Asing, Lenny, Sale and McDougall: Sunset CT wildcards and replacements
These are the series of the second stage of the circuit; Brisa goes against Wright and Spencer
Cover photo: Sunset by WSL/Heff
Keanu Asing, Kai Lenny, Brodi Sale and Zoe McDougall were announced as wildcards and replacements for the second leg of the world tour, the Sunset CT, which began its waiting period for waves yesterday, Monday.
Lenny enters as sponsored by the main brand of the event, Hurley, and the rest because of their ranking in the challengers being competitors from the Hawaiian region.
On the other hand, it was confirmed that after Carissa's withdrawal from the Tour and Filipe's 2024 Tour, Ramzi Boukhiam and Sophie McCulloch are now fixed for the first half of the year in the CT.
The event's series were also announced; Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy, who was already champion in Sunset, will face Tyler Wright and Alyssa Spencer.
Below the series:
Women's Round 1
SERIES 1: Molly Picklum (AUS), Gabriela Bryan (HAW), Isabella Nichols (AUS)
SERIES 2: Caitlin Simmers (USA), Luana Silva (BRA), Sophie McCulloch (AUS)
SERIES 3: Caroline Marks (USA), Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Zoe McDougall (HAW)
SERIES 4: Tyler Wright (AUS), Brisa Hennessy (CRC), Alyssa Spencer (USA)
SERIES 5: Johanne Defay (FRA), Lakey Peterson (USA), Sawyer Lindblad (USA)
SERIES 6: Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA), Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW), India Robinson (AUS)
Men's Round 1
SERIES 1: Connor O'Leary (JPN), Imaikalani deVault (HAW), Kade Matson (USA)
SERIES 2: Jack Robinson (AUS), Crosby Colapinto (USA), Deivid Silva (BRA)
SERIES 3: Barron Mamiya (HAW), Caio Ibelli (BRA), Kelly Slater (USA)
SERIES 4: John John Florence (HAW), Jake Marshall (USA), Keanu Asing (HAW)
SERIES 5: Griffin Colapinto (USA), Seth Moniz (HAW), Brodi Sale (HAW)
SERIES 6: Ethan Ewing (AUS), Rio Waida (INA), Kai Lenny (HAW)
SERIES 7: Yago Dora (BRA), Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Frederico Morais (POR)
SERIES 8: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA), Callum Robson (AUS), Cole Houshmand (USA)
SERIES 9: Gabriel Medina (BRA), Matthew McGillivray (RSA), Eli Hanneman (HAW)
SERIES 10: Ian Gentil (HAW), Italo Ferreira (BRA), Jacob Willcox (AUS)
SERIES 11: Jordy Smith (RSA), Miguel Pupo (BRA), Samuel Pupo (BRA)
SERIES 12: Ryan Callinan (AUS), Liam O'Brien (AUS), Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR)
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Related Notes:
These are the CT series of Sunset
Cali goes against Ethan Ewing and Nat Young; Brisa against Courtney Conlogue and Sally Fitzgibbons; Asing and Hanneman are the other replacements
Confirmed: Carlos Muñoz will be in the Sunset CT
He will again be Ramzi Boukhiam's replacement; it has not yet been announced who will replace Jadson Andre
Carlos and Brisa made it to round 3 at the Sunset CT
The Ticos started off on the right foot in the second half of the year
Hennessy finished fifth at Sunset
In a series with divided scores from the judges, she lost to Molly Picklum who, together with Filipe Toledo, were crowned champions of the second CT of the year.
