No priority, more creativity: WSL's women take over Supertubos
Teresa Bonvalot catches an early wave as the Portugal Expression Session opens, with a cash prize for standout surfing.
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🔴 WATCH LIVE - MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Corona Cero 2026 - EXPRESSION SESSION
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- 5:08The beach announcer outlines the Expression Session prizes, including €5,000 for the best performer in each category.
- 14:30Joe Turpel narrates a scenic introduction to Peniche's coastal culture and Supertubos.
- 17:18Paul Evans and Jesse Starling explain the conditions and the session's no-priority format.
- 18:40The women's session begins, with Teresa Bonvalot catching an early wave.
Creativity gets its turn. World Surf League's busiest new upload is the Portugal Expression Session broadcast, where the women's lineup gets a different brief from the usual Championship Tour heat.
"It's not ideal to run the contest, but it is ideal for the expression session," commentator Jesse Starling says. Alongside Paul Evans, she sets up a session without priority, the system that normally determines who has first right to a wave. Her wish is specific: turns outside the surfers' usual repertoire. Teresa Bonvalot catches an early wave as the session begins, with Erin Brooks, Johanne Defay, Carissa Moore and Gabriela Bryan among those shown heading out or in the water.
The broadcast has reached roughly 112,000 views, the largest audience among the channel's 15 uploads this week. One commenter asks for expression sessions at every event as a way to break the tension. It's a fitting interlude at a Portugal stop billed as the penultimate event before the Pipe Masters.
Elsewhere, La Marginal's finals-day coverage takes the schedule to Puerto Rico's El Rastrial reef break, where qualification points toward the 2027 Challenger Series are at stake. The subscriber count held steady, while neighboring sports channel World Rugby is drawing a busier daily audience than usual.
The freshest momentum on WSL belongs to something lighter: a clip pairing João Chianca and Filipe Toledo is currently gathering views faster than either the Expression Session broadcast or its accompanying women's highlight.
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Happy for Felipe!! Wish they would do this in every event to break the tension
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- World Surf League
- Subscribers
- 1,660,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- -10,217,532
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 112,440
- Views on its first day
- 104,405
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Where does WSL's La Marginal Surfing Pro take place?
The event takes place at El Rastrial, a reef break in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.