Surfing Competitions

The 2017 World Surf League Championship Tour (CT) is a professional competitive surfing league run by the World Surf League. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.

View the event schedule for the WSL's Men's Championship Tour.

With a history of 50 years of success, ESA contests are organized at the grassroots, district level on a year round basis. Each district conducts four or more contests per year, and each year the ESA has over 150 competitions along the entire East Coast.

A big part of the surfing world is the competitions. They’re fun to watch, they connect us to our surfing idols and it’s just cool to see people killing it at what they do best. But if you’re new to the world of surfing, understanding how the competition world works can be a bit confusing. Here, Salty Souls Surf Mama Marie-Christine breaks it down for us. That way, the next time you’re watching a competition and everyone around you is talking circuits, wildcards and interferences, you will actually know what the devil they are talking about. Let’s do it.

A list of different surfing events and competitions.

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