Jai Glindeman | STALE
Sit back and enjoy the style and grace of the 18 year-old Lennox Head native.
Video captured and edited by Georde Grigor.
WSL Challenger Series
World Surf League (WSL) released the updated schedule for the 2022 Challenger Series (CS), the ultimate battleground for surfers to showcase their talents for the chance to qualify for the elite Championship Tour (CT). At the conclusion of the Margaret River Pro, the fifth stop on the CT, the all new mid-season cut will reduce the Championship Tour competitors by a third to the top 22 men, 10 women, plus two men’s and two women’s wildcards. The 12 men and 7 women who do not advance after the mid-season cut will compete on the Challenger Series for a chance of requalifying for the 2023 CT season.
“Last year we ran a very successful condensed season of the Challenger Series, and we are excited to run this year’s Challenger Series with a full schedule,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL SVP of Tours and Head of Competition. “The Challenger Series, paired with the CT’s new mid-season cut, adds new opportunities and pressures for the world’s best and next generation to earn a place on the elite tour. The Challengers Series consists of eight events for surfers to showcase their talents and fight for a spot on the 2023 Championship Tour.”
The Challenger Series field will include 96 men and 64 women for most events, made up of 34 men and 17 women from the CT, 58 men and 43 women that are allocated by the WSL regions, and four men’s and four women’s wildcards. Any unused CT spots will become wildcards. The last event of the CS season, the Haleiwa Challenger will include 80 men and 48 women; they will be selected based on current rankings at the time.
The 2022 Challenger Series will kick off in Australia, a few days after the conclusion of the CT Australian leg. Surfers will start the road to requalification at the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro presented by Rip Curl, from May 7 – 15. Australia will also host the second stop of the CS, the Sydney Surf Pro presented by Rip Curl, from May 17 – 24. After a short break, surfers will reconvene in July at Ballito, South Africa where the third stop of CS will take place. The traditional VANS US Open of Surfing is set to return to its regularly scheduled spot in August 2022. Surfers will then head to Europe for the EDP Vissla Pro Ericeira, scheduled for October 1 – 9 in Portugal, followed by the Quiksilver / ROXY Pro France, from October 12 – 23 in South West France. The tour will stop in Brazil from November 1 – 8 at the Corona Saquarema Pro presented by Banco do Brasil before wrapping in Hawaii one more time, at the Haleiwa Challenger, from November 26 to December 7.
2022 WSL Challenger Series Schedule:
- Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro presented by Rip Curl: May 7 -15
- Sydney Surf Pro presented by Rip Curl: May 17 – 24
- Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill: July 3 – 10
- VANS US Open of Surfing: July 30 – August 7
- EDP Vissla Pro Ericeira: October 1 – 9
- Quiksilver / ROXY Pro France: October 12 – 23
- Corona Saquarema Pro presented by Banco do Brasil: November 1 – 8
- Haleiwa Challenger: November 26 – December 7
Around The Cape
This full length film takes you on a journey around the beautiful Cape Peninsula (Cape Town / South Africa).
Along the way we link up with pro surfers, local surfboard shapers and social projects that want to give the youth from the townships a better future through the positive benefits of surfing.
Filmed and edited by David Capelle
Starring Surfers
Jordan Alexander
Max Elkington
Manoa Robb
Eli Beukes
Ntando Nqadala
Also Featured Surfers:
Jordan Maree
Brad Scott
Steffen Burrows
Connor Slipjen
Niklas Capelle
Lele Zozi
And many more
Mason Madness
Mason Ho meanders through medieval meadows in Search of sucking slabs solely suited for surfers with a Braveheart.
Here is just a tease of our new surf series called “Mason’s Medieval Madness”. There will be five or eight chapters released every Friday starting April 1st. Enjoy.
Carve Magazine Issue 211
Carve Magazine Issue 211
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When I was a grom and living in the then ‘Badlands’ of Porthtowan, I did a few surf lessons for Johnny at Tris Surf Shop. As much for fun as for the extra dollar. I remember one day a mum from the Midlands booked in her son who was about eight. As I was going down the beach with him she told me to be careful because he had poor eyesight. I was like: “He’ll be fine!” To which she replied: “No, I mean his eyesight is really impaired.” What I soon found out is that she really meant he was pretty much blind. Being an optimistic type I didn’t really take on the ramification of this much. I was just happy to get the grom in the sea. And as it turned out, he was probably the most natural surfer I ever taught. As soon as I pushed him into his first wave he was up on his feet. Which was a surprise for me, and for the other learner surfers and stray bathers jumping out of the way as he cruised past, happy as Larry. I did a lot of shouting that session. Not just, “go left go right,” when he was riding the wave, but more to let him know where he was when he finished each wave a long way down the beach! Best surf lesson ever – he was amazing! But there wasn’t much support to get physically challenged kids in the ocean back then, and he had to go home to Birmingham the next day. Probably never surfed again. Over the years I always wondered what he could have achieved. Roll on the years and I started to hear of a young, visually impaired surfer charging down at Porthtowan. Luckily her family were open-minded enough to get her support and she thrived in the ocean. So much so, that now Melissa Reid is a three-times World Champion! I’m stoked someone was there to encourage her, and it’s even better that I’m in a position here at Carve to be able to share her story this issue. I guess the two things that make this story relatable is that no matter our abilities or challenges, we are all searching for the same thing – that feel of glide. And the second is that we never know where our first wave will take us.
Pretty cool.
Steve
Editor
The Way Home
Our 3rd film project, The Way Home is a short film that tells the story of renowned surf filmmaker Elli Thor, and his experience uncovering the hidden potentials, and boundless opportunity for adventure in his home country of Iceland.
This 6-minute film explores Eli’s journey with surfing, and how it has reshaped his understanding of life in the far north.
The story begins with an exposé of the everyday life of a surfer in Reykjavik, before quickly expanding into an adventure film. In the second part of the story we follow Eli as he heads into the remote wilderness of Northern Iceland, traveling by car, boat, sled, and skis in search of great waves, and a new perspective on the place he calls home.
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