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The 2022 WSL Championship Tour has been the most talked about iteration of the “Dream Tour” since the inception of a pro-surfing tour way back in 1976. There has always been plenty of tour talk in lineups and beachside parking lots in the past, but these days, with social media soapboxes, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and broadcasts, it seems like everybody has something to say about competitive surfing’s premier product.
Most surf fans consume and experience the WSL’s Championship Tour purely through the WSL broadcasts and couldn’t care less about the politics, controversies, drama, and behind-the-scenes stuff that happens on tour. It’s true. The vast majority of the surfing world who tune into surf events just want to see great surfing in epic waves. Of course, that doesn’t always happen. Still, the majority of fans are just stoked to be able to log on, watch surfers rip, cheer for their favourites, and get inspired to surf themselves. Millions of stoked surf fans love the WSL, buy surfers’ jerseys, and soak up the joy of being a pro-surfing fan.
There are levels of fandom: you’ve got accidental
