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The 2020-21 World Surf League was the 44th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. After the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , limiting international travel between and within countries namely Australia , Indonesia , Portugal and South Africa .
The World Surf League (WSL) [1] is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. [2] The World Surf League was originally known as the International Professional Surfing founded by Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in 1976.
The three venues of Haleiwa, Sunset, and Pipeline are the last three major events of the professional surfing season; the Pipe Masters being the final event of the World Surf League Championship Tour up until 2020 when it became the first event of the 2020-21 wraparound season in December 2020.
The 2021 ISA World Surfing Games took place across the La Bocana and El Sunzal waves at Surf City in El Salvador, from 29 May to 6 June 2021. The event was originally scheduled to be held from 9 to 17 May 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was organised by the International Surfing Association (ISA). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Her first victory on the professional circuit was when she won the US Open of Surfing, the first event of the CS in 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2022 Simmers, who was 16-years old, decided to withdraw from the 2022 WSL Championship Tour to focus on developing her surfing and staying close to her family. [ 5 ]
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The 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the eighth and final event of the 2021 World Surf League. It was the inaugural edition of the World Surf League Finals, and took place at Lower Trestles in California on 14 September 2021. [1] [2] The men's event was won by Brazil's Gabriel Medina, while the women's event was won by Hawaii's Carissa Moore. [3]
The 2020 ECSC was not canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but took place with health precautions including live-streaming. [2] [6] However, the 2020 and 2021 events were not World Surf League qualifying series championships. In 2022, a women's World Surf League qualifying series event was added. [7]