Six events down. Seven to go. The GWM Aussie Treble is a distant memory, the tour has been on a well-earned break, and the 2026 GLOT Fantasy League is about to get very interesting indeed.
Here’s the state of play.
The Leader: DanielSUP
Nobody had DanielSUP on their radar at the start of the season and that’s exactly how they like it. Quietly consistent across all six events — top 12 at Bells, top 25 at Margs, top 12 at the Gold Coast, second at Raglan, fifth at El Salvador, top 12 at Rio. No single event blow-up, no catastrophic drops. Just steady, intelligent team selection all season long. That’s how you lead a 56-person league at the halfway point.
The Chasers
Cardiff Cobras, beacon barney and Jackattack808 are all within striking distance of the top — separated by less than 130 points across third, fourth and fifth. CaptainBanks and thetrain are lurking dangerously just behind. This is not a runaway — DanielSUP leads but the pack is hunting.
The Chaos Merchants
The first half of the season has been defined by wild event-by-event swings that make the weekly leaderboard look like a different league every stop.
Tbekr went from dead last at Bells (54th, 312 points) to event winner at Margaret River (601.64 points). Then disappeared again. thecaboose and dsTR0Yrs both languished near the bottom for four events before going 1-2 at El Salvador. Hendiesel won Rio from 34th overall. StokeLord805 dominated Raglan with the highest single-event score of the season (740.68) then crashed to 49th at El Salvador.
The lesson: in this league, nobody is ever truly out of it. And nobody is ever truly safe.
GoodLuck: The Hosts
Your hosts won the Gold Coast event outright — 737.51 points, top of the board — and are sitting 8th overall on 3,160.81. We’re 175 points off the lead with seven events remaining, each worth 400-700+ points. The math is very much still alive. Don’t count us out.
The Danger Zone
Squiggly Shark, Sticks, No Ka Oi and Tbekr are all sitting below 2,500 points with seven events to go. It’s not mathematically impossible to climb out but they’re going to need some serious second-half selections. FloriDuhMan at 55th on 1,549 points has had a season to forget — missing entirely at Rio, El Salvador and Brazil. Wherever you are FloriDuhMan, it’s time to come back.
What’s Coming
The second half of the tour is where reputations are made. Teahupo’o kicks things off in August — the most terrifying wave on the planet, where the scoring potential is enormous and the wrong picks will haunt you. Then Cloudbreak, Trestles, Portugal, the Philippines at Cloud 9, Abu Dhabi, and the Pipe Masters to finish.
Seven events. Seven chances to reshape the standings completely. DanielSUP leads but this thing is far from over.
Tahiti starts August 8. Get your picks in. Good luck out there. 🤙