The WSL’s swell machine is taking the sport further than ever from its original meaning
It came during the ad break. Whoosh, like a spray of saltwater across the face, we had messages showing thundering, monster waves crashing towards us with their crests blown to rags by offshore winds. Cut to the pros salivating at the unpredictability, the danger, the drama. They love this stuff, thrive on it. So do audiences.
Cut to the actual event. A world-class athlete looks self-consciously down at the murky green freshwater, making little ripples with their arms as they work out what on earth they are supposed to be doing for the camera right now while the clock ticks down to their allotted serving of wave. So begins the Surf Ranch Pro in (inland) California, the Championship Tour’s first artificial-wave event.
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