Jacob Willcox has had a rollercoaster ride over the last few months, with it reaching a crescendo in the last 24 hours. After winning the first Challenger Series event of last season, he was well placed to requalify for the Championship Tour. However, an injury at the US Open kept him out of the water for a few events. When he returned, he failed to rediscover his competitive...

The WSL Championship Tour and the Challenger Series are chalk and cheese. The CT has the better waves, bigger setups and greater audience – everything about it is premium. The other’s a grind – cheap flights, crowded houses and everything riding on a handful of heats.

“On the Challenger Series you were always cramming in to small pads with like six of us, with some ...

As the Championship Tour kicked off its 2026 season last week, Hawaii was is in cleanup mode. On the week of 10 March, Oahu’s North Shore went to bed, knowing a storm was forecasted to hit. What they didn’t know was that the Kona low would deliver the worst flooding the island had suffered in 20 years.

On 10 March, the first Kona low storm hit Oahu, lasting several ...

When I first met Miguel Blanco, I had drawn him in a heat in the Under 18 division at the ISA European Juniors in Lacanau, France. He smoked me. And now, as I sit here writing this, and my local beachie is two foot and onshore, he’s been chasing waves uncrowded perfection across Africa. Smoked me, indirectly, again.

Miggy’s latest edit ‘Orienta’, filmed by Timmy To...

While there has been a lot of talk about the push from the next gen’ of women’s surfers and their progressive capabilities, the first event of the 2026 season was won with an astonishing display of power-surfing. As her competitors reach for the sky, Gabriela Bryan is leaning on a rail and leaving the opposition behind.

Before going on to take the event top spot on...