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The World Surf League (WSL) announces the calendar for the upcoming 2021 Challenger Series, the ultimate battleground for surfers to showcase their talents for the chance to qualify for the following season of the elite-level Championship Tour (CT). The Challenger Series will include four stops this condensed season with events in California, Portugal, France and Hawaii.

Pictured: The Quiksilver and ROXY Pro France comes back in 2021 as a Challenger Series event.

7 Jul 2021   |  

Adur Amatriain (EUK) and Carolina Mendes (PRT) have won the ABANCA Pantin Classic Galicia Pro today, claiming victory in the Finals against Joan Duru (FRA) and Melania Suarez Diaz (ESP) held in two-to-three foot surf.

The winners and finalists in Pantin, L-R: men's runner-up Joan Duru (FRA), men's winner Adur Amatriain (EUK), women's winner Carolina Mendes (PRT) & women's runner-up Melania Suarez Diaz (ESP), at Playa De Pantin, Valdoviño, Galicia, Spain, July 4, 2021.

4 Jul 2021   |  

The ABANCA Pantin Classic Galicia Pro launches today in Galicia and brings 150 competitors to the iconic playa de Pantin for a week of high-performance surfing.

Marc Lacomare (FRA) competes on the opening day of competition, at Playa de Pantin, Valdoviño, Galicia, Spain, June 29, 2021.

29 Jun 2021   |  

Molly Picklum and Callum Robson have claimed the biggest victories of their careers at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series 5,000 event in tricky two foot conditions at Cabarita Beach. With Challenger Series qualification on the line, the stakes were high for a number of surfers which added to the drama on an already action-packed finals day.

Callum Robson and Molly Picklum win the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro QS5,000 at Cabarita Beach, the last event of the WSL Australia / Oceania QS season, at Cabarita, NSW, Australia, June 25, 2021.

25 Jun 2021   |  

Johanne Defay (FRA) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) have won the Jeep Surf Ranch Pro presented by Adobe today, the sixth stop on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) and the final event ahead of surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo next month.

Johanne Defay (FRA) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) win the Jeep Surf Ranch Pro presented by Adobe at Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California, USA, June 20, 2021.

21 Jun 2021   |  

Lennix Smith and Sai Maniwa have taken epic wins at the Oakeberry Tweed Coast Pro Junior today in clean two-to-three foot surf at Cabarita Beach. The pair had to overcome a massive field of Australia’s best up and coming competitive surfers in the first WSL Pro Junior event the country has seen in over 12 months.

Lennix Smith and Sai Maniwa winning their first ever WSL Pro Junior events at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Junior at Cabarita Beach, Cabarita, NSW/AUS, June 20, 2021.

20 Jun 2021   |  

Adur Amatriain (EUK) and Lucia Machado (CNY) have won the E.Leclerc Pont L’Abbé Junior Pro La Torche today, claiming victory in the Finals against Kai Odriozola (ESP) and Gabriela Dinis (PRT) respectively, held in clean two-to-three foot surf at La Torche.

Lucia Machado (CNY) & Adur Amatriain (EUK) win stop #1 on the 2021 WSL Junior Series, the E.Leclerc Pont L’Abbé Junior Pro La Torche, at La Torche, Plomeur, Pays-Bigouden, Finistère - Bretagne / France, on June 13, 2021.

13 Jun 2021   |  

The World Surf League (WSL) announces the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2021 Championship Tour leading into the Rip Curl WSL Finals in September. The third leg of the Tour includes a stop in Mexico for the first time in 15 years and the women surfing Teahupo'o alongside the men for the first time since 2006.

Barra de La Cruz will host the world's best surfers for the first time in 15 years.

10 Jun 2021   |  

The third edition of the E.Leclerc Pont L’Abbé Junior Pro La Torche launches the 2021 European Junior Qualifying Series today in beautiful conditions at the iconic La Torche point.

The E.Leclerc Pont L’Abbé Junior Pro La Torche brings over 150 young surfers from all corners of the continent down to a classic destination in Northwest France.

9 Jun 2021   |  

- Japan takes Silver, Portugal Bronze, Peru Copper - Men’s Medalists: Gold, Joan Duru (FRA); Silver, Kanoa Igarashi (JPN); Bronze, Jeremy Flores (FRA); Copper, Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) - Women’s Medalists: Gold, Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS); Silver, Yolanda Sequeira (POR); Bronze, Teresa Bonvalot (POR); Copper, Daniella Rosas (PER) - Hiroto Ohhara overcomes teammate Shun Murakami to earn final Olympic slot - Qualification System complete – 40 surfers prepare for Olympic debut

Team France hoists their Gold Medals and will now prepare to send a full team of 2 men and 2 women to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

7 Jun 2021   |  

The fight for the Final 5 is on as the world’s best surfers head to Lemoore, California for Stop No. 6 on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), the Jeep Surf Ranch Pro, which runs from June 18 - 20, 2021. After an explosive two months in Australia, the CT returns to the US for the most unique event of the season, a three-day showdown in perfect waves that will put surfing’s elite to the test.

Pictured: Filipe Toledo (BRA).

5 Jun 2021   |  

After 15 years, Ecuador returns to the World Surf League schedule in 2021 to promote two consecutive WSL Qualifying Series combined Men’s and Women’s events in June. The first will be the Corona Montañita Open presented by Hyundai New Tucson 2022 and the City of Santa Elena from the 16th to the 20th in Montañita. The other is the Corona Salinas Open presented by Hyundai New Tucson 2022 and the City of Santa Elena from the 23rd to the 27th in Salinas, which in 2005, was home to the only World Surf League event ever held in Ecuador.

Adrian Dapelo on the lefts of Playa de la FAE in Salinas.

4 Jun 2021   |  

Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) and Gabriel Medina (BRA) have won the Rip Curl Rottnest Search presented by Corona, the fifth stop on the 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) and the final event of the Australian leg. Strickland Bay turned on once again with four-to-six foot waves on offer for what was an epic final day of not only this event but also the four-event Australian leg.

Gabriel Medina (BRA) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) celebrate their victories at the Rip Curl Rottnest Search pres. by Corona, at Rottnest Island, WA, Australia, Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

25 May 2021   |  

The inaugural 2021 Liga Surfing Indonesia season is now underway, with 9 of the 15 member clubs having run their first club events last Sunday the 23rd of May in some of Indonesia’s most famous beaches including Uluwatu, Kuta, Canggu, Scar Reef and Cimaja to name but a few.

25 May 2021   |  

Ruben Vitoria (EUK) and Teresa Bonvalot (PRT) have won the men’s QS3,000 and women’s QS1,000 Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest respectively today, claiming victory in the Finals against Charly Martin (FRA) and Mafalda Lopes (PRT) held in two-to-three foot waves surf at praia do paraiso.

Podium at the 2021 Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest, L-R: Ruben Vitoria (EUK), Teresa Bonvalot (PRT), Charly Martin (FRA) and Mafalda Lopes (PRT), at Praia do Paraiso, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, May 23.

23 May 2021   |  

The Asian Surfing Cooperative (ASC) with the Persatuan Selancar Ombak Indonesia (PSOI) are proud to announce the formation and launching of the Liga Surfing Indonesia (LSI), the first national surf league in the Asian region, which brings together Indonesia’s top surf clubs in a professional yearly competition series directed at creating a sustainable pathway of surfing development starting with boys and girls 10 years and younger, then Junior and Open men and women (16 to 35), up to Masters (over 35 years in age).

20 May 2021   |  

Volcom brings a new surf contest series for the Youth that combines the regular competition heat format with the flexibility of digital tools, offering a proper and fair battle in between surfers, and giving competitors room to find the best conditions (location and time) during contest rounds.

20 May 2021   |  

Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) has won the QS3,000 Estrella Galicia Santa Cruz Pro pres. By Noah Surf House in historic fashion today, claiming victory in the Final bout against Timothee Bisso (FRA) held in clean three-to-four foot surf at praia do mirante.

Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) wins QS3,000 Estrella Galicia Santa Cruz Pro pres. By Noah Surf House at Praia Do Mirante, Santa Cruz, Portugal, May 15, 2021.

15 May 2021   |  

The 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) will now head to the Rip Curl Rottnest Search presented by Corona, the fifth stop on the CT and the final event of the Australian leg. The event window opens on May 16 and runs through May 26.

Rottnest Island in Western Australia is the venue of the 2021 Rip Curl Rottnest Search pres. by Corona which starts May 16.

13 May 2021   |  

The World Surf League is set to return to the Tweed Coast in 2021 with the Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series (QS) 5,000 event and Pro Junior Event to run between June 19 and 25, 2021. It will be the last event for the 2021 WSL Australia / Oceania Qualifying Series and play a huge role in deciding who represents the region on the 2021 WSL Challenger Series.

Picture above: The picturesque Cabarita Beach will play as the primary location for the upcoming Tweed Coast Pro QS5,000 and Pro Junior this June. Main picture: Molly Picklum during Women's Tweed Coast Pro in September 2020.

12 May 2021   |  

Filipe Toledo (BRA) and Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) claimed victory today at the Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro pres. by Corona, the fourth stop on the 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). It was a massive day of action as Main Break turned on super clean four-to-six foot surf as 2021 saw two fresh faces holding the winner’s trophies for the fourth stop of the CT season.

Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) celebrate their wins at the Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro pres. by Corona, at Main Break, Margaret River, WA, Australia, May 10.

10 May 2021   |  

After a very unusual season in 2020 with an Online event, Rip Curl Europe has taken the decision to come back to the ocean with some events at the best surf spots in Europe. For the 2021 edition, French, English, Spanish and Portuguese Groms will go through their National events to qualify for the European Final.

3 May 2021   |  

The world's best surfers are now across the country in Western Australia for the final two stops of the Australian leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), the Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro pres. by Corona and the Rip Curl Rottnest Island Search pres. by Corona.

Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) will be among the world's best surfers who will battle it out at the Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro pres. by Corona in Western Australia starting May 2, 2021.

28 Apr 2021   |  

The ASC is excited to announce the first Tipi Jabrik’s Grom Patrol competition event of 2021, which will take place this coming weekend 1-2 May at Halfway, Kuta Beach. This will start the third year of the Grom Patrol series, with other Grom Patrol Camps and Comps to follow later in the year.

27 Apr 2021   |