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The 2025 World Surf League is the 48th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. Billabong Pipe Masters will be the first round of the tour. [1] For the first time, the season will end Cloudbreak, in Tavarua, Fiji, will host the WSL Finals to determine the 2025 World Champions. It is the first time the WSL Finals ...
The World Surf League (WSL) [1] is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. [2] The World Surf League was originally known as the International Professional Surfing founded by Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in 1976.
The Association of Surfing Professionals was founded in 1983 before officially becoming the World Surf League (WSL) in 2015. [17] 11 U.S. men and women now compete in the WSL. [17] In 2016, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted unanimously for the inclusion of surfing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. [18]
The 2024 Lexus WSL Finals was the 10th and final event of the 2024 World Surf League. It was the fourth edition of the World Surf League Finals , and took place at Lower Trestles in California on September 6, 2024.
The U.S. Open of Surfing is a week-long surfing competition held annually during the summer in Huntington Beach, California. Generally held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier , the U.S. Open is part of the qualification process for the World Surf League and is a WSL QS 10,000 event.
The Pipe Pro is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971 and has been sponsored by Yeti Coolers, who have a three year partnership in place, which began in 2023. [1] The event attracts the top 34 surfers from The World Surf League (WSL) as well
The 2019 World Surf League was the competition series hosted by the World Surf League, the global championship body for competitive surfing. The 2019 World Surf League consisted of the Championship Tour (shortboard tour), the Qualifying Series (shortboard and longboard), Big Wave Tour, Longboard Tour, Junior Tour, and other specialty tours and events such as the Vans Triple Crown.
Hawaii's John John Florence is carried off the sand after winning the Lexus WSL Finals at Lower Trestles in San Clemente. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) One day — winner takes the crown.