Who is the current surfing world champion

Caio Ibelli. Peterson Crisanto. Michel Bourez. Jack Freestone. Wade Carmichael. Connor O'Leary. Mikey Wright. Alex Ribeiro. Liam O'Brien. Mateus Herdy. Adrian Buchan. Kolohe Andino. Reef Heazlewood. Rio Waida. Jacob Willcox. Sebastian Zietz. Nat Young. Stuart Kennedy. Patrick Gudauskas. Mick Fanning. Michael Dunphy. Lucca Mesinas. Eli Hanneman. Lucas Vicente.

Dylan Moffat. Showing 1 - 50 of 61 Athletes Prev Next. Points Legend Points in Red indicate athlete withdrew or was injured from the event. Points in Gray represent the two lowest events for an athlete. Points with Strikethrough are events that have been dropped from the athlete's points total. World Surf League.

Tours and Competition. Competitor Services Rules and Regulations. WSL is best experienced with Javascript! Make sure to enable it in your browser. Download it for free on the App store. Download it for free on Google Play. Gabriel Medina Brazil. Italo Ferreira Brazil. Their organization, International Professional Surfers IPS becomes the original world governing body of professional surfing.

Former World No. In the mids, the ASP's focus shifted to the "Dream Tour" concept, encouraging event organizers to transition their venues from well-populated, metropolitan areas to remote locations with high-quality surf.

In addition, this era opened its doors to both embrace the future and acknowledge the past in the creation of the junior and masters tours. The season marked the first time in more than a decade that a Hawaiian won the men's world championship. For the women, two familiar luminaries of the sport made way for a new champion. On the men's side, and by the second matchup, everyone knew the new world champion would speak Portuguese, with Filipe Toledo, Italo Ferreira, and Gabriel Medina remaining up and running.

With stellar overhead right and left-hand rollers peeling across the cobblestone surf break, and a loud crowd on the beach, it was all about going big or going home. The lineup was hard to read, though. It was never quite clear where to position and where to take off for the clean, glassy walls of water. With two swells overlapping and a lot of energy on offer, high-quality bottom turns, rail-based turns, and precision carving were critical skills required to advance through the competition.

Tatiana Weston-Webb put an end to Sally Fitzgibbons' hopes of winning her maiden world title, while Filipe Toledo eliminated reigning world champion Italo Ferreira. Carissa and Tatiana kicked off the women's finals under sunny skies and highly contestable wave conditions. The Brazilian outsurfed the Hawaiian and won the first clash by sticking to her flawless bottom-turns, backside skills, and fluid floaters.

In the men's finals, Medina and Toledo put on a spectacular show in front of a packed beach, which included high-scoring exchanges and airs. Moore and Weston-Webb paddled out for a critical battle. It was a do-or-die for the Hawaiian and potential history in the making for the Brazilian.

On their second clash, Gabriel and Filipe once again stepped up their performance with another tight and highly technical face-off. When competition resumed I am pretty emotional right now. I am very happy to be part of this show," expressed the Brazilian.

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