One Down, Three To Go: WSL 1, Cynicism 0 At the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup, it was just about the surfing — and it wasn’t just that. Photo: Dunbar/WSL Link copied to clipboard Yeah, the competition was hot. Italo, all passion and flair, turning into the Iceman in the last few minutes of the final, closing it down with all the executioner’s cool of his opponent. Literally playing with Gabriel Medina. Here, have this wave if ya like, you won’t get the score. Who does that? To Gabriel? Italo Ferreira, that’s who. Carissa, of all these great women on tour right now, surely the über-great. Isabella Nichols ran all the way to their final, rookie-on-fire style, then just sat there and watched while Ms Moore tore it to pieces, effortlessly, like Slater getting loose on some poor bastard back in the ‘90s.