WSL News & Events

Having just had all my senses rocked from watching the Nazare Big Wave Challenge live, I thought I would share a spectators epiphany.

John John Florence wins the WSL World Title and the Rip Curl Pro Peniche 2016 with amazing flair. We are on the beach to take photos, videos and soak up the winningness. This is what we thought of his performance right here.

A quick ditty about how one of the best surfers in the world can be unlucky ,missing qualification for the WSL six times and showcasing a few short surf films he has been involved in. Joan currently sitting at 4th on the WQS looks like he is well placed for next year but can he do it?

The WSL Trestles event had a 'debatable' couple of heat scores from the judges and one of them had world title implications, a quick look at the facts. Looks like Gabriel vs John John for the title at this stage.

Surf Bunker asks your 2016 WSL World Longboard Champion Rachael Tilly a few questions. As well as being incredibly gifted at riding waves on a long piece of fiber glass and foam, Rachael just happens to be the youngest ever world champion and was still at school when she won the title.

The phenomenon that is Robert Kelly Slater and how after being written off with 2 last place finishes manages to win Tahiti with apparent ease and suddenly be back in the World Title conversation. We try to explain why secretly everyone (maybe not Gabriel or Adriano) wants Kelly to win and win.

Surfing is booming right now and more than ever, people are tuning in to watch the WSL Events on the greatly improved  Webcast. Two years ago the 'Dre ...

Tatiana has got it all, looks, skills and a brain. She also has the support of her mum who was a former professional body board competitor, coming run ...

So we have the forecast just in and it looks like it is going to be a small to medium sized Bells at least for the first half of the comp. After wh ...

I am not trying to slam the WSL or the commentary team. I want to make it clear that I love what they have done. I love how much more professional the ...