Erin Brooks makes history with three consecutive victories

The 19-year-old Canadian conquered Tahiti, Fiji and Trestles in a comeback that took her from 19th to fifth in the world rankings.

Erin Brooks is experiencing one of the most remarkable comebacks of the 2026 season. The 19-year-old Canadian has just won the Lexus Trestles Pro, securing her third consecutive Championship Tour (CT) victory after previously claiming the Outerknown Tahiti Pro and the Fiji Pro. The result in California not only extended her winning streak, but also saw Brooks write a new chapter in women's surfing history. With three consecutive victories in the same season, she became the third woman to achieve the feat, following seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore, who accomplished it in 2008, and five-time world champion Carissa Moore, who did so between 2014 and 2015.

Brooks' current run stands in complete contrast to the beginning of her season. Before arriving in Tahiti, the Canadian was ranked 18th in the world and had not advanced beyond the second round in any of the events she had contested. However, in Tahiti, Brooks defeated Israel's Anat Lelior in the final and capped a day in which she also posted a 9.00, the highest single-wave score of the entire women's competition. Her victory at Teahupo'o became her first win as a full-time CT competitor and marked a return to confidence after a first half of the season that she herself had described as difficult.

Then the story continued in Fiji, where Brooks delivered a particularly significant performance as she returned to Cloudbreak, a venue that had already marked a turning point in her career in 2024, when she claimed her first Championship Tour victory as a wildcard, becoming the first Canadian surfer to win a CT event. Two years later, she repeated the feat, and her campaign got off to a powerful start. In her opening heat against Australia's Sophie McCulloch, Brooks scored a perfect 10 thanks to a deep barrel and finished the heat with 18 points, becoming the third woman to score a perfect wave at Fiji, after Laura Enever and five-time world champion Carissa Moore.

At Lower Trestles, Brooks once again showed that her winning streak was far from a coincidence.

The Canadian advanced to the final after defeating Carissa Moore in the quarterfinals with a strong total of 15.33 points, and in the semifinals she faced reigning world champion Molly Picklum, whom she also eliminated. On the other side of the decisive heat was Gabriela Bryan, who entered the final as the world number one. In the final minutes, the Canadian found two key waves that allowed her to extend her advantage and ultimately celebrate with a 13.00 against Bryan's 11.90, sealing her third consecutive victory.

The result also completely transformed her position in the world rankings. Brooks climbed to fifth place with 38,000 points, while Gabriela Bryan, despite losing the final, remained number one with 42,865 points. In just three events, Brooks went from being outside the top positions and enduring a difficult season to becoming one of the leading figures heading into the final stretch of the CT. With three events still remaining before the season concludes, the Canadian heads into the next stage carrying a winning streak that has already become part of Championship Tour history.