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10 MARCH 16, 2022
Wave Warriors Overcome Ocean Obstacles, Take Home Surf Competition Trophies
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gious Vans Triple Crown, at 17 years young. Though the start to his 2022 campaign was poor with 17th place finishes at both the Billa- bong Pipe and Hurley Sun- set Beach, the results didn’t and still don’t make sense. Colapinto rips in Hawai‘i. But alas, he never gave up. He stayed the course and let the tides change, and the new swells roll in, and ev- erything changed around.
unknown. No matter what, you’re always going to be learning and that’s my favorite part of the sport that it grows you as a person. Win or lose, you’re growing,” he says.
stoked just to be out there. I think I can do anything I put my mind to. That’s the beau- ty of surfing and the beauty of just trusting and believing in yourself, if you have that mental ability to just over- come those obstacles that put you down.”
The next two learning stops are No. 4 and No. 5 out of 11. Both are in the land down under for the Rip Curl Bells Beach April 10-20, and then the Marga- ret River Pro April 24-May.
Will the best man stand? Winning one for San Clem- ente, California is the uber talented Griffin Colapinto. This was the 5-foot, 11-inch, 170-pound, 23-year-old’s first WCT Win.
“It’s crazy after the first two events. I didn’t make it past round three and it was really hard with that mid-year cut coming up, so it was a hard one mentally, but I believe in the process and trust the
It’s an epic tour, and you are epic for sharing the ride here in MidWeek’s East O‘ahu Voice. Mahalo and aloha.
Now check this out: It was five years ago in 2017 that he became the first Califor- nian ever to win the presti-
GQ, droppin in 4 U!
Tatiana Weston-Webb and Griffin Colapinto are winners of the MEO Pro Portugal presented by Rip Curl. PHOTO COURTESY WSL/POULLENOT
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