Everything you need to know about the Salvadoran longboard finals
The guide to stay informed about the tournament that will determine the 2024 world champions of the discipline
Special coverage presented by Surf City - El Salvador Travel
The world longboard titles will be decided on the waves of El Sunzal, El Salvador, from October 9 to 13, with the WSL 2024 finals taking place. A one-day event that decides the world champion.
The 16 best longboarders of the year, eight men and eight women, will decide the world championship after competing in three events held in Bells Beach, Australia, Huntington Beach, California and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Some important statistics to take into account regarding the championship are the following:
Of the 16 surfers, eight men and eight women, only four are goofy footers: Chase Lieder, Rogelio Esquivel, Steven Sawyer and Kelis Kaleopaa.
If we take the women, of the eight only one is a goofy footer and it is precisely the Hawaiian Kaleopaa.
-The 16 surfers competing have 12 WSL world titles won by six competing surfers: Taylor Jensen (3), Kai Sallas (1), Steven Sawyer (1), Soleil Errico (3), Honolua Blomfeld (3) and Rachael Tilly (1).
-In other words, 10 of the 16 competitors could become world champions for the first time in history.
-Participants divided by country, considering Hawaii a separate nation as the WSL does, are distributed as follows:
Hawaii: 6 – Honolua Blomfield, Kelis Kaleopaa, Sophia Cullhane, John Michael Van Hohonsteiin, Kai Sallas and Kaniela Stewart
United States: 4 – Soleil Errico, Rachael Tilly, Taylor Jensen and Chase Lieder
France: 2 – Alice Lemoigne and Zoe Grospiron
Philippines: 1 – Rogelio Esquievel
Great Britain: 1 – Ben Skinner
Japan: 1 – Natsumi Taoka
South Africa: 1 – Steven Sawyer
-The format indicates that on any given day, anyone from the first to the eighth in the ranking can be world champion. As established by the order of ranking, in series 1 the 8th compete with the 7th and the 6th. From that series one player passes and in the next one three players compete again, the winner of the previous one with the 5th and the 4th ranked player.
From then on, it is a man-on-man series. In total, on the final day, ten series are held, five per gender.
Below is the road map for El Salvador:
THE WOMEN'S FINALS:
THE MEN'S FINALS:
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