MOLLY PICKLUM
Dusk filters into Urbnsurf’s Three Blue Ducks restaurant. At least 100 thirsty, slightly sunburnt patrons of varying ages and surfing prowess – including at least 20 sponsored pros – are toasting a surf session to remember in the Melbourne wave pool.
We’re here for the launch of Rip Curl’s new brand campaign; an excuse for an A-list of women’s surfing to get pitted and party poolside. Retired Championship Tour (CT) surfer Dimity Stoyle (DJ Shimmy) flicks her wrist over pop-up decks as two-time World Champion Tyler Wright cruises by in bare feet. At the bar, wedged between tipsy surf retail and advertising professionals, a shock of blonde hair standing five-foot-two shouts her order to the staff. I recognise the youngster from a brief introduction earlier and call out.
“Hey Pickles, are you old enough to drink yet?”
The peroxide hair flings around as Molly ‘Pickles’ Picklum side-eyes me and recognises a friendly jibe. Her cheeks
