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Log in / sign upCanarias7 · 28 Oct 2026
Pumping four-metre sets at El Frontón gave the Gran Canaria Frontón King its best day so far. Tenerife-raised Italian Damiano Bonazzi beat defending champion Louka Zaninotto and will meet Hawaii's Davey Anderson in the final. The same day settled the junior world title finalists and cut the open field to 16.
Read on Canarias7 ↗Ayuntamiento de Gáldar · 27 Oct 2026
South Africa's Tristan Roberts sealed the 2026 IBC World Tour title at the Gran Canaria Frontón King by winning his first heat, beating Peru's Christopher Bayona. It is his third world title, after 2019 and 2022, and all three have been decided in Gáldar. The event itself is still running, and Roberts could win it too.
Read on Ayuntamiento de Gáldar ↗World Surf League · 23 Oct 2026
Griffin Colapinto beat Gabriel Medina 17.60 to 16.77 in a close men's final at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, and Molly Picklum edged Caitlin Simmers 13.33 to 12.84 in solid barrels at Supertubos. The win is Picklum's first of the season and puts the reigning world champion back in the yellow jersey, with the Philippines and Pipeline still to come.
Read on World Surf League ↗World Surf League · 22 Oct 2026
Caity Simmers beat Bettylou Sakura Johnson with a late barrel, and Molly Picklum got past Lakey Peterson in the women's semifinals of the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal. Competition was then put on hold. If Picklum wins the final, she can take the No. 1 ranking from Carissa Moore.
Read on World Surf League ↗International Surfing Association · 22 Oct 2026
France's Alice Lemoigne won a record third women's gold and Peru's Benoit 'Piccolo' Clemente won his second men's title at the ISA World Longboard Championship at El Sunzal. France won the team title for an unprecedented fifth time, just ahead of the USA, with Peru taking bronze.
Read on International Surfing Association ↗We Bodyboard · 22 Oct 2026
The 14th Gran Canaria Frontón King, the last stop of the IBC World Bodyboarding Tour, has run its first competition days at El Frontón in Gáldar. Its waiting period lasts until October 31, and the event will decide the men's and junior men's world titles.
Read on We Bodyboard ↗Jornal JC · 21 Oct 2026
Gravatá beach in Navegantes, Santa Catarina, will host the Navega Bodyboard 2026 competition on November 1. Heats start in the early morning.
Read on Jornal JC ↗World Surf League · 20 Oct 2026
Reigning world champion Molly Picklum beat Erin Brooks in the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal quarterfinals, ending the Canadian's run of 15 straight heat wins. Lakey Peterson knocked out Teresa Bonvalot, and Yago Dora, Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira and Griffin Colapinto all made the semifinals at Supertubos.
Read on World Surf League ↗Surf 30 · 19 Oct 2026
Spanish surfers won both finals at the first QS 2,000 edition of the Edommo Surf Pro Razo on Galicia's Costa da Morte. In strong northeast wind, Ariane Ochoa beat Janire González and Yago Domínguez beat France's Thomas Debierre.
Read on Surf 30 ↗International Surfing Association · 18 Oct 2026
Clean 6–8 ft surf at El Sunzal on day 2 of the Surf City El Salvador ISA World Longboard Championship saw the women's main rounds 1 and 2 finished. Defending team champions France won all four of their heats, led by Alice Lemoigne and Louis Marchiset.
Read on International Surfing Association ↗World Surf League · 18 Oct 2026
Blayr Barton got the biggest win of his career in Puerto Rico, scoring an excellent wave in every heat on finals day. He beat Kolohe Andino in the quarterfinals and Jett Schilling in the final. In the women's event, Reid Van Wagoner had finished runner-up six times on the QS before this first win, which came after she beat Lanea Mons in the final. She now leads the North America rankings.
Read on World Surf League ↗Observador · 18 Oct 2026
With the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal on hold, two-time world champion Filipe Toledo won the Supertubos expression session with a big aerial. He had been knocked out of the main event by Gabriel Medina. Spain's Nadia Erostarbe won the women's session, and each took home 5,000 euros.
Read on Observador ↗World Surf League · 17 Oct 2026
The WSL confirmed that the one-day tow-in contest at Praia do Norte will have a waiting period from November 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. It will only run on a swell of 25 feet or more with safe conditions, and alerts can go out up to 72 hours ahead.
Read on World Surf League ↗Nostálgica · 17 Oct 2026
Chile's top surfers will meet at Playa Portofino in Chañaral, in the Atacama region, for the Olas del Desierto 2026 national championship from October 23 to 25. All three days will be streamed live.
Read on Nostálgica ↗Surf Session · 16 Oct 2026
The 62nd French Surfing Championships run from October 17 to 25 in the southern Landes, spread across Hossegor, Seignosse and Capbreton. Around 408 qualified athletes are competing in nine disciplines.
Read on Surf Session ↗World Surf League · 16 Oct 2026
Erin Brooks came to Peniche after winning three events in a row. She won her opening heat at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, her first time competing there, which makes 15 Championship Tour heat wins in a row.
Read on World Surf League ↗World Surf League · 16 Oct 2026
The CT postseason began in heavy Supertubos barrels in Peniche, where Portuguese wildcard Teresa Bonvalot knocked out world No. 1 Gabriela Bryan, so Carissa Moore moved back to the top of the rankings. Griffin Colapinto had the best heat of the day with a 17.17, and Erin Brooks ran her streak to 15 heat wins in a row.
Read on World Surf League ↗World Surf League · 16 Oct 2026
After a long day in two-to-three-foot surf at Razo, European rankings leader Francisco Ordonhas made the men's Round of 16, and Enzo Cavallini and Kai Odriozola posted the day's top scores. Welsh surfer Alys Barton led the women's draw, and Spain's Ariane Ochoa and Basque surfer Janire González Etxabarri also reached the quarterfinals.
Read on World Surf League ↗World Surf League · 14 Oct 2026
The North America QS 4,000 event in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, opened in clean two-to-four-foot surf. Local surfer Amari Moore scored an excellent 8.00, Dwight Pastrana won his heat, and 19-year-old Milo Faure posted the best men's wave of the day.
Read on World Surf League ↗Freesurf Magazine · 14 Oct 2026
The world's top longboarders are heading back to El Sunzal for the 2026 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Longboard Championship, with national teams competing for world titles.
Read on Freesurf Magazine ↗Surfer · 14 Oct 2026
Heavy surf linked to the Super El Niño has hit Orange County, California, and video shows a large crack opening under the Pacific Coast Highway. It's a sign of how strong this season's swells along the Southern California coast could be.
Read on Surfer ↗Swellnet · 14 Oct 2026
Sierra Kerr, 19, has mathematically qualified for the 2027 CT and leads the women's Challenger Series after coming third in Ericeira, after a comeback from Lyme disease. She will start on tour 20 years after her father Josh did. Brazil's Ryan Kainalo has also secured a spot for next season.
Read on Swellnet ↗Gazeta das Caldas · 14 Oct 2026
The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, the 10th Championship Tour stop, opens at Supertubos in Peniche on 16 October and runs to 25 October. A record five Portuguese surfers are in the field.
Read on Gazeta das Caldas ↗The Inertia · 13 Oct 2026
The WSL has suspended a Men's Championship Tour surfer, whom several outlets named as Mexican Olympian Alan Cleland Jr., over allegations linked to a private gathering in Tahiti in August. The investigation is ongoing, no charges had been filed at the time of reporting, and further accusations have since appeared on social media.
Read on The Inertia ↗World Surf League · 12 Oct 2026
Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy and American Crosby Colapinto won the Challenger Series EDP Ericeira Pro at Ribeira d'Ilhas on finals day, 12 October. Colapinto beat Joel Vaughan, Justin Becret and Alonso Correa in the final, and Hennessy's late 7.50 moved her from 24th to 4th in the rankings with one qualifying event left.
Read on World Surf League ↗Jornal Razão · 12 Oct 2026
Florianópolis surfer Luciano Silveira, who has polio-related impairment in his right leg, won all three stops of the 2026 professional adaptive surfing tour in Australia, Hawaii and California to take the world title.
Read on Jornal Razão ↗World Surf League · 11 Oct 2026
Cole Robbins beat Jonathan Melendres in the final at Pismo Beach, California, for his second Surfing For Hope Longboard Classic title. Chloe Coleman, back on the regional tour, beat 2024 winner Malia Ilagan for the women's win. Both now lead the North America longboard qualifying rankings for the 2026/27 season.
Read on World Surf League ↗World Surf League · 10 Oct 2026
Japan's Sumomo Sato and Joh Azuchi won the Tokunoshima Town Pro, a WSL Asia QS 2,000 held at Kedokubama Beach. Typhoon swell gave them powerful waves for finals day, and it is the second career QS win for each of them.
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