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A study published by the journalist and competitive surfing analyst Lincoln Eather on his Empireave.com platform It shows that in the CT, the female finalists earned 78,5% more per wave surfed than the men.

In addition, what they earn per series surfed is 29,3% higher.

Always speaking clearly about the cash prizes awarded stage by stage.

What Eather did was count all the waves surfed during the year by the finalists; between them, they surfed 1978 waves: the men 1175 and the women 803.

In addition, between them they surfed 379 heats, with the men competing in 195 and the women in 184.

Per wave, male surfers earned an average of $1351 and female surfers $2413, which means women were paid 78,5% more than men.

Meanwhile, per series surfed, women received an average of US$10.532 and men US$8145.

Furthermore, men earned an average of 1,8% more per event: 35875, and women 35236.

Finally, comparing the earnings of each of the top five, the women's awards were significantly higher than those of the men. As this table shows:

Other key data from the study shows that the person who earned the most per event was Yago Dora in Lowers, with a prize of 100.000.

That Pipe was where men surfed the most waves with 169.

JBay was where women surfed the most waves with 104.

And the one who surfed the most series in the year was Griffin Colapinto with 43 series.

Finally, he points out who is the most efficient when it comes to earning money per wave surfed and per series surfed: