Jessi Miley-Dyer Steps Down as WSL Commissioner

After more than 13 years overseeing competitive surfing, Jessi Miley-Dyer is stepping down from her role as World Surf League commissioner, according to a news release from the WSL. The league did not state who would replace her as commissioner. Her last event as commissioner will be this month's Lexus Trestles Pro.

Miley-Dyer surfed on the Championship Tour (then the ASP) for six years before joining the organization in a leadership role in 2011. For more than a decade, she was involved with major equity milestones, such as giving equal prize money to men and women in 2018, combining the men’s and women’s tours in 2022, and, most recently, expanding the women’s Championship Tour field in 2026. She was named Senior Vice President of Tours and Competitions in 2021 and oversaw the resurrection of the mid-year cut in 2022 and the addition of the WSL Finals as the season finale to crown world champions.

“With the 2025 regular season complete, and our postseason qualification and expanded women’s field now set, I feel this is the right moment for me to step aside,” Miley-Dyer said in a statement. “It’s been the honor of my life to help guide this sport that has given me so much. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together, from raising the level of competition to breaking new ground in gender equality. I’ll always be the WSL’s biggest fan, and I’m excited to see what comes next for both the WSL and our athletes.”