“I Could See Italo Winning A World Title, Which Is Kinda Heavy”

“At the end of the day, it is what it is. Everyone knows where they’re surfing. Everyone knows what they’re surfing for. Lowers is a pretty damn good venue for it. It’s a perfect peak. Really high performance. And look at the past winners… is anyone really going to argue with those guys winning it?”

The Final 5 will most likely run right away according to Yadin Nicol’s forecast interpretation. ‘It should be fun, head high and consistent,’ he told Stab. Second only to wave quality, opportunity is the most key ingredient for ensuring a fair and entertaining contest. So that’s good, I guess.

All 10 surfers have spotted getting warmed up at Lowers, some of which we captured yesterday. However, it’s looking like Friday (8:00AM PST) is when the rubber will meet the road. For six more expert predictions of who will take out the World Title, read here.

You can find our pre-WSL Finals poddy at the bottom of this article.

Gamble Ramble

Mikey C made a trio of well-placed pre-season bets which leave him with the potential to win nearly $2,000 by day’s end — without putting any additional money down. Make your own pics at betonline.ag

Preseason bets:
$100 on Molly Picklum to win WT at +700 to win $700
$100 on Caity Simmers to win WT at +600 to win $600
$200 on EE to win WT at +600 to win $1200

Finals Winners
$100 on Ethan Ewing at +1200 to win $1200
$50 on Italo Ferreira at +900 to win $450
$50 on Tati WW at +1000 to win $500

Round 1
$100 on Ethan Ewing at +100 to win $100
$100 on Tati WW at -130 to win $76

2024 season earnings:
Pipe: $2,458
Sunset: $1,022
Portugal: $500
Bells: $0
Margs: $901
Teahupo’o: -$639
El Sal: $801
Brazil: -$213
Olympics: $433
Cloudbreak: $95
Lowers: TBD
Total: $5,263

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