2024 World Surf League Explained

Event:2024 World Surf League
Location:Hawaii, Portugal, Australia, El Salvador, Brazil, Fiji, French Polynesia, United States
Dates:January 29th 2024 - September 14th 2024
Prev:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 World Surf League is the 47th 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 fourth time, the season will end at Lower Trestles, in San Clemente, USA, with the top five seeded men and women from the season going head to head to determine the champion at the WSL Finals.[2]

Filipe Toledo and Caroline Marks are the defending champions.

The 2024 CT will include nine regular-season events in seven countries. The Mid-season Cut will come into action following Stop No. 5 in Margaret River, Australia. Surfers who make the Cut will compete in Tahiti, El Salvador, and Brazil before a break for the 2024 Summer Olympics.The final event of the regular season will see the world's best surfers return to the iconic Cloudbreak in Fiji and battle for a place in the WSL Finals.[3]

Qualifier Athletes

The first five events of the 2024 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 18 women.

The top 36 men consist of:

The top 18 women consist of:

The 2024 CT season will start with 36 men and 18 women. Halfway through the season, the field will be reduced to 24 men and 12 women. The top-ranked surfers will automatically requalify for the 2025 CT, as well as continue on to the second half of the Tour, where they will be joined by one men's and one women's season-long wildcard, and one men's and one women's event wildcard. [4]

Women's 2024 Championship Tour Qualifiers

Top 10 Qualifiers from 2023 Championship Tour Rankings

Top 5 Qualifiers from 2023 Challenger Series Rankings

WSL Season Wildcards

WSL Replacement

Substitution

Men's 2024 Championship Tour Qualifiers

Top 22 Qualifiers from 2023 Championship Tour Rankings

Top 10 Qualifiers from 2023 Challenger Series Rankings

WSL Season Wildcards

WSL Replacement

Schedule

With the Olympic Games Paris 2024, a break has been added to the schedule in July to allow time for qualified athletes to travel to Tahiti ahead of the Games, where the line-up will be closed for Olympic athletes to practice. With this break, the Tour will not host an event in J-Bay Open or Surf Ranch Pro this season.[6]

!Round!Date!Event!Location
1January 29–February 10 Lexus Pipe ProBanzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
2February 12–22 Hurley Pro Sunset BeachSunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
3March 6–16 MEO Rip Curl Pro PortugalSupertubos, Peniche, Portugal
4March 26–April 5 Rip Curl Pro Bells BeachBells Beach, Victoria, Australia
5April 11–21 Western Australia Margaret River ProMargaret River, Western Australia, Australia
6May 22–31 SHISEIDO Tahiti ProTeahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
7June 6–15 Surf City El Salvador ProPunta Roca, La Libertad, El Salvador
8June 22–30 VIVO Rio ProSaquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9August 20–29 Corona Fiji ProCloudbreak, Tavarua, Fiji
10September 6–14 Rip Curl WSL FinalsSan Clemente, California, United States

Results and Standings

Event Results

!Round!Event!Men's Champion!Men's Runner Up!Women's Champion!Women's Runner Up
1 Lexus Pipe Pro Barron Mamiya John John Florence Caitlin Simmers Molly Picklum
2 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Jack Robinson Kanoa Igarashi Molly Picklum Bettylou Sakura Johnson
3 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal Griffin Colapinto Ethan Ewing Johanne Defay Tyler Wright
4 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Cole Houshmand Griffin Colapinto Caitlin Simmers Johanne Defay
5 Western Australia Margaret River Pro Jack Robinson John John Florence Gabriela Bryan Sawyer Lindblad
6 SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro Ítalo Ferreira John John Florence Vahiné Fierro Brisa Hennessy
7 Surf City El Salvador Pro John John Florence Caroline Marks Gabriela Bryan
8 VIVO Rio Pro Ítalo Ferreira Caitlin Simmers Sawyer Lindblad
9 Corona Fiji Pro
10 Rip Curl WSL Finals

Men's Standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Position+/-SurferWCT 1WCT 2WCT 3WCT 4WCT 5WCT 6WCT 7WCT 8WCT 9FinalsPoints
1 2nd  5th  9th  17th  2nd  2nd  1st  5th --46,210
21 9th  9th  1st  2nd  5th  17th  9th  3rd --36,600
31 17th  1st  9th  17th  1st  17th  5th  9th --34,045
43 17th  5th  9th  17th  9th  1st  17th  1st --34,045
51 5th  9th  2nd  5th  9th  9th  9th  5th --31,995
62 9th  17th  9th  9th  33rd  5th  2nd  2nd --31,635
72 5th  3rd  17th  17th  5th  9th  5th  3rd --31,055
82 17th  17th  3rd  17th  9th  3rd  3rd  5th --28,980
91 9th  17th  3rd  9th  17th  9th  5th  9th --25,440
101 33rd  9th  9th  3rd  33rd  5th  9th  9th --24,375
12 9th  9th  5th  5th  9th  9th  9th  17th --24,100
121 33rd  17th  9th  1st  17th  9th  17th  9th --23,950
133 9th  33rd  5th  17th  9th  3rd  17th  9th --23,450
141 17th  3rd  33rd  9th  17th  5th  9th  9th --23,450
153 1st  17th  17th  9th  33rd  9th  17th  17th --21,960
162 17th  2nd  9th  9th  17th  9th  17th  17th --21,750
174 3rd  9th  17th  17th  17th  17th  9th  5th --21,460
181 9th  17th  17th  3rd  17th  17th  3rd  17th --20,810
191 9th  5th  17th  9th  9th  17th  17th  9th --20,685
202 17th  5th  17th  33rd  3rd  17th  17th  9th --19,470
212 5th  17th  5th  17th  17th  17th  9th  17th --18,130
222 5th  17th  9th  17th  5th  17th  17th  17th --18,130
Cut after mid-season
23 17th  17th  17th  9th  5th -- 17th --10,725
24 3rd  17th  33rd  17th  17th -----10,075
25 33rd  17th  17th  9th  9th -----9,300
26 17th  9th  17th  17th  9th -----9,300
27 17th  17th  17th  5th  17th -----8,735
28 17th  9th  17th  17th  17th -----7,310
29 17th  9th  17th  17th  17th -----7,310
30 9th  33rd  17th  33rd  17th -----6,245
311 17th  17th    17th  17th  5th ----5,320
321 17th  17th  17th  33rd  17th -----5,320
33 17th  17th  17th  33rd  17th -----5,320
34          - 5th  17th --1,060
35   ---------265
WC 17th ---------0
WC 17th ---------0
WC- 33rd --------0
WC- 33rd --------0
WC- 17th --------0
WC-- 33rd -------0
WC-- 33rd -------0
WC-- 17th -------0
WC-- 5th -------0
WC--- 17th ------0
WC--- 5th ------0
WC---- 33rd -----0
WC---- 17th -----0
WC--- 17th  3rd -----0
WC----- 9th ----0
WC------ 9th ---0

Women's Standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Position+/-SurferWCT 1WCT 2WCT 3WCT 4WCT 5WCT 6WCT 7WCT 8WCT 9FinalsPoints
1 1st  5th  9th  1st  5th  9th  3rd  1st --48,185
2 5th  3rd  5th  3rd  9th  3rd  1st  5th --42,490
3 3rd  3rd    3rd  3rd  2nd  5th  5th --41,630
4 2nd  1st  9th  9th  5th  5th  5th  5th --39,390
51 9th  9th  5th  5th  1st  9th  2nd  3rd --38,595
51 5th  5th  1st  2nd  9th  9th  5th  9th --37,255
71 5th  9th  3rd  5th  9th  3rd  5th  3rd --35,100
82 9th  9th  9th  5th  2nd  5th  9th  2nd --32,920
92 3rd  2nd  5th  9th  9th  9th  3rd  9th --32,545
101 9th  9th  2nd  9th  3rd  5th  9th   --27,505
Cut after mid-season
11 17th  5th  3rd  9th  9th - 9th ---16,050
12 5th  9th  5th  9th  17th -- 5th --14,710
13 9th  9th  9th  9th  5th -----12,575
14 9th  5th  9th  9th  9th -----12,575
15 9th  9th  9th  17th  5th -----12,575
16 9th  9th  9th  17th  9th -----10,440
17- 17th  9th  9th  9th -----8,875
18  17th ---- 5th ----1,045
WC 9th ---------0
WC- 17th --------0
WC-- 17th -------0
WC--- 5th ------0
WC---- 17th -----0
WC----- 1st ----0
WC------ 9th ---0
WC------- 9th --0
WC------- 9th --0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 Lexus Pipe Pro. 2024-01-19. World Surf League. en.
  2. Web site: World Surf League Announces 2024 Championship Tour Schedule. 2023-01-19. World Surf League. en.
  3. Web site: WSL Finals 2024. 2023-01-19. World Surf League. en.
  4. Web site: 2024 WSL Championship Tour Class. 2024-02-22. World Surf League. en.
  5. Web site: Stephanie Gilmore Announces One-Year Break From Competition. 2024-02-22. World Surf League. en.
  6. Web site: Event Schedule. 2023-01-19. World Surf League. en.

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