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The World Surf League (WSL), the global home of professional surfing has partnered with Sportz Interactive (SI), a global sports technology and fan engagement company, to introduce WSL Gaming — a unified fan engagement experience integrating WSL Fantasy, WSL Bracket Predictor and Live Fan Poll into a single structured participation layer across the Championship Tour season.
WSL brings the world’s best surfers to iconic waves around the world for the elite Championship Tour, which has been crowning World Champions for 50 years.
WSL Gaming has been created using SI’s modular fan engagement operating system, FanOS. Within this operating structure, the formats sit inside the Experience layer, which is focused on delivering interactive digital formats — including games, predictors and participatory tools — designed to deepen fan involvement across owned platforms.
As part of this initiative, SI’s role includes:
- Structuring a unified WSL Gaming environment across multiple formats
- Designing both season-long and event-based participation mechanics
- Integrating interactive formats within WSL’s official website and app
- Aligning gaming engagement with the broader Championship Tour calendar
The three gaming formats serve distinct participation preferences:
WSL Fantasy mirrors the Championship Tour structure, combining Men’s and Women’s results and enabling fans to assemble strategic teams across the season.
The WSL Bracket Predictor introduces event-based forecasting once elimination draws are confirmed, allowing fans to predict head-to-head matchups through to the final.
The Live Fan Poll delivers real-time interactive prompts across the event cycle — before, during and after competition — encouraging opinion-led participation alongside performance outcomes.
By consolidating strategy-based gameplay, event-level prediction and real-time interaction, WSL Gaming introduces recurring touchpoints across the tour calendar and creates layered participation opportunities for different fan cohorts.
Don’t just watch the waves, play the game! Lock in your teams, make your predictions, and compete across the Championship Tour season at fantasy.worldsurfleague.com.
About the WSL
The World Surf League (WSL) is the global home of competitive surfing, crowning World Champions since 1976 and showcasing the world’s best surfing. The WSL oversees surfing’s global competitive landscape and sets the standard for elite performance in the most dynamic playing field in all of sports. With a firm commitment to its values, the WSL prioritizes the protection of the ocean, equality, and the sport’s rich heritage, while championing progression and innovation.
For more information, please visit WorldSurfLeague.com.
About SI
SI (formerly Sportz Interactive) is the leading sports technology partner for leagues, teams, federations, broadcasters, and media companies worldwide. With 24 years of engineering pedigree, SI specialises in creating scalable, enterprise-grade digital products that turn fan engagement into measurable commercial value. SI works with world-renowned sporting organisations, leagues, and franchises – including the NBA, ICC, UFC, FIBA, BCCI, leading IPL teams, World Archery, and global technology and media brands such as Google, Amazon Prime Video, and more.
Through FanOS: The Fan Engagement Operating System for Sports Organisations, SI provides a portfolio of productised solutions built specifically for the sports industry, through a suite of flexible, independent modules across Data, Experiences, and Activations that are designed to run as a complete ecosystem, or seamlessly plug into existing workflows.
SI doesn’t just build fan experiences; we ensure sports organisations operate like scalable, data-integrated enterprises pioneering the future of sports fandom.
For more information, please visit sportzinteractive.net/fanos and follow SI on LinkedIn.
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