In just a couple of days, the 2023 Western Australia Margaret River Pro will officially be underway. Marking the last stop before the mid-year cut, the surf world’s collective eyes will be tuning into what’s going down at Main Break this week.
Take a peek at the event preview below and be sure to set your FantasySurfer teams now!
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WHO: The Men’s WSL Championship Tour Top 34 + 2 wildcards, & the Women’s WSL Championship Tour Top 17 + 1 wildcard.
WHAT: Event no. 5 of 11 on the 2023 World Championship Tour. This is the cutoff event for the remainder of the 2023 tour with the Men’s top 24 and the Women’s top 10 moving on to the next 5 events.
WHEN: Event waiting period begins on April 20th, at 8am local time. Event waiting period ends on April 30th, 2023.
WHERE: Margaret River, West Australia, Australia.
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 (3)- John Florence (2017 & 2019), Filipe Toledo (2021), Jack Robinson (2022)
Women’s (8) – Carissa Moore (2013, 2014), Courtney Conlogue (2015), Tyler Wright (2016), Sally Fitzgibbons (2017), Johanne Defay (2018), Lakey Peterson (2019), Tatiana Weston-Webb (2021), Isabella Nichols (2022)
INJURY UPDATE: As of April 16 on the Men’s side, Jack Robinson, Miguel Pupo, Jadson Andre, and Ramzi Boukheim are injured and will miss this event. Jacob Willcox, Reef Heazlewood, and Jarvis Earle have been given three of the four open Men’s spots with the remaining spot going to year-long injury replacement Carlos Munoz. The final two wildcard spots have been filled by Trials winners Jerome Forrest and Jack Thomas. On the Women’s side, there are no injuries to report currently, and the wildcard will be trials winner and former CT competitor Bronte Macauley.
MENS 2023 Western Australia Margaret River Pro
Heat 1: Caio Ibelli, Ian Gentil, Ezekiel Lau
Heat 2: Ryan Callinan, Samuel Pupo, Jacob Willcox*
Heat 3: Griffin Colapinto, Nat Young, Reef Heazlewood*
Heat 4: Ethan Ewing, Jackson Baker, Jarvis Earle*
Heat 5: Filipe Toledo, Liam O’Brien, Jerome Forrest*
Heat 6: Joao Chianca, Kelly Slater, Jack Thomas*
Heat 7: John Florence, Seth Moniz, Carlos Munoz*
Heat 8: Yago Dora, Kanoa Igarashi, Kolohe Andino
Heat 9: Leo Fioravanti, Italo Ferreira, Jake Marshall
Heat 10: Gabriel Medina, Rio Waida, Maxime Huscenot
Heat 11: Connor O’Leary, Jordy Smith, Michael Rorigues
Heat 12: Matthew McGillivray, Callum Robson, Barron Mamiya
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WOMENS 2023 Western Australia Margaret River Pro
Heat 1: Carissa Moore, Isabella Nichols, Sophie McCulloch
Heat 2: Tyler Wright, Macy Callaghan, Johanne Defay
Heat 3: Molly Picklum, Brisa Hennessey, Bronte Macaulay*
Heat 4: Caitlin Simmer, Steph Gilmore, Lakey Peterson
Heat 5: Tatiana Weston-Webb, Bettylou Sakura Johnson, Courtney Conlogue
Heat 6: Caroline Marks, Gabriella Bryant, Sally Fitzgibbons
* – Wildcard / Injury replacement