Seman reclaims her cloudbreak crown - Day 2 of the Fiji Surf Pro delivers big waves
by International Windsurfing Tour 10 Jun 03:25 PDT
9-11 June 2026
Cloudbreak went up a gear on Day Two of the World Windsurf Tour's Fiji Surf Pro. The swell jumped twenty percent overnight, bomb sets detonated on the reef throughout the day — shaking the tower — and a consistent twenty knots of cross-offshore wind hit the lineup at the perfect angle.
Truly epic, genuinely historic conditions, and the riders rose to meet the occasion, live on television and online across Fiji, the South Pacific and the world.
By day's end the Tour had a women's champion, four men through to the semifinals, the first eliminations of the redemption rounds — and an injury scare for one of the event favourites.
Jane Seman is the 2026 Fiji Surf Pro Women's Champion
Australia's Jane Seman (Severne) has won the 2026 Fiji Surf Pro — reclaiming the Cloudbreak title she first won in 2022 and confirming her status as one of the most formidable wave sailors of her generation.
The women's title is decided across three runs, with placings from all three counting toward the overall result. After her commanding win in yesterday's opening run — a 16.70 that remains the highest heat total of the entire event — the Margaret River native returned today in bigger, heavier conditions and won again, posting a 9.87 in a tactical battle where wave selection was everything. Two runs, two wins: with placings counted, nobody can catch her. The title is Seman's with a run to spare.
"The waves have just been incredible. It was such a rush riding waves that were this big and to get to do that in a competition was a dream. The longer heats really helped as we could learn more about the waves during each heat. I tried to push myself more with each wave, but watching the guys was so inspiring and I really want to come back and push things so much more. They made the impossible seem possible." — Jane Seman
Behind her, the battle for the podium is beautifully poised. Sarah Kenyon (Severne) found her best windsurfing of the series today, taking second in the run with an 8.27, while Spain's Maria Andrés (Hotsails) placed third on 6.37 — a reversal of their Run 1 results. With Andrés and Kenyon now holding a second and a third apiece, tomorrow's final run will decide who takes silver and who takes bronze.
Men's Round 4 seeding — The big guns fire
The men's Challenger qualifiers joined the main field today for the Round 4 seeding heats, and in the biggest waves of the event so far, the established names answered emphatically. The four heat winners advance directly to the semifinals.
Heat 1 belonged to Hawaii's Bernd Roediger (Hotsails), who put together the most complete heat of the men's event so far — a 16.90 built on critical, committed riding in the biggest sets. Japan's Takuma Sugi (GA, 12.40) and Guadeloupe's Camille Juban (S2, 12.14) were locked in a tight battle behind him, while Day One standout Logan Haggerstrom was unable to post a score — a brutal reminder of how unforgiving Cloudbreak can be.
Heat 2 went to Australia's Jaeger Stone (Severne), whose trademark power surfing earned a 15.23. The UK's Robby Swift (Neil Pryde, 13.33) pushed him all the way with some of the most stylish riding of the day, ahead of Germany's Julian Salmonn (Goya, 12.07) and Duncan Osborn (Hotsails, 9.54).
Heat 3 produced the highest score of the men's event: a 16.96 from Guadeloupe's Antoine Martin (Goya), who attacked the heaviest sections of the reef like a man possessed, with no interest in a long campaign through the rounds. Hawaii's Russell Faurot (S2) took second on 11.56 ahead of Japan's Takara Ishii (Goya, 10.80) and Ireland's Finn Mellon (Goya, 9.80).
Heat 4 was the tightest of the round — France's Baptiste Cloarec (RRD, 15.53) edging Hawaii's Morgan Noireaux (Neil Pryde, 15.16) by less than four tenths of a point in a heat-long exchange of bombs. Italy's Federico Morisio (Severne, 12.87) took third, with Challenger qualifier Michael Westra (8.77) unable to repeat his Day One heroics.
Seeding round winners advance straight to the semifinals:
- Roediger (HAW — Hotsails)
- Stone (AUS — Severne)
- Martin (FRA/GLP — Goya)
- Cloarec (FRA — RRD)
Injury scare for stone
Stone's heat win came at a cost. The Australian suffered a horrific wipeout during Heat 2 and was rescued by the rapid response water safety crew, picked up on the jet-ski and taken straight to the tower, where the on-site event doctor assessed him. Diagnosed with a suspected broken foot, he was transferred by fast boat to the mainland, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to the medical centre. Stone has reported in that he is awaiting scans to assess the damage.
The injury looks serious enough to take him out of contention for tomorrow's finals day — a terrible blow for one of the hot favourites at this event, in his return to international competition after retiring from the full-time tour in 2019. His semifinal place will be held pending medical clearance.
Despite the injury Jaeger was heard saying, "I think had the best wave of my life." — Jaeger Stone
Redemption Round — Second chances, first causalities
For everyone else, the road to the final now runs through the redemption rounds — and competition concluded for the day with Round 5 Redemption complete and the first eliminations of the main event confirmed.
In Redemption Heat 1, Camille Juban (S2) made no mistake with his second chance, controlling the heat from the start for a 13.40 ahead of Germany's Julian Salmonn (Goya, 11.60) — both men keeping their campaigns alive. Australia's Duncan Osborn (Hotsails) fought to the end and posted a respectable 9.90, but in a heat where only two could survive, the Day One Challenger standout's Fiji Surf Pro is over.
Redemption Heat 2 was even crueller. Japan's Takara Ishii (Goya) rose to the occasion with a 13.97 to win the heat, with Ireland's Finn Mellon (Goya, 11.60) grabbing the second qualifying spot by the narrowest of margins — Italy's Federico Morisio (Severne) falling just three tenths short on 11.30 in one of the heats of the event. Michael Westra, the Challenger qualifier whose 13.47 lit up Day One, was unable to find a scoring wave and bows out alongside Morisio.
The four redemption survivors — Juban, Salmonn, Ishii and Mellon — now advance to tomorrow's Round 6, where they'll be joined by the Round 4 runners-up in two loaded heats:
R6 Redemption Heat 1
Takuma Sugi (JPN — GA)
Robby Swift (UK — Neil Pryde)
Camille Juban (FRA/GLP — S2)
Finn Mellon (IRL — Goya)
R6 Redemption Heat 2
Morgan Noireaux (USA/HAW — Neil Pryde)
Russell Faurot (USA/HAW — S2)
Takara Ishii (JPN — Goya)
Julian Salmonn (GER — Goya)
The top finishers from Round 6 will complete the semifinal draw — Heat 1 alongside Roediger and Stone (pending medical clearance), Heat 2 alongside Martin and Cloarec — in what is shaping up as one of the strongest finals-day line-ups in recent windsurfing memory. And this is just a 4-Star Challenger event: such is the draw of mighty Cloudbreak that the best riders in the world still want to come here to test their mettle against this legendary place.
5 hours live, three ways to watch
For the second consecutive day, the Fiji Surf Pro was broadcast live on FBC Sports (FBC-2), the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation's sports channel, reaching a potential audience of 1.7 million viewers across Fiji and the South Pacific — alongside the global live stream on the World Windsurf Tour YouTube channel.
But the best seat in the house was the WWT Hub: the Tour's live event centre, combining the full broadcast with every individual wave score as the judges post it, live heat progression, the complete bracket with athletes advancing in real time, the detailed heat-by-heat schedule, and full rider profiles and statistics — all in one place. Fans following on the Hub today knew every result the moment it happened, wave by wave.
Watch live: worldwindsurftour.com/hub
Finals day
Tomorrow is finals day at the Fiji Surf Pro. The men open with the two Round 6 Redemption heats, the survivors completing the semifinal line-ups alongside Roediger, Stone, Martin and Cloarec, before the semifinals and final crown a men's champion. The women take to the water for their third and deciding run, with silver and bronze still on the line between Andrés and Kenyon. With the swell holding and history already made, Cloudbreak has one more day to deliver. Competition resumes at 12pm Fiji time (FJT), live on FBC Sports, WWT YouTube and the WWT Hub.
Watch finals day live - Broadcast link