Griffin Colapinto Trains as Wsl Raglan Brings CT Back to New Zealand

Wsl Raglan arrives at Manu Bay with a simple fact attached to it: the Corona Cero New Zealand Pro is the first men’s CT event in New Zealand since 1976. The stop runs May 15-25 at Raglan’s left-hand point break, giving the 2026 Championship Tour a rare New Zealand date and putting the sport back at one of the country’s best-known waves.

Manu Bay And The Gap

The event is stop 4 of the 2026 Championship Tour, and it is being held at Manu Bay, Raglan, described as New Zealand’s most famous left. That is the setting for the first men’s CT event in New Zealand since 1976, a gap that stretches across generations of surfers who have never seen the tour there.

Griffin Colapinto and Crosby Colapinto were already on the water in a raw training session before the inaugural event. The pre-event work was described as being about connection rather than building strength or conditioning, with body awareness and range of motion at the center of the session.

Griffin Colapinto On Tour

Griffin brings more than a warm-up session to Raglan. He is a two-time top 3 CT finisher and a 2024 Olympian, which places him among the more experienced names preparing for a wave neither he nor the other surfers in the video had competed at before.

Crosby’s path is different, but the numbers are just as clear. He was the 2024 WSL Rookie of the Year, finished 10th in his debut season, and returned in 2025 after an elbow injury.

Crosby Colapinto’s Return

That mix gives Wsl Raglan its sharpest edge: established tour experience on one side, a recent comeback story on the other, both landing at a left-hand point break that has not hosted a men’s CT field in nearly 50 years. For New Zealand fans, the practical takeaway is straightforward — the tour is in Raglan, the window is May 15-25, and the country finally has a men’s Championship Tour stop again.