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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 International Professional Surfers (IPS) was founded by Hawaiian surfers Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in 1976. [17] 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]
Founded in 1989, the WSL Europe was formed to promote professional surfing in Europe. Its objective is to equally benefit European surfers, sponsors and event promoters alike. Each year this pro-am circuit include contests between January and November with QS 1,000 - QS 10,000 events, Junior, Longboard and specialty events.
The International Professional Surfing (IPS) organization was the original world governing body of professional surfing that existed between 1976 and 1982. The IPS brought together a loose affiliation of surf contests around the world by forming one world circuit.
The event was known as the ISF World Surfing Championships between 1964 and 1972. After that, a World Pro--Am Surfing Championship was created that favored a world circuit of events (which is now the World Surf League. The event resurged in 1978 as the ISA World Surfing Championships and has been known as the ISA World Surfing Games since 1996.
Billabong Pro Teahupoo is a professional surfing competition of the World Surf League held at the break Teahupo'o in Taiarapu, Tahiti.The Billabong Pro Teahupoo was founded in 1999 and has been recognized as "one of the world's heaviest big wave competitions".
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The World Surf League Australasia (WSL Australasia) is the governing body for professional surfers in Australasia and is dedicated to showcasing the continent's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. It is one of seven regions of the World Surf League.