Rottnest Congratulations Gabe must be stinging from the fact that the WSL have introduced this whole finals series thing at Trestles this year. At this point, he’s all-but-guaranteed a 1st place ranking at the end of the (reduced) regular season, which would otherwise be enough for the trophy. Meanwhile, Sally Fitz was all ‘American smiles*’ … Read more
Margies Congratulations Filipe earned his first win since Rio 2019 and cemented his spot in the current top 5. Tatiana scored her 2nd CT victory (matching Samantha Cornish*) and raced to second place in the rankings. Meanwhile, the big news was FSS champ Crow, who also scored his second victory and raced to 2nd on … Read more
Conditions The WSL have plenty of venue guides for Margies, or Ben Mondy overviews, as well as detailed break breakdowns, and Kelly Slater’s ‘Vision’ series providing his insights into Main Break, the Box and North Point (North Point has been confirmed as being off the table this year). Honestly through, this event is harder to … Read more
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
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
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
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.
It feels weird to be kicking off the title race at Pipe. No world title scenarios, no qualification predictions, no pressure, no form to look at. Nothing. Don’t get me wrong; I’m psyched to have the tour back, and I’m super keen to share our fantasy game with the world, but the Pipe build-up is … Read more
Let’s be honest: fantasy surfing sits pretty low on the hierarchy of things impacted by covid-19. Most of you probably haven’t even noticed our lack of articles or trading for the non-existent WSL events of this year. There’s been bigger fish to fry. That said, we are on the cusp of finally being able to … Read more
I often wonder how surfers, let alone the rest of the world, will receive surfing as an Olympic sport. Mostly I’m sure it will exist as a novelty highlights package between women’s water polo and the equestrian events. Could we hope for anything more? Surely, if the best surfers in the world represent our sport … Read more