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.
Yago Dora and Sage Erickson claimed the 2019 US Open of Surfing, in Huntington Beach, California. The final got underway in highly contestable three-to-five foot waves at Surf City’s south pier. For the first time in its long history, the US Open of Surfing awarded equal prize money to both male and female surfers.
Gabriel Medina claimed the second World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) title of his career. The 24-year-old surfer won the 2018 Billabong Pipe Masters after beating his direct opponent, Julian Wilson, in an epic final held in 12-to-15 foot barreling waves. Medina paddled out for the final knowing that he was already a two-time […]
Mateus Herdy and Kirra Pinkerton have taken out the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Junior Championships in Jinzun Harbour, Taiwan. The one-off event offered highly contestable wave riding conditions for both men and women. Herdy joined the likes of Adriano de Souza and Gabriel Medina as a world junior surfing champion. The Brazilian was competing […]
Ezekiel Lau has taken out the 2018 Vans World Cup of Surfing, at Sunset Beach, in Hawaii. The Hawaiian surfer won his second World Cup of Surfing title after defeating Jesse Mendes, Joan Duru and Griffin Colapinto in a final held in pumping surf. Five years later, Lau raised the second gem of the Triple […]
Joel Parkinson carved his way to victory at the 2018 Hawaiian Pro, in Haleiwa, on the North Shore of Oahu. The three-time Triple Crown of Surfing winner claimed the first jewel of the prestigious Hawaiian surfing series after a convincing performance in a four-man final. Parkinson defeated Mateus Herdy, Ricardo Christie, and Deivid Silva with […]
Hiroto Ohhara claimed the 2018 Van Pro at Virginia Beach, in Virginia. The Japanese surfer, who had won the US Open of Surfing in 2015, has once again proved he is one of the most in-form athletes on the Qualifying Series (QS). Ohhara defeated fellow countryman Reo Inaba, Brazilian rider Flavio Nakagima, and American surfer […]
The 32-year-old surfer from Florianopolis spent 12 years competing in the Qualifying Series (QS) on a quest to join the elite of surfing. Now, he is one of the happiest surfers on the planet. Not only he joined the Championship Tour (CT) but also won his first major event. Cardoso had already done well in […]
There are only two surfers in contention to win the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) title: John John Florence and Gabriel Medina. The Banzai Pipeline delivered fair wave riding conditions, in a dramatic day of competition that lost two world title hunters. Jordy Smith was eliminated from the event, and Julian Wilson is mathematically out […]
Aritz Aranburu conquered the 2017 Billabong Pro Tahiti Trials, at Teahupoo. The Spanish surfer defeated Nathan Edge in a final held in challenging ocean and weather conditions. Despite the absence of the classic Teahupoo barrels, all 32 trialists gave their best to earn a spot in the main event. “It’s a dream come true,” expressed Aritz […]