Teen gals and king of the Pacific Kelly Slater take on the world at Cloudbreak!
The Texan-born Canadian Erin Brooks, who cemented her place in surfing lore after a ten-point ride at Snapper Rocks that officially ended a forty-year perception that women couldn’t ride tubes on their backhand and who was eleven when she first surfed Teahupoo, has been awarded, along with Sierra Kerr, a wildcard into next month’s Fiji Pro.
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Sierra Kerr you know as the seventeen-year-old daughter of former tour surfer Josh Kerr and who has become an online sensation for her work in heavy waves, above the lip and, occasionally in contests, as evidenced by her recent ten-point ride at Nias.
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Currently leading the 2024 Challenger Series rankings, 16-year-old Erin Brooks (CAN) is only a couple of solid results away from securing a full-time spot at the elite level. Having spent weeks training in Fiji earlier this year, along with her incredible performances in hollow left-handers all over Indonesia, Brooks will look to play spoiler at Cloudbreak as the Top 10 women are all vying for a spot in the WSL Final 5.
2024 WSL World Junior Champion Sierra Kerr (AUS) has spent the last few years chasing hollow, left-hand barrels from Indonesia to Tahiti and has shown the world she is setting the bar when it comes to backside tube-riding. The 17-year-old accepts the event Wildcard as the reigning WSL World Junior Champion and is fresh off some incredible performances at the regional level, most notably her 10-point ride at the recent Nias Pro.
Announced earlier this year, 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) accepted the event wildcard for Fiji, a location where he has claimed four CT victories (2005, 2008, 2011, 2012) and even posted a perfect heat total, one of only ten in CT history. Always a standout at one of his favorite locations on the planet, Slater will be looking for a fairytale in what could be one of his last competitive appearances at the elite level.
The Fiji Pro runs August 20 to 29.
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Maybe he’ll Tonya Harding someone? Or more likely just get a tube between the semi and final so no one forgets he is the Greatest of All Timing
The future and the past coming together!
Erin Brooks and Sierra Kerr are going to inspire several current Championship Tour women to think about retirement –
…or get food poisoning when it’s firing.
women surfing is finally getting interesting.
Felipe Toledo is doing his part to make sure the men’s tour is not.
LFG! If the waves are pumping this is gonna be fun.
Chas will be reporting live from London for this one
maybe Yemen be good?
Fuck yeah, Brooks and Kerr….
Regime change.
DT and JD!!!