‘No one really likes it’: brutal rule change breaks hearts in World Surf League

Australians Fitzgibbons, Wright and Cibilic lose Tour status

Emotions have run high in Western Australia this week as Sally Fitzgibbons, Owen Wright and Morgan Cibilic all lost their Championship Tour status due to the rule change, which has delivered on Tour organisers’ promises to provide more drama and increased pressure. “I felt every one of those cheers and hugs from you yesterday and hope I can reciprocate when we cross paths in your big moment.”

All three Australians will now head to the Gold Coast for this weekend’s Challenger Series event as they seek a way back from the minor leagues to the 2023 Championship Tour. The WSL introduced the mid-season cut for this year’s tour to reduce the men’s and women’s fields from 36 and 18 to 24 and 12 respectively at the season’s midway point.

Nobody wants to see the same people surf against each other all the time either. And if none of your countrymen/women are surfing, you will be far less likely to watch.

Brutal. Happens on the Freeride World Tour (big mountain) too and has impacted Aussie Michaela Davis-Meehan.

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