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OCTOBER 20, 2021
Aloha surfers and beachgoers. Wow, have we been in a blustery trade pattern! Those strong high pressures — that spin clockwise to our north and east — have been reeling off heavy trades for weeks. They’ve given us tons of high surf for our Windward shores, but also gale, small craft and wind advisories.
BY GARY KEWLEY
Third World Title For Hawai‘i’s Honolua Blomfield
The forecast for the North Shore hasn’t been good but hopefully the charts will change. The reason is those aforementioned high pressures, which have been associated with a “zonal” (west to east) jet stream further north. This has kept storms from nearing Hawai‘i with most tracking up near the Aleutians. Not to worry, it will change. Check surf- newsnetwork.com for the
Check how special this is: First, both are now three- time world longboard cham- pions, and second, Tudor is the oldest to win a title at age 45, which Blomfield, 22, is the youngest ever to reach the top. Talk about a twist of fate and surf synchronicity.
2021 WSL longboard champions Joel Tudor (left) and Honolua Blomfield (right) celebrate their wins at the Jeep Malibu Classic. PHOTO WSL / ITO
Truly amazing. Thank you for the inspiration to both our new world long board champs!
latest forecast.
Huge news in the beau-
children through it all. “When you’re a dad, you don’t really talk about your accomplishments with your kids, especially when it’s prior to their existence. It’s nice that they got to see their
over 20 years, so you might watch for burnout; though so far, she’s only showing signs of blowing up ... the record books, that is.
tiful and flowing world of longboarding — we have two new champs: Hawai‘i’s very own Honolua Blom- field and California’s Joel Tudor.
dad do something cool.” Blomfield was able to achieve her historic win during the quarter finals. This made it back-to-back world championships. Her first title was in 2017 when she was only 17. Plus, she shows no signs of slowing down, which makes sense at 22. Still, this native of Hale‘iwa has been surf- ing since she was 2. That’s
“I feel amazing, I really didn’t expect this to happen,” says Blomfield immediately after winning the title. “I am so grateful and thankful it did, it feels amazing to be the youngest three-time world longboard champion.”
The Jeep Malibu Classic ended Oct. 12 in 2-3-foot surf over the course of the contest.
member that,” Tudor jokes of another multi-world champi- on while celebrating his win.
claiming his third title.
“I said it to Kai right be- fore I paddled out. He kind of mentored my whole ex- istence, I wouldn’t be here where I am today if it wasn’t
GQ, droppin’ in 4 U!
Tudor won his first title in 1998 then again in 2004, so it’s been a while.
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
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“The most proud thing of all of this is that I finally beat Kelly at something. So, re-
Joking aside, Tudor hum- bly gave credit to one of Hawai‘i’s legends.
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“This was for Donald Takayama,” Tudor says after
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Tudor also recognized his
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