So here we are. The season proper of the Championship Tour has come to a close, nine months after it restarted in Hawaii to kick off a season which was destined to face plenty of hurdles. And those hurdles certainly weren’t avoided – numerous events were replaced or cancelled completely, including the historic Rip Curl …
There were many who doubted that the WSL would be able to get through the entire 2021 Championship Tour season, and there’s no doubt that the logistical challenges presented throughout the year were a significant hurdle. Never was that more evident than over this past week, when the last event of the regular season was …
Partway through the Corona Open Mexico, the ensuing stop on the Championship Tour in Tahiti – set to be the final event before the WSL Finals at Trestles – was cancelled in yet another curveball thrown by the pandemic. That meant that the event at Barra de la Cruz suddenly became the last chance for …
After a nearly two-month hiatus which saw the world’s best head to Tokyo to compete for surfing’s first ever gold medal, the Championship Tour is set to restart next week, and the last leg of the season kicks off with one of the most anticipated events of the year. Barra de la Cruz has been …
The race for the five spots in the women’s season-ending event at Trestles is seriously tight. Carissa Moore is all but guaranteed a spot, but outside of her, no one is safe. The return to Barra de la Cruz will be the second last contest before those five spots are decided, so pressure will be …
Finally, more than a year after it was initially scheduled, we have two surfing gold medallists. Neither Italo Ferreira nor Carissa Moore’s wins came as any great surprise, nor were the conditions in which they won – so at the end of it all, was the contest a success? Subpar conditions Let’s be honest, the …
The waves might not quite have been up to the level that we’re accustomed to seeing on the Championship Tour, but as it so often does, quality prevailed in both the men’s and women’s versions of the Tokyo 2020 surfing event. The women’s gold medallist, in what came as a surprise to literally nobody on …
The waves might not quite have been up to the level that we’re accustomed to seeing on the Championship Tour, but as it so often does, quality prevailed in both the men’s and women’s versions of the Tokyo 2020 surfing event. Italo Ferreira denied what would have been a fairytale result for the locals by …
At long last, Olympic surfing is finally here. There has been a year-long delay and rumours abound about the prospect of the whole Olympic competition being cancelled, but we’re now just days out and it appears that it’s all systems go. So will the waves cooperate? There have been many concerns among the surfing community …
With just days to go until the first-ever Olympic surfers hit the water at Tsurigasaki Beach, anticipation is beginning to build. The draw has now been confirmed for the event, so we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the matchups in the five-person first-round heats, and who is likely…
Indonesia and Morocco haven’t historically been producers of a multitude of top-tier, Championship Tour level surfers, but anyone who has been to either country will know that there is a whole lot of serious talent in both of them. They’ll each send one surfer to Tokyo for the inaugural Olympic surfing event, so let’s take …
Germany and Israel aren’t exactly on the map as global surfing hotspots. Germany, of course, has only a small section of coast and one which is not exactly ideally positioned for quality surf, while Israel is locked away deep in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite that, one surfer from each country has managed to snare a …
Having covered the chances of the biggest teams in world surfing, the likes of the USA, Australia and Brazil, it’s time to have a look at the minnows. Argentina, Chile and Ecuador have each managed to compile teams of one to send to Tokyo despite not having any regulars on the world tour, so let’s …
Just eight nations will send multiple women to the first edition of Olympic surfing, and Costa Rica is almost certainly the most surprising of them. Brisa Hennessey and Leilana McGonagle will be the only two Costa Ricans heading to Tokyo, however, with no males qualifying for the Games. Meanwhile, Italy will send zero women but …
Portugal isn’t as renowned for producing quality surfers as the likes of Australia, the USA and Brazil, but the country’s exposed coastline has nonetheless helped to produce plenty of decorated pros over the years. They’ve managed to fill three of the four spots allotted to them for the upcoming Olympics – let’s take a look …
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