Special.
There were rumors, weeks ago, that the World Surf League would move its new finals day format to an exciting and dynamic wave for the 2022 Championship Tour season. Last year’s debut, at Lower Trestles in sunny Southern California, was a success by any measure, top five surfers doing heat by heat battle, winner advancing, though the wave… I don’t know. I love Lowers as much as the next homeschooled child but this would all be much more exciting and dynamic at, say, Barra de la Cruz in Mexico.
In any case…
Today, the World Surf League (WSL) announced the location for the 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals and released the updated 2022 Championship Tour (CT) schedule. As part of Rip Curl’s three-year partnership, the second edition of the one-day, winner-take-all showdown, the Rip Curl WSL Finals, will return to California State Parks, San Onofre State Beach, Lower Trestles. The 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals waiting period will run from September 8 – 16, an ideal time of year for solid Southern Hemisphere swells to light up the cobblestone point of one of the most high-performance waves in the world.
At the conclusion of the regular 2022 CT season, the top five men and top five women on the CT rankings will head to Lowers in San Clemente where they will battle head-to-head for the World Title.
“The inaugural edition of the Rip Curl WSL Finals was an incredible success,” said Erik Logan, WSL CEO. “To see the WSL Final 5 go head-to-head in amazing waves and to witness the women’s and men’s World Titles be decided on the same day, in the water, for the first time was special. This new format captivated our audience and drove consumption like never before and was the most-watched day of professional surfing with the largest live digital audience in WSL history. We are excited to return to Lowers this season.”
Rip Curl’s commitment and support of professional surfing continues through the three-year partnership of the Rip Curl WSL Finals.
“We’re incredibly supportive of the return to Lower Trestles for the 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals,” said Brooke Farris, Rip Curl CEO. “As a world-class, high-performance wave, it’s the perfect canvas for the world’s best surfers to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the water. While our brand was born at Bells Beach Australia, Rip Curl has an incredible heritage at Trestles, the surfing heart of California. We’re beyond excited to continue building on our brand’s legacy as we partner with the WSL to crown the undisputed world champions of surfing.”
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cool…
I thought undisputed champions are now crowned at the Olympics.
Fuck off RipCurl.
If Zuck runs over Kai with his foilermaker, NonJohn will celebrate with a boilermaker!
Go Phil!
Erik Logan is lost
nah I’m just fucking with you. I think the whole ignoring/hiding of ivermectin results is very interesting indeed. The extreme bias towards pfizer to save us all is alarming
It’s like Elo and the rest of the WSL are lurking in BG finding ways to piss us off or something.
Normal season with pretty much world class waves (Supertubos can be pumping or not, Rio same, and Margaret we can always hope for The Box). Surfers tested at Pipe, Sunset, G-Land, El Salvador, JBay and Chopes then the big final at…Trestles?!
I just hope Pip can’t make the Finals cut.
absolutely!
Yes, surf offs are stupid for a title to a world tour. Just try name some comparable sports that have this format for their title? Having the surf off with , say, the Tour Masters Title up for grabs in addition to the annual world tour title would be fully OK – why not got that way?
Gland, elsalvador, rio, jbay= the cocaine grandslam
The WSL is going have to hire some good security for the contest. Harsh place to get hospitalized I would think.
Hahaha this is true.
“Cavalete” is “trestle” en Portuguese Brasileiro –
Medina out until Gland
Where did you hear that?
Are they trying to do a “Pipeline” out of Trestles?
Also, wasn’t everyone complaining about the waves at surf city during the ISA games last year? What do this people have in their heads?!
The tour stop will be at Punta Roca, it’s the point break not the same spot as where the ISA games were held. A world class wave.
Interesting to see that town invaded by the tour.
I havn’t been there but I heard there’s a cemetery right the point that gang members hang out at all the time. What a great wave though.
True, always watch your back and never take anything with you of value. Way sketchy at night.
I was surfing punta about ten years ago pretty early. two guys out it was a bit overhead and really good. Then I notice this guy walk through the rocks up to the point, pull down his boardshorts and just start taking a dump. WTF? Does his biz, paddles out, and starts ripping……that was a new one
I was there when they had a 6 star prime back in 2013. Great wave. But really they should go further down the coast to Punta Mango, epic wave !
Tends to get windy by mid morning, if memory serves me right.
Sounds like western Australia!
Young people who prevaxx has no symptoms, now double vaxx and getting quite sick from Omi.
And they cry,
I woulda been dead if I wasnt vaxxed!!
Poor little buggers.
Gmed, best ever, no doubt.
Capitalists(yea I’m an ex-Wall street fuck) and politicians driving the “cure” for this manmade pandemic. Buy more ammo…
I hear Ivermectin and some of the cannibis producers are working on a covid protocol to induce hunger while in the throws of covid recovery
They can’t be helped unfortunately.
But it’s just a little hobby of mine
Trestles is a lazy finale. No risk factor, no tubes, soft as Charmin…. the only box it checks is semi close to WSL head quarters.
I’d say, put the finals in Kandui with venues rotating, accumulative scoring. Give the chargers the shot that they earned at Pipe and Chopes.