Ryan Callinan

Highlights from Day 1 of the Corona Fiji Pro presented by Bonsoy 2024

The implications rose to meet the CT’s grand return to Fiji with the Final 5 race growing narrower at every sounding of the horn and the world’s best rose to the occasion. Classic, Gabriel Medina magic, World No. 1’s clinching their place atop the ranks, more Lexus WSL Finals spots clinched, and plenty of high-performance action to enjoy highlighted a momentous day at the pristine lineup of Cloudbreak.

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After a seven-year hiatus, Cloudbreak is back on the Championship Tour schedule as the ninth and final stop of the regular season. The 2024 Corona Fiji Pro presented by Bonsoy will see the top 24 men and 12 women return to one of the world's most perfect and iconic waves. This powerful, left-hand reef break will not only cap the regular season but will officially set the WSL Final 5 roster.

Fiji has been home to some of the most memorable moments at the Championship Tour level, including a record four wins by 11x World Champion Kelly Slater who returns to the event this year as a wildcard. Fiji will also welcome back tour veterans such as Gabriel Medina, John John Florence, Tyler Wright, and Tatiana Weston-Webb as well as others who will be competing there for the first time including current world No. 1 Caitlin Simmers and Griffin Colapinto.

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HIGHLIGHTS Day 1 // SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro presented by Outerknown 2024

The day we were waiting for lived up to every ounce of the hype. An impeccable start of intense barrels and dreamy conditions provided a full day of near-perfection and first eliminations. The GOAT returned to form, Vahine Fierro put on a clinic at home and Sawyer Lindblad proved her commitment with a 9.43 before having to take down No. 1 Simmers. Ryan Callinan’s surge showed he’s still up for the challenge alongside Gabriel Medina and John John Florence. Now, the men’s Elimination Round awaits to determine who gets a leg up in the World Title race.


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HIGHLIGHTS Day 2 // Western Australia Margaret River Pro 2024

Main Break began showing its teeth when it mattered most with everything on the line for men and women looking to salvage their 2024 campaigns. Near-perfect stunners, buzzer-beater madness, plus season-saving performances unraveled with the Mid-season Cut pressure more palpable than ever.

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WEST IS BEST! Australia's top surfers warming up at Margaret River Main Break

Watch Australia's top surfers banking up some free surfing at Margaret River Main Break, ahead of the start of the Margaret River Pro. Featuring Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson, Tyler Wright, Molly Picklum, Callum Robson, Jacob Willcox, Sophie McCulloch, India Robinson, Ryan Callinan & Isabella Nichols.

Good-Epic: CT Stars Smash Supertubos

It’s been a funny season at Supertubos. Lots of swell with lots of wrong wind means that world-class stretch of sand has had a fairly quiet time across the winter. It’s looking better, but the WSL had to relocate from their Supers perch to nearby Molhe Leste to get through the first rounds of competition.

Before this stretch of the Championship Tour kicked off, the world’s best surfers were getting to grips with European beachbreaks again, in all kinds of conditions. “In the run up to the event starting it was good Supertubos, nothing crazy,” said our on-the-ground lens Helio Antonio. “But they make anything look so easy.” Here, we’ve got Italo Ferreira (let’s not forget his Wave of the Day last season), Jordy Smith, Jack Robinson, Tati Weston-Webb and more.

Filmed by Helio Antonio, Pedro Rodrigues and Matheus Couto.
Edited by Michael Weybret and Tom Vaughan.
Music ID: MB01K75N8XZGCZ5
Cover image by Jack Bober.

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https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/good-epic-ct-sta%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A6nd-on-supertubos/197794

Ryan Callinan & the JS Youth Team's summer strike mission

This was just about our favourite type of trip - last minute, and with a stack of top quality humans.

Anytime you get away for uncrowded waves with these guys it's a highlight, but with Ryan falling in love immediately with his new Xero Fusion & the groms all finding favourite shortboards for their upcoming comps, this was the dream for R&D.

Film & edit by Mitch Imgraben

DID YOU HEAR THE FALLING ROSE? | BILLABONG ADVENTURE DIVISION

This past winter, we had the privilege of visiting Morocco and embarking on a journey along the raw and remote coastline of the Sahara desert with Wasted Talent. Led by well-versed Saharan surfers and explorers, Soufiane Charoub and Jerome Sahyoun, we covered almost the entirety of the coastline within a mere 10 days. We started the trip in the live and vibrant city of Casablanca, and then ventured south on a 3,000 km road trip in hopes of finding empty waves. Join Ryan Callinan, Luana Silva, Jai Glindeman and Macy Callaghan on the journey in our latest Adventure Division film, ‘Did You Hear The Falling Rose?’

The Billabong and Wasted Talent team have been collectively devastated by the tragic events that have caused untold damage and loss in central Morocco on September 8th. Our thoughts and prayers are with the amazing people that so kindly opened their homes, waves and country to us during this incredibly difficult and traumatic time.

Explore our latest range of purpose-built Adventure Division gear, as seen being put to good use by our crew in ‘Did You Hear The Falling Rose?’: https://bit.ly/46oBsGr

Read more about our trip in Wasted Talent’s latest issue, Volume XIII, written by Alexei Obolensky.

Shepherd's Pie | Ryan Callinan

Ryan Callinan is a 30-year-old goofy footer, O & E team rider, and current World No.10 described by Tyler Wright as “one of the nicest humans you’ll ever meet.” We caught up with Ryan at his home in Merewether a few days after he had just returned from the Jeffreys Bay Open. Despite his wife Nina having cooked a homemade shepherd's pie, R-Cal sat down to talk about his year so far, the Olympics and why 2023 has been the best year of his career so far.

Hi Ryan, with one event remaining on the CT, you had a chance of Olympic qualification for Paris 2024? Was that a priority for the year?
Look, it wasn't a massive priority, but I had an eye on it. The original goal was to get in the top 10 and push as high up the CT rankings as I could. However, Jack and Ethan both got off to an incredible start and took an early lead. Jack won at Pipe and Ethan at Bells, so Olympic qualification sort of receded from view. I was stoked just to have been in with a shot in Tahiti.
But even without the Olympics, you’ve had a great year, right?
Absolutely, it’s been my best year on tour. I feel I’m surfing the best I’ve ever done in my career, and I’m far more experienced which helps on the competitive side.
Any reasons why it’s all come together?
There are a lot of factors that have helped with the success. One is that I’ve felt pretty happy this year. I've been working with my coach Dog Marsh as usual but have been travelling with Conor O’Leary. He’s a goofy which helps and has such a positive outlook on life. We’ve pushed each other in the water too. I’ve also been injury-free, so having that clean slate has been awesome. Finally, maybe falling off the CT last year has helped me with my perspective. I discovered it wasn’t the worst thing in the world that could happen and that freed me up to do my best surfing. And if it didn’t work out, well, that was fine too.
Sounds, like life seems pretty good.
I was thinking at the end of last year I was the happiest I’d ever been. I’d requalified, I was home, married and content. Everything seemed to be going in the right direction. And touch wood, that seems to have carried on.
So after Teahupo’o, you effectively have six months off. What are the plans for the rest of the year?
We get some great waves on tour, but the schedule is pretty tight and the swell windows tend to be short. So, the aim is to chase some swells, get some footage and go left a bunch, because it seems all we do is go right. The aim is to reset, get better at surfing and have a lot of fun in the process. You know I say all this, and I’ll probably end up spending five and half months at home, and do a trip up to Boomerang (laughs).
Well, good luck and enjoy that dinner.
The smell from that oven has been torturing me! And I'd like to say a quick thanks to the O & E team for the support, the boardbags and the leggies. I couldn't do it without you.

Interview by Ben Mondy
Shot by Beren Hall

Julian / Ryan Freesurf

Julian Wilson and Ryan Callinan, freesurfing over the last month at Merewether and Dixon Park.

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS // Vivo Rio Pro Presented By Corona

Watch all the latest surfing action of the world's best surfers in the world's best waves. Heats on demand, event highlights and exclusive interviews, right here on the WSL's Youtube channel.

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