Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore have been crowned 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour champions. The WSL Finals got underway in classic four-to-eight-foot waves at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, Southern California. The new single-day surf-off format featured the top-ranked male and female athletes of the 2021 professional surfing season.
The World Surf League (WSL) announced the cancellation of the 2021 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Australia. The professional surfing circuit revealed that it was “unable to secure a pre-approved bubble in Victoria ahead of the event.” WSL doesn’t go into detail, but it’s clear that Covid-19-related restrictions forced the cancellation of the legendary […]
The World Team has taken out the inaugural World Surf League (WSL) Founders’ Cup of Surfing, in Leemore, Northern California. The first-ever, official event at the WSL Surf Ranch, in front of a sellout crowd, was a showcase of incredible surfing and competition as the world’s best female and male surfers battled in teams for […]
The best surfers on the planet compete in the World Surf League (WSL). No doubt about that. But exactly is the WSL? Who runs it? What’s behind the conglomerate? According to Forbes, the surf industry generates around $13 billion, so you could hardly run a surfing’s professional world tour without a business-oriented mindset. The World […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved surfing’s qualification system for the Tokyo 2020. The sport’s Olympic debut will feature 20 male and 20 female surfers competing in a shortboard event. The qualification process is the result of a previous agreement between the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the World Surf League (WSL).
Finn McGill and Vahine Fierro claimed the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) World Junior Championship at Bombo Beach, New South Wales, Australia. The final day of competition got underway in wind-affected three-to-four-foot surf and crowned two new future stars of the sport. In the Men’s final, McGill put an end to a less favorable cycle […]
The 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) will showcase the best competitive surfers on the planet. There are only 34 spots available in the elite of surfing and, after a long season, the top 22 CT finishers automatically secured their place in the CT. They will be joined by ten Qualifying Series (QS) […]
Taylor Jensen has been crowned the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) World Longboard Tour champion. The American longboarder secured his third world title after defeating Edouard Delpero in a thrilling surf-off heat, in Jinzun Harbour, Taitung, Taiwan. Jensen was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Taiwan Open World Longboard Championship, and had to wait and […]
Are you a pro surfer? Are you a passionate surf fan? Learn everything you need to know about interferences in pro surfing. Professional surfing is a complex organized system in which surfers, but also judges and third parties interact together in a competitive arena. The World Surfing League (WSL) is responsible for running the annual […]
Gabriel Medina defeated Julian Wilson and claimed the 2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, in Peniche. The finals got underway in excellent six-to-eight foot surf at the iconic beach break of Supertubos. The World Surf League (WSL) title was on the line for the reigning champion and defending event champion John John Florence. The Hawaiian could […]