Six-surfer teams. A $252,000 prize pot at every event. Live to the world. The Wave Pool Surf League is building the first team league made for wave pool arenas, and every seat at the table is open.
Picture a Friday night in a wave pool arena. The lights are up, the stands are full and six-surfer teams walk out to music, each athlete called by name. Every wave counts twice: once for the surfer, once for the team.
That is WPSL. Whether you want to watch it, surf it, own a team in it or put your brand behind it, there is a place for you from the get go.
Who we are
WPSL is the first global team league built for wave pool arenas, and it is designed for live TV from the ground up. Think F1, but on water: teams carry the colours, the sponsors and the rivalries, while individual surfers chase their own crown on points across the season.
Wave pools are surfing's new stadiums. The waves fire on schedule, so every contest starts and finishes on time, with no waiting on swell and no lay days. That makes a team game possible: fast heats, a clear scoreboard and a show that never stops.
Team surfing is having its moment. The Olympics and the ISA World Games have shown how loudly fans cheer for a side, and Australia's new Surfing Super League has put team surfing in the spotlight. WPSL brings that energy into the arena.
Our philosophy is simple. WPSL provides the canvas. The surfers and teams will define what elite surfing looks like.
For fans: pick a side, score every wave
Fans do not just watch WPSL; they play a part in it. Follow your favourite surfer and your favourite team at the same time, and feel every heat twice over.
Your score, live. Post your own score on every wave, alongside the expert judging panel and the AI score, and see straight away whether the judges agree.
Your favourite. Fan scores are tallied across the season to crown the Fans' Favourite surfer, the athlete the crowd rated highest.
Get in the water. By day there is Learn-to-Surf, sessions with the pros and coaching.
Then the show. Late afternoon and evening bring team entrances, live competition in front of thousands of fans, the awards ceremony and the after-party.
For athletes: your surfing, your team, your title
Every WPSL team is a squad of six: two men, two women and two juniors, one boy and one girl. Men and women carry equal weight in the team score, and the juniors get a professional platform from day one.
Real prize money. The winning team takes $108,000 at every event, which is $18,000 per surfer.
Your own crown. Every surfer's scores add up across the year, with individual champions for men, women, junior boys and junior girls crowned at the season Final.
A future. The 2027 winners earn a guaranteed place in the 2028 league.
Freedom. Heats run one-on-one within each division, and the format rewards creativity and progression as much as consistency.
Athletes can join a team, or form one of their own.
For team owners and investors: own a team, F1-style
In F1, the teams are the stars as much as the drivers. WPSL works the same way. A brand, an investor group, a private backer or the athletes themselves can form a team, choose the surfers and race for the prize money. Independent and brand-owned teams enter on the same terms.
Founding places. Only three team places are open for 2027, and those first three teams receive a founders' rate.
A property that grows. The tour expands from 2 events in 2027 to 10 a season by 2030, with more teams joining as it grows.
A side with a following. Rivalries build event after event, and fans who pick a team stay with it, even when a star moves on.
Surfing has always had team rivalries; they were just never named. Andy Irons against Kelly Slater was, in effect, Billabong against Quiksilver. In WPSL, that rivalry is the format.
For brands and partners: back the launch, title the league
WPSL offers something surfing has rarely had: a property a brand can own, not just a logo on a banner.
Event partner. Put your name on the opening night of a new arena sport, from the stands to the screen.
League title partner. One partner can stand behind WPSL from the very start, for three seasons from 2028.
Category freedom. Airlines, cars, banking and technology brands can back a team or an event, just as they do in F1, rugby and cricket.
Screen time all year. Teams create stories that run between events, not just on competition day.
$252,000 on the line, every event
Every WPSL event carries the same $252,000 prize pot, wherever it is surfed. The winning team takes $108,000, second place $84,000 and third $60,000, so every team leaves with something.
2027: 2 events (the launch and the Final), 3 teams, $504,000 season prize pot
2028: 6 events, 4 teams, $1,512,000
2029: 8 events, 6 teams, $2,016,000
2030: 10 events, 8 teams, $2,520,000
By 2030 that is more than $2.5 million a season, across a world tour of wave pools.
Live to the world
WPSL is built for the screen. Our agreed media partner Fuel TV brings a global reach of 4.27 billion, across more than 80 platforms in 11 languages. Every competition night will go out live with Fuel TV and Extreme Channel, and stream here on WPSL.live
The story carries on between events. We are planning a behind-the-scenes team series with Extreme that follows the squads from the first applications to the final wave: owners building teams, juniors on their first pro squad and teammates chasing the same crown.
The first event lands in Europe on a Friday night in autumn 2027, with the venue and date to be announced soon.
Find your place in WPSL
The first season is taking shape now. Here is how to be part of it from the first wave:
Fans: join our mailing list through the Contact page on WPSL.live, and follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn for team news, athlete stories and the road to the first event.
Athletes: form a team or put yourself forward for one.
Team owners and investors: take one of three founding places for 2027, at a founders' rate.
Brands and partners: back the launch night, or title the league from the start.
To submit a team or talk partnership, book a call with us.
WPSL provides the canvas. The surfers paint it. Your place is waiting.
Justin West, Founder & CEO, WPSL