The 2018 Rookie Class
Ending the season ranked No.9 in the World, the Australian is your official 2018 Rookie of the Year.
16-year-old rookie of the year winner Caroline Marks might be the youngest CT rookie in history...but she doesn't surf like it.
Willian Cardoso - 5.67
Meet the humble Australian and 2017 rookie on Tour.
The rookie sensation stakes a claim in the finals.
The Brazillian earns one of the highest scores of the men's Qualifying Round at the Surf Ranch Pro.
Early round take-down by the rookie
Early rounds action from the Ranch
Men's and women's Qualifying Rounds are complete and the top 8 men and top 4 women advance to the finals at the first ever Surf Ranch Pro.
Michael February with a 6.13 Wave vs. M.Wilkinson, K.Slater, C.O'Leary, M.Pupo, I.Gouveia, J.Mendes, W.Dantas, J.Duru, H.Ohhara, K.Asing,
The rookie phenom does it again.
Early rounds action heats up in Lemoore.
The Brazilian earns a 7.23 and takes the win over Mike Wright in Round 3 of the Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o.
The rookie earns an 8.00 on the first wave of the Final against Kanoa Igarashi at the Vans US Open of Surfing.
The Californian earns an 8.17 to overthrow Adriano de Souza in a close heat at the US Open.
The wildcard earns a 7.5 to take a Round 2 win and eliminate Marco Giorgi and Mikey Wright at the Vans US Open.
The wildcard isn't slowing down, earning an 8.27 and eliminating Jesse Mendes in Round 2 of the Corona Open J-Bay.
The Australian earns an 8.00 during the Final against Filipe Toledo at the Corona Open J-Bay.
Marks continues her 2018 form with a second QS 6,000 win, this time at the Los Cabos Open of Surf, and sits comfortably at No. 1 on the
The rookie earns the needed 7.87 to overtake a last minute lead from Sally Fitzgibbons in the Quarterfinals of the US Open.
In a big upset for the World Champ -- and a big coup for the rookie -- Mendes won their Round 3 battle at the Corona Bali Protected.
The Australian took down an on fire Conner Coffin during the Quarterfinals of the Corona Open J-bay.
Panda earns a 6.37 against Keanu Asing and Ezekiel Lau to earn a Round 1 heat win at the Corona Open J-Bay.
The Australian powers through his heat against Jeremy Flores earning an 8.57 to move onto Round 4 at the Corona Open J-Bay.
The Californian eliminates wildcard standout Mikey Wright with a 17.70 heat total in Round 3 of the Corona Open J-Bay.
The Brazilian rookie known scored an 8.07 for this lead-footed backhand attack.
The Brazilian's path to the Championship Tour was anything but easy.
The wildcard stepped it up again, earning an 8.20 on his closing wave to take a Round 4 heat win in Bali.
In a huge coup for the rookie, he took down fellow Brasilian Italo Ferreira, the current World No. 1, in Round 3 with his power game.
The Brasilian rookie defeated Tour veteran Owen Wright in a big upset at the Corona Bali Protected.
Mikey Wright earns an 8.43 to take a last minute win against Willian Cardoso in the Quarterfinals of the Corona Bali Protected.
Wade Carmichael is moving on to Round 4 at Bells after eliminating the defending event champion, Jordy Smith.