The waiting period for the Margaret River Pro opens in two days.
Whether you love or hate the cut, it definitely adds drama to the middle of the season.
Can you imagine recent world champs Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira getting the chop? Neither can we, but both have some work to do in West Oz to guarantee their spot on tour for the rest of the season.
Of course, when you back Medina and Ferreira into a wall, you just know they’re both gonna come out swinging.
Or, in this case, spinning.
In the clip above, John Florence and Ferreira share a dizzying highlight reel from a recent WA freesurf. Both would have to be considered favorites at Margaret River, and if you’re working on a Fantasy Surfer team, you’d be crazy not to have both of them on it.
In the edit above, the WSL breaks down all the scenarios leading into the 5th event of the season, where the field will be whittled to 22 on the men, and 12 for the women.
With a couple of decent pulses of swell on the horizon, we’ll know who stays — and who’s relegated back to the Challenger Series — within the next week.
Stay tuned.
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