture has been a part of black culture since the very beginning. David and Beyin then look back at their own journeys into surfing, talk about the other things they’ve been working on, and look ahead at how surf brands and other organizations within the sport can support the BIPOC community.Follow David here.Follow Beyin here.Learn more about “Wade In The Water” and check out a screening of the film.Tune in for the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach live Feb 12-23 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.Stay up to date with all things WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL commentator Mitchell Salazar is back to preview the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach. They talk about the history and intricacies of the iconic wave, describe their own experiences there, and then choose the surfers to watch, from Jack Robinson to Kai Lenny to Gabriela Bryan, in the Championship Tour’s second event. They look at the long list of exciting wildcards and injury replacements in the draw, discuss how goofy footers have fared in past events at Sunset, answer fan questions, and preview the equipment after checking in on the Vissla CT Shaper Rankings. Mitch and Dave also pay tribute to the legendary filmmaker, water cinematographer, and North Shore staple Larry Haynes.Follow Mitch here.Tune in for the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach live Feb 12-23 on worldsurfleague.com.Watch the highlights and full replay of the Billabong Pro Pipeline.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings on worldsurfleague.com. Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL commentator Mitchell Salazar is back to recap the Billabong Pro Pipeline. Mitch and Dave discuss the biggest highlights, choose their biggest winners and losers from the Championship Tour’s first event, answer a wide-ranging list of fan questions from the Instagram mailbag, and look forward to the next stop at the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach. Finally, they reveal the first update of the 2023 Vissla CT Shaper Rankings.Follow Mitch here.Watch the highlights and full replay of the Billabong Pro Pipeline.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings on worldsurfleague.com. Tune in for the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach live Feb 12-23 on worldsurfleague.com.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marine conservation scientist, ocean steward, and surfer Dr. Cliff Kapono joins the podcast after winning the inaugural WSL Impact Award. He talks about all the amazing projects he’s involved with, from working with the MEGA Lab to elevate scientific literacy and Reef Footwear to 3D coral reef formations at famous surf breaks, creating the Surfer Biome Project, and researching how the ocean connects us all. He looks back at his roots in Hawaii, his reasons for getting into the sport at a young age, learning the balance between pursuing a doctorate and surfing career, working with Vissla, and finding the surfer/scientist identity. Cliff also shares his thoughts on the variety of boards he rides, the connective DNA of ocean bacteria, the relationship between speed, power, and flow, and the new Vissla Shaper Rankings.Learn more about Cliff and Follow him here.Check out the MEGA Lab and follow here.Hear another interview about Cliff’s work here.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings on worldsurfleague.com. Watch the Championship Tour opener at the Billabong Pro Pipeline live Jan 29-Feb 10.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL commentator Mitchell Salazar joins the podcast to talk about the all-new Vissla Shaper Rankings. Dave and Mitch introduce the new rankings that celebrate and measure the shapers who build boards for the Championship Tour surfers. They share the inspiration for the rankings and then break down its rules and scoring system. They share their top three shaper observations for the tour, discuss the surfer-shaper pairings they’re excited to watch at Pipeline and Sunset, and then make their bold predictions for which shaper will take the crown.Follow Mitchell here.Stay up to date with the Vissla Shaper Rankings on worldsurfleague.com. Watch the Championship Tour opener at the Billabong Pro Pipeline live Jan 29-Feb 10.Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices