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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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.

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In this special episode, a trio of the tour’s most progressive surfers, Caroline Marks, Tyler Wright, and Tatiana Weston-Webb, talk about charging waves of consequence. They share their thoughts on surfing Teahupo’o, discuss what adding a women’s event there would mean, recap the heaviest sessions they’ve ever had, and rewatch the 2014 Tahiti Pro Final.

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Reunion Island’s CT star Johanne Defay talks about the shark problem in her hometown, quarantine life, the big transition from QS to CT, and her Semifinal heat against Tyler Wright at the 2014 Roxy Pro France.

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Two-time World Champion John John Florence talks about navigating expectations, growing up in the North Shore gladiator pit, chasing Gabriel Medina, and feeling invincible during his statement performance at the 2017 Margaret River Pro.

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