Change is inevitable, a wise person once said. And so is the case with the World Surf League’s Championship Tour, the premier competitive surfing circuit. For the upcoming 2026 schedule, the WSL has ...

The World Surf League is changing its Championship Tour format, namely moving its most prestigious event, the Pipe Masters off Oahu's North Shore, from the beginning of the season to the end to ...

COLUMBIA, Md.—The World Surf League (WSL) is expanding its relationship with LTN to include content versioning for worldwide distribution this year, bringing a wider range of tailored live events to ...

More women will be able to compete at the highest level of competitive surfing, with the World Surf League announcing recently that the field for 2026 will be bumped up to 24 surfers. The change ...

Since time began, minor league surfers plying their trade around the globe have affectionately referred to the WSL's Qualifying Series simply as "the grind." Before recent structural changes to the QS ...

John John Florence, the reigning World Surf League champion, just dropped a bombshell – he will not defend his world title for the 2025 season, and instead, focus on traveling and filming. The ...

Caitlin Simmers won the World Surf League finals Friday, outdueling Olympic gold medalist Caroline Marks in the title match. At 18, Simmers became the youngest surfer to win a world championship. She ...

Click to watch the video on the name change, including testimonials by Slater, Medina, Gilmore and more. It’s official. We’ve grown up. At least pro surfing has been around long enough to have three ...