Bianca Valenti has taken out the inaugural Puerto Escondido Cup, in Oxaca, Mexico. The event organized by Surf Open League (SOL) Mexico, Gary Linden and Shannon Quirk was hailed as Latin America’s first-ever big wave contest for female surfers. But it also had men competing in the firing barrels of Puerto Escondido. Despite the tide […]
Surfing Australia’s National Squad will train for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, Northern California. It will be the first time the World Surf League (WSL) Surf Ranch opens its facility for national surfing teams to support their high-performance training needs heading towards the upcoming Olympics. Surfing Australia will hold […]
Surf pools have made their debut in the competitive surfing scene. But, do we want wave technology to become a key part of competitive surfing? Is it a perfect marriage? Maybe not. Yes, wave pools are part of the future of surfing. And yes, artificial waves will bring surfing to inland territories. But that doesn’t […]
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 […]