Title legitimacy restored.
Well what a day for surf fans everywhere. While the World Surf League’s Championship Tour is not set to get underway until April, or thereabouts, a buzz is rippling. Thrill percolating. Yes, Carissa Moore, the world’s greatest surfer, holding five titles and one Olympic gold medal to Kelly Slater’s none, is making a stunning return for the 2026 season after a shock retirement some 2-ish years ago.
I’m really excited for the opportunity to compete again on the Championship Tour,” Moore told the WSL. “To put my jersey back on after having a baby feels like such a win. Competing at the highest level of surfing is something I don’t take for granted, and I’m so grateful to be feeling healthy and reinvigorated. I want my journey to show my daughter, and hopefully other women, that we can do anything; we can keep chasing our dreams, even as life evolves. I’m looking forward to sharing this next chapter with her and experiencing it together as a family.”
The main reason for return, though, might be the dumping of former WSL CEO Erik Logan’s horrible and bad ideas. A source with knowledge of such things shared, “Thanks to astute new leadership, the sport no longer gifting a Championship for one lucky afternoon, but rewarding a Championship for one incredible season? Title Legitimacy Restored!”
Well what a day.
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Glitch
hey Derek ! You gotta feed the little monkeys running in the caged wheel otherwise the internetz won’t work .
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Peak BG
Well she left with dignity and now she will come back and get smoked , Sally fitz style
new era of women’s surfing and riss ain’t it
(As lovely as she is )
“As lovely as she is”
You mean Sally, right?
Will she go vert?
With the news today of Carissas return and the possible return of Joanne and Tati I am trying to think of the possible ailments that will be harming Tyler and trying to bring the narrative back to her constant struggles and away from the new mums?
Will she have lost the feeling in her whole body? Will she be struggling to breathe, oh no wait we have had that one already. Please Tyler anything but the chronic period pain again, there are somethings that are truly best kept to yourself love
When I go to bed each night, I prey for Tylers afflictions and may she keep them to herself
Which happens first… Steph wins a contest, or Tyler gets her braces off?
Haha I’m hearing ya mate but I have to admit Tylers interviews are a little guilty pleasure of mine. Almost like car crash TV where I want to look away but I cant haha
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Oh, we’re so blessed! Just so, so blessed.
She’s gonna get smoked. The ladybirds are hitting puberty.
also a chance some a dem get preggers right?
Yes,the women’s tour is on another level than it was just two years ago!
One of the harder parts about contest surfing is getting your good stuff into a 30 min heat. Carissa is a lot better at that than Caity and Molly even ifMolly and Caity’s highs are higher.
edit: Also Carissa still has an advantage in heavier waves.
Not sure about that. Winning 5 titles takes some serious grit. Her fire burns hot
The women’s side was already far far more interesting than the men’s… and this just made it even Moore so…
Who’s dreams got bumped a year?
my day was going so well — and then stumbled across a shirtless Chas on IG … that clip needed a trigger warning!!
Was it like a praying mantis wrapped in translucent flesh?
very accurate
Like a Vietnamese summer roll made human
Next John John to announce he is tired of hearing his bro’s jacking off in the yacht bunks!
Xox
🤣
Reminds me of my first hell cheap Indo boat trip when I was 18. We got mental waves, had heaps of laughs but fuck some of of the late night/early morning noises coming from the other bunks will haunt me forever
Haha abstinence is crazy, woken myself up on boats before dry humping the mattress because of a some naughty dreams 🙈
Xox
Haha takes me back to puberty when ya couldn’t keep your hands off the little fellow. Its like you were literally trying to yank the top off it ay haha
Go on, the Riss!
Love Carissa and stoked to see her back on tour. Just reading how the great Lisa Anderson spat out a bub and was back competing two weeks later, thats core as fuck. Love me an old school no nonsense Sheila who just gets on with it ay. Get that up ya KK haha
Good on Carissa. I hope she can get at least 1 more title. Bring on the mumma strength!
That will be her 8th world title as far as im concerned.
Gee, I hope Staph makes a comeback, too!
Said no-one.
That’s golden…(Staph)
too many lefts on tour
Why work when your boss says they will pay you to do fuck all.
Haha plus she’s too busy partying and trying to sell her shit tequila
Love this for her. The true GOAT and
fiveSEVEN time world championNah mate the rules are
werethe rules, she has five (5). Steph has eight (8).WSL should award her the two it stole.
Carissa Boore
idk, I think she’s gonna take some heads next year.
Successfully “triggered” lol…Yeah she definitely will!
Bad take. Check her Honolua footage
And she may be going into the 2026 season with a new sponsor, as word from a ‘source with knowledge of such things’ says she’s in negotiations with pioneering brand ‘I Hate BeachGrit’ to supply all her beachwear needs.
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