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The first five events of the 2022 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 18 women. The top 36 men consist of: The Top 20 finishers from the 2021 Championship Tour rankings; The Top 12 finishers on the 2021 Challenger Series rankings; Two WSL season wildcards; Two event wildcards; The top 18 women consist of:
The 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the 11th and final event of the 2022 World Surf League. It was the second edition of the World Surf League Finals, and took place at Lower Trestles in California on September 8, 2022. [1] [2] The men's event was won by Brazil's Filipe Toledo, while the women's event was won by Australia's Stephanie Gilmore. [3] [4]
WSL Men's Championship Tour and WSL Women's Championship Tour surfers accumulate points from each WSL Championship Tour and WSL Qualifying Series event they compete in which count towards their WSL World Ranking. [30] [31] Accumulated points are valid for 12 months from the final date of the scheduled event in which they were earned. [28]
Until 2019, the event was the final leg of the Triple Crown of Surfing and the final event on the WSL Championship Tour. [2] Starting with the 2021 season (December 2020), the event is now the opening event of a 2020–21 competition season. In 2022, the event underwent major scheduling, naming, and invitation rules changes. [3] [4]
The first five events of the 2023 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 18 women. The top 36 men consist of: The Top 22 finishers from the 2022 Championship Tour rankings; The Top 10 finishers on the 2022 Challenger Series rankings; Two WSL season wildcards; Two event wildcards; The top 18 women consist of:
In 2022 Simmers, who was 16-years old, decided to withdraw from the 2022 WSL Championship Tour to focus on developing her surfing and staying close to her family. [5] She returned to compete in the 2022 Challenger Series where she once again qualified for the 2023 WSL Championship Tour. [6]
MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal formerly known as MEO Pro Portugal, Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal or Rip Curl Pro Portugal is a professional surfing competition of the WSL World Tour. As of 2022, held every year in March at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Portugal. [1] The event was first founded in 2010 as Rip Curl Pro Portugal. [2]
In the 2022 season, Toledo won his first ever Championship Tour, placing 1st place and beating fellow Brazilian surfer, Italo Ferreira at the RIP Curl WSL finals. Most recently, in the 2023 World Surf League Championship Tour finals, Toledo won the competition for the second time, bringing down the Australian Ethan Ewing. [3]