The footprints of that madman named Erik Logan were trampled all over today and became, or will become, oblivion, from today onwards.

The tour will no longer have finales or mid-year breaks and will be as before.

With the glory of the champion being crowned at Pipe, and to win at Pipe, you have to play at Pipe... Or not play at all, but not save everything to win at Lowers. A madness that should never have happened.

This is one of the most welcome pieces of news the WSL has delivered in recent years.

WSL CEO Ryan Crosby said that when all athletes were surveyed, 90% voted for things to go back to the way they were.

Silently, everyone wanted what just happened to happen, and they didn't shout it out because they were afraid of the somewhat macabre system the league has.

The implications aren't that important. What happens in stages 10 and 11? How do you reclassify? We'll find out.

The important thing is that there is no longer any such thing as the world champion being determined in one day.

That was always wrong and always will be.

A solid 12-stage tour will be responsible for crowning the best. Which makes perfect sense: the best on all waves, not on any one day.

Less show and more surfing.

The WSL is now giving the world a glimmer of hope, and the 2026 world champion will be the first since 2019 to have a greater merit than those that have come since that decision.