Matt Wilkinson and Tyler Wright emerged victorious today, claiming the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast titles respectively, in clean three-to-four foot waves at Snapper Rocks.
Filipe Toledo posted the first Perfect 10 of 2016 while previous Quiksilver Pro champs Mick Fanning and Gabriel Medina both bowed out.
Slater, Wilson, Smith, and Otton all fall to rookies in Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro.
The 2016 Championship Tour officially kicks off as the Top 32 paddled out at wind affected Snapper for the first round of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.
It was a day of two halves, split between hot logging on the beach breaks and stylish rides at First Point.
As the season closes, the affable Californian takes his second BWT title.
Owen Wright is opting to miss the opening half of this season citing ongoing complications following his December head injury as the reason.
Hawaii's favourite son wins its most prestiguous surf contest.
Josh Kerr claimed the Todos Santos Challenge today, besting a field of 24 of the world’s top big wave surfers in mammoth 30-to-40-foot surf off the coast of Baja California.
The 2016 elite men’s Championship Tour (CT) will be contested by the WSL Top 34, made up of the top 22 finishers on the 2015 CT season, the top 10 finishers on the 2015 Qualifying Series (QS) and two WSL wildcards.
