You thought we’d leave you hanging? No chance! We’ve got the fantasy surf finals game for you… Love it, or hate it, there’s no way of getting around the new format of crowning a champion for this year’s CT season. 5 surfers, one day, winner takes all. The Contest For those unfamiliar with the new … Read more
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
The trials are a distant memory, the forecast is depressingly coming into focus and the metrics have been updated; let’s wax the top of our feet and wade out over the cobblestones: Conditions The WSL forecast doesn’t look good, and Nick Carroll’s overview is even worse; there’s some remnants of swell possible on the opening … Read more
All projections and stats are taken from 2014-2017 WSL contest data. Some 2017 rookies include data from previous WSL events, but many do not have relevant results in significant categories, including data for this particular venue. Their modelling is much less reliable and they may have skewed projections due to their averages being heavily influenced … Read more
Kelly Slater – OUT Yep, nothing’s changed; broken foot, moonboot, maybe Pipe, don’t count on it, etc. If you’re curious about how the GOAT’s going and want to delve into the mind of Mr Slater, then try this. Nat Young – IN as injury replacement Nat hasn’t been able to break out of R3 … Read more
Drama? Check. Controversy? You bet. Cutting edge surfing at it’s best? Heck yeah! Step inside and let’s take a look at what went down at the Trestles Hurley Pro… Trestles was won on the rail. For all of the talk about ramps, new-school-above-the-lip surfing and high performance expectations, it was the surfers with solid turns … Read more
We’re a bit pressed for time on this article – given that we just got back from interstate – so this will be a pretty ‘lite’ version of the usual overview: Conditions Trestles gets called a playground, a skate park for surfers, a high performance wave and plenty more. What you can expect going by … Read more
Sorry for the delay, ladies and gents; the S-S crew were chasing some remote Western Australian waves for the past 10 days… Below you will find a selection of sortable data to manipulate while selecting your Lowers team. This data takes the 2014/2015/2016 results into consideration and give a slight weighting to 2016 form within … Read more
Let’s start with some recognition: the name Felonious Crunk can be carved in stone as the inaugural winner of a Surf-Stats Clubhouse event with an impressive score of 681.26 (event rank: 341). I should disclose that Felonious Crunk is owned by my good friend Dave, but given that he ignored my horrible suggestions and was … Read more
Welcome back! Our projections fared well in Tahiti, with Jeremy Flores sailing to victory on the HMS Comeback. Surf-Stats Tier B LOCK Gabriel Medina took second place while John John Florence succumbed to our outlined risks. To be fair, Florence did surf 100% physically, but we’ll get to why he lost in depth. California, here we come – … Read more