The biggest news here is that, unlike last year which only saw two new faces, this year sees five: Matt Banting, Wiggoly Dantas, Italo Ferreira, Keanu Asing and Ricardo Christie. (Dusty Payne’s a rookie, but he’s been on tour before.)

2014 Top 22 Men’s CT:

Gabriel Medina (BRA)

Mick Fanning (AUS)

John John Florence (HAW)

Kelly Slater (USA)

Michel Bourez (PYF)

Joel Parkinson (AUS)

Jordy Smith (ZAF)

Adriano de Souza (BRA)

Taj Burrow (AUS)

Josh Kerr (AUS)

Kolohe Andino (USA)

Owen Wright (AUS)

Nat Young (USA)

Julian Wilson (AUS)

Adrian Buchan (AUS)

Bede Durbidge (AUS)

Filipe Toledo (BRA)

Kai Otton (AUS)

Miguel Pupo (BRA)

Sebastian Zietz (HAW)

Freddy Patacchia Jr. (HAW)

Jadson Andre (BRA)

2014 Top 10 Men’s QS (minus double qualifiers from CT):

Matt Banting (AUS)

Wiggolly Dantas (BRA)

Adam Melling (AUS)

Italo Ferreira (BRA)

Matt Wilkinson (AUS)

Keanu Asing (HAW)

Dusty Payne (HAW)

Jeremy Flores (FRA)

Brett Simpson (USA)

Ricardo Christie (NZL)

WSL Men’s Wildcards: C.J. Hobgood (USA) and Glenn Hall (IRL)

The 2015 elite women’s Championship Tour (CT) will be contested by the WSL Top 17, comprised of the top 10 finishers on the 2014 CT, the top six finishers on the 2014 QS and the WSL wildcard.



2014 Top 10 Women’s CT:

Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)

Tyler Wright (AUS)

Carissa Moore (HAW)

Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)

Malia Manuel (HAW)

Lakey Peterson (AUS)

Bianca Buitendag (ZAF)

Johanne Defay (FRA)

Courtney Conlogue (USA)

Laura Enever (AUS)

2014 Top 6 Women’s QS (minus double qualifiers from CT):

Silvana Lima (BRA)

Coco Ho (HAW)

Sage Erickson (USA)

Nikki Van Dijk (AUS)

Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW)

Alessa Quizon (HAW)

WSL Women’s Wildcard: Dimity Stoyle