The New WSL Mid-Season Cut Is Coming Up
In 2021 WSL introduced new changes to the Championship Tour format, including a mid-season cut for the men’s and women’s CT. Change often brings excitement and opportunities, but not all surf fans have been happy about these significant changes, and some of the most discussed topics have been; The new final format and the Mid-Season cut. The […]
Kelly Slater Makes History At 2022 Billabong Pro Pipeline
Kelly Slater after winning his 8th Pipline Title Photo by Brady Lawrence / World Surf League What a weekend and event we witnessed at The 2022 Billabong Pro Pipeline. A special moment for any surf fan where we got to see Kelly Slater dominate the decider in the season-opening WSL event. The Pipe Pro 2022 […]
Surfer Profile: Jeremy Flores Has The Warrior Spirit
Photo By: Laurent Masurel / WSL It wouldn’t be that often that we would profile a pro surfer who has retired, but Jeremy Flores is such a surfer who deserves so much more coverage than he gets. Wild Child While Jeremy will always be known as that French child surfing prodigy from Reunion Island, he […]
Italo Ferreira’s Intense Workout Routine
(Photo by Thiago Diz / World Surf League) Once upon a time, very long ago, it was considered that going surfing was the ideal training for surfing, and the more you surfed, the better trained you were. That worked for a while until surfing started getting more valuable, and surfers who had their eyes on […]
Alaïa Bay in Switzerland Announces Surf Contest With $75K Prize Reward
Alaïa Open – New surf contest! Earlier this year, Switzerland got its first wave pool – Alaïa Bay. A place where beginners can get their first surf experience and professionals can come to train. The Swiss national team is using the facilities for training and several pro surfers such as; Jeremy Flores and Ezekiel Lau […]
Gabriel Medina & Carissa Moore: The 2021 World Champions
Photos by: World Surf League The 2021 WSL Championship Tour 2021 has been an exciting season, where we finally got reunited with The Championship Tour after a whole year without professional surfing due to COVID-19. Despite the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its many restrictions the athletes seem to have embraced the time off as many […]
The history of professional surfing and complete list of world champions
The complete list of surfing world champions This list only includes; the winners of the World Championship Tour (CT). A history of surf champions Professional surfing has taken place for 57 years, and through half a century, it has gone through a lot of change. The evolution of the sport is incredible, and so are the […]
Italo Ferreira & Carissa Moore Becomes The First Surfers In History To Win Olympic Gold
Photo by: International Surfing Association Surfing made its Olympic debut The art of riding waves can be traced back to ancient Polynesians living in Hawaii and Tahiti. Surfing was popularised by Hawaii’s Duke Kahanamoku; a swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States. Considered ‘the father of modern surfing’ he planted the […]
How The WSL Championship Tour Format Has Changed in 2021
Photo by Hugo Teles After a season without the championship tour in 2020, due to Covid-19, WSL introduced some big changes to the format when the 2021 Men’s- and Women’s Championship Tour was announced. If you’re not familiar with all the changes, this article will get you up-to-date and cover some of the pros and […]
How wave pool technology is revolutionizing surfing
Table of Contents Wave pool manufacturers To say that wave pools have improved in leaps and bounds would be the understatement of the year. The rate of technological improvements, the rate of new builds, the forecast of what waves are to come – there is so much happening out there it’s just unbelievable. The 4 […]