One Down, Three To Go: WSL 1, Cynicism 0
At the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup, it was just about the surfing and it wasn’t just that.
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Yeah, the competition was hot.
Italo, all passion and flair, turning into the Iceman in the last few minutes of the final, closing it down with all the executioner’s cool of his opponent. Literally playing with Gabriel Medina.
Here, have this wave if ya like, you won’t get the score. Who does that? To Gabriel? Italo Ferreira, that’s who.
Carissa, of all these great women on tour right now, surely the über-great. Isabella Nichols ran all the way to their final, rookie-on-fire style, then just sat there and watched while Ms Moore tore it to pieces, effortlessly, like Slater getting loose on some poor bastard back in the ‘90s.
World Surf League Confirms Third Leg of 2021 Championship Tour
California, Mexico, Brazil, and Tahiti to host CT events this year
Share Updated: Friday, April 9, 2021
NEWCASTLE, New South Wales, Australia (Saturday, April 10, 2021) - The World Surf League (WSL) announces the updated calendar for the remaining 2021 Championship Tour (CT) leading into the Rip Curl WSL Finals in September. The Tour includes a stop in Mexico for the first time in 15 years and the women surfing Teahupo o for the first time since 2006. Following the fourth and final event of the current Australian leg, the CT will continue as follows :
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