text: ILE - In this May 12, 2015, file photo, Kelly Slater competes in the Oi Rio Pro World Surf League event at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Professional surfers will be riding the waves again Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sport in March. The Surf Ranch in Lemoore, Calif., some 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean, will provide a perfect bubble for the World Surf League’s Rumble at the Ranch featuring 16 surfers, including 11-time world champion Slater and Olympic qualifiers Kolohe Andino, Caroline Marks and four-time reigning world champ Carissa Moore. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File