WSL Longboard Championships to Run in El Salvador 

Pictured: The pristine cobblestone break of El Sunzal, El Salvador will determine the 2024 WSL Longboard Champions. Credit: © WSL / Cait Miers

“It’s great to see the continued growth of the WSL Longboard Tour,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL Chief of Sport. “We premiered the new one-day Finals format last season on the Longboard Tour and are excited to bring that back in 2024, this time in El Salvador. With the new structure, we hope to continue to offer more opportunities for our surfers, and we’ll continue that approach this season. For the 2024 schedule, we’re excited to announce details of three of the four events and will share more details about Stop No. 3 soon.”

2024 WSL Longboard Tour Schedule:

• Bioglan Bells Beach Longboard Classic (Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia): July 18 – 21, 2024
• Huntington Beach Longboard Classic (Huntington Beach, Calif., USA): August 3 – 11, 2024 (Longboard division will be August 3 – 6  to allow Olympic athletes time to travel from Tahiti to the US Open of Surfing)
• Stop No. 3 – Location and Specific Dates to be announced: September 2024
• Surf City El Salvador Longboard Championships (El Sunzal, El Salvador): October 9 – 13, 2024 

The first three events will count towards qualifying for the fourth and final event, the Longboard Championship in El Salvador. The Top 8 men and Top 8 women on the rankings after Stop No. 3 will earn a place in the WSL Longboard Championship, a one-day, winner-take-all event, which will determine the Longboard World Champions. Like the WSL Championship Tour Finals format, competitors will be seeded into brackets determined by their rankings and the winners will be crowned the 2024 Champions.

El Sunzal in El Salvador returns to the 2024 schedule, but this time to decide the WSL Longboard Champions. A pristine right-hand cobblestone break, El Sunzal previously showcased world-class performances in 2023 as the penultimate stop on the Longboard Tour. It will host the Finals event within the window of October 9 through 13, 2024.

Longboard Tour Qualification Process for 2024 

The 2024 WSL Longboard Tour will host 24 men and 24 women. Each 24-person field will be made up of the following:

• Top 10 competitors from the 2023 Longboard Tour,
• 7 surfers selected from the WSL Regions (with at least one qualifying event per region), and 5 seasonal wildcards,
• Two event wildcards, selected by the WSL Tours and Competition team.

The 2023 WSL Longboard Tour ended in World Title glory for Soleil Errico (USA) and Kai Sallas (HAW) at the Original Sprout Malibu Longboard Championships Presented by Tractor Beverage Co. Errico’s win saw her claim back-to-back World Titles, the third of her career, and for Sallas, it was his maiden World Title.

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About the WSL
The World Surf League (WSL) is the global home of competitive surfing, crowning World Champions since 1976 and showcasing the world’s best surfing. The WSL oversees surfing’s global competitive landscape and sets the standard for elite performance in the most dynamic playing field in all of sports. With a firm commitment to its values, the WSL prioritizes the protection of the ocean, equality, and the sport’s rich heritage, while championing progression and innovation.

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