Cover photo: WSL/Thisted

Last week, the WSL confirmed the holding of the final stage of the regional QS circuit, which qualifies 10 men and 5 women for the challenger events that will determine qualification for the 2023 CT.

It will be another Layback Pro that will take place between April 6th and 10th on the waves of Praia Mole, Florianópolis.

With this, it is now known that the final ranking will include the three stages completed without any discards, two in Floripa and one in Saquarema.

A week later, the first stage of the 2022-2023 circuit will take place, the Rip Curl Pro Mar del Plata. There had been talk of events in Ecuador, of which there is still no news, as well as in Iquique and Arica.

The following surfers have a chance of making it into the top 10 and top 4:

South American Ranking
01: Yago Dora (BRA) – 4.950 top of CT 22
02: Willian Cardoso (BRA) – 3.450
03: Eduardo Motta (BRA) – 3.200
04: João Chianca (BRA) – 3.000 top of CT 22
04: Alex Ribeiro (BRA) – 3.000
06: Michael Rodrigues (BRA) – 2.580
07: Wesley Leite (BRA) – 2.550
08: Marco Fernandez (BRA) – 2.450
09: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) – 2.385
10: Samuel Pupo (BRA) – 2.100 and top of CT 222
10: Robson Santos – 2.100
12: Matheus Navarro (BRA) – 1.700
12: Santiago Muniz (ARG) – 1.700
14: Jesse Mendes (BRA) – 1.650
15: Thiago Camarão (BRA) – 1.550
15: Victor Bernardo (BRA) – 1.550
17: José Francisco (BRA) – 1.500
18: Alonso Correa (PER) – 1.385
19: Renan Peres Pulga (BRA) – 1.250
19: José Gundesen (ARG) – 1.250
19: Ryan Kainalo (BRA) – 1.250

Ladies
01: Sophia Medina (BRA) – 3.500 points
02: Daniella Rosas (PER) – 2.900
03: Arena Rodriguez Vargas (PER) – 2.600
04: Laura Raupp (BRA) – 2.500
05: Summer Macedo (BRA) – 2.150
06: Larissa Santos (BRA) – 2.100
07: Isabelle Nalu (BRA) – 2.000
08: Sol Carrion (BRA) – 1.500
09: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) – 1.400
09: Melanie Giunta (PER) – 1.400

Athletes who are in the CT have their place classified in the challengers so their place is not used for the regional ranking. With three CTs in the top 10, I would rank up to 13th in the challengers.

According to WSL information provided to DUKE, the number of women qualifying for the South American region has decreased from five to four.