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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
BY GARY KEWLEY
AccesSurf Hawai‘i’s Day At The Beach Is On Oct. 1
Participants enjoy a previous AccesSurf Hawai‘i Day at the Beach event.
PHOTO COURTESY ACCESSURF HAWAI“I
out for their first heat of the Sunset, the biggest,
year at 10-foot death-defy- complicated and challenging ing Pipe. Then, it’s off to playing field on the tour — it
Summer Soft Washing!
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Coming up, Ac- cesSurf Hawai‘i’s Day at the Beach is on Oct. 1 at White Plains Beach. This epic com- munity is growing and grow- ing. For so many limited by physical challenges, this is the one time a month they can get in the water and feel the energy and love the ocean and friends bring.
In other news, the World Surf League has already an- nounced the 2023 season. It doesn’t start until Jan. 29, so that’s more than a four-month wait. I love that the first two events are now held at ab- solutely iconic reefs — The Billabong Pro Pipeline Jan. 29-Feb. 10 and then the Hur- ley Pro at Sunset Beach Feb. 12-23.
could be 8-12 feet from the west-northwest with sneaker sets.
Salvador June 9-18. We go to the Rio Pro in Brazil June 23- July 1, and then the Corona Open J-Bay in South Africa July 13-22. The best surfers on planet Earth finish up their last stop at the Shiseido Tahiti Pro Aug. 11-20.
It’s all thanks to volunteers because without them, Ac- cesSurf programs would not be possible. If you’re inter- ested in giving back, please go to accessurf.org.
For decades, the WSL started in the smaller, more high-performance waves on the Gold Coast of Austra- lia. Now, it’s game-on from the get-go with no messing around. Pros can paddle
Any of the top tier talents who kick off well in Hawai‘i will have supreme momen- tum going into the next stops. They include the MEO Por- tugal Pro March 8-16, and the Australian events Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach April 4-14 and Margaret River Pro April 20-30. The tour then leaves Australia to head to the Kel- ly Slater Surf Ranch Pro in California May 27-28, and there is no waiting period for the human-generated swells. Next, it moves to Surf City El
All this is before the big single finals day at Trestles Beach in Southern Califor- nia. Will it match the one we just saw Sept. 8 when Stepha- nie Gilmore won her historic eighth world title and Filipe Toledo captured his first?
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GQ, droppin’ in 4 U!
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
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