The 2026 World Surf League Championship Tour Outerknown Tahiti Pro is still sorting itself out in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, with Leonardo Fioravanti waiting on the winner of Ramzi Boukhiam vs Oscar Berry and the men’s and women’s brackets still incomplete.
That is why fans are looking at WSL action now: the event is live, the remaining heats are still deciding matchups, and the draw is not close to settled. Gabriela Bryan will face the winner of Sally Fitzgibbons and Anat Lelior, while Caitlin Simmers, Lakey Peterson, Sawyer Lindbald, Luana Silva, Molly Picklum, Carissa Moore and Caroline Marks are already sitting in the winners bracket and waiting for opponents. On the men’s side, Fioravanti is the top-ranked surfer in the draw, and Italo Ferreira is the second-ranked man in the WSL, just 85 points behind him.
That gap matters because the bracket is still live, not final. Ferreira is waiting on Fioravanti on the other side, which leaves the title picture open even as Fioravanti holds the top spot. G Medina is still awaiting an opponent from Eli Hanneman vs Kelly Slater, and four total heats remain for final qualifying, including Luke Thompson vs Matthew McGillivray and Seth Moniz vs Eimeo Czermak. The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET, and fans can tune into + to follow the rest of the Tahiti Pro as the field gets locked in heat by heat.
The cleanest read is that the day belongs to the surfers who are still standing in the middle of the bracket, because one result can still redraw the path for both draws. By the time the remaining heats are done, the Outerknown Tahiti Pro will finally have the kind of matchups the leaderboard is already hinting at.
