Margaret River, in Australia, will define who remains in the fight for the world title

There will be twenty-two men and ten women who will head towards the dispute for the 2022 surfing world title, after the Margaret River stage.

With the return of the controversial cut, which cuts off the opportunity for more surfers to compete for the title, Margaret becomes strategic on the world circuit.

If before Margaret was disposable in the eyes of spectators and opinion makers who see fate as completely replaceable, in 2022 she becomes decisive.

This is because from Margaret onwards, the race for the title actually intensifies.

transmissions

Globo broadcasts Margaret River’s stage on GloboPlay, ge website and Sportv channel until the round of 16 and, from the quarterfinals onwards, sportv3 shows live the decisive heats until the title is defined.

The broadcasts will be led by Bruno Fonseca and André Azevedo, with comments from Alejo Muniz, Victor Ribas and Diogo Mourão.

In addition to Globo, it is possible to watch and follow Margaret’s waves in real time through the WSL website, the League’s app and networks.

Filipe and Tatiana

In 2021, Filipe Toledo and Tatiana Weston-Webb won the Margaret stage.

Eleven months later, Tatiana, the country’s only representative in the tournament, won the Portugal stage and currently occupies sixth place in the ranking.

Already Filipe Toledo is the ball of the time. After the second place in the Portuguese stage and the title at Bells Beach last week, the surfer from Ubatuba took first place on the world circuit and arrives at Marga’s in yellow lycra.

Drug consumption awareness stage

Margaret this year, in addition to being decisive, will bring again and as she does in most years, the message about the importance of raising awareness and talking about drug consumption.

“Drug aware” sheds light on substance use and abuse.

Which for me was never very clear, after all, the league has in its history numerous stages sponsored by alcoholic beverage brands.

Despite understanding that alcohol is not properly classified as a drug, because it is legal, we know that it is the exaggerated consumption of it that can bring a hundred zillions of b.o’s.

In any case, it is commendable that the league brings to the fore the importance of talking openly about the consumption of banned substances…

But this is such a complex issue that it is not worth approaching in such a superficial way.

It’s definitely a plus point for WSL and it’s not up for debate.