WSL Siheung Korea Open winners

The World Surf League said Kana Nakashio of Japan, Kobi Clements of Australia, Natsumi Taoka of Japan and Edgar Calvo Jr. of the Philippines won the 2026 Siheung Korea Open at Wave Park in Siheung, South Korea. WSL’s official event page lists the competition as completed on July 5, not July 8, with the event running from July 3 to July 5. The winners were split across two disciplines: the QS 6000 shortboard divisions and the Longboard Qualifying Series. WSL’s recap said Nakashio and Taoka completed a women’s sweep for Japan, while Clements and Calvo Jr. claimed their first QS and LQS wins. ### So what exactly was won at Siheung? The Siheung Korea Open was staged as both a QS 6000 event and an LQS event at Wave Park, according to WSL’s event listing. In WSL’s structure, the QS designation refers to the Qualifying Series for shortboard competition, while LQS refers to the Longboard Qualifying Series. The official event page lists separate men’s and women’s winners in each track. (worldsurfleague.com) Kana Nakashio won the women’s QS 6000 and Kobi Clements won the men’s QS 6000, WSL said. Natsumi Taoka won the women’s LQS and Edgar Calvo Jr. won the men’s LQS, according to the same event recap and prize page. ### Why are people calling this a QS 6000? The number 6,000 refers to the event tier in the WSL Qualifying Series, as shown on the official event page for Siheung. (worldsurfleague.com) WSL labels the competition “QS 6,000 & LQS 2026,” placing it among the higher-value regional qualifying stops on the Asia calendar. Wave Pool Mag, citing the event, also described WSL Asia as doubling down on wave-pool competition with the Siheung stop. (worldsurfleague.com) The event page places Siheung in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, and lists it as part of WSL’s 2026 schedule. WSL’s earlier preview said the contest would run from July 3 to July 5 at Siheung Wave Park. ### Was July 8 the finals day? WSL’s own recap was published on Sunday, July 5, 2026, and describes that day as “Finals Day.” The official event page also shows the event as completed, with July 3-5 as the competition window. (worldsurfleague.com) That means July 8 appears to be the date of later coverage, not the date the titles were decided. Wave Pool Mag’s July 8 story matched the winners but said the event had concluded on July 5 at Wave Park in South Korea. That secondary report aligns with the dates on WSL’s official pages. ### Who stood out beyond the four winners? WSL said Nakashio and Taoka had both been runners-up in the 2025 event before winning in 2026. The league also said Clements and Calvo Jr. earned their first-ever victories in the QS and LQS, respectively. (worldsurfleague.com) Those details came from WSL’s finals recap, which framed the result as a breakthrough day for the men’s winners and a step up for the Japanese women after second-place finishes a year earlier. (wavepoolmag.com) The official results page provides the full heat draws and scores across the men’s and women’s rounds. WSL’s prize page separately confirms the four champions at the top of the completed event listing. ### Where can readers check the official record? WSL has published both an event homepage and a detailed results page for the Siheung Korea Open QS 6,000 & LQS 2026. (worldsurfleague.com) Those pages include the event dates, location, winners and heat-by-heat scores. WSL’s press-room recap, published July 5, adds the league’s description of the finals and the winners’ significance. (worldsurfleague.com) The next step for anyone tracking these surfers is the regional ranking race, because WSL lists Siheung as a qualifying-series stop and the points feed into that broader season structure. For this event itself, the completed record is now on WSL’s official pages, with Kana Nakashio, Kobi Clements, Natsumi Taoka and Edgar Calvo Jr. listed as the 2026 champions. (worldsurfleague.com)