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LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA (Wednesday, October 25, 2023) – Today, the World Surf League (WSL) Tours and Competition team confirmed the official competitor lists for the 2024 Championship Tour (CT) season. The 2024 WSL CT will feature the world’s best surfers, as determined by the top-ranking finishers on the 2023 CT and 2023 Challenger Series, as well as the season and event wildcards selected by the WSL Tours and Competition team.
“We’re excited to welcome and officially confirm the new class of Championship Tour competitors,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL Chief of Sport. “Last season, Caitlin Simmers made the Final 5, showing us what rookies are capable of. We’re excited to see the potential of this year’s rookie class and how they will rise to the occasion of competing against the best in the world.”
The CT will once again feature the world’s best surfers competing in fully integrated events across the CT calendar with equal prize money. The Tour will kick off the season at the world-renowned Banzai Pipeline, will see the Mid-season Cut at the season’s halfway point following Margaret River, and will conclude at the one-day WSL Finals, where the WSL Final 5 men and women will battle for the World Title.
The first five events of the 2024 Championship Tour will be contested by the Top 36 men and the Top 18 women. The Top 36 men consist of:
- The Top 22 finishers from the 2023 Championship Tour rankings
- The Top 10 finishers on the 2023 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- Two event wildcards
The Top 18 women consist of:
- The Top 10 finishers on the 2023 Championship Tour rankings
- The Top five finishers on the 2023 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- One event wildcard
Halfway through the season, the field will be reduced to 24 men and 12 women. The top-ranked surfers will automatically requalify for the 2025 CT, as well as continue to the second half of the Tour, where they will be joined by one men’s and one women’s season-long wildcard, and one men’s and one women’s event wildcard.
In addition to the WSL wildcards announced for the season, the WSL Tours and Competition team also assigned one WSL Replacement for men’s competitions and one WSL Replacement for women’s competitions. The WSL Replacement surfer will surf amongst the world’s best if a CT surfer withdraws from the competition.
The WSL Replacement positions will only be allocated in the first five stops of the season before the Mid-season Cut. The 2024 WSL Replacement surfers are Luana Silva (BRA) and Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR). |
