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MAY 10, 2023
There’s been plenty of surf for both town and country wave riders recently.
BY GARY KEWLEY
Second Tier Of World Surf League Underway
The northwest swell hit about 8 feet and the south swell reached 6 feet — that was enough for officials to issue high surf advisories May 3-4, the first such ad- visories for town in nearly a year.
• Corona Saquarema Pro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Oct. 14-21
We thought it was over for “da GOAT,” aka Slater, as a full-time World Cham- pionship Tour surfer after he didn’t make the mid-season cut at Margaret River. Nope!
In fact, surfers had been
complaining about how sub-
par conditions have been this
spring. Mother Nature knew
she had to make up for lost
time, so she came through!
Still, don’t get used to it. The
long-range computer models don’tshowanysignificantO’Neill (KwaZulu-Natal,
Eighty men and 48 women — including the 12 men and seven women who didn’t survive last month’s mid- year cut at the Margaret Riv- er Pro — will compete in six Challenger Series events for a chance to qualify for the 2024 World Championship Tour. Here’s a rundown of the CS events:
cia (Ericeira, Portugal): Oct. 1-8, 2023
Stephanie Gilmore. Both are surfing in the Boost Mobile Pro, as is O‘ahu’s Ezekiel “Zeke” Lau.
ed WSL Season Wildcards for 2023 and 2024. This gives them entry into 2023 Championship Tour events following the mid-year cut and entry into the first half of the 2024 CT season. This is sanctioned by the WSL rule book — world champs can be wildcards. So, the GOAT still has a chance, and our fingers are crossed
that he can reach the top 10 attheendof2023...and get a shot at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The surfing seg- ment takes place in Tahiti, a place where he dominates. If he takes home the gold, it would be the perfect grand finale.
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
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• Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro presented by GWM (Queensland, Austra- lia): May 6-13
In the end, only the top 10 men and top five women will make it past the Challenger Series. Among those fighting for a spot are 11-time world champion Kelly Slater and eight-time world champion
On April 27, Slater and Johanne Defay were award-
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