The World Surf League is changing its Championship Tour format, namely moving its most prestigious event, the Pipe Masters off Oahu's North Shore, from the beginning of the season to the end to ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Major format and schedule changes will be made to the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) for the 2026 season and beyond, including the return of Pipeline – ...

SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Hawaii's Pipeline Masters will return as a high-stakes finale for surfing's world tour in 2026, part of a shake-up unveiled on Saturday that includes the resumption of a ...

Hawaii’s Pipeline returns as competitive surfing’s big finale location in 2026. The mid-year cut is gone. And the one-day, winner-takes-all, WSL Final 5 championship is no longer. The World Surf ...

The format for the Pipeline Masters has been one of professional surfing's greatest dilemmas since the ASP introduced a two-tiered rating system in 1992. Each year since then, the Pipe Masters has ...