Surf News

- Wildcard Vahine Fierro Wins with Groundbreaking Performances at Teahupo’o Today - Brisa Hennessy Jumps to World No. 1 After Runner-up Finish - Tatiana Weston-Webb Scores Perfect 10, Dedicates Ride to Her Filmer Greg Browning - Big Upsets in Men’s Elimination Round, World No. 1 Colapinto Falls to Wildcard Braye

Vahine Fierro (FRA) surfs a monstrous wave at Teahupo'o to win the 2024 SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro Presented by Outerknown.

30 May 2024   |  

- Nichols Goes Back-to-Back at GWM Sydney Surf Pro - Lawler Claims Biggest Career Win on Home Soil - 16-Year-Old Erin Brooks Finishes Runner-Up in Third-Consecutive Challenger Series Final - Former Championship Tour Competitor Alejo Muniz Earns Second-Place Result

Pictured: Winners of the 2024 GWM Sydney Surf Pro Presented by Bonsoy Jordan Lawler (AUS) and Isabella Nichols (AUS).

15 May 2024   |  

- Australia Win Eighth Team World Championship at 2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Junior Surfing Championship - Hawaii wins team silver medal, France, bronze, USA, copper - Dane Henry becomes first Australian to win Boy’s U/18 World Title in 15 years, Dylan Donegan makes it back-to-back for Spain in U/16 - Vaihiti Inso (HAW) and Ziggy Mackenzie (AUS) join long legacy of World Champions to represent their teams

Team Australia.

13 May 2024   |  

Today, Gabriela Bryan (HAW) and Jack Robinson (AUS) won the Western Australia Margaret River Pro, Stop No. 5 on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). In a full day of competition that ran 18 heats, Bryan and Robinson took down a stacked field in six-to-eight-foot waves at Margaret River’s Main Break.

Pictured: Gabriela Bryan (HAW) and Jack Robinson (AUS) celebrate their victories at the Western Australia Margaret River Pro.

21 Apr 2024   |  

- Caitlin Simmers and Cole Houshmand Win 2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Presented by Bonsoy - Defay and Colapinto Continue Stellar Run with Runner-up Finishes - Next Stop: Western Australia Margaret River Pro Starts April 11

2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Presented by Bonsoy Finalists [L-R] Griffin Colapinto (USA), Cole Houshmand (USA), Caitlin Simmers (USA), and Johanne Defay (FRA) on stage at Bells today.

4 Apr 2024   |  

- Medina Takes Brazil to Team World Championship, Fitzgibbons Wins Unprecedented Fourth Gold Medal at 2024 ISA World Surfing Games - Brazil solidify both men’s and women’s overall rankings, win one extra Olympic slot per gender, France earns team silver medal, Australia, bronze, Spain, copper - Unstoppable Gabriel Medina (BRA) claims second ISA gold medal, wins Olympic slot for Brazil - Fourth World Surfing Games gold medal for Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) sees her in a league of her own

BRAZIL - Gold Medal

4 Mar 2024   |  

- The Basque surfer was unstoppable in the water with an “almost perfect” score in the final heat. - A crowd of 10.000 people made it to the Cueto cliffs to enjoy an epic day of XXL surfing live.

Indar Unanue on his way to victory in Santander.

24 Feb 2024   |  

- Picklum Goes Back-to-Back at Sunset, Takes Over Rankings Lead - Robinson Posts Near-Perfection for Sunset Glory - Igarashi and Sakura Johnson Notch Notable Runner-Up Finishes - Picklum and Florence Head to Portugal as the World No. 1s

Australians Jack Robinson (AUS) and Molly Picklum (AUS) both found near-perfect scores on their way to claiming dominant wins in the 2024 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach.

22 Feb 2024   |  

Starting in snow at Schilthorn, Switzerland before moving to dirt at the Bike Republic Sölden, Austria, Swatch Nines will tap into water with a new surf event in Waco, USA.

14 Feb 2024   |  

- Caity Simmers and Barron Mamiya Win Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by YETI - Simmers, Picklum, Sakura Johnson Lead Charge In Historic Day for Women’s Surfing - Australia’s Picklum Earns First Perfect 10 of the Season - Mamiya Finds Magic at Pipeline, Wins with Perfect 10-Point Ride

Caitlin Simmers (USA) and Barron Mamiya (HAW) etched their names into surfing history with incredible victories in the Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by YETI.

11 Feb 2024   |  

- Sierra Kerr and Jarvis Earle Win BYD Pro URBNSURF QS 3000 Presented By Rip Curl & Pirate Life - Australia’s Two Most Recent World Junior Champions Perform Under Pressure - Victoria’s Ellie Harrison and Queenslander Alister Reginato Finish Runners-Up - 120 of Australia’s Best Surfers Delivered Non-Stop Action in Pumping Surf

Coolangatta's Sierra Kerr (AUS) claimed her very first QS victory after a high-pressure finish that saw her deliver an event-winning 8.63 (out of a possible 10).

5 Feb 2024   |  

- Four Victors Crowned at 2024 SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach presented by Surfing For Hope - Swindal Takes Over for First-Ever WSL Win, Moves to No. 1 on North America Rankings - Lindblad Goes Near-Perfect, First Competitor to Earn SLO CAL Sweep - Demplfe-Olin Claims Maiden WSL Pro Junior Victory - Kushner Breaks Through for First WSL Win

Event Winners at the 2024 SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach presented by Surfing For Hope

29 Jan 2024   |  

- Chianca, Scooby and Gabeira Crowned at TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge - Chianca’s Relentless Approach Wins It All Again - Gabeira Secures Second Title At Nazaré - Scooby Eventually Finds His Own Pace, Brings Team to Top of the Podium

A 100% Brazilian podium at this year’s TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge.

23 Jan 2024   |  

- Sierra Kerr and Jett Schilling Claim Maiden World Junior Titles and Earn Place on 2024 Challenger Series - Benedetto and Bunch Earn Runner-up Finishes Amid World-Class Fields

Sierra Kerr (AUS) (L) and Jett Schilling (USA) (R) have become WSL World Junior Champions in Oceanside, California.

13 Jan 2024   |  

The ISA was saddened and surprised to see that a test undertaken by the French Polynesian government resulted in the coral reef at Teahupo’o being damaged by a barge.

19 Dec 2023   |  

- Three medals deliver Brazil first Team World Junior Championship since 2003, USA take silver, Japan, bronze, Australia, copper - Sierra Kerr (AUS) and Ryan Kainalo (BRA) continue the tradition of Australian and Brazilian World Champions - Hans Odriozola first-ever Spanish World Junior Champion, Anon Matsuoka first Japanese to win girl’s gold medal - First-ever ISA medal for Nicaragua won by Candelaria Resano

Ryan Kainalo, Team Brazil.

3 Dec 2023   |  

The 2023 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship (WJSC) is set to gather the world’s best junior surfers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 24 – December 3, 2023.

Macumba Beach, Rio de Janeiro.

24 Nov 2023   |  

- Amuro Tsuzuki and Keijiro Nishi Win QS 3000 - Natsumi Taoka and Kai Hamase Win LQS 1000

Amuro Tsuzuki (JPN) and Keijiro Nishi (JPN) win the QS 3000 at the inaugural Siheung Korea Open at Siheung Wave Park, South Korea.

20 Nov 2023   |  

- New World Champions Join Past Victors Atop Podium at the 2023 ISA World Para Surfing Championship - France wins first Para Surfing Team World Championship, England win first ever ISA team medal, the copper - Para Surfing’s winningest woman Victoria Feige (CAN) earns fifth gold medal, extends own record - Norway’s first ever ISA medal won by Ismaël Guilliorit

Team France.

12 Nov 2023   |  

- Anon Matsuoka and John Mark Tokong Win 2023 Siargao International Surfing Cup - Tokong Goes Back-to-Back to Claim Fourth Cloud 9 Victory - Matsuoka Consolidates Top Spot on WSL Asia Regional Rankings - Sky Brown and Joh Azuchi Finish Runners-Up

Cloud 9 turned on for Finals Day.

2 Nov 2023   |  

- Gigantic Surf Decides Gold Medalists and Olympic Games Slots at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games - Sanoa Olin (CAN) and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Lucca Mesinas (PER) qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Returning Pan American Champions Isabella Gomez (COL), Lucca Mesinas (PER), Connor Baxter (USA) and Benoit ‘Piccolo’ Clemente (PER) win back-to-back gold medals - First Pan American gold medals for Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA), Maria Fernanda Reyes (PER), Zane Schweitzer (USA) and Candice Appleby (USA) - Rafael Cortez wins host nation Chile’s first Pan American Surfing medal

Punta de Lobos.

31 Oct 2023   |  

- Erin Brooks and Samuel Pupo Win the Corona Saquarema Pro Presented by Banco do Brasil - Brooks Defeats Sophie McCulloch in the Women’s Final - Pupo Victorious Over Mihimana Braye in the Men’s Final - Final 2024 Championship Tour Qualifiers Determined

Corona Saquarema Pro Finalists Sophie McCulloch (AUS), Erin Brooks (USA), Mihimana Braye (FRA) and Samuel Pupo (BRA).

23 Oct 2023   |  

- Soleil Errico and Kai Sallas Win 2023 WSL Longboard World Titles at Original Sprout Malibu Longboard Championships Presented by Tractor Beverage Co. - Errico Claims Third World Longboard Title, Earns Back-to-Back Wins at Malibu Longboard Championships - Sallas Claims Maiden World Longboard Title - Waikiki’s Own Kaleopa’a and Stewart Finish Runner-up

(From L to R) 2023 WSL Longboard Champions Soleil Errico (USA) and Kai Sallas (HAW) winners of the Original Sprout Malibu Longboard Championships Presented by Tractor Beverage Co.

10 Oct 2023   |  

- Marks Overtakes Moore in World-Class Title Match for Maiden World Title - Toledo Goes Back-To-Back in Dominant Form Once Again - Ewing and Moore Finish 2023 With Runner-up Performances

Caroline Marks (USA) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) celebrate their victories at the 2023 Rip Curl WSL Finals as the newly crowned World Champions.

10 Sep 2023   |