Sierra Kerr (AUS) and Erin Brooks (CAN) have been awarded the wildcard spots into this year’s Fiji Pro, Stop 9 on the World Surf League (WSL) 2024 Championship Tour (CT). The prodigious talents will join 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and the winner of the upcoming men’s local trials, who will also compete as wildcards in the event when the CT returns to Cloudbreak from August 20 – 29, 2024.
Currently leading the 2024 Challenger Series rankings, 16-year-old Erin Brooks (CAN) is only a couple of solid results away from securing a full-time spot at the elite level. Having spent weeks training in Fiji earlier this year, along with her incredible performances in hollow left-handers all over Indonesia, Brooks will look to play spoiler at Cloudbreak as the Top 10 women are all vying for a spot in the WSL Final 5.
2024 WSL World Junior Champion Sierra Kerr (AUS) has spent the last few years chasing hollow, left-hand barrels from Indonesia to Tahiti and has shown the world she is setting the bar when it comes to backside tube-riding. The 17-year-old accepts the event Wildcard as the reigning WSL World Junior Champion and is fresh off some incredible performances at the regional level, most notably her 10-point ride at the recent Nias Pro.
Announced earlier this year, 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) accepted the event wildcard for Fiji, a location where he has claimed four CT victories (2005, 2008, 2011, 2012) and even posted a perfect heat total, one of only ten in CT history. Always a standout at one of his favorite locations on the planet, Slater will be looking for a fairytale in what could be one of his last competitive appearances at the elite level.
The second men’s Wildcard spot will go to the winner of the Fiji Trials, which will be held on the best day at Cloudbreak between July 1 and 31.
The Fiji Pro is the last regular-season event and will determine the Final 5 men and Final 5 women who will compete in the Lexus WSL Finals, the one-day, winner-take-all competition to win the 2024 World Championships. The competition will be broadcast LIVE on WorldSurfLeague.com
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