‘It sucks, man’: World Surf League’s dreaded cut claims its final victims | Kieran Pender

The controversial feature, added in 2022, will disappear after the Margaret River Pro. Few surfers on the elite tour are sad to see it goOn Tuesday, as a towering swell groomed by the Roaring Forties across the Indian Ocean reached its explosive final destination on the Western Australian coast, two surfers battled for their careers. Australian-Japanese surfer Connor O’Leary and Queenslander Liam O’Brien took on each other and Margaret River’s pumping conditions to retain a spot on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour.With O’Leary just above and O’Brien just below the dreaded cut-line, victory would be a major step towards safety; defeat would likely consign the loser to a re-qualification slog on the second-tier Challenger Series. Continue reading...

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