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Fiji Pro Sortable Data

Here are the projected values for the Fiji Pro. Below you will find more than enough data to manipulate in order to tweak your team through the selection process. These data projections take the 2014/2015/2016 results into consideration and give a slight weighting to current 2016 form within the context of overall projected scores. Many … Read more

Contest Analysis – Rio 2016

Does anyone remember a time when the Brazilian CT event was held later in the year; wedged between the fickle Mudaka contest and the deservedly hyped Triple Crown circus? Back then, there was a period in his career when Slater would avoid the Brazilian leg if he believed that he could still win a title … Read more

Notas de um Surfista do Pico

SS: Fale um pouco sobre você FP: Fala galera, meu nome é Francisco Pimentel, sou cientista da computação, de recife e tenho o surf como esporte favorito para praticar e acompanhar. Gosto de buscar dados dos surfistas online para alimentar meus programas de computador e prever os surfistas que irão mandar bem nos eventos da … Read more

Notes From the Line-Up – Rio

As the picture above implies, the tour is no longer being held at heaving West-Australian reef breaks. Our new destination – Grumari, Brazil – brings with it a new set of conditions and a fresh slate for surfers to prove themselves. We spoke to the founder of Fantasy Surfing Tips and Brazilian local Francisco Pimentel … Read more

Injury Update – Oi Rio Pro

Kelly Slater – OUT Slater doesn’t need a reason, but here goes: because he’s down on form, doesn’t like the contest at the best of times, the forecast sucks and he has a world-class wave pool at his disposal. Does anyone blame him? Replaced by TBA Joel Parkison – OUT No reason given. Is he … Read more

Contest Analysis – Margaret River 2016

The WSL marketing phrase leading up the dramatic end-of-year Pipe contest was “You Can’t Script This”. It was pretty apt for the whirlwind that was the 2015 title race, and it worked well for them at the time. They may as well have been describing the beginning of the 2016 season though, as it has … Read more

Margaret River Sortable Data

Here are the updated numbers for the Margaret River Pro. Below you will find a range of data fields that you can manipulate in order to wade your way through the selection process. We stress (again) that our 2016 data projections only take the 2014/2015/2016 results into consideration and, with the crazy season that we’ve … Read more

Injury Update – Margaret River Pro

Things have been moving around on the injury front, here’s the latest as of April 7th: Invitation Wildcard – Jack Robinson Fans of Jack Robinson will be stoked to hear that the West-Australian charger has been offered a spot in the Margaret River event. If the conditions are right for the Box or even North … Read more

Contest Analysis – Bells Beach 2016

We’ve cut it a little fine, with less than 36 hours until the Bells waiting period, but all of the wildcards/replacements have been announced and an updated forecast is in the bag; it’s time to ring this fantasy Bell… Conditions Analysing the conditions means having one eye on the forecast; will surfers be heaving Olympic … Read more

Bells Beach Sortable Data

Bells is only days away and, with the QuikPro a distant (and, for some of us, painful) memory, it’s a great opportunity to tweak those teams into something resembling more Sci-Phi than Banana Board. Below you will find a range of data fields that you can manipulate in order to wade your way through the … Read more