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Cloud 9 Hosts the Philippines' First Championship Tour Event From October 31
Siargao's famous right-hand barrel is Stop No. 11 of the World Surf League tour, with Molly Picklum arriving in the yellow jersey and a reduced postseason field.
The World Surf League's Championship Tour comes to the Philippines for the first time with the Philippines Pro at Cloud 9 on Siargao Island, which has a waiting period of October 31 to November 10. Contests run on the days within that window when the waves are good enough, so not every day will see competition.
Cloud 9, off General Luna, is a hollow right-hand reef break and the island's best-known wave. The event had been a lower-tier Qualifying Series contest; the WSL upgraded it in July to a full Championship Tour stop for the 2026 and 2027 seasons, adding it to make sure at least 12 events could be held this year in case the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro could not run; the WSL then canceled the Abu Dhabi event on September 4, so Cloud 9 takes its place. The winners of a local trials contest at Cloud 9 get wildcard spots, and the Philippine press reports that Filipino surfer John Mark Tokong has earned one.
Under the tour's new format this is a postseason stop with a reduced field. Molly Picklum arrives as the women's rankings leader after winning in Portugal last week. After Siargao, the tour's final stop is the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii, December 8 to 20, where the full field returns. The Philippines is 13 hours ahead of Eastern time and 16 ahead of Pacific once daylight saving time ends November 1, so live heats will mostly fall in the American evening and overnight; the WSL streams them on its website.
Correction, Oct. 31, 2026. An earlier version of this story said the tour would go to the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro after the Philippines. The WSL canceled the Abu Dhabi event on September 4; the season's last stop is Pipeline.
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