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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Let’s 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 see world records and histo- ry made.
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
That just occurred when Australia’s Stephanie Gilm- ore, age 34, beat the No. 1 seed and reigning world champ 30-year-old Caris- sa Moore of Hawai‘i in the final heat at the Rip Curl World Surf League Finals at Trestles on Sept 8. Gilm-
Gilmore’s legend is now bigger than ever. It’s not only the fact of reach- ing the greatest of all time (G.O.A.T.) status, it’s how she did it.
Giving two or three times more of everything you have is not an advan- tage when surfing against the best —who have “fresh legs,” so to speak. Gilmore went through Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy in heat one, Brazilian-American Tatia- na Weston-Webb based on Kaua‘i, then France’s Jo- hanne Defay to reach Moore and win in two heats.
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ore became the female surf- er with the most wins of all time, now holding eight world championships. She surpassed Aussie Layne Beachley’s record of seven titles — a record held since 2006.
the uber-talented five-time world champ, Moore.
Gilmore’s year was most- ly slow. Most experts would not have predicted her even reaching the top five rating required to be admitted into
the finals, but she did. It
shows why she is the great-
est, by chipping away until totalheatsMoorewouldhave orewouldhavetosurfagainst the end and never giving up. to surf was three, since she three others before battling
Gilmore humbly says, “... To be able to make it all the
Then, the amazing hap- was in the top slot and best pened on finals day. The most out of three heats wins. Gilm-
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