The World Surf League (WSL) has dived into their first Championship Tour (CT) event of the year with the Billabong Pro Pipeline currently taking place in Hawaii.
Australia’s top ranked world surfers Jack Robinson and Steph Gilmore will be competing alongside fellow fan favourites including Ethan Ewing, Tyler Wright and Connor O’Leary.
Fox Sports continues its long-standing partnership with the WSL after recently renewing its arrangement which will see all 2023 WSL Championship Tour events broadcast on Foxtel and Kayo Sports live on both platforms and free via Kayo Freebies.
The WSL 2023 Championship Tour event schedule will feature:
| Competition | Country | Date |
| Billabong Pro Pipeline | Hawaii | January 29 – February 10 |
| Hurley Pro Sunset Beach | Hawaii | February 12 – February 23 |
| MEO Rip Curl Portugal Pro | Portugal | March 8 – March 16 |
| Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach | Australia | April 4 – April 14 |
| Margaret River Pro | Australia | April 20 – April 30 |
| Surf Ranch Pro | USA | May 27 – May 28 |
| Surf City El Salvador Pro | El Salvador | June 9 – June 18 |
| VIVO Rio Pro | Brazil | June 23 – July 1 |
| Corona Open J – Bay | South Africa | July 13 – July 22 |
| Shiseido Tahiti Pro | French Polynesia | August 11 – August 20 |
| Rip Curl WSL Finals | USA | September 7 – September 15 |
*Please note all dates in above schedule are in local time
The complete schedule for the 2023 Australian Challenger Series will be announced in the coming months with the following fixtures confirmed:
| Competition | Region | Date |
| Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro presented by Bonsoy | Gold Coast, QLD | May 6 – May 13 |
| GWM Sydney Surf Pro presented by GWM | Sydney, NSW | May 17 – May 24 |
Watch every day of the WSL Billabong Pro Pipeline live and exclusive to Fox Sports, available on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. The competition can also be streamed for free via Kayo Freebies.
