Five-time championship tour winner and Tokyo Olympian Julian Wilson is making a comeback to competitive surfing after an absence of almost four years.
The 36-year-old has been awarded a wildcard for next year's Challenger Series, where he will launch a bid to make the top-tier tour again.
Winner of the 2014 Hawaiian Triple Crown among his title haul, the Queenslander finished as world No.2 in 2018 but stepped away following the Olympics in 2021 for mental health reasons.