The season of Championship Tour da World Surf League (WSL) This year’s event begins this Monday, January 27th, with the Banzai Pipeline stage, in Hawaii. Brazil will have 12 representatives in the WSL, although Gabriel Medina is expected to miss the entire season due to injury.
This year, there will be twelve stages in total, three more than last season. The calendar for the twelve stages is closed from February to September.
WSL: start date and where to watch
By 2025, all broadcasts of WSL in Brazil, all stages will be done free of charge not official site of the competition (www.worldsurfleague.com). The channel “WSL Brazil“, no Youtubewill broadcast heats from the opening round and recaps of the stages.
On television, as happened in previous years, the rights to all stages remained with SporTV, on closed TV.
Start: Monday, January 27th
Stage: Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii
Where to watch: Official website of the competition, www.worldsurfleague.com, SporTV (closed TV and Globoplay) and WSL Brasil on Youtube (opening and repechage heats).
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Brazilians at WSL 2025
This year, twelve surfers will represent Brazil in the season. Tati Weston-Webb, Ítalo Ferreira and Yago Dora are holdovers from last season. Ian Gouveia, Alejo Muniz, David Silva, Michael Pupo, Samuel Pupo and Edgard Groggiain turn, achieved their classifications through the Challenger Series.
Luana Silva achieved her classification after receiving a place from Stephanie Gilmore. However, Brazil will have an important absence: Gabriel Medina.
Gabriel Medina was injured during training at Praia de Maresias, in São Sebastião, north coast of São Paulo on January 11th. While trying to perform an aerial maneuver, he injured the tendon of the pectoralis major muscle in his left shoulder. The athlete had to undergo surgery and will be out for the entire circuit.
Masculine:
- Italo Ferreira
- Yago Dora
- Filipe Toledo
- João Chianca
- Ian Gouveia
- Alejo Muniz
- David Silva
- Michael Pupo
- Samuel Pupo
- Edgard Groggia
Feminine
- Dad Weston-Webb
- Luana Silva
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WSL Calendar
The big news of the season will be the stage in a wave pool, in Abu Dhabi. In June, Brazil hosts the famous Saquarema stage.
- Stage 1 – Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii, USA: January 27th – February 8th
- Stage 2 – Surf Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE: 14 – 16 February
- Stage 3 – Peniche, Portugal: March 15 – 25
- Stage 4 – Punta Roca, El Salvador: April 2 – 12
- Stage 5 – Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia: 18 – 28 April
- Stage 6 – Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia: 3 – 13 May
- Stage 7 (MID-SEASON CUT) – Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia: 17 – 27 May
- Stage 8 – Lower Trestles, San Clemente, Calif., USA: June 9 – 17
- Stage 9 – Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 21 – 29 June
- Stage 10 – Jeffreys Bay, South Africa: 11 – 20 July
- Stage 11 (DEFINITION OF FINALISTS) – Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia: 7 – 16 August
- Stage 12 – WSL Finals – Cloudbreak, Fiji: August 27th – September 4th
Greatest WSL champions
- Kelly Slater – 11 titles
- Mark Richards – 5 titles
- Tom Curren, Andy Irons, Mick Flanning, John John Florence e Gabriel Medina – 3 titles
- Tom Carroll, Damien Hardman and Felipe Toledo – 2 titles
All WSL champions year by year
| Again | Men’s champion | Women’s champion |
| 2024 | John John Florence (Hawaii) (3) | Caitlin Simmers (USA) (1) |
| 2023 | Filipe Toledo (Brazil) (2) | Caroline Marks (USA) |
| 2022 | Filipe Toledo (Brazil) (1) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (8) |
| 2021 | Gabriel Medina (Brazil) (3) | Carissa Moore (Hawaii) (5) |
| 2020 | Championship canceled due to Covid | Championship canceled due to Covid |
| 2019 | Italo Ferreira (Brazil) | Carissa Moore (Hawaii) (4) |
| 2018 | Gabriel Medina (Brazil) (2) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (7) |
| 2017 | John John Florence (Hawaii) (2) | Tyler Wright (Australia) (2) |
| 2016 | John John Florence (Hawaii) | Tyler Wright (Australia) |
| 2015 | Adriano de Souza (Brazil) | Carissa Moore (Hawaii) (3) |
| 2014 | Gabriel Medina (Brazil) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (6) |
| 2013 | Mick Fanning (Australia) (3) | Carissa Moore (Hawaii) (2) |
| 2012 | Joel Parkinson (Australia) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (5) |
| 2011 | Kelly Slater (USA) (11) | Carissa Moore (Hawaii) |
| 2010 | Kelly Slater (USA) (10) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (4) |
| 2009 | Mick Fanning (Australia) (2) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (3) |
| 2008 | Kelly Slater (USA) (9) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) (2) |
| 2007 | Mick Fanning (Australia) | Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) |
| 2006 | Kelly Slater (USA) (8) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (7) |
| 2005 | Kelly Slater (USA) (7) | Chelsea Georgeson (Australia) |
| 2004 | Andy Irons (Hawaii) (3) | Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) |
| 2003 | Andy Irons (Hawaii) (2) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (6) |
| 2002 | Andy Irons (Hawaii) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (5) |
| 2001 | CJ Hobgood (USA) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (4) |
| 2000 | Sunny Garcia (Hawaii) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (3) |
| 1999 | Mark Occhilupo (Australia) | Layne Beachley (Australia) (2) |
| 1998 | Kelly Slater (USA) (6) | Layne Beachley (Australia) |
| 1997 | Kelly Slater (USA) (5) | Lisa Andersen (USA) (4) |
| 1996 | Kelly Slater (USA) (4) | Lisa Andersen (USA) (3) |
| 1995 | Kelly Slater (USA) (3) | Lisa Andersen (USA) (2) |
| 1994 | Kelly Slater (USA) (2) | Lisa Andersen (USA) |
| 1993 | Derek Ho (Hawaii) | Pauline Menczer (Australia) |
| 1992 | Kelly Slater (USA) | Wendy Botha (Australia) (4) |
| 1991 | Damien Hardman (Australia) (2) | Wendy Botha (Australia) (3) |
| 1990 | Tom Curren (USA) (3) | Pam Burridge (Australia) |
| 1989 | Martin Potter (United Kingdom) | Wendy Botha (Australia) (2) |
| 1988 | Barton Lynch (Australia) | Freida Zamba (USA) (4) |
| 1987/88 | Damien Hardman (Australia) | Wendy Botha (South Africa) |
| 1986/87 | Tom Curren (USA) (2) | Freida Zamba (USA) (3) |
| 1985/86 | Tom Curren (USA) | Freida Zamba (USA) (2) |
| 1984/85 | Tom Carroll (Australia) (2) | Freida Zamba (USA) |
| 1983/84 | Tom Carroll (Australia) | Kim Mearig (USA) |
| 1982 | Mark Richards (Australia) (4) | Debbie Beacham (USA) |
| 1981 | Mark Richards (Australia) (3) | Margo Oberg (Hawaii) (3) |
| 1980 | Mark Richards (Australia) (2) | Margo Oberg (Hawaii) (2) |
| 1979 | Mark Richards (Australia) | Lynn Boyer (Hawaii) (2) |
| 1978 | Wayne Bartholomew (Australia) | Lynn Boyer (Hawaii) |
| 1977 | Shaun Tomson (South Africa) | Margo Oberg (Hawaii) |
| 1976 | Peter Townend (Australia) | – |
