The Qualifying Series is the lowest rung on the competitive World Surf League ladder but the next generation has sucked me in with their talent
At first, it seemed like a natural progression. I have long been a surf fan, I regularly write about the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour, and once even tried my hand in a local surf competition. And so in recent years, during breaks between top-tier WSL events, I found myself glued to live streams for the second tier, the Challenger Series.
Only this year, the WSL wrapped up in September, and the Challenger Series had major gaps in its schedule. And that was how I found myself addicted to third-tier surfing, the WSL Qualifying Series (QS). What started with watching the best surfers in the world on the best waves in the world ended with the Taiwan Open of Surfing. Jinzun Harbor is not Teahupo’o or Pipeline, but, for the surf-starved, it is better than nothing.
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