Big Wave Alliance

The Media Goes Wild: A Big Wave Rebel Tour Is Brewing

The Big Wave Alliance, co-founded by Freddy Olander and legendary big wave surfer Gary Linden, has been making waves in the international surf media. A new kind of big wave tour is being organised — one that challenges the existing structures of professional big wave competition and puts the athletes back in control.

Stab Magazine

A Big Wave Rebel Tour Is Brewing

Six events, a new seeding system, and world champs to be crowned.

Surfer Magazine

There’s a New Game Coming To the Big Wave World. Launching the Big Wave Alliance, Gary Linden and company are making plans for this winter.

The Inertia

Can the New Big Wave Alliance Tour Succeed Where the WSL Failed?

What Is the Big Wave Alliance?

The Big Wave Alliance is an athlete-driven organisation founded to create a fairer, more inclusive and more exciting structure for professional big wave surfing competition. The concept centres on six events per season, a new seeding system that gives underrepresented athletes a path to compete at the highest level, and prize money that reflects the genuine risk and commitment required to surf the world’s biggest waves.

Gary Linden is one of the founding fathers of big wave surfing. His involvement brings decades of institutional knowledge, credibility and a network that spans the entire global big wave community. Together with Freddy Olander, the alliance represents both the legacy and the future of the sport.