Breaking News: WSL Releases 2024 Championship Tour Surfing Schedule

2023 was a weird one for the World Surf League.

Multiple judging controversies, a mysterious departure of CEO Erik Logan, death threats, a swan song for Kelly Slater(?), mediocre waves at most event sites, a predictable second World Title for Filipe Toledo and an inaugural one for Caroline Marks.

Now, it’s over; on to the next.

Today, the WSL announced the schedule for the 2024 Championship Tour season.

TL;DR:

· Season still starts at Pipe.

· J-Bay is gone!

· Surf Ranch is gone!

· Fiji is back!

· So is Lowers, and the Mid-Season Cut, and the Final Five!

Mixed emotions. So long, J-Bay. Welcome back, Fiji.

Here's the full release from the WSL:

LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA (September 20, 2023) - Today, the World Surf League (WSL) announced the schedule for the 2024 Championship Tour (CT). The calendar will continue to showcase a combined women’s and men’s schedule featuring nine regular-season events, a Mid-season Cut after CT Stop No. 5, and the fourth-annual WSL Finals. 2024 will also see Fiji return to the schedule for the first time since 2017 as the final stop of the regular season. Next year, surfing will also make its second appearance in the Olympic Games at Paris 2024.

2024 WSL Championship Tour Schedule

• Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii, USA: January 29 - February 10

• Sunset Beach, Hawaii, USA: February 12 - 23

• Peniche, Portugal: March 6 - 16

• Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia: March 26 - April 5

• Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia: April 11 - 21

Mid-season Cut: 36-man and 18-woman fields reduced to 24-man and 12-woman fields.

• Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia: May 22 - 31

• Punta Roca, El Salvador: June 6 - 15

• Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: June 22 - 30

2024 Paris Olympic Games: July 26 - August 11 (Surfing scheduled between July 27 - August 5)

• Cloudbreak, Fiji: August 20 - 29

WSL Final 5 determined to battle for the men’s and women’s World Titles.

• WSL Finals (Lower Trestles, San Clemente, Calif., USA): September 6 - 14

Stay tuned.

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