The Lineup with Dave Prodan - A Surfing Podcast

WSL SVP of Tours & Competition Pat O’Connell breaks down this week’s big announcement, canceling the 2020 season, creating The WSL Finals, and adding Tahiti to the women’s tour. Pat and Dave have an unfiltered discussion about why these changes had to be made and dig into the details surrounding the WSL Finals format. Then, they head to the Time Machine and ponder who would have won the 2010 World Title if the new rules had been in effect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Two-time WSL Longboard World Champion Kelia Moniz talks about growing up in her close-knit surfing family, classic longboarding versus high-performance longboarding, what being Hawaiian means to her, going through a phase of hating surfing, and whether or not she’ll compete as a mom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Championship Tour standout and Rip Curl athlete Owen Wright returns for Part 2 to talk about his Injury at Pipeline and long recovery, coming up with Matt Wilkinson and Julian Wilson, his thoughts on the new tour format, and how the scoring of airs has evolved over his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 1, Championship Tour standout and Rip Curl athlete Owen Wright talks about the origins of his family’s strong connection to surfing, growing up around the Australian Aboriginal culture, winning Rookie of the Year, why Rip Curl wetsuits kept him from leaving the brand, and how search trips helped him become a well rounded surfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSL Commentator and former Championship Tour surfer Rosy Hodge talks about how surfing plays into political movements, apartheid and growing up in South Africa, making the switch from the lineup to the booth, and being a prominent voice in women’s surfing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Channel Island Lead Shaper Britt Merrick talks about carrying on the Channel Islands legacy, working with pro athletes, the most bizarre boards he ever shaped, surviving the pandemic, dealing with tragedy, sharks, and the CI team moving forward.Learn more about the Minnesota Freedom Fund at https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kauai’s own Malia Manuel talks about being shaped by her community on the Garden Isle, growing up with her generation of pro surfers, being sponsored by Lululemon, applying her World Title-caliber talent to the tour when it resumes, and dropping her new film “Metamorphosis.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global CT superstar Kanoa Igarashi talks about growing up on tour, maturing into a World Title contender, his family’s backstory, surfing for fun versus surfing for work, and the wave at JBay that made him “a man.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Generation-defining director Taylor Steele goes in depth about competition surfing vs. free surfing and talks about finding ways to depict world-class surfing in everyday conditions, pushing to do something new, and how he chooses the coveted “last section” of his films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices