Who Will Win the 2024 WSL Finals?

It all comes down to this. Like it or lump it, the WSL Finals will for the third time determine our world champions this year. Potentially, the results over the nine-event season will be ratified at Trestles, but on the flip side of the coin there is every chance that somebody who was not the …

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Our picks for the Corona Fiji Pro?

Almost two months after the most recent event, the Championship Tour is set to return for the ninth and final contest of the year before the WSL Finals. Of course, the majority of the CT surfers haven’t just been resting on their laurels, with the Olympic event in Tahiti grabbing the attention of the surfing …

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Who Will Win the VIVO Rio Pro? (2024)

The penultimate leg of the WSL regular season is upon us, with the tour set to head to Brazil on a quick back-up from the El Salvador Pro. John John Florence was victorious on the men’s side, establishing a huge lead atop the standings as a result, though further down the leaderboard it is a …

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Who Will Win the Surf City El Salvador Pro?

The World Surf League seemed, for virtually all of last year and the early parts of this year, to have collectively walked under a ladder and broken a mirror in front of a swathe of black cats, based on the consistent failure of Championship Tour locations to fire during CT contests. But gradually this year …

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Who will win the 2024 Shiseido Tahiti Pro?

After the lengthiest hiatus of the season, the Championship Tour is set to return this week when the world’s best head to Teahupo’o for the Shiseido Tahiti Pro. This will be the first event after the post-season cut, meaning reduced fields on both sides of the draw as we officially kick off the run to …

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Who Will Win the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach?

Three events into the season, the Championship Tour leaderboards are beginning to take shape, and with just two more until the mid-season cut there is already plenty on the line for a lot of surfers. And at the top end of the table, disappointing results at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal to the two …

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Volcom’s Road Rager Ulladulla (27th March 2024)

On the 27th of March, Volcom and Southern Man will run a high-priced scavenger Hunt in Ulladulla. Prizes include: Come to the store to meet Noa Deane, Ossie Write and partners. Follow volcom_oznz and southernmansurf on Instagram for hints on where the prizes are. Shop Volcom apparel on this website

Who Will Win the 2024 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal

The Hawaiian leg of the 2024 Championship Tour is now complete, and lo and behold, we actually got some decent waves! After a dismal 2023 from a conditions perspective, Pipeline delivered some quality and Sunset Beach was arguably even better, the scattered beach break delivering some of the heaving waves for which it’s so well …

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Who Will Win the 2024 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach?

The 2024 Championship Tour season is now officially under way, with the Pipe Pro having gone off without a hitch – well, maybe there were a couple of small ones. The decision not to run in heaving conditions drew the ire of many fans around the world, though realistically those fans did not have the …

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Who Will Win the 2024 Lexus Pipe Pro?

hion Crawford of Hawaii prior to surfing in Heat 4 of the Round of 80 at the Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Haleiwa Challenger on November 26, 2021 in Haleiwa, Hawaii.

And just like that, we’re back! Four months after Filipe Toledo won his second consecutive world title and Caroline Marks her first, the Championship Tour is set to kick off its 47th season, for the fourth time in a row, at Pipeline. The 2024 season will follow the same schedule as last year, albeit with …

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The Best Surfboards for Summer (2024)

Photo of surf walking into the surf with a surfboard under her arm and the sun is setting behind the clouds.

Summer is coming, and we all know what that means. Beautiful weather, days at the beach, and…kind of average waves. Depending on where you live, those beautiful, warm, windless mornings with 3 to 4-foot waves might still pop up from time to time, but most people around the country will need to be willing to …

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Talking Cloudbreak with Luke O’Connell

“We were just chilling, sitting in the boat…then you just see the whole horizon go dark.”Luke O’Connell For Luke O’Connell, that dark horizon was exactly what he was searching for when he flew to Fiji for a self-termed ‘strike mission’ earlier this year. A real estate agent by trade, selling houses wasn’t on the agenda …

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