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Narrabeen Classic Fantasy Preview

I don’t know about all of you, but I’m low-key psyched for Narrabeen. I know how consistent it is and I’ve surfed it a bunch, so I’m keen to see the pros amongst it. We’ve all blown the cobwebs off our fantasy teams (read: I kind of sucked at Newcastle) and now it’s time to … Read more

Newcastle Cup Fantasy Winners

While John and Jack managed to rob a few teams of the fantasy glory they desired, but a few shrewd players managed to grind out a win at the first leg of the 4-part Aussie leg. Join me now in begrudgingly celebrating their victories… Fab Fab – 37660 pts Fab had all 4 semi-finalists, as … Read more

Newcastle Fantasy Preview

It’s the season re-launch, with surf fans tempering their expectations with the pragmatic modesty that only the WSL can inspire. We’ve got a new-ish venue to look at and fantasy team to pick, so let’s quit prologuing and start crunching the numbers. Conditions Newcastle offers more breaks than Kelly’s injury schedule, so I’m just going … Read more

The Tour 2.0

Gabe Medina launches into the new-look season

After a welcome start, followed by several set-backs and some on-brand radio silence, the WSL has found a new path forward in 2021.

Welcome Back

An unknown surfer at Pipe

After a prolonged hiatus, the WSL men’s and women’s tours are stretching on the beach in preparation for a re-launch. In any regular season, the Billabong Pipe Masters and Roxy Maui Pro would serve as the championship crescendos. They represent the jewels in the WSL’s world title crowns where, when the conditions and ratings combine, … Read more

2019 Fantasy Surfing Preview

So, we’re here. The new WSL season is upon us. Before we dive in for another 9 months of pro surfing across 8 countries and 770 heats (men and women), we thought it might be worth covering the various changes that 2019 will bring. Fantasy Of course we’re opening with this. If you played FSS … Read more

Contest Metrics – Margaret River

We have included the data for Jay Davies, Jack Robinson, Yadin Nicol and Jacob Wilcox in case they are added to the draw via a trials win. All of our our ‘career’ average heat score and win % statistics are taken from 2013-2018 WSL contest seasons. They do not reflect the entire careers of surfers … Read more

Men’s Portugal Fantasy Outlook

France was a lot more entertaining than we though it would be,  and our picks did pretty well.  There’s nothing better than the Tier A Lock taking the cake at 9% started – thank you,  Gabby!  Our second Tier A pick Adriano de Souza locked in the second-best score amongst the upper crust as well. … Read more