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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Wow, it’s hard to grasp that the fall season is basically here. The official first day is Sept. 22.
BY GARY KEWLEY
Australian, Brazilian Surfers Named World Champs
The 2022 Rip Curl World Surf League Finals champions are Brazil’s Filipe Toledo (left) and Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore PHOTO COURTESY WSL / DIZ
Anyway, lets get straight into the biggest news in surf- ing. We have two new world champs. It’s something we expect at the end of every year, but we don’t always
The autumnal and spring equinoxes are astronomical events — unlike summer and winter seasons, which are meteorological. This means that fall and spring occur due to the Earth and sun’s relative position, while summer and winter follow the calendar and are based on annual tem- perature cycles.
seasons. This means we would not have the variation in the sun’s rays — more in summer, less in winter. Equinoxes, the Latin root for equal, is the moment the Earth’s equator passes the same plane as the sun’s. This means most places on Earth have roughly the same amount of daytime and night- time — for the kickoff of fall and spring.
champ 30-year-old Carissa Moore of Hawai‘i in the final heat at the Rip Curl World Surf League Finals at Trestles on Sept 8. Gilmore become the female surfer with the most wins of all time, now holding eight world champi- onships. She surpassed Auss- ie Layne Beachley’s record of seven titles — a record held since 2006.
not have predicted her even reaching the top five rating required to be admitted into the huge finals day, but she did. It shows why she is the greatest, by chipping away until the end and never giv- ing up.
Without the Earth’s 23-de- gree tilt we would not have
That just occurred when Australia’s Stephanie Gilm- ore, age 34, beat the No. 1 seed and reigning world
Gilmore’s year was most- ly slow. Most experts would
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What’s this have to do with surf? Well, plenty — since each season features its own storm patterns, which cre- ate the unique set of waves around the world.
see world records and history made.
Gilmore’s legend is now bigger than ever. It’s not only the fact of reaching the great- est of all time (G.O.A.T.) sta- tus, it’s how she did it.
Then, the amazing hap- pened on finals day. The most total heats Moore would have to surf was three, since she was in the top slot and best out of three heats wins. Gilmore would have to surf against three others before battling the uber-talented
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