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World’s Best Longboarders Ready for Vans Duct Tape Invitational and Surf Festival

Jul 25, 2022

• Second Stop on WSL Longboard Tour Opens August 3, 2022
• Critical World Title Points at Stake at Huntington Beach
• Honolua Blomfield, Harrison Roach Enter as World Ranking Leaders

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., USA (Monday, July 25, 2022) - The World Surf League (WSL) Longboard Tour heads to Huntington Beach for the Vans Duct Tape Invitational and Festival , Stop No. 2 of the 2022 WSL Longboard Tour from August 3 - 7, 2022 in conjunction with the Vans US Open of Surfing. The iconic Huntington Beach Pier will host the world’s best longboarders with World Title implications on the line for the first time. A crucial 5,000 points are on offer as the long-standing Vans Duct Tape Invitational follows the season opener in Manly Beach, Australia.

Reigning, three-time, WSL Longboard Champion Honolua Blomfield (HAW) and 2021 World runner-up Harrison Roach (AUS) lead the rankings heading into Huntington Beach following their victories at the GWM Sydney Surf Pro. Blomfield, 23, claimed the win at the first-ever all-women's Vans Duct Tape Invitational in 2018, adding to her multiple series victories in Huntington Beach. She now returns with a chance to strengthen her lead on the world’s best.

For Roach, a glimpse at the World Title last season left the Australian hungry for more and showed his resolve with a brilliant victory to start the 2022 season. A multiple Vans Duct Tape Invitational winner, the now 32-year-old looks to show he’s not leaving a Title trophy hanging in the balance this

But, they will have a world-class field of longboarders ready to strike with the likes of 2019 WSL Longboard Champion Soleil Errico (USA), multiple World Title runner-up Chloe Calmon (BRA), three-time WSL Longboard Champion Taylor Jensen (USA), two-time WSL Longboard Champion, and now Southern California resident, Phil Rajzman (BRA), and many more locked in for Huntington Beach.

The WSL Longboard Tour hosts three stops season this year with the GWM Sydney Surf Pro, Vans Duct Tape Invitational, and Cuervo Classic Longboard Championship to crown the men’s and women’s World Longboard Champions. Both the GWM Sydney Surf Pro and Vans Duct Tape Invitational are worth 5,000 points before the all-important conclusion in Malibu, California offers 10,000 points to finish the year.

The Vans Duct Tape Festival will also welcome Vans team riders Dakota Roche, Holly Wawn, Zion Wright, and Troy Elmore as featured surfboard builders, each sharing their hand-shaped boards with the public. Following the Duct Tape Festival's conclusion, hand-shaped boards will be donated to Stoked.org to continue providing accessibility for the community.

Vans Duct Tape Invitational Competitor List

• Honolua Blomfield (HAW)
• Alice Lemoigne (FRA)
• Chloe Calmon (BRA)
• Kelis Kaleopa'a (HAW)
• Soleil Errico (USA)
• Avalon Gall (USA)
• Natsumi Taoka (JPN)
• Zoe Grospiron (FRA)
• Sally Cohen (HAW)
• Kirra Seale (HAW)
• Tully White (AUS)
• Sophia Culhane (HAW)
• Lindsay Steinriede (USA)
• Rachael Tilly (USA)
• Kaitlin Mikkelsen (USA)
• Mason Schremmer (USA)
• Maria Fernanda Reyes (PER)
• Hiroka Yoshikawa (JPN)
• Karina Rozunko (USA) - Wildcard
• Jasmim Avelino (BRA) - Wildcard
• Frankie Seely (USA) - Alternate
• Harrison Roach (AUS)
• Kai Sallas (HAW)
• Ben Skinner (GBR)
• Kevin Skvarna (USA)
• Justin Quintal (USA)
• Taylor Jensen (USA)
• Tony Silvagni (USA)
• Kaniela Stewart (HAW)
• Lucas Garrido Lecca (PER)
• Cole Robbins (USA)
• Steven Sawyer (ZAF)
• Jefson Silva (BRA)
• Taka Inoue (JPN)
• Kaimana Takayama (USA)
• Declan Wyton (AUS)
• Phil Rajzman (BRA)
• Joao Dantas (PRT)
• Keoki Saguibo (HAW)
• Tosh Tudor (USA) - Wildcard
• Jules Lepecheux (FRA) - Wildcard
• Steven McLean (USA) - Alternate

The Vans Duct Tape Invitational and Festival event begins August 3, runs through August 7, 2022 and will join the Vans US Open of Surfing Challenger Series, which starts July 31 - August 7 at the Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, California.

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Tudor Got His Wish

Wsl announces 3-stop longboard tour — but will the reigning world champ get to compete.

After a viral round of pre-season politicking, Joel Tudor has succeeded in at least one of his stated missions: to secure a multi-event Longboard Tour from the WSL in 2022.

Despite rumors of a one-event, world-title-deciding log-off, the WSL has released its official schedule for the 2022 Longboard Tour, which includes three stops: Sydney (May 16-24), Huntington Beach (August 3-7), and Malibu (October 3-13).

The competitions will host 20 surfers in the men’s division and 20 surfers in the women’s division. Each field will be made up of the Top 10 from the 2021 rankings, seven surfers selected from the regions, one WSL wildcard, and two event wildcards.

The Sydney and Huntington events are worth 5,000 points apiece and coincide with WSL Challenger Series events — the Sydney Surf Pro and US Open respectively. The Malibu event, which is worth 10,000 points and will decide the 2022 Longboarding World Champions, is exclusively for loggers.

After everything that’s happened, you’re probably wondering if the 2021 Longboarding World Champion, Joel Tudor, who was recently banned from WSL events due to comments he made about League executives and surfers, will get to compete in 2022.

According to the WSL, Tudor’s suspension remains in place indefinitely, although the suspension itself is currently under review. A League representative could not say whether Tudor’s suspension would be lifted prior to the May 16th event in Sydney, or at all for the 2022 season.

It’s also worth noting that within their new schedule, the WSL has absorbed the Vans Duct Tape Invitational in Huntington Beach — an event that Joel played a crucial role in developing over the years — as part of their 2022 Longboard Tour.

This Duct Tape x WSL deal was in place long before Joel nailed his 9’5″ Theses to the door of their Santa Monica HQ, but the current rift between Tudor and the League makes this situation all the more interesting.

Suspended or not, Joel now has some level of influence over the WSL Longboard Tour.

He posted the following on his Instagram following the announcement:

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel Tudor (@joeljitsu)

Joel may have lost the battle, but he’s currently winning the war.

The fact that Stab is even reporting on a Longboard Tour schedule release goes to show how effective the World Champ’s marketing tactics were — whether intentionally or not.

Next step: getting longboarders paid a living wage*.

*Current prize purses are $50k for Sydney and HB, $100k for Malibu, to be split between 20 surfers.

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WSL Announces 2022 Championship Tour and Challenger Series Calendar

Aug 4, 2021

The World Surf League (WSL) today announces the 2022 Championship Tour (CT) and Challenger Series (CS) calendars, the inaugural season for the fully redesigned Tours and Competition framework, establishing the key venues and dates for the world’s best surfers moving forward. The all new format features a combined men’s and women’s schedule for the first time, as well as the introduction of a mid-season cut, a new defining moment for professional surfing.

The WSL will have a three-tier competition framework that emphasizes developing young talent more locally via the seven Regional Qualifying Series, on which emerging men’s and women’s surfers will battle to earn a spot on the newly-formed global Challenger Series. Once on the CS, they will have the opportunity to qualify for elite CT where the best surfers on the planet compete for the undisputed World Title.

The 2022 WSL CT will include 10 regular-season events in seven countries, starting in January at the world-famous Pipeline in Hawai’i, for the first-ever men’s and women’s joint event at that legendary break. The CT will return to G-Land, Indonesia, which is back on the CT for the first time in 24 years for the men and for the first time ever for the women, and conclude in August at the infamous Teahupo’o in Tahiti before the second-annual Rip Curl WSL Finals in September, where the WSL Final 5 men’s and women’s surfers will face off for the undisputed World Title.

“The WSL exists to steward and celebrate the world’s best surfing and this redesigned Tours and Competition framework is historic in many ways, serving as the core engine of our business,” said WSL CEO Erik Logan. “In collaborating with our surfers and partners on delivering events like the Billabong Pro Pipeline, the MEO Portugal Pro, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the Quiksilver Pro G-Land, the Oi Rio Pro, the Margaret River Pro and others, we’re thrilled to announce one of the most exciting WSL Championship Tour calendars in history for next season and set the framework for the sport for years to come.”

2022 WSL Championship Tour Schedule*:

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• Bells Beach, Australia – April 10 – 20
• Margaret River, Western Australia – April 24 – May 4

Mid-Season Cut – 36-man and 18-woman fields reduced to 24-man and 12-woman fields.

• G-Land, Indonesia – May 28 – June 6
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WSL Final 5 determined to battle for the undisputed men’s and women’s World Titles.

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“Next year’s combined CT schedule starts at the Billabong Pro Pipeline and concludes in Tahiti and adds back incredible venues like G-Land and Jeffreys Bay,” Logan continued. “Surf Ranch has been featured on the CT calendar since 2018 and we’ll be taking a year off from the basin in 2022. We will continue to innovate with the world’s best artificial wave technology and we are excited for a return to our wave system in 2023 and beyond.”

The 2022 CT season will start with 36 men and 18 women, and then be reduced to 22 men and 10 women after the mid-season cut. The top-ranked surfers will continue on to the second half of the tour (where they will be joined by two men’s and two women’s wildcards) and automatically requalify for the 2023 CT. The smaller fields in the back half of the year will create more compact and exciting events, with only the best conditions in the event window, and more matchups featuring the biggest stars on tour. The surfers who miss the cut will be relegated to the CS, which commences immediately following CT stop five in Western Australia, where they will have the opportunity to earn back their slot on the following year’s CT.

“We believe we have arrived at a structure for our tours that makes great sense and is a massive upgrade for fans, partners and athletes throughout the pro surfing ecosystem,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, SVP of Tours and Head of Competition. “It’s awesome that both the Championship Tour and Challenger Series will have a fully combined men’s and women’s schedule, as well as an equal number of events, for the first time in 2022. We’ve been really deliberate in working with our stakeholders to build calendars that are driving the world’s best surfing, have great venues and create the best possible platform moving forward. We’ve had overwhelming feedback from our surfers and partners in the development of the eight-stop WSL Challenger Series, including incredible events like the Vans US Open of Surfing and the Quiksilver and ROXY Pro France. We couldn’t be more excited about 2022 and beyond.”

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The 2022 WSL CS will consist of eight events, beginning at Snapper Rocks on Australia’s Gold Coast, Australia from May 7 – 15 and concluding in Haleiwa, Hawai’i from November 26 – December 7.

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Snapper Rocks has served as the opening CT event since 1998 and with the two Australian CT events in 2022, the famed righthand point will host an international field in the high-quality surf month of May, igniting the WSL CS schedule each season moving forward.

The critical foundation to the WSL’s new three-tier competition framework, the Regional Qualifying Series enables young surfers to develop close to home, without the expense and burden of global travel, before competing internationally on the global CS and eventually, for those who perform, the elite CT.

“The regionalized Qualifying Series provides more opportunities to celebrate local stars and reduce the economic pressure for surfers as they work towards qualifying for the Challenger Series, and ultimately the CT,” said Logan.

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The health and safety of athletes, staff, and the local community are of the utmost importance and the WSL has a robust set of procedures in place to keep everyone safe. These plans are unique to each Tour stop.

Visit  worldsurfleague.com/2022  for more information.

Established in 1976, the World Surf League (WSL) is the home of the world’s best surfing.

A global sports, media and entertainment company, the WSL oversees international tours and competitions, a studios division creating over 500+ hours of live and on-demand content, and via affiliate WaveCo, the home of the world’s largest high performance, human-made wave. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the WSL has regional offices in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA.

The WSL annually crowns the men’s and women’s surfing World Champions. The global Tours and Competition division oversees and operates more than 180 global contests each year across the Championship Tour, the development tiers, including the Challenger, Qualifying and Junior Series, as well as longboard and big wave properties.

Launched in 2019, WSL Studios is an independent producer of unscripted television projects, including documentaries and series, which provide unprecedented access to athletes, events, and locations around the world. WSL events and content are distributed on linear television in over 743M+ homes worldwide and across digital and social media platforms around the world, including  WorldSurfLeague.com .

WaveCo includes the Surf Ranch Lemoore facility and the utilizing and licensing of the Kelly Slater Wave System.

The WSL is dedicated to changing the world through the inspirational power of surfing by creating authentic events, experiences, and storytelling to inspire a growing, global community to live with purpose, originality, and stoke.

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WSL 2022 WORLD LONGBOARD TOUR

Manly Beach, Huntington Beach, and Malibu will host this year’s Longboard competitions for the men’s and women’s divisions. The first two events of the season in Manly Beach and Huntington Beach will be worth 5,000 points each, while the final event in Malibu will have 10,000 points on offer. The World Titles will be determined by the highest points in the best two of three competitions.

The competitions will host 20 surfers for the men’s division and 20 surfers for the women’s division. Each field will be made up of the Top 10 from the 2021 rankings, seven surfers selected from the regions, one WSL wildcard, and two event wildcards.

“We’re looking forward to kicking off the World Longboard Tour and crowning World Champions later this year at the iconic break of First Point, Malibu,” said Devon Howard, WSL Longboard Tour Director. “We’re also excited that this year’s Tour will start at Manly Beach then continue on at Huntington Beach. All of this Tour’s breaks are steeped in longboard history spanning back to the 1960s, where champions were crowned and surf culture as we know it today entered the world stage.”

“We’re very excited to bring back the World Longboard Tour in 2022,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL SVP of Tours and Head of Competition. “The Longboard community is very passionate, and we appreciate all the feedback we got from them as we were planning the future of this important division in professional surfing. This year, the World Longboard Tour will have three events, and we can’t wait to crown World Champions at the iconic First Point, in Malibu.”

2022 wsl longboard tour schedule:, manly beach, sydney, new south wales, australia: , may 16 – 24, 2022, vans duct tape invitational, huntington beach, california, usa:  , august 3 – 7, 2022, wsl longboard championships, malibu, california, usa:  , october 3 – 13, 2022.

The 2022 World Longboard Tour will kick off at Manly Beach, Australia as part of the Sydney Surf Pro Challenger Series event from May 16 – 24, 2022. Considered by many as Sydney’s most popular surfing beaches, Manly Beach has a very long and celebrated history with surfing. Not only was it on the next beach over that Duke Kahanamoku introduced surfing to Australia, but it was in Manly Beach in 1964 that Phyliss O’Donnell and Midget Farrelly were crowned the first surfing World Champions. Manly Beach will host the world’s best longboarders as they try to earn as many points as possible to establish their World Title campaigns early in the season.

Competitors will then head to California, where the next two events of the 2022 season will take place. The Vans Duct Tape Invitational in Huntington Beach will host the first California event from August 3 – 7. Huntington Beach has served as the stage of several professional surfing competitions throughout the years. The break is also set to host the Vans US Open of Surfing, the fourth stop of the Challenger Series, from July 30 to August 7. The World Longboard Tour will conclude at one of the sport’s proving grounds, the iconic First Point in Malibu, California from October 3 – 13. Surfers’ two best results will be used to determine the World Titles and final 2022 Rankings.

Watch LIVE The World Longboard Tour will be broadcast LIVE on  WorldSurfLeague.com  and  WSL’s YouTube channel , as well as the free  WSL app . Check local listings for coverage from the WSL’s broadcast partners.

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World’s Best Longboarders Ready for Vans Duct Tape Invitational and Surf Festival

Updated: Aug 18, 2022

The World Surf League (WSL) Longboard Tour heads to Huntington Beach for the Vans Duct Tape Invitational and Festival , Stop No. 2 of the 2022 WSL Longboard Tour from August 3 - 7, 2022 in conjunction with the Vans US Open of Surfing .

The iconic Huntington Beach Pier will host the world’s best longboarders with World Title implications on the line for the first time.

A crucial 5,000 points are on offer as the long-standing Vans Duct Tape Invitational follows the season opener in Manly Beach, Australia.

Reigning, three-time, WSL Longboard Champion Honolua Blomfield (HAW) and 2021 World runner-up Harrison Roach (AUS) lead the rankings heading into Huntington Beach following their victories at the GWM Sydney Surf Pro.

Blomfield, 23, claimed the win at the first-ever all-women's Vans Duct Tape Invitational in 2018, adding to her multiple series victories in Huntington Beach. She now returns with a chance to strengthen her lead on the world’s best.

For Roach, a glimpse at the World Title last season left the Australian hungry for more and showed his resolve with a brilliant victory to start the 2022 season.

A multiple Vans Duct Tape Invitational winner, the now 32-year-old looks to show he’s not leaving a Title trophy hanging in the balance this time around as another big result would give him plenty of breathing room.

Current World No. 1 and reigning WSL Longboard Champion Honolua Blomfield (HAW) looks for a second-consecutive win to close the door on the World Title race. Credit: © WSL / Ryder

But, they will have a world-class field of longboarders ready to strike with the likes of 2019 WSL Longboard Champion Soleil Errico (USA), multiple World Title runner-up Chloe Calmon (BRA), three-time WSL Longboard Champion Taylor Jensen (USA), two-time WSL Longboard Champion, and now Southern California resident, Phil Rajzman (BRA), and many more locked in for Huntington Beach.

2021 World Title runner-up Harrison Roach (AUS) already boasts one victory in 2022 heading into Huntington Beach. Credit: © WSL / Miers

The WSL Longboard Tour hosts three stops season this year with the GWM Sydney Surf Pro, Vans Duct Tape Invitational , and Cuervo Classic Longboard Championship to crown the men’s and women’s World Longboard Champions.

Both the GWM Sydney Surf Pro and Vans Duct Tape Invitational are worth 5,000 points before the all-important conclusion in Malibu, California offers 10,000 points to finish the year.

The Vans Duct Tape Festival will also welcome Vans team riders Dakota Roche, Holly Wawn, Zion Wright, and Troy Elmore as featured surfboard builders, each sharing their hand-shaped boards with the public.

Following the Duct Tape Festival's conclusion, hand-shaped boards will be donated to Stoked to continue providing accessibility for the community.

2021 World No. 4 Kelis Kaleopa'a (HAW) comes in as the reigning Vans Duct Tape Invitational winner. Credit: © WSL/Morris

2022 Vans Duct Tape Invitational Competitor List

Honolua Blomfield (HAW)

Alice Lemoigne (FRA)

Chloe Calmon (BRA)

Kelis Kaleopa'a (HAW)

Soleil Errico (USA)

Avalon Gall (USA)

Natsumi Taoka (JPN)

Zoe Grospiron (FRA)

Sally Cohen (HAW)

Kirra Seale (HAW)

Tully White (AUS)

Sophia Culhane (HAW)

Lindsay Steinriede (USA)

Rachael Tilly (USA)

Kaitlin Mikkelsen (USA)

Mason Schremmer (USA)

Maria Fernanda Reyes (PER)

Hiroka Yoshikawa (JPN)

Karina Rozunko (USA) - Wildcard

Jasmim Avelino (BRA) - Wildcard

Frankie Seely (USA) - Alternate

Harrison Roach (AUS)

Kai Sallas (HAW)

Ben Skinner (GBR)

Kevin Skvarna (USA)

Justin Quintal (USA)

Taylor Jensen (USA)

Tony Silvagni (USA)

Kaniela Stewart (HAW)

Lucas Garrido Lecca (PER)

Cole Robbins (USA)

Steven Sawyer (ZAF)

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WSL Announces Integrated 2022 CT and Challenger Calendar

LOS ANGELES, California, USA (Wednesday, August 4, 2021) - The World Surf League (WSL) today announces the 2022 Championship Tour (CT) and Challenger Series (CS) calendars, the inaugural season for the fully redesigned Tours and Competition framework, establishing the key venues and dates for the world’s best surfers moving forward. The all new format features a combined men's and women's schedule for the first time, as well as the introduction of a mid-season cut, a new defining moment for professional surfing. 

The WSL will have a three-tier competition framework that emphasizes developing young talent more locally via the seven Regional Qualifying Series, on which emerging men’s and women’s surfers will battle to earn a spot on the newly-formed global Challenger Series. Once on the CS, they will have the opportunity to qualify for elite CT where the best surfers on the planet compete for the undisputed World Title.

The 2022 WSL CT will include 10 regular-season events in seven countries, starting in January at the world-famous Pipeline in Hawai’i, for the first-ever men’s and women’s joint event at that legendary break. The CT will return to G-Land, Indonesia, which is back on the CT for the first time in 24 years for the men and for the first time ever for the women, and conclude in August at the infamous Teahupo’o in Tahiti before the second-annual Rip Curl WSL Finals in September, where the WSL Final 5 men’s and women’s surfers will face off for the undisputed World Title.

“The WSL exists to steward and celebrate the world’s best surfing and this redesigned Tours and Competition framework is historic in many ways, serving as the core engine of our business,” said WSL CEO Erik Logan. “In collaborating with our surfers and partners on delivering events like the Billabong Pro Pipeline, the MEO Portugal Pro, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the Quiksilver Pro G-Land, the Oi Rio Pro, the Margaret River Pro and others, we’re thrilled to announce one of the most exciting WSL Championship Tour calendars in history for next season and set the framework for the sport for years to come.”

2022 WSL Championship Tour Schedule

• Pipeline, Hawai’i - January 29 - February 10
• Sunset, Hawai’i - February 11 - 23
• Peniche, Portugal - March 3 - 13
• Bells Beach, Australia - April 10 - 20
• Margaret River, Western Australia - April 24 - May 4

Mid-Season Cut - 36-man and 18-woman fields reduced to 24-man and 12-woman fields.

• G-Land, Indonesia - May 28 - June 6
• Trestles, USA - June 15 - 22
• Saquarema, Brazil - June 27 - July 4
• Jeffreys Bay, South Africa - July 9 - 18
• Teahupo’o, Tahiti - August 11 - 21

WSL Final 5 determined to battle for the undisputed men’s and women’s World Titles.

• Rip Curl WSL Finals , location TBA - September 7 - 18

“Next year’s combined CT schedule starts at the Billabong Pro Pipeline and concludes in Tahiti and adds back incredible venues like G-Land and Jeffreys Bay,” Logan continued. “Surf Ranch has been featured on the CT calendar since 2018 and we’ll be taking a year off from the basin in 2022. We will continue to innovate with the world’s best artificial wave technology and we are excited for a return to our wave system in 2023 and beyond.”

The 2022 CT season will start with 36 men and 18 women, and then be reduced to 22 men and 10 women after the mid-season cut. The top-ranked surfers will continue on to the second half of the tour (where they will be joined by two men’s and two women’s wildcards) and automatically requalify for the 2023 CT. The smaller fields in the back half of the year will create more compact and exciting events, with only the best conditions in the event window, and more matchups featuring the biggest stars on tour. The surfers who miss the cut will be relegated to the CS, which commences immediately following CT stop five in Western Australia, where they will have the opportunity to earn back their slot on the following year’s CT.

“We believe we have arrived at a structure for our tours that makes great sense and is a massive upgrade for fans, partners and athletes throughout the pro surfing ecosystem,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, SVP of Tours and Head of Competition. “It’s awesome that both the Championship Tour and Challenger Series will have a fully combined men's and women's schedule, as well as an equal number of events, for the first time in 2022. We’ve been really deliberate in working with our stakeholders to build calendars that are driving the world’s best surfing, have great venues and create the best possible platform moving forward. We’ve had overwhelming feedback from our surfers and partners in the development of the eight-stop WSL Challenger Series, including incredible events like the Vans US Open of Surfing and the Quiksilver and ROXY Pro France. We couldn’t be more excited about 2022 and beyond.”

“With the new mid-season cut, every event counts,” said WSL Surfers Representative, Conner Coffin. “The fact that someone could lose their place on tour after five events really ups the stakes and is going to push everyone to surf really hard.”

"It’s amazing to be part of such an incredible moment for women’s surfing,” said WSL Surfers Representative, Tatiana Weston-Webb. “2022 will be remembered as the first year we’ll have a combined tour for men’s and women’s, including an equal number of events. I’m very excited to surf the best waves in the world, and make history together with all of the CT surfers.”

The WSL Challenger Series

The second of three competitive tiers for the world’s best surfers, the 2022 WSL Challenger Series will feature 96-man and 64-woman fields, drawn from the seven WSL Regional Qualifying Series around the world. CS surfers will compete for a chance to advance to the elite WSL CT in 2023, with surfers counting their best five of eight results on the Challenger Series in hopes of finishing in the Top 10 men’s and Top 5 women’s spots by the end of the season.

The 2022 WSL CS will consist of eight events, beginning at Snapper Rocks on Australia’s Gold Coast, Australia from May 7 - 15 and concluding in Haleiwa, Hawai’i from November 26 - December 7.

The 2022 WSL Challenger Series Schedule

• Gold Coast, Australia - May 7 - 15
• Manly, Australia - May 17 - 24
• Ballito, South Africa - July 20 - 27
• Huntington Beach, USA - July 30 - August 7
• Ericeira, Portugal - October 1 - 9
• Landes, France - October 15 - 23
• Piha, New Zealand - November 5 - 13
• Haleiwa, Hawai’i - November 26 - December 7

Snapper Rocks has served as the opening CT event since 1998 and with the two Australian CT events in 2022, the famed righthand point will host an international field in the high-quality surf month of May, igniting the WSL CS schedule each season moving forward.

The New Regional Qualifying Series

The critical foundation to the WSL’s new three-tier competition framework, the Regional Qualifying Series enables young surfers to develop close to home, without the expense and burden of global travel, before competing internationally on the global CS and eventually, for those who perform, the elite CT.

"The regionalized Qualifying Series provides more opportunities to celebrate local stars and reduce the economic pressure for surfers as they work towards qualifying for the Challenger Series, and ultimately the CT," said Logan.

The seven Regional Qualifying Series (QS) are: Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, Hawaii, North America and South America, qualifying men’s and women’s surfers from each region to the CS and an opportunity to earn a place amongst the world’s best on the CT. More information on the QS schedule to follow.

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First glance, looks good I reckon. Nice to see Sunset in the mix (though, mid-late Feb is starting to push towards the end of the season).

Moving Portugal to March should improve surf prospects a little.

Wonder if Lemoore is gone from the CT for good? Unlikely, given the investment, but it's an interesting strategy to 'take a year off', especially given the exposure the tub's about to receive once The Ultimate Surfer hits the TV screens of middle America in the next few weeks.

Surely part of the grand plan was to use the TV show as a massive promo tool to sell sponsorship opportunities for the Surf Ranch?

Big shakeup.

Goldy gone, Surf Ranch gone.

Real mystery bag now with Australia playing a much less significant role.

Pipe, Sunset, Portugal.

You'd have to think that gives JJF a massive advantage.

I thought the Challenger Series was an end of tour , tour to give discarded CT guys/gals a second chance to get back on Tour.

Runs through the year now so is the QS going to be wrapped by May>? How else to sort out qualification for the CS?

Otherwise the CS just looks like a "dumping ground" for ex-CT venues. A kind of poor mans CT.

Thats going to be a tough sell for tourism bodies.

Yep agreed overall looks good.

And what becomes of the Triple Crown? Looks like the mid-Dec window remains for a Pipe Masters.

Good point. If the Triple Crown uses Pipe and Sunset from the 'CT (and the previous year's Haleiwa event), will they have the same 32-person Trials event for Sunset as they do at Pipe?

Or the order is flipped and it goes Sunset - Haleiwa - Pipe and is all done and dusted before Xmas as has been the tradition. The press release above doesn't use the word Masters when referring to their Pipe event. Vans must still be playing nice with WSL as there is the Huntington event. Probably a wait and see. Would be a long triple crown if incorporated with the dates in the release.

Good pick up about the exclusion of 'Masters'. Here's part of a Woz presser from June:

"With limited permits available, both the WSL and Vans agreed to apply for Pipeline event permits independently, for the dates of December 8-20, 2022 – 2024, and Vans, who owns the Pipe Masters trademark, was awarded that permit. Although the WSL is disappointed to have not received the December Pipeline permit, which would have benefited Hawaii’s surfers, both men and women, seeking Regional QS points, we look forward to working together with Vans on the future of the event."

So the Woz has sidelined Vans?

.. and how does the Volcom Pipe Pro fit into all of this too?

Hmm, so is there the Vans Pipe Masters in Dec, unrelated to the CT, and then the CT event in Jan/Feb? So two seperate Pipe events?

I'm confused.

yep. me too.

Lots of moving parts, many of them new, and it's not at all clear how they will fit together.

Seems like classic WSL make it up on the run style.

Snapper event (Challenger, not CT) in May will be interesting, surf wise. Still good potential for groundswell events, but a major reduction in the seasonal trade swells that usually fill in the gaps during Feb/Mar.

RE the new Regional Qualifying Series, which I'm still calling the QS cos RQS is a syllable too far, here are the allocations:

Regional Ranking seeds will be allocated as follows; 1. Africa – five (5) men / three (3) women 2. Asia – six (6) men / six (6) women 3. Australia – ten (10) men / eight (8) women 4. Europe – ten (10) men / eight (8) women 5. Hawaii – seven (7) men / six (6) women 6. North America – ten (10) men / eight (8) women 7. South America – ten (10) men / five (5) women

Wonder how long it'll be till some pressure gets put on these numbers? For instance, Oz, North America, and South America, all have ten surfers, yet Asia gets six? In 2019 (last year of global rankings) there were just two Asian surfers in the QS top 100, whille both Oz and Brazil had 23 apiece.

And South America had 28, meaning it has 14 times the QS surfers but not even twice as many spots.

And the Kiwis will be in the mix for the Australia spots

Yeah, this is where the running a business in worldwide markets thing meets the 'running a sport' thing.

and of course "America" as in the USA actually has 17 male and 13 female spots but that is a whole other can of worms

Notice every comp has a designated beach or break except “Western Australia”. Still mean it’s at Margaret’s or undecided?

or maybe snapper is a good option?

What if the final is at the tub? Could just be :-(

And what's with the mid-season cull? No consequence after that, apart from seeding?

Certainly wouldn't rule out the Finals in Lemoore, but Erik did explicitly state "we’ll be taking a year off from the basin in 2022".

So, where could the Finals be held?

September is too early for Hawaii, but good for late season Indo. Maybe Fiji? Maldives?

Surely they wouldn't drag everyone back to Europe, unless they can pull a rabbit out of the hat and lock in an A-grade location (like Mundaka, but a little more reliable in the consistency department).

East Coast US perhaps, to increase the eyeball potential?

Cloudbreak is the obvious choice.

If they wanted to throw some red meat to the fans.

Surprised Japan isn't a new inclusion; thought there might have been a bit of post-Olympics love.

Have they shorted the waiting periods?

“with only the best conditions in the event window.”

A week window for good Trestles in Summer?

Smaller numbers yeah, but if they want to capitalise, at least a two week window?

Is there a reason they are not using the current men's World champ & Olympic Gold Medal holder on the promo poster? Did things not go to plan in japan?

You can have the margs event in Qld if you want

So this season the Australian government spent $40M hosting the WSL for 4 events in Australia. The WSL is allegedly for sale at $25M. Why doesn’t Australia just buy the WSL? We will get it for $20M tops once we’ve threatened the removal of all Aussie events.

Tell Ziff, Elo and Turpel to go and get fucked.

The OZ world tour still has $20M left in the kitty after paying Dirky Boy to GTFO. Deck out a couple of buses - one for competitors and one for road crew and media - send them on the road holding one day events at local beaches ( no low key spots). Say ten events . In each event the surfers have to catch so many scoring waves during the day, surfing when they want. No heats just best waves over the day. Three best waves including one double whammy wave to push high performance radical surfing.

Assemble a dedicated media / transmission crew to beam it out to the world. Let offshore MSM pay for the international broadcast rights and throw the money in petty cash. Sell local ads for each event.

Give the the 34 men and 17 women $50K each as appearance money ($2.5M)and then pay out a $50K prize for each event win male and female. Only first gets cash bonus. ( There’s $1M in prize money).

Aussie leg champ gets a $500K prize at conclusion.

If any other nations / companies want an event anywhere else they stump up the cash and OZ Surf tour grants permission for contracted surfers to go compete.

There’s at least another $10M in the kick to hold festivals in each event town so the host crew get some glitter. Music / displays such as skateboarding etc.

Haven’t given it much thought beyond buying out the Seppo billionaire parasite and his parrot fish toothed minions.

Give the locals access as it’s their event. Fuck condoning off areas for competitors-they’re at work and their job is to entertain the Aussie taxpayers. Let the pros sit on haemorrhoid-inducing rocks between heats whilst the general public chills in tents provided.

The whole coach/ chiro / guru travelling appendage to the circus can take a flying fuck. MP , Andy and Kelly didn’t need a coaches and they were the best in the world.

i am just an average nsw surfing ugg-boot wearing bogan, but.... some of what you suggest makes sense - except.... most punters, me included, want to see the best surfers in the world at the best locations during the best conditions. i love my local, but i go overseas to surf for a reason. i agree the format you suggest has merit. but really, an australia-only tour would be 2-6 foot scrappy waves for the most part. i like watching the pros interpret these conditions, but i would rather be sold the dream. Perfect waves and the best ripping it to bits. the tour should be comparable to a good surf flick in quality.

I can't believe everyone is not frothing on G-Land?? I was so bummed about the tour having to re schedule due to Covid and missing seeing such an exceptional platform to display surfing. Really, just about anywhere in Indo is a given to score good waves in the right season. I cant wait to see Robbo there, I don't think he really shines until he gets into meaty barrels. The reality is, will Indo be ready Covid wise by next year?? Anyone that has done extensive travel there would say no.

Regular travellers to G-Land have been happy it’s been off the pro circus radar the last 20 years. Why would we be frothing they’re back to blow it out again?

I've been to G-land a number of times. Part of me wants to see the pros shred there but I don't want that at the risk of blowing the place up. I like the pace of life and numbers there as it is / was. Doesn't need anything changed or more attention.

Ulus would be perfect. But I remember reading here in the past that the WSL is not welcome there?

I'm one of those who whinges about having g-land on the calendar. Please Please Pleeeease stay away, its paradise as it is. It doesn't need the attention.

Might be being a pessimist, but I'm doubtful of J/bay, G/land and also Brazil. All countries are getting flogged at the moment.

At least robbo will have a chance now with sunset , pipe and chopes on the menu

J-Flo retiring after Chopes. One of the few left I enjoyed watching.

Qld (vs) WSL CT Locations are decided by which State / Nation is most desperate to chip in!

March 2017 Last WSL CT Final held at Snapper.

Qld has never hosted an Equal Prize Money CT Event

2019 WSL robbed the superbank & crossed the border with the loot.

Very same weekend Aussies were basking in Gold at Kirra. 17th July 2021 Qld Govt signs 10 year Cash Splash for 8x Aussies @ Sunny & Goldie Interesting as Qld backs Clubbies to eve of 2032 Olympics ( Surfing (vs) SLS ) for Host Event.

Qld Cash Splash shows plenty of money there for surfing just not for jetsetting VIP vagabonds. https://teq.queensland.com/news-and-media/latest-news/long-term-aussies-...

WSL 2022-24 (B grade deal) with Qld is News alright.... re:Freeride76 & Ben on Goldie CT...Cont...

GC Mayor : "Bitter Blow for the Economy" "I would encourage Qld Events to put more Money in!" (re: More from GC Mayor - In Qld -Below) Qld Newspapers : "20 years as #1 CT Surf Opener now Axed + Dumped as a qualifier!" https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170... Business : " WSL Ditched the GC." Relegated > The Final Blow! https://www.cimbusinessevents.com.au/world-surf-league-drops-gold-coast-... GC Mag : "Left off the Tour" In Qld : " Wipe Out: Coast loses it's most iconic event as salt rubbed into pandemic wounds"...Yeah? https://inqld.com.au/news/2021/08/06/last-wave-of-summer-coast-loses-its... Qld Surfing : Wot!

Stark : "We're excited! > Can't wait! > Really Proud!" Goldie : "You know where you can stick yer CS stickerz!"

Noosa Festival 5-13th Mar/2022 (Moves back to original March ( but) > WSL Longboard Open?) https://www.australias.guide/qld/event/noosa-festival-of-surfing/

So addition of El Salvador to replace Trestles which will again host the WSL finals

https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/495401/rip-curl-wsl-finals-to-retu...

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If it’s good enough for Dane? Is this board size the future of competitive surfing? Photo: Screenshot//CI

In another sign that razor-sharp rail work and aerial athletics might be on the way out, the World Surf League today announced it would initiate a five-stop Mid-Length World Tour for the 2023-2024 season. WSL officials said that the League was looking for a happy medium after the recent longboard vs. shortboard dustup .

“We want to keep everything right down the middle, literally,” a WSL source told me today. “The CT has become way, way too athletic what with its hard-to-judge aerials and over reliance on speed. The longboard tour is on the opposite end of that. One makes for a great broadcast product, the other, well. So we decided a middle ground would be appropriate. Oh, and our research finds that the social media engagement on mid-lengths is perfect, hitting about down the ‘middle.'”

Most of those mid-length social media shots tend to be of shapers, the source told me, slowly running a planer over foam in well-lit bays as slight hints of dust decorate the air. And they’re usually in black and white. “The engagement should be ideal for our audience.”

Mid-lengths of course, are usually between 6’5″ and eight feet, feature bulbous rails, are a bit wider, and sport plenty of volume – which of course will open up the field to more middle-of-the-road surfers. Stops for the new tour haven’t been solidified but Malibu, Middle Trestles, San Onofre, Cardiff, and Sayulita have all been thrown out there, all slopey waves that allow for the perfect blend of back arching, cheater fives, and elongated rail turns.

Other than being equal for men and women, the WSL tells me the League is still working out prize purse. “It will probably be somewhere in the ‘middle,'” the source said.

I’ll have more as the story develops.

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