Kelly Slater tested positive for Covid
His presence at the Bells stage could be complicated: He must test negative before leaving for Australia; the event begins its waiting period on April 10
Australian sports minister: Slater has “no chance of entering the country”
No vaccine, no entry; the authority referred to the situation of the 11-time world champion and the two stages he must travel to
The WSL “encouraged” its surfers to get vaccinated against Covid
They reported that by the end of the 2021 tour in September, most surfers had already been vaccinated.
Bali and Fiji gradually reopened borders
Indonesian island requires vaccination and five-day quarantine for tourists from 19 countries, Pacific island only vaccinates and opens for 16 nations
Defending champion Sage Erickson has missed the US Open due to Covid-19
Brazilian Silvana Lima also cancelled her participation in the tournament; Hays and Maruyama entered
Brazilian stage of CT was cancelled
And the Mexican and the Tahitian were moved forward in time; the 10 finalists will be defined after eight tournaments
Finally, seven positive cases were found in the World Cup out of approximately 700 tests carried out.
123 contacts were retested and all tested negative
The result of an off-season swell in Nias during the Covid-19 pandemic
The same perfect waves with very few people in the water
Australian media reports Bells event has been cancelled
WSL says it remains hopeful of holding the event, albeit not at Easter time; talks of the newly announced Newcastle event being one of four
A half-million-dollar charter flight aims to save the world tour
It will depart on March 6 from Los Angeles to Sydney and will take the best in the world to participate in, everything indicates, four stages in Australia.
Venezuelan Federation Receives $4.000 from ISA's Solidarity Fund
They will be used for their response program to the crisis caused by the Covid-19 crisis called The Solidarity Wave
Police abuse of surfers in Venezuela denounced
The situation is tense after six months of ban, the federation is waiting for a response from the government; “In Venezuela, is it allowed to be happy?” asks a local leader
El Salvador and Venezuela are the only countries in Latin America where surfing is not possible due to the pandemic
From absolutely prohibited to totally permitted, with partialities depending on the country, this is the situation in the region
A society with amputated souls will never serve any purpose
On the abusive confinement in this damn pandemic and the relationship of this with how important it is to go to the water to surf some waves
“The fact that surfing is not allowed in most of South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, France, Spain, etc., makes no sense to me.”
Slater continues his crusade against surfing bans due to the measures taken by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic
“I lost a boat, my car keys, some electronic devices and a little bit of my dignity”
Don Abadie, the Californian who tried to surf Trestles by boat (and ended up facing the authorities), spoke about the incident
