Did Carissa Moore Get Robbed of the World Title?

Robbed? Not once, but twice. People are sick of the WSL

uh, yeah, bs, everybody is pissed. she should have 8 and the aussie chick should have 6, not the other way around. the wsl is becoming irrelevant.

El surf es un deporte muy emocionante.

Te quiero Carissa. ♡♡♡♡

Cannot change the result, can't change the surfing but you Carissa are so much more dynamic and radical than Steph faster to. Speaks to me more.... Stay tubed ❤❤

That format is obviously a scam. What it does is gives wsl more power to pick the winner they want or the one that’s most lucrative. A tenth of a point could be the difference between a world title win and lose. It’s obviously designed like that so they have options. Judging isn’t even transparent as it should be. I believe everything should be on video record with judges… everything.

Yes

100% robbed....Pathetic set up

7 time champ. 100% nicest person in the world

Stopped watching contests

Who cares and why invent a negative stamp on her legacy? It's already stamped and probably won't be touched, just like Slater's.

Yes twice

Carissa should take these recent loses as a sign it’s time to do take on a bigger and more rewarding challenge: she needs to have three babies and raise them. When the youngest is old enough to surf a lot then she can get back on the tour as the goat of goats.

100% robbed 😢 absolute disgrace

Stupid-est tournament ever in the history of all sports, WSL Final

Hypothetically, the current No.1 surfer could have won every tournament in the year only to lose the title in the year ending WSL Final, while another surfer may not have won a single tournament during the year (just placed high enough often enough) and end up the world champion with the roll of the dice.

This year was different with No.1 ranked Simmers retaining her championship. However, if this was the outcome every year than the WSL Final tournament would be meaningless or redundant, er, top ranked surfer at the end of the year becomes the champion surfer of the year.

Football, baseball, soccer, hockey, etc. may have playoffs but that's for a team sport and a berth in the Super Bowl or World Series, FIFA World Cup, Stanley Cup, etc. In that perspective, the WSL Final isn't a playoff, it's a king of the hill format with the only player (surfer) with nothing to gain and everything to lose being the world's current No. 1.

Professional women's and men's tennis do have a year ending tournament, but that's just to satisfy fans who can't get enough. The result won't effect the Number 1 ranking that a player has worked his ass off all year to attain, not just the fortunes during a two week period.

That's why I quit watching WSL.

Absolutely!

Everybody who knows understands that she's one of the greatest women surfers of all time. Having said that, she knew what she signed up for and had to know that this was a possibility... maybe it was good time to step away because the new crew is here to stay for a while.

WSL IS THE WORST. CAN WE GET BACK TO FOR THE LOVE OF SURFING IM STILL THERE FOR THE LOVE OF SURFING .

Yes, she got robbed twice by the cynical WSL's new finals format. John John Florence was sweating bullets in last year's final, but thankfully, he pulled it off. He talked about the insane stress after. Filipe Toledo dropped out of the tour after enduring that final 5 BS. It is a hateful disregard for the hearts and minds of surfing's top competitors. Carissa should have had two more world titles under her belt, she was top points winner both times she lost the final in Trestles slop after charging and winning at some of the world's toughest breaks. The WSL does a great job bringing live action to us, but they really blew it with this change of finals format, it sucks, nobody likes it, everybody hates it, they don't care. All about $$$. The regard for the WSL has plummeted, but they don't seem to care about that either.

so what does (greedy) Slater have to say about this now??? ... oh never mind, he is busy entertaining the Elite

IF she had won, NO ONE would have complained about final format. As top seed she had the advantage in heats surfed. The best surfer won on the day ,that's sport.

Yes !

Stupid format. Number 5 guy gets hot at the finals and wins. Thats not how it ends. The leader throughout the year should get the title. Besides,WSL judging is so so fixed. Who watches the tour anyways. Just watch free surfing.

Robbed....no. Every other sport in existence has a playoffs system. You can win 32 games in an ncaa basketball season and been number one all year. When it's playoffs time it's a different story. Same with football, same with baseball, same with tennis, same with World Cup soccer, same with them all. You can be the best but still have to win when it counts most. Shouldn't have their own special little way to crown a champ. You gotta win at the right times.