The Lineup with Dave Prodan - A Surfing Podcast

World Surf League’s Dave Prodan breaks things down with influential figures from all across the surf landscape. Hear their behind-the-scenes stories and unfiltered opinions to get a deeper sense of who they are and how they’ve influenced the sport and culture of surfing.

Episodes

EP 258: Carissa Moore – Unfinished Business, Her Anticipated Return to the CT, Dealing with Two Straight Lowers Finals Losses, Olympics, Working with the …Lost Surfboards team & the Undefeated 3x Shaper of the Year, Matt Biolos, Moore Aloha, and More

March 10, 2026 • 53 mins

Carissa More is a five-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and one of the most influential surfers of all time. Carissa joins The Lineup to talk about her highly anticipated return to the World Surf League Championship Tour in 2026. After stepping away from full-time competition in 2024, welcoming her daughter in 2025, and spending time rediscovering her love for surfing, Carissa is back on tour with a new mindset. In this...

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EP 257: Joel Parkinson – Almost Quitting at the Peak, Rivalries and Friendships with Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, Dingo, & Kelly Slater, Raising a Family on Tour, The Undefeated JS Board, and Life After a 2012 World Title

February 24, 2026 • 51 mins

Joel Parkinson is a Gold Coast surfing icon; a CT standout with 11 CT wins, 3 Hawaiian Triple Crowns, 4 World Runner-Ups, the 2012 World Champion, and is globally-renowned as one of the most stylish and consistent competitors in modern surfing history. In this year’s first episode of The Lineup, he reflects on the journey that defined his career. Parko opens with the grassroots of Australian surfing, from Snapper Rocks Boardrider...

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2026 Lineup Update

February 23, 2026 • 4 mins

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EP 256: Isabella Nichols & Jakob Gjerluff Ager – Nordborn, Returning to her Danish roots, Wave and air temperatures in cold-water, The meaning of hygge, Off-season, Expectations, & Carissa and Steph returning to the tour

December 2, 2025 • 61 mins

Dave sits down with WSL Championship Tour standout Isabella Nichols and filmmaker/photographer Jakob Gjerluff Ager to dive into their new film Nordborn, a cinematic ode to Isabella’s Danish heritage and the quiet strength found in cold-water surfing. Fresh off a season of heavy travel, Isabella reflects on a year that pushed her physically and emotionally, and how reconnecting with her family’s lineage opened unexpected creative an...

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EP 255: Morgane Herculano – High diving in an abandoned mine, Finishing top 5 in the world, Going from free education in Switzerland to $80k per year at Harvard, Redefining fear & focus, Finding opportunity in social media, and NCAA NIL ban

October 28, 2025 • 50 mins

Morgane Herculano is a professional high diver, Harvard graduate, and one of the most fascinating athletes you’ve never heard of. Born and raised in Switzerland, Morgane turned a love of flips at her local pool into a global career, diving from cliffs and platforms towering nearly 60 feet above the water. Now based between Boston and Montreal, she joins The Lineup fresh off a season that took her from Japan to Iceland to Italy, com...

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EP 254: Nic von Rupp – From Nazaré to The Eddie, QS Days, His pioneers and peers in big wave surfing, German/Swiss/Portuguese upbringing, State of the industry, Should we pay groms?, and Von Froth

October 21, 2025 • 71 mins

Nic von Rupp joins The Lineup with Dave Prodan as he prepares for another Big Wave season, coming off one where he earned the 2025 Best Team Performance Award and added to his growing legend as one of big wave surfing’s most complete athletes. Calling in from home after a ten-foot barrel session, Nic reflects on how far his country and his career have come. From an era when it was “unthinkable” to be a professional surfer from Port...

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EP 253: Laura Crane – Prep for the 2025/26 Big Wave season, Working with Antonio Laureano, Nazaré, Overcoming injuries, Surf industry standards, Mental health, Dryrobe®, Finding purpose through Crane Surf Co., and Her biggest inspirations

October 14, 2025 • 52 mins

Big-wave surfer and Dryrobe® ambassador Laura Crane joins the pod to talk about her rise at Nazaré, the power of resilience, and finding identity through the heaviest water on Earth. Fresh off her second full season in Portugal, Laura reflects on the highs of qualifying for the WSL Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge and the lows of breaking her ankle during one of her sessions. She opens up about the rehab process, slowing down after yea...

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EP 252: Eddie Donnellan – MeWater Foundation celebrating 10 years, Surfing as a conduit for change, YETI support, Overcoming fears, Fatherhood, and Every wave being the one

October 7, 2025 • 75 mins

Eddie Donnellan is a surfer, father, and the founder of the MeWater Foundation, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary this year. Calling in from his home near Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Eddie shares how skating a curb growing up with a stranger led to a single 15-minute conversation that changed the trajectory of his life and led him to a lifelong connection with surfing and the ocean. Eddie reflects on his own upbringing, hi...

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EP 251: Jeremy Flores, Griffin Colapinto & Marco Mignot – Live from the Quiksilver Festival Hossegor, Jeremy wants a wildcard!, Marco’s ROTY, Griffin’s excitement in the jersey, & Surfing without rules

September 30, 2025 • 55 mins

Former CT icon Jeremy Flores, 2025 World runner up Griffin Colapinto, and 2025 Rookie of the Year Marco Mignot join The Lineup with Dave Prodan from France for a special episode presented by Quiksilver. The crew dives into the rebirth of the Quiksilver Festival, where “no rules is the rule,” blending surfing’s legends and current stars with music, parties, and the Hossegor community. They trade stories on the good vibes, the local ...

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EP 250: Dr. Cliff Kapono – VICE’s Let It Kill You: The Smartest Surfer in the World, Connecting science & surfing, the MEGA Lab, and Redefining what it means to be a pro surfer

September 23, 2025 • 74 mins

Dr. Cliff Kapono is a professional surfer, journalist, ocean steward, cultural advocate, and marine conservation scientist with a PhD in Chemistry. He is a co-founder of the MEGA Lab, which has pioneered large-scale, community-driven 3D mapping of coral reefs, pushing the boundaries of how we understand and preserve our oceans. He is an ambassador and board member of the Surfrider foundation and is a featured surfer in Thomas Campb...

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EP 249: Andrew “Cotty” Cotton – From Devon plumber to big wave charger, His back-breaker wipeout at Nazaré 2018, Dryrobe® sessions, and the Mental game behind surfing the world’s heaviest waves

September 16, 2025 • 55 mins

One of the heaviest chargers in big wave surfing and Dryrobe® ambassador, Andrew “Cotty” Cotton, joins us on The Lineup. From his roots in Devon, England, to towing some of the gnarliest waves ever ridden at Nazaré alongside legends like Garrett McNamara, Cotty has survived career-threatening injuries, epic wipeouts, and helped put Portugal’s fishing village on the global big-wave map. In this episode, Cotty opens up about preppin...

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EP 248: Mitchell Salazar – Finals Fiji recap: Molly Picklum & Yago Dora rise as World Champs, Caroline Marks’ inspired run, & Griffin’s connection, New segment: Take Machine, Every matchup broken down, the End of The Finals era, and Listener questions

September 9, 2025 • 74 mins

Dave Prodan is joined by part-time co-host and WSL commentator Mitchell Salazar on The Lineup to recap this unforgettable close to the Finals format era at Cloudbreak. And just like that, the 2025 CT Season is a wrap with the title-deciding Lexus WSL Finals Fiji Presented by Corona Cero in the books. From Caroline Marks’ inspired run to Molly Picklum’s career-defining comeback for the Title, to Griffin Colapinto’s overlooked brilli...

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EP 247: Yago Dora & Molly Picklum – The 2025 World Champions on winning at Cloudbreak, Etching their names in surfing history, Yago’s new haircut, Molly’s lost boards, Board dims, Support teams, What’s next for their off-season, & Looking ahead to 2026

September 4, 2025 • 41 mins

Fresh off the Lexus WSL Finals Fiji Presented by Corona Cero, The Lineup welcomes our newest World Champions, Australia’s Molly Picklum and Brazil’s Yago Dora in this two-parter episode. In Part One, Molly reflects on her difficulties on the Challenger Series to just a few years later lifting up the The Duke Trophy at just 22 years young. She speaks candidly about the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, and the freedom she’s...

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EP 246: Jon Roseman – Tavarua’s Managing Director on the WSL Finals Fiji, Primitive surf camp beginnings of the island, Fijian future standouts, Why Cloudbreak always wins, the Perfect machine-like wave of Restaurants

September 1, 2025 • 63 mins

Recorded on Tavarua ahead of the 2025 WSL Finals, Jon Roseman, Managing Director and Co-owner of Tavarua and Namotu Island Resorts, Fiji, joins The Lineup to talk about hosting the final-ever Finals Day in Fiji. He and Dave discuss the women pushing limits in Fiji, and the evolution of the resort from surf camp to world-class destination. Jon reflects on arriving in Fiji for “one week,” falling in love, and never leaving. He talks ...

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EP 245: Shaun Tomson – Jordy Smith’s Title Hopes, ‘77 World Champion, Surfing pioneer, and WSL co-founder on the 50th Anniversary of WSL, Cloudbreak vs. Teahupo’o, the Surfer’s Code, Bustin’ Down the Door, and Turning 70 and being fully stoked

August 26, 2025 • 91 mins

Legendary surfer, 1977 World Champion, and WSL co-founder Shaun Tomson joins Dave Prodan for a deep dive into the past, present, and future of professional surfing. Shaun reflects on Jordy Smith’s career and potential World Title breakthrough for South Africa, the complexity of Cloudbreak vs. Teahupo’o, and the ethos of winning and losing with grace. He shares the life principles behind his Surfer’s Code and Think Twice Foundation,...

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EP 244: Mitchell Salazar – 2025 CT season wrap and the Final 5 locked for Fiji, Teahupo’o delivers, Molly Picklum dominance, Jack Robinson’s run to make the Finals, and What’s next as the World Title showdown heads to Cloudbreak

August 19, 2025 • 80 mins

Dave Prodan and WSL commentator and part-time co-host Mitchell Salazar break down the highs and lows from Tahiti. From Jack’s must-win performance, Molly’s statement backhand attack, and the rise of the local Tahitian crew, they cover everything from Championship Tour surfers paddling and/or towing the CODE RED waves prior to the event to the heartbreaking eliminations that shifted the Final 5 race at the last possible moment. They...

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EP 243: Peter ‘PT’ Townend – The 1976 surfing World Champ RETURNS to the pod, 50 years of pro surfing, the Level of competition on the CS, the Rise of the CT, Huntington Beach’s legacy, and MP stories

August 5, 2025 • 62 mins

The first-ever World Champion and true icon of the sport, Peter “PT” Townend, returns to The Lineup after his last appearance… our very first episode. From winning the inaugural world title in 1976 to helping launch professional surfing itself, PT’s fingerprints are all over the DNA of modern surf culture. As we near the 50th anniversary of that historic moment, PT reflects on the wild early days of the tour, the evolution of the C...

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EP 242: The Alive – US Open Sundown Sets with Chevy Metal, Surf roots, Sharing stages with rock legends, & Their new single “Emancipated”

July 29, 2025 • 30 mins

Rooted in core surf and skate culture, Southern California's own The Alive joins the pod from I-SEA HQ in San Clemente for a special episode of The Lineup. With drummer Miles Elze, bassist/vocalist Lawson Matthews, and guitarist/vocalist Bastian Evans in the studio, the trio dives into their origins, the gritty early days of the band, and what it’s like to play stages with rock legends like Eddie Vedder, the Foo Fighters, and the l...

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EP 241: Mitchell Salazar – Connor O’Leary’s maiden CT win!!, 3x wins for Gabby Bryan, Goofyfooters at J-Bay, Mayhem clinches, and the Race to the Final 5 heats up before Tahiti

July 22, 2025 • 67 mins

With Finals Day firing at Jeffreys Bay, The Lineup returns to break down all the action from the Corona Cero Open J-Bay. Host Dave Prodan is joined by WSL commentator and part-time co-host Mitch Salazar to unpack Connor O’Leary’s maiden CT victory and Gabriela Bryan’s continued ascent to World No. 1 – both coached by Richard “Dog” Marsh, making it a banner day for the Dog Pound. The crew digs into Winners & Losers from South Africa...

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RE-AIR: EP 159: “Watersheds” Episode 1: Jordy Smith’s Unforgettable 2010 Win at J-Bay, with special guest Pat O’Connell

July 15, 2025 • 72 mins

Re-air of Ep 159, the first “Watersheds” format episode highlighting Jordy Smith’s first CT win on home soil at J-Bay in 2010. This week, we’re premiering a new format of The Lineup where we zero in on an important moment from surfing’s rich and extensive history. Using sound bites from deep within the WSL archives and insight from this week’s special guest Pat O’Connell, we’re diving into Jordy Smith’s huge win at J-Bay in 2010....

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