The seeding is all over the place after some of the upsets at the Gold Coast. Let’s look at the R1 possibilities for yet another historic Bells contest: Kelly Slater – OUT 30% of WSL fantasy teams had the GOAT in their team. Despite the warnings we gave. Kelly has given plenty of notice to … Read more
The West is Wild. “I love surfing this break, and just going fast and doing big turns.” And didn’t he just? You know: go fast, and do big turns. That’s exactly what John John did; and by gosh, he did it well. I don’t remember those turns for a few years back, but we can … Read more
Fantasy fans and tour surfers alike have barely had time to soak up the glory that was the 2017 Gold Coast event before the Margs beast started calling our name. Let’s see where it leads… Conditions Is there a contest that’s harder to pin down in regards to conditions than Margs? The fact is that … Read more
UPDATED* * These tables have been changed since Italo’s official withdrawal, with his data having been removed. Nat Young’s data was already in the tables, so it was not added. Please note also that previous local wildcard surfers Jacob Wilcox, Jay Davies and Jack Robinson have also had their metrics added to allow for any … Read more
Here’s the latest regarding the upcoming Drug Aware Pro in Margaret River: Italo Ferreira – *MAYBE OUT Updated – Italo’s withdrawal has been officially announced. *Italo’s injury isn’t a maybe, as it’s been well documented here and here, but whether it is serious enough to keep him out of the Margaret River events remains to … Read more
Owen fricken Wright. Where did that come from? Who the hell cares; it was just so good to see that he’s still got it. Welcome back Owen! There’s been so much written about Owen’s comeback (and deservedly so) that I won’t waste too much time revisiting. Suffice to say that we certainly missed the boat … Read more
Here is the updated wildcard and injury replacement info for the WSL Mens Quik Pro France 2016 (4th – 15th October) INJURIES – NONE Bede, Owen and Mick will again be OUT, with Stu Kennedy, Seabass Zietz and Dusty Payne respectively. Although there are no official (new) changes to the draw in regards to injuries, it could be … Read more
“Now I’m just thankful for every comp I get to get in and hopefully, if I do get back on tour next year, I can take the same mentality and do it” – Sebastian Zietz Is 2016 going down as the year of ‘mentality’ in professional surfing? Wilko has seemingly changed his and has been … Read more
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
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