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Which WSL competitor scooped $1.4k per wave last

This is for the numbers guys, the curious cats or the surf nerds among us. The guys at Empire Ave, “who clearly don’t have anything better to do on a Sunday day afternoon,” crunched down a few pages of raw WSL data into an entertaining green infographic for your trivial indulgence. How much did the top 10 riders earn in prize loot? Where in the world were the most waves caught in competition? (Yes, Gabriel Medina caught most of them). What about who earned the most and least per wave in the bunch? Scroll on and ye shall find out.

style // Mar 8, 2016
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This is for the numbers guys, the curious cats or the surf nerds among us. The guys at Empire Ave, “who clearly don’t have anything better to do on a Sunday day afternoon,” crunched down a few pages of raw WSL data into an entertaining green infographic for your trivial indulgence. How much did the top 10 riders earn in prize loot? Where in the world were the most waves caught in competition? (Yes, Gabriel Medina caught most of them). What about who earned the most and least per wave in the bunch? Scroll on and ye shall find out.

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