The 2024 WCT season is officially underway. Take a peak at the event preview below and don’t forget to set your FantasySurfer teams.
WHO: The Men’s WSL Championship Tour Top 34 + 2 wildcards, & the Women’s WSL Championship Tour Top 17 + 1 wildcard.
WHAT: Event no. 1 of 10 on the 2024 World Championship Tour.
WHEN: Event waiting period begins on January 29th, at 8am local time. Event waiting period ends on February 10, 2024.
WHERE: Banzai Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
HOW TO WATCH: Tune in to WorldSurfLeague.com for live event coverage and come back here to Surfer.com for daily event wrap-ups.
PAST EVENT WINNERS:
Men’s – Kelly Slater (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2013, 2022), Gabriel Medina (2018), Italo Ferreira (2019), John Florence (2021), Jack Robinson (2023)
Women’s – Carissa Moore (2023), Moana Jones Wong (2022)
INJURY UPDATE: As of today (January 28), Joao Chianca is the only injured surfer to withdraw from the Pipe Pro. He has been replaced for Pipe and the next event at Sunset Beach by Ramzi Boukhiam.
WILDCARDS: Kelly Slater and Brisa Hennessey have been given season-long wildcards for all of 2024. On the men’s side, Jackson Bunch and Shion Crawford have been given event wildcards. On the women’s side, Moana Jones Wong (the 2022 Pipe winner) has been given the event wildcard.
HEAT DRAW:
MENS 2024 Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by Yeti
Heat 1: Yago Dora, Mathew McGillivray, Kade Matson
Heat 2: Gabriel Medina, Callum Robson, Deivid Silva
Heat 3: Jack Robinson, Rio Waida, Kelly Slater*
Heat 4: Griffin Colapinto, Seth Moniz, Ramzi Boukhiam**
Heat 5: Ethan Ewing, Cole Houshmand, Jackson Bunch*
Heat 6: Filipe Toledo, Samuel Pupo, Shion Crawford*
Heat 7: John Florence, Caio Ibelli, Jake Marshall
Heat 8: Leo Fioravanti, Liam O’Brien, Imaikalani deVault
Heat 9: Ryan Callinan, Jordy Smith, Frederico Morais
Heat 10: Connor O’Leary, Kanoa Igarashi, Eli Hanneman
Heat 11: Barron Mamiya, Ian Gentil, Crosby Colapinto
Heat 12: Miguel Pupo Italo Ferreira, Jacob Willcox
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WOMENS 2024 Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by Yeti
Heat 1: Tyler Wright, Bettylou Sakura Johnson, Luana Silva
Heat 2: Carissa Moore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Brisa Hennessey*
Heat 3: Caroline Marks, India Robinson, Moana Jones Wong*
Heat 4: Caitlin Simmers, Gabriela Bryan, Isabella Nichols
Heat 5: Molly Picklum, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Alyssa Spencer
Heat 6: Lakey Peterson, Johanne Defay, Sawyer Lindblad
* – Wildcard
** – Injury replacement