Kanoa Igarashi triumphs for first time on World Surf League's Championship Tour
Kanoa Igarashi became the first Japanese surfer to win an elite World Surf League's Championship Tour event on Saturday, when he topped the men's competition at the Corona Bali Protected. Igarashi, a medal hopeful at next year's Tokyo Olympics, earned 15.10 points in his final ...
Amuro Tsuzuki rides waves to World Surf League victory in Ichinomiya
Amuro Tsuzuki had the best ride of the women's final on Saturday to win the World Surf League's Ichinomiya Chiba Open. At Tsurigasaki Beach, where surfing will introduce itself to the Olympics next year, the 18-year-old Tsuzuki beat 20-year-old compatriot Maiko Miyasaka for her first ...
As new season begins, Kanoa Igarashi hoping to ride wave of momentum to 2020 Olympics
Surfer Kanoa Igarashi said he intends to ride the momentum of last season all the way to a ride at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when the 2019 World Surf League's Men's Championship Tour begins next Wednesday in Australia with the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. "This ...
The World Surf League will award the same prize money for men and women starting in 2019. CEO Sophie Goldschmidt said the equal pay for surfers will apply for the league's various tours — world championship, junior world championship, longboard and big wave. Eleven-time world champion ...
Teenager Jo Azuchi on Wednesday won the Shonan Open, a World Surf League men's Qualifying Series event held at Kugenuma Beach in Kanagawa Prefecture. Despite inconsistent conditions, the 17-year-old earned a two-wave total of 9.90 points in the final, 0.80 ahead of Jordan Lawler of ...
Surfing giant Kelly Slater, an 11-time World Surf League champion, has announced he will end his glittering career next year. The 46-year-old American, considered the greatest surfer of all time, said he planned one more year on tour before hanging up his board. "My basic plan ...
Minori Kawai captured the Ichinomiya Chiba Open on Sunday, part of the World Surf League's qualifying series. The 16-year-old Kawai, who came from behind to win her semifinal against Australia's Dimity Stoyle, defeated Hinako Kurokawa 13.10-12.40 in the final. The victory was the first on the ...
