When she can’t, it often comes apart for her. When Lakey can do her signature wrap, she gets the scores. Mostly though, it’s been a forgettable season for her with a string of early round exits. Thanks to her quarterfinal finish at Margaret River, Lakey squeaked over the cut line. She’s ranked low on my list due to my inability to get excited about her surfing. Tati already has her Olympic qualification sealed, so she could be forgiven for relaxing into the second half of the season. Add another semi - or even an event win, and she’ll be right back in the top five again. Tati’s consistent with two quarters, a semi, and a ninth. She hasn’t done anything exciting this year, but sometimes, exciting isn’t necessary. Currently tied on points with Steph, Tati also sits just outside the top five. Expect her in the top five before long, but she gets last here due to there even being any suspense at all over her ability to make the cut.ĩ. Steph can readily make a run up the rankings, if she brings her best surfing and the conditions aren’t total dogshit. Steph’s typically done well at Surf Ranch, and the right point at J-Bay awaits her. Steph currently sits sixth just 1800 points behind Caity Simmers. For a six-time world champion, there should not have been any question on this front. I suspect it’s that last detail that gave her a second chance.ġ0. But Brisa was the top-ranked woman to miss the cut, has been on Tour since 2016, and won Sunset in 2022. Soph missed two events, making the cutline a steep climb. After all, Soph is right there and had a giant brace on her ankle. Johanne’s currently last in the rankings, so she’s unlikely to challenge for the top five again this time around.Īrguably Brisa is a less obvious choice for the 2024 season wildcard. Johanne finished last year third in the world, which gave her the edge over injured rookie Sophie McCulloch. Johanne is super, super stoked that Steph made the cut or she might have been left out in the cold. Johanne Defay spent much of the season out with a foot injury, and has the surgery scar to prove it. On the women’s side, there are two new wildcards - one for the remainder of this season and 2024 and one for 2024.
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In fact, if you have a good excuse you can lend me, feel free to share it! I need all the help I can get over here. I guess I’m going there, too, unless I can think of a super good excuse.
That’s right, they’re all headed straight for Lemoore. Let’s take a look at who’s left, where they’ve been, and where they’re headed. Next time, maybe they’ll paint it teal instead. It’s not a great look for an organization that likes to talk about its commitment to equity. Post-cut, the men’s draw includes 24 surfers. It is certainly much smaller than the men’s version. Much the same could be said to the current approach of the World Surf League toward the women’s CT. In the outdoor industry, brands used to take a mediocre men’s product - never anything high end - make it smaller, because women are so very small, and paint it pink. Were you so very sad for the women we left behind? Honestly, I’m having a hard time remembering them at all.
We have made it, at last, to the mid-season cut. Welcome back to the extremely occasional Beachgrit coverage of the women’s Championship Tour. "In the outdoor industry, brands used to take a mediocre men’s product, make it smaller and paint it pink.
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