The Ultimate Surfer Season 1: New Release, Details, Trailer, and More!

THE ULTIMATE SURFER

Powered by Kelly Slater’s human-made wave technology, in the hope of competing amongst the best athletes in the world’s fastest-growing sport, “The Ultimate Surfer” is an upcoming surfing competition show that gathers some of the world’s greatest up-and-coming surfers to train and live together as they battle it out at the World Surf League’s (WSL) state-of-the-art Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California.

WHAT IS “THE ULTIMATE SURFER”?

Some of the world’s greatest up-and-coming surfers train and live together as they battle it out in this all-new show that premieres Monday, August 23, 2021, on abc, at 10/9c.

Jesse Palmer will host the eight-episode series alongside commentators Erin Coscarelli and Joe Turpel. Alliances and rivalries will be front and centre as men and women compete in individual and team challenges focused on specific surfing disciplines.

Weekly eliminations will leave two men and two women as finalists who will vie for the male and female titles of “The Ultimate Surfer” and the opportunity to compete on the elite WSL Championship Tour, the pinnacle of professional surfing. Slater’s remarkable, one-of-a-kind, human-made wave—the most even playing field for measuring surf mastery—is at the heart of the series.

The show is produced by Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group and WSL Studios. President of Lionsgate Nonfiction Television and Pilgrim CEO and Chair Craig Piligian, WSL CEO Erik Logan, UFC President Dana White and Faye Stapleton serve as executive producers.