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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, this is Ashlyn Harris and welcome back to

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Speaker 1: Wide Open. So I just got back from a family

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Speaker 2: And yeah, it was my first time back in so long.

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Speaker 2: It was so fun.

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Speaker 1: So we were kicking off International Women's Day there and

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Speaker 1: but what it gave me. And it was really cool

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Speaker 2: People in that room that built me.

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Speaker 1: So my coaches showed up, some of my national team

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Speaker 1: coaches from when I was fifteen, my goalkeeper coaches, current players,

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Speaker 2: It was really special.

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Speaker 1: And my kids got to be there and watch it,

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Speaker 1: I learned from my experience in college and being able

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Speaker 1: So it was a great week. I'm very lucky. The

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Speaker 1: most surprising part about going back to campus because we

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Speaker 1: Like it was just crazy to me because I didn't

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Speaker 1: I'm like, how did I do this at eighteen? Like

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Speaker 1: It's just it was like so many things were going

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Speaker 1: been if I really knew my identity? Like what would

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Speaker 2: Gosh, that was like twenty years ago.

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Speaker 1: But it's just it's really wild to put myself back

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Speaker 2: I was walking into.

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Speaker 1: player and that was it. That was the sentence. And

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Speaker 1: so I went on, I've had a podcast with Pumps

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Speaker 1: and for Welsh and our episode won a glad Award

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Speaker 1: And how freaking cool is that? Like the glad Awards

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Speaker 1: I'm saying yes to everything sometimes before I'm even ready.

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Speaker 2: But it's just there's so much on the.

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Speaker 1: Other side of that that is really cool now to

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Speaker 1: see that it's working, like it's paying off, and it's

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Speaker 2: Really it really matters.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So with that, everyone go check out that episode.

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Speaker 1: I had Jennifer Welsh on Wide Open and it was

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Speaker 2: And let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: We're interviewing Caroline Marx today, the legend, the young young legend,

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Speaker 1: world champion Olympic gold medal surfer, who I am so

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Speaker 1: Caroline Marx, Hi everyone, and welcome back to Wide Open.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Ashlyn Harris, and today is a special

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Speaker 1: one for me because my guest is someone who comes

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Speaker 1: from the exact same place that built me. Melbourne Beach, Florida,

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Speaker 1: a small stretch of coastline where the ocean just isn't

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Speaker 1: I know the experience has shaped her as a competitor

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Speaker 2: She was brave.

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Speaker 1: She made the hardest decision she ever had to by

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Speaker 1: where Caroline and her generation of women's surfers are redefining

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Speaker 1: what sport looks like in this new landscape. And of

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Speaker 1: Caroline is proof that small towns can produce world champions,

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Speaker 2: This is Caroline Marx and this is wide open.

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Speaker 1: Welcome Caroline, Mark's hometown homie from Melbourne Beach.

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Speaker 2: Here, yo, let's go.

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Speaker 1: I am so happy to have you on the show today,

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Speaker 2: Lucky you, you have a whole entire.

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Speaker 3: we'd rent like the water slide. My parents rent like

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Speaker 3: So I love how things have changed.

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Speaker 1: How fucking cool is that? Like, I'm so envious. I

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Speaker 1: just became a reality a few years ago. That movie

440
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:37,560
Speaker 1: took twenty years to actually happen, and you're living that

441
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,679
Speaker 1: and that is special, and that is the importance of

442
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: these type of films and the importance of you charging

443
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 1: what you charge every day to show what's possible. Because

444
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 1: now all those little girls at this premiere watching you

445
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 1: rip fucking Tahiti and pipeline and all these things and

446
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,439
Speaker 1: these no one should be surfing these waves, let alone

447
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,120
Speaker 1: women like you're doing that and you're showing what is possible.

448
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: You're giving permission to other people, for other people to

449
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,479
Speaker 1: chase that edge.

450
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,199
Speaker 2: That's my rant, girl. You're living in a moment.

451
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and that's like part of the reason why

452
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 3: the film is called like Nowadays because we're like, this

453
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 3: is what happened, this is what's happening like now. And

454
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 3: like I said before, like my timing was just good,

455
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 3: like I got on the tourist second year is equal pay.

456
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 3: You know, women are surfing pipeline like surfings in the Olympics.

457
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 3: I know, golf lop for equal pay. That's so cool.

458
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 3: We love that.

459
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: I fought many many years in court for that for

460
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: US soccer, So I understand the importance of that.

461
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, like we just have to thank

462
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,439
Speaker 3: all of our generations before us for like paving that

463
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 3: way for us, because you know, all the girls in

464
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 3: the generation now that are in this film, like we

465
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,399
Speaker 3: just had great timing, and that wouldn't have been possible

466
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,040
Speaker 3: if the women before us didn't fight for that. And

467
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 3: I think now it is our responsibility to like make

468
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 3: the next like the next generations feature even brighter than

469
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 3: it was for us, you know, put stride for more,

470
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 3: like push for more progression and do things on boards

471
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 3: that we didn't they didn't think was possible. Because if

472
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 3: they see us do it, they're going to like be like, oh,

473
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,120
Speaker 3: that's possible. How can I be better than that. That's

474
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 3: just like naturally how things work. So the film is

475
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 3: really cool because it really highlights like it is a

476
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 3: surf film, but it also tells a story which is

477
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,640
Speaker 3: really cool. And yeah, seeing like some of the young

478
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 3: girls like just be like, oh my gosh, it's the

479
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 3: coolest thing I've ever seen. Like seeing that on their faces.

480
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 3: It makes the whole like hours of you know, putting

481
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 3: work into this film, in years of working on this film,

482
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 3: it's uh, it makes it all worth it. So it's

483
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:47,359
Speaker 3: really cool.

484
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 2: I love that.

485
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,479
Speaker 1: Tell me about the Olympic gold medal you won and

486
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,439
Speaker 1: the impact that had for you, because what's so unique

487
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,440
Speaker 1: in surfing is it is an individual sport and you're

488
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: not like representing your team and your country all the time.

489
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 1: You're representing yourself and you're touring all over the world,

490
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,399
Speaker 1: and you know, for surfing in the Olympics, it's so

491
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: new and how cool is it You talk about the

492
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,959
Speaker 1: importance of being somewhere at the right time, Like you

493
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,439
Speaker 1: were at the right time and you capitalized off of

494
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: it and you won Olympic gold in Paris, Tahiti. Tell

495
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 1: me about how that changed everything for you and did

496
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,479
Speaker 1: you understand the magnitude of which you were living in

497
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: that moment.

498
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 3: And no, I don't think I like fully understood it.

499
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 3: Like like that emoji that's just like like mind blown,

500
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 3: Like that was literally me in that moment. I was

501
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 3: just like, oh my gosh. And you know how it is,

502
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,160
Speaker 3: like it's like years and years and years of that moment,

503
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 3: because that moment really is it's it's quick. It's like

504
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 3: but since I was like, you know, twelve years old

505
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 3: up until that moment, like that, all that that was

506
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 3: like working into that moment. Yeah, it's hard to like

507
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 3: articulate the words and how that felt. But first off,

508
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 3: I was just really proud of surfing being in the Olympics,

509
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 3: Like I believe we deserve that recognition, which is really

510
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 3: cool we're getting that, and like I think the best

511
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 3: part was just like having my family there and what

512
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 3: makes our journey so special to share it with people

513
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 3: you love. So the first Olympics in Tokyo, you know,

514
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 3: is during a pandemic, so like couldn't have any family

515
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 3: and friends there, so to have you know, I also

516
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,439
Speaker 3: got fourth at that Olympics, So that was like a

517
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 3: really tough pill to swallow because that's like one spot

518
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 3: they say. Some people say it's like probably the hardest

519
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 3: position place to finish in because you are so close

520
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 3: to meddling, but you like don't quite get there. So

521
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 3: winning in Paris and having my family there, like it

522
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 3: just made that moment so much sweeter. And yeah, getting

523
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 3: the medal and then stinging the national anthem, I was

524
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,439
Speaker 3: just like started bawling, Like I'm pretty emotional, you know,

525
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 3: but this was like, oh my goodness, this is the

526
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 3: craziest moment ever. But yeah, definitely the proudest moment of

527
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 3: my career and something I'll never forget. Like I had

528
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 3: like a proper month of like, oh my gosh, I

529
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 3: like I can't believe that happened. But I can't believe

530
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 3: that happened, you know what I mean. Like I believed

531
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,719
Speaker 3: in myself that I can get there, because like you

532
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 3: can't not believe in yourself to get there. But like

533
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 3: I also was like, oh my gosh, it happen, like

534
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 3: and it brought me like, you know, not everyone knows

535
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 3: about surfing, but everyone knows about the Olympics, and so

536
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 3: like I feel like the attention I got from the

537
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,239
Speaker 3: Olympic medal is something that I've never experienced, and I

538
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 3: was like, whoa, this is pretty crazy. I'm still just

539
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 3: like the same girl that grew up in Florida that

540
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: like had a bunch of brothers and like, you know,

541
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 3: I have the same friends and like I still get happiest,

542
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 3: so get sad whatever. Like I'm still the same person.

543
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 3: But it definitely brought a different level attention to me

544
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 3: that I've never experienced before, which is pretty cool. But

545
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 3: I'm glad you mentioned that because in surfing, like everything

546
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 3: is so young. I mean as an athlete, like everything's

547
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 3: young if you almost have like a reverse career, like

548
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 3: you start when you're young and you finish when you're young,

549
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 3: you know, like most people. But getting on at fifteen,

550
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 3: like I'm going to my eighth year on tour, Like

551
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 3: people were like call me a veteran when I was

552
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 3: like twenty, and I was like, wait, like what do

553
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 3: you mean, Like I'm just getting started, you know, and

554
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 3: so like it used to piss me off, and I'd

555
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 3: be like, can everyone just like stop call me old

556
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 3: on the tour Like literally I'm literally twenty, you know,

557
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 3: But I've learned to take it as a compliment, you know,

558
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 3: Like it's been. It's cool because you're experienced, and it's true.

559
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 3: I did get on very young, but I almost qualified

560
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 3: like in my own generation. Like I wasn't quite the

561
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 3: generation of Chrissa and you know, Tyler Wright and Laky

562
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 3: and all these girls, but you know, Mollie and Katie,

563
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 3: like they're more of my generation. But like we qualified

564
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 3: at very different times. So it almost feels like I

565
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 3: was in my own little generation. So I see where

566
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 3: people say that, you know, but I don't know. I'm

567
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 3: really proud of my journey and I'm just like whatever

568
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 3: people want to say, like whatever, because I'm proud it

569
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 3: veteran young buck, whatever it is. Yeah.

570
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: But also the thing I respect so much about you

571
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,479
Speaker 1: is like, you know, all this success is going on,

572
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: and one thing is really important, And I want to

573
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: touch on this because there are a lot of people

574
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: who listen. There are a lot of athletes who listen,

575
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: and it's very easy as an athlete to abandon yourself.

576
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 2: Do you just move, move, move. Everything is moving so quickly.

577
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: You have you you know, you've got to do this

578
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: and you've got to get points, and you've got to

579
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: get on the tour, and you've got to you know,

580
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: it's just a.

581
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, it never stops. You're always like right.

582
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: But one thing I wrote respect about you is you

583
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: took time away for yourself, for your own mental health,

584
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: for your own.

585
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: Like self. You needed that for yourself.

586
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: And it's important to say this because you talk about longevity,

587
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: you talk about the of the world who are winning

588
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: titles in their forties. It's because they prioritize themselves and

589
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: they don't abandon it. And you know, it's not that

590
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: I want you to talk about all the different things,

591
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: but I have to talk about the importance of really

592
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: knowing yourself enough and being brave enough to say I

593
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: got to put a pause here, I got to put

594
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: I have boundaries. And I don't think athletes do that

595
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: because they think that's failure.

596
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 3: And sure, and yeah, as you know, as like an athlete,

597
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 3: like you're kind of looked at as like they you think,

598
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 3: like when you're vulnerable, it can be like such a

599
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 3: weakness and as an athlete, like weaknesses is like it's

600
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 3: no like I'm hard, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna beat you,

601
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 3: like it's just tough thing. And that's kind of what

602
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 3: I thought too, Like I was it was really scary

603
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 3: to take time away because all I've ever known is

604
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 3: surfing and being on the tour and I literally grew

605
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 3: up on the tour, and so to take that step

606
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 3: away it was like super scary. And there was moments

607
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 3: where I thought like, oh, I don't know if I'm

608
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 3: ever going to get back to that like brothing grom

609
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 3: that I once was, you know that just wants to

610
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 3: serve because that's what got me here at this point

611
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 3: of of you know, getting on the tour and being

612
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 3: successful at a young age. I definitely really leaned on

613
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,959
Speaker 3: my family and my support crew at that time, and

614
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 3: I'm really thankful because I got such a great one.

615
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 3: I call them I feel good people. Yes, And I

616
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 3: was just kind of going, like what do I do?

617
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 3: I knew I just didn't feel like myself. I knew

618
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 3: I wasn't having that much fun we talked about before

619
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 3: of having an even killed mindset. I was so hard

620
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 3: on myself, Like the highs were high, the lows were low.

621
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 3: I think that is the one thing about you know,

622
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 3: having success so early on, like I all of a

623
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 3: sudden put this crazy amount of like unrealistic pressure on

624
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 3: myself of like, oh if I don't get better than this,

625
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 3: then I'm a complete failure, which is like so crazy,

626
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 3: But I know a lot of people can relate to that,

627
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 3: or a lot of athletes. As hard as it was, like,

628
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 3: I'm so grateful that happened because it made me have

629
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 3: a whole new perspective on life, and the best things

630
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 3: in my career happened after, like I took time off

631
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 3: and won the world title the next year and the

632
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 3: gold medal. Like it's crazy to look back on because

633
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 3: in the moment, like if you told me that was

634
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 3: going to happen, I'd be like, no way, You're so

635
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 3: down in the dumps. But yeah, I think it really

636
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 3: helped me in my career, And I kept reminding myself

637
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 3: it's not a sprints of marathon, Like you're so young,

638
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 3: Like just what's one year when you have your whole

639
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 3: life and career? How do you get like this could

640
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 3: save you? And looking back, it really did.

641
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: Stay tuned. I'll be back in just a moment. After

642
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: this brief message from our sponsors at the top of

643
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 1: the show, I spoke about this, but I went back

644
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: to where I went to school at the University of

645
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: North Carolina, and I gave a keynote speech, and the

646
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: whole point of the speech is you were so much

647
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: more than what you do. And the whole premise of

648
00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:01,959
Speaker 1: this podcast, Wide Open is who you are, you know,

649
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: before the titles and before the success, like there's everyone

650
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: has lived journey to get them where they are. And

651
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: with that, like I had to express to these young

652
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: kids that your identity is not wrapped up in national

653
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: championships or the highlight reels or all these things. You

654
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: think at such an early age and you were a kid,

655
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: so taking that time away, what did it teach you

656
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 1: about yourself?

657
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:33,879
Speaker 2: First and foremost?

658
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like you said, like I am a

659
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,320
Speaker 3: human with feel like I still put on my shoes

660
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 3: the same way as everyone, and like you know, like

661
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 3: I get happy, I get sad, like you know, I

662
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 3: miss my family when I'm gone. Like it's I'm totally

663
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 3: a normal person. I just obviously live a very unique life.

664
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 3: But you know, I just feel like I always told

665
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 3: myself like if I wasn't having fun and I wasn't

666
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 3: like enjoying it, and like what's the point. And I

667
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 3: really got to that point where I was just like

668
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 3: you know, like my parents always taught me like it,

669
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 3: do what you love, you know, and go hard at it.

670
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 3: And I wasn't really like enjoying where I was at.

671
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 3: And that's like also like, Okay, it's not always going

672
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 3: to be perfect and amazing. I'm sure you had times

673
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,760
Speaker 3: in your career where were like dreading dreading it sometimes

674
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 3: you're like, oh man, I'm tired or I miss my

675
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 3: family or whatever. But yeah, I think I think it

676
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 3: just taught me like vulnerability is very powerful and it's

677
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 3: okay not to be okay sometimes, and it's also okay

678
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 3: to work on yourself, like you don't have to be

679
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 3: this like perfect image person all the time. Like it's

680
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 3: totally okay to like you're like, hey, I need a

681
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,760
Speaker 3: minute and say no because I'm I'm a people pleaser.

682
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 3: It's my personality and you know, it's a great quality,

683
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 3: but it also leaves you drain sometimes. So I think

684
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 3: learning how to say no and being like I need

685
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 3: time for me, that's really what it taught me.

686
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: I love that, and I appreciate that vulnerability, and I

687
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 1: appreciate you sharing that because women are taught at a

688
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: very early age to serve other people. That is our job,

689
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: Like we are taught very early to care for other things.

690
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: We're given a doll before we can even say the

691
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: damn word, and we're brushing its hair and we're changing.

692
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 2: Its clothes, and it's just enough enough.

693
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: Because I have to put my life mask on first

694
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: before I put anyone else's on. And I think it's

695
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: a really brave thing to do to just say, like,

696
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: it needs to be about me right now. If I

697
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: want to be the version I know I'm capable of being,

698
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: I have to take a step back. And a lot

699
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: of women abandon themselves when they feel that, and they

700
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: just keep plugging on. And there's just so much value

701
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: and I appreciate you talking about it and having the

702
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,360
Speaker 1: bravery and courage to just say not today, I'm gonna

703
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: take care of myself, and look what happened, Look what

704
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: has happened.

705
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 2: It shows that, like I'm.

706
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: Going to fill my cup up first for sure, and

707
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: then when I can fill my cup up, I'm a

708
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 1: great person. I'm a great daughter, I'm a great sister,

709
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: I'm a great partner. And it affects and bleeds into

710
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: everything you're doing exact.

711
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 3: Exactly, and like you know how like when your personal

712
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 3: life for your own mental health is out of whack,

713
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 3: like everything else is going to be out of whack,

714
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 3: of course, you know what I mean. And like that's

715
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 3: something I've really learned, is like you know, when things

716
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 3: at home or like I'm not feeling good, Like it's

717
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 3: so hard to feel good in the water and performing

718
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 3: and sometimes you have to like mask it. But it's

719
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 3: like I was at a point where I was like,

720
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,800
Speaker 3: I really need to take time for me and yeah,

721
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 3: it's crazy, look what's happened here. Sure I'm like, well

722
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 3: I'm not. I did that.

723
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: I'm happy you did too, And and you know, after

724
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 1: all of this success, and I just was lucky enough

725
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: for everyone listening. I was lucky enough to be a

726
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:09,720
Speaker 1: part of this new film nowadays that Red Bull put together.

727
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: But you asked and you pushed, and you are the

728
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: one who said I want to do this, but most importantly,

729
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 1: I want to bring everyone along with me and it

730
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,320
Speaker 1: not just be about myself.

731
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: And I said this to you, and I mean it.

732
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: You are very very special human at your age to

733
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: understand there is plenty of room for other women at

734
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,720
Speaker 1: this table. I am not going to be the ones

735
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: standing on their necks like I want to stand on

736
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: the shoulders of all the women who've come before me,

737
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: who have given me access and I have the freedom

738
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: to compete at this level, and you brought all these

739
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: other young athletes along with you. This film took two

740
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: and a half years, and I want you to talk

741
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: about it because it is your and you pushed for it,

742
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: and this hasn't happened since, and I would say ever

743
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: as a collective unit surf a video film that really

744
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: incorporates some of the youngest, most talented surfers this world

745
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: has ever seen. And you brought your fiercest competitors and

746
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: you were like, let's go and do this together. That

747
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: is fucking rad. And it takes a special human not

748
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: to be like, no, no, no, I've worked my ass

749
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: off to get here.

750
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 2: This is gonna be about me, Like most women do

751
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: that for.

752
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 3: Sure, and like, well, thank you. I appreciate that. And

753
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 3: I definitely like did struggle, Like I'm gonna be honest,

754
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 3: Like I definitely had moments where I was like, well,

755
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 3: I could make this about myself and I know it'll

756
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 3: be cool, and I have worked my butt off, but

757
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 3: like I just feel, like like you said before, like

758
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 3: the generations before us like really paved the way like surfing.

759
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 3: Now it's in the Olympics, Like we're getting equal pay

760
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 3: for both men and women, Like are you kidding me?

761
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 3: Like it's it's been my absolutely, yes, that's about time today.

762
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 3: I mean, I just feel like my timing has been

763
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 3: really good, Like I got on tour, my second year

764
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 3: on tour is equal pay, like I'm then the next

765
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 3: then they announced the Olympics, Like my timing's just been

766
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 3: really good, Like I didn't do any of that. Those

767
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 3: are the generations before me, and I just they paved

768
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 3: that way for us. And I feel like it's our

769
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 3: responsibility in this generation and just keep building the sport.

770
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 3: And if I can like walk away and say that

771
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 3: I worked as absolutely as hard as I could, I

772
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 3: accomplish things I wanted to and I and I, you know,

773
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 3: paved the way for the next generation. Like I'm so

774
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 3: proud of that. And I just feel like at some point,

775
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 3: you know, like you said, women's stepping on each other's next,

776
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 3: especially in an individual sport like it, it comes with

777
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 3: the territory. It's so cutthroat, it's it's gnarly. You don't

778
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 3: have any friends, that there's lonely at the top. But

779
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,279
Speaker 3: I was kind of like someone's got to do it.

780
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 3: And I feel like I was at a point my

781
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 3: career where I feel like I've gotten a lot more

782
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 3: secure in myself, like I think a few years ago,

783
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 3: like growing up, when you're younger, you're just like you

784
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 3: don't even want to look at anyone. You're just like,

785
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 3: I want to win. I want to talk to anyone,

786
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 3: to give anyone an inch. And I've learned, like, you

787
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: know what, there is room for other people at the top,

788
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 3: and I also can still win, Like there's just there's

789
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 3: room at the top. And yeah, it took me a

790
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 3: minute to get there. But now that the film's done

791
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 3: and I see how it like impacted a lot of

792
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 3: young girls. You know, we've premiered it twice, like you said,

793
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 3: in New York and Hollywood. I can't wait for the

794
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 3: world to see it. But I just seeing all the

795
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 3: little girls that's impacted already that came to the premieres

796
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 3: has just been the coolest thing ever and it made

797
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 3: it all worth it. And obviously having Red Bull behind it,

798
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 3: like planning everything, like because you know, sturfing's so interesting,

799
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 3: like you're going all around the world and like it's

800
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 3: very unstructured. You don't know if you're gonna get waves

801
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 3: or not, and everyone's got a crazy schedule. Yeah, I'm

802
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 3: really proud of it. And as I was doing the film,

803
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 3: you know, I I like, that's when I won the

804
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 3: world title in the gold medal, and it's just it's

805
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 3: crazy how it all happened, you know. I feel like

806
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 3: it all happened the way it was supposed to. And

807
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 3: it's been really fun. It's been a lot of work,

808
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 3: but it's been really fun.

809
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 2: I love that.

810
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: Well, for those of you know, the people tuning in

811
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 1: and listening, can you tell them what Nowadays is about

812
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: and who's in it and when it is premiering for

813
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: everyone to see, because it's a must like it's it's

814
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:29,440
Speaker 1: been awesome, Like I loved every part of that film.

815
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: But yeah, talk about the athletes in it, talk about

816
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: when it premieres so everyone can go.

817
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 2: Check it out.

818
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. So Nowadays is a surf film of all the

819
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 3: best female surfers in this generation. Red Bull got behind

820
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 3: this film. It just so happened to be like all

821
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 3: the best girls are on Red Bull, which is really cool.

822
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 2: Of course of course they are.

823
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,879
Speaker 1: Again, I'm not wearing the hat Cavia on us War

824
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: the biggest woman for red bull athletes.

825
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 2: Like it's different.

826
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 3: Love that no good on But yeah, everyone in the

827
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 3: film is twenty four or younger. Three of us have

828
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 3: already been the Olympics, but six of us are all

829
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 3: Olympic hopefuls. We got Caitlin Simmers who's from the USA,

830
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,399
Speaker 3: myself in the USA, Molly Picklam from Australia, Sky Brown

831
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 3: from the UK, and Aaron Brooks from Canada. So it's

832
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 3: a very diverse group. Four of us are all convening

833
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 3: against each other on the world tour as well. Crazy,

834
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 3: so we're all each other's like biggest rite. Like for example,

835
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 3: like the first I won the world title, the first year,

836
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 3: the second year, Katie won the world title, the third

837
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 3: year Molly won the world title. So like we all

838
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 3: are just like like at each other's next. Yeah, like

839
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 3: full on, Like it's it's pretty funny. So for a

840
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 3: film to happen in a cutthroat sport like this with

841
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 3: all of us, like I mean, we're all still going

842
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 3: into the peak of our career, like we're all under

843
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 3: twenty five, Like we still like have so much more

844
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 3: to accomplish. It's very very rare and it's never been

845
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 3: done before. It also tells a story of women pushing

846
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,879
Speaker 3: women and I love that. Yeah, and that's really cool

847
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 3: and it does it's obviously a lot of surfing is

848
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 3: a surf film, but it also does tell a story

849
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 3: and premieres May first and all the Red Bull channels,

850
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 3: So I'm really excited about it. I hope everyone loves it. Yeah,

851
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 3: it's it was. It turned out amazing better than I

852
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,719
Speaker 3: ever expected. So all the all the traveling and the

853
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 3: boat rides and getting nauseous and indo.

854
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 1: Whatever, you guys went, y'all went everywhere where, didn't.

855
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, literally, And like that's the funny thing, Like surfing

856
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 3: will bring you in like the craziest places ever. You know,

857
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 3: sometimes you're in Fiji and it's like, you know, it's

858
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 3: very lush and beautiful. And then sometimes you're in you know,

859
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 3: a country that you're like sleeping on a board bike.

860
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 3: I don't know, it's just how it is.

861
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: So you're chasing, You're chasing mother nature, Like how cool

862
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 1: is that?

863
00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 3: Like?

864
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: And you know, you know what else you're chasing La

865
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, a bay right around the corridor, right around

866
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: the corner, like do you what are you clearly the

867
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: obvious it's at home and this is like I mean

868
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: I would can I know it's not your home break, but.

869
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 2: It's your home break. What what?

870
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 3: Like?

871
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 2: What does that feel like?

872
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 1: We're in twenty twenty six time moves, It's going to

873
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: be here before you know it. Not giving you any stress,

874
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 1: but like, how stoked are you right now to have this?

875
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: You know, because you were you weren't in Paris. Hello

876
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: for everyone who doesn't know, no one's surfing in Paris.

877
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 2: You guys were in Tahiti, so you didn't get that

878
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 2: feel right.

879
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: So like the Olympic Village and every brand has these

880
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:51,280
Speaker 1: houses that are like popped up. I mean it's manic wild,

881
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 1: like Truman Show like village. It's so cool and you're

882
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:01,280
Speaker 1: gonna get to experience that finally, like at the same place.

883
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 2: Like, are you so excited?

884
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 3: I would be yeah, yeah, I mean it's it's been

885
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 3: a lot of hype up, like even with the Winter

886
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,439
Speaker 3: Olympics just happening, Like there's been a lot of talk

887
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 3: about it. I've already done a couple of shoots for it.

888
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 3: I'm like, whoa, it's like a couple of years out,

889
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:19,040
Speaker 3: like people are excited about it and surfing. Like you said,

890
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 3: it was in Tahaiti this year, which was a great

891
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 3: time zone for America, which was really cool. It got

892
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 3: so much attention, which was pretty awesome, and I feel

893
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 3: like that's what our sport deserves, is that recognition. So

894
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 3: I'm really proud about that. Oh my god, I'm like

895
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 3: the fact that I can like sleep my own bed

896
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 3: and go compete for a medal is like so bad.

897
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 3: It's crazy. And now that I've been to the like

898
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 3: when I first qualified, I was so oblivious to how

899
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 3: amazing it was. Like I just I didn't realize the

900
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 3: magnitude that the Olympics had on the world. You know,

901
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 3: it's one of the only things that brings the whole

902
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 3: world together. And it's like a lot of people might

903
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,279
Speaker 3: not know about surfing, but they know about the Olympics,

904
00:46:55,480 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 3: and so it's, yeah, it's it's pretty incredible. I'm really excited,

905
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 3: Like I don't know, it's pretty mind blowing. Like I

906
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 3: was literally surfing this morning at the venue they're going

907
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 3: to have it at, and I was just like, oh

908
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 3: my gosh, Like that's crazy and it's funny. It's such

909
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,359
Speaker 3: a full circle moment, because that's like at that wave

910
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 3: lower Trustles, that's like where I knew I wanted to

911
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,280
Speaker 3: be a pro surfer. Like I competed at a amateur

912
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 3: event and I ended up winning, and I was like,

913
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,879
Speaker 3: this is so fun, Like I just want to keep

914
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 3: doing this. I got a big trophy and I surfed

915
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 3: all day up my friends like, are you kidding me?

916
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm excited.

917
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 2: I love this for you.

918
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: I'm going to be there clearly, you know, absolutely part

919
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,439
Speaker 1: of the family on the holiday card.

920
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 2: Hello, but I cannot wait to watch you.

921
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:42,879
Speaker 1: This is going to be so fun, Like the excitement

922
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 1: I feel for all of you because I've been there,

923
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: and I know you have been there, but this is

924
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 1: going to be a completely different experience, and you're going

925
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,320
Speaker 1: to have the wisdom and you've gone through the expectation

926
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: and like I just I'm so, so so excited for you.

927
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 2: This is going to be such a cool moment.

928
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: Your whole family is going to be there, Like the

929
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: people who you know sacrifice the most from the beginning

930
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,359
Speaker 1: to be able to have that full circle moment at

931
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: such a young age in your prime no matter what,

932
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:23,760
Speaker 1: It's really not about winning and losing, even though we're

933
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: winners at our core and we always want to win,

934
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: but like to have your family there to experience that

935
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: experience that type of magnitude with you on like your

936
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: home like grounds and in the water is really magical

937
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:39,760
Speaker 1: and it's not so amazing.

938
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, totally, it's huge, and like I can like I'm

939
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 3: never gonna be able to give back my parents and

940
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 3: my siblings like ever, like for what they've sacrificed in

941
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 3: order to get me where I'm at, But I feel

942
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 3: like experiences like that, like you know, looking them in

943
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 3: the eye after like moments like that, you know, or

944
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 3: winning the medal Intaheni, I'm like, all right, like it's

945
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 3: all worth it, you know, Like it's pretty cool. So yeah,

946
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 3: I'm I'm super excited. It's good stuff.

947
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 2: I don't know, I'm excited for you.

948
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 1: But I always ask this, and this is the last question.

949
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: I'm going to wrap everything up. And I love I

950
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:18,240
Speaker 1: love asking athletes this because you are so much bigger

951
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 1: than your sport and what you do. But who are

952
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 1: you and what are you doing when you're not competing?

953
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm pretty simple, Like I love to like I

954
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 4: love like looking at the sunset and like you know,

955
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 4: hanging out with my friends, like just watching a good show,

956
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 4: Like I'm a really simple I feel like I'm a

957
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 4: really simple girl, even though I live a.

958
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 3: Very crazy life.

959
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 2: Yep.

960
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 3: And yeah, I love hanging out with my family. I'm

961
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 3: a I'm a people person, like I love my people,

962
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 3: So like hanging out with my people when I'm not

963
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 3: surfing and competing, like filling my cup in other areas,

964
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 3: That's what I want to be doing.

965
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 2: I love that for you.

966
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for being on this episode, Caroline.

967
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: I know you don't need this, but I'm behind you

968
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,880
Speaker 1: and wishing you the best of luck, not only for

969
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: the clearly the you Know La twenty eight, but also

970
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: just like you're on you Know tour. You guys are

971
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: chasing championships all over the place, and I root for you,

972
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 1: and I gotta be honest, I root for you because

973
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:25,760
Speaker 1: of how you show up. Like everyone knows you're fucking

974
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: dancing on water, and you're an incredible athlete and you're

975
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 1: powerful and you're so enjoyable to watch, and you y'all

976
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: are doing shit. I during my era, I'm like, women

977
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: did not do this. Women were not doing backflips on

978
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 1: a damn surfboard.

979
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,240
Speaker 2: It didn't happen if you if.

980
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: You were like accidentally got a few fins, you know,

981
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: out of the water, You're like, oh, she just threw

982
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:49,839
Speaker 1: an arrow.

983
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 2: Look at that. It was like all about timing. It

984
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 2: was like actually just breaking in perfect time.

985
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 3: You hit like a backlash.

986
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:55,880
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly.

987
00:50:56,400 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 1: But like you guys are pushing like so hard and

988
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: creating such a different landscape for this new generation. I

989
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: say this like fully with my chest as someone now

990
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: who is getting back into surfing and skating, it is

991
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: going to be the most watched thing is surf and skate,

992
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:17,359
Speaker 1: and it will be women.

993
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 2: I am telling you that right now.

994
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: I love that it's the biggest up and coming thing

995
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: because women are doing shit that took like Tony.

996
00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:31,320
Speaker 5: Hawk, Yeah exactly, you know what I mean, Like thirteen

997
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,760
Speaker 5: year olds are throwing like nine hundreds in their sleep,

998
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 5: And Tony Hawk was like, yeah I did that at

999
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:37,720
Speaker 5: like thirty.

1000
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 2: I'm like, she's thirteen.

1001
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 1: So it's just y'all are ripping and setting a new

1002
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: standard that I'm like, good luck to y'all young people.

1003
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 2: Like I don't know, you saw me out there on

1004
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 2: that phone board. I was like, it's it's.

1005
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 3: Hey, she was killing it. She was killing it. She's

1006
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 3: selling her She's humble, but she was killing it. I

1007
00:51:59,160 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 3: do an athlete.

1008
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 2: I will wrap it up to say this.

1009
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: At the premiere, I was like, Hi, my name's Ashlyn Harris.

1010
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,240
Speaker 1: I went to the surf ranch and I got Wave

1011
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:07,880
Speaker 1: of the Day.

1012
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:11,240
Speaker 2: That is on my resume. I need my own hat.

1013
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:12,400
Speaker 2: I don't need Red Bull.

1014
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:17,160
Speaker 1: I need surf Ranch Wave of the Day because that

1015
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:17,840
Speaker 1: is all.

1016
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 2: I want to be known for. But I'm kidding. I

1017
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 2: had the best time. I literally had the best time.

1018
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: We had so much fun at the surf ranch and

1019
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 1: you will. I will be supporting you for everything. If

1020
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:33,760
Speaker 1: you ever need anything, you know I'm in your corner

1021
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: and good luck.

1022
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 2: This is so fun.

1023
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 1: It's so fun to see your joy and your light

1024
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: and your spark. You still got it and just dude,

1025
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: ride it till the wheels fall off. I want to

1026
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: see you winning championships out forty one.

1027
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 3: Thank you. I will definitely try my hardest. I can

1028
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 3: promise you that.

1029
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,839
Speaker 2: Well. Everyone, that is it for this week's episode.

1030
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: Thank you, Caroline, and we'll see you next week on

1031
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 1: Wide Open with Ashelyn Harris. Caroline, this conversation means so

1032
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:06,799
Speaker 1: much to me, not just because everything you've accomplished, but

1033
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 1: because we came from the same place.

1034
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 2: Melbourne Beach has a way of shaping people.

1035
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:16,439
Speaker 1: Who aren't afraid of hard work, who understand humility, who

1036
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,919
Speaker 1: know how to get back up after getting knocked down.

1037
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,799
Speaker 1: Watching someone from our hometown go on to win the

1038
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 1: Olympics and win a gold be becoming one of the

1039
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 1: best surfers in the world is something really, really special.

1040
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:32,839
Speaker 1: But what I respect most about you is the way

1041
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: you've navigated the highs and the challenges, choosing growth, choosing

1042
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: perspective and choosing to take care of yourself.

1043
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 2: Along the way.

1044
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 1: I have no doubt we're going to see a lot

1045
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: more incredible moments from you, especially as we head towards

1046
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,400
Speaker 1: LA twenty twenty eight. Thank you all for coming to

1047
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,879
Speaker 1: another episode of Wide Open, and we'll see you next week.

1048
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 3: Black Wels