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2021 World Surf League Finals
VenueLower Trestles
LocationSan Clemente, California, United States
Dates14 September 2021
Competitors10 from 5 nations
Champions
MenBrazil Gabriel Medina
WomenHawaii Carissa Moore

The 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the eighth and final event of the 2021 World Surf League. It was the inaugural edition of the World Surf League Finals, and took place at Lower Trestles in California on 14 September 2021.[1][2]

The men's event was won by Brazil's Gabriel Medina, while the women's event was won by Hawaii's Carissa Moore.[3]

Format

The event featured the top five surfers from both the men's and women's regular season standings, and consisted of four head-to-head matches, held on a single day. In the first match, the surfers ranked fourth and fifth went head-to-head, with the winner advancing to take on the third-ranked surfer in the second match. The winner of the second match then took on the second-ranked surfer in the third match, with the winner qualifying for the title match against the top-ranked surfer in the standings.[4][5]

Results

Men

Draw

Match 1Match 2Match 3Title match
1Brazil Gabriel Medina2
2Brazil Ítalo Ferreira12.443Brazil Filipe Toledo0
3Brazil Filipe Toledo16.573Brazil Filipe Toledo15.97
4United States Conner Coffin15.004United States Conner Coffin14.33
5Australia Morgan Cibilic9.84

Title match

Brazil Gabriel Medina Round Brazil Filipe Toledo
16.30 1 15.70
17.53 2 16.36
3

Women

Draw

Title match

Hawaii Carissa Moore Round Brazil Tatiana Weston-Webb
14.06 1 15.20
17.26 2 15.60
16.60 3 14.20

References

  1. ^ "Rip Curl WSL Finals". World Surf League. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Olympic champs Moore and Ferreira seek World Surf League titles at inaugural WSL Finals". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina Are Officially the 2021 World Champions". Surfer.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Rip Curl WSL Finals / Format". World Surf League. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The waiting period of the first ever Rip Curl WSL Finals starts tonight". Carve. Retrieved 9 September 2021.