2026 World Surf League

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The 2026 World Surf League is the 49th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. The first event of the tour was the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the longest running professional surfing competition in the world. The competition format has changed. Starting in the 2026 season, the WSL Finals will no longer be held to decide the champion. The competition format will return to a points system, with the last event of the season returning to the iconic waves of Pipeline. Yago Dora and Molly Picklum are the defending champions from the 2025 season. 36 men and 24 women are set to compete in the 2026 Championship Tour. In November 2025, the WSL announced that the 2026 Tour will see the return of four former world champions: Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore in the women's tour, and Gabriel Medina and John John Florence in the men's tour. All four were awarded WSL CT Season Wildcards for 2026. In January 2026, John John Florence announced that he had ultimately decided...

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