EP 77: Lisa Andersen - Surfing’s debut at the Olympics, Surfing Florida vs California, Her path to four World Titles, Learning life lessons from surfing, Motherhood on the Championship Tour, and Her thoughts on the Rip Curl WSL Finals format

Four-time WSL World Champion Lisa Andersen talks about her iconic
career on tour. She looks back at surfing’s emotional debut at the
Olympics, the awesome unpredictability of ocean surfing versus wave
pools, the huge stakes, and her experience surfing in Japan. She
tells her origin story, starting to surf in Florida, learning life
lessons as you learn to surf, being taught by surf magazines, and
then moving to Huntington Beach alone and committing to the sport,
and finally getting on tour. She discusses opening up through
surfing, pushing through criticism, and what went into her
absolutely dominant four year title run. She also touches on
motherhood on the Championship Tour, why she likes surfing in
Florida over California, hear 30-year relationship with Roxy and
Quiksilver, her thoughts on the new Rip Curl WSL Finals format.
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