Moana Jones Wong vs. Carissa Moore Billabong Pro Pipeline - FINALS Heat Replay

Heat Replay of Moana Jones Wong vs. Carissa Moore at the Billabong Pro Pipeline - Semifinals
As the epicenter of the surf universe and the birthplace of the sport, it’s only right for Pipeline to kick off the Championship Tour. Everyone enters the season with optimism and equal hopes of winning it all. The rookie class is thrown into the fire, the contenders return with one thing on their minds, the women gear up to make history in their first full event at Pipe, and the surf world begins to follow the road to the Rip Curl WSL Finals with wide-eyed curiosity. Pipeline sets the tone.
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[@christopherorman5769]

I said it elsewhere -- and it was great to hear Kelly Slater confirm my thoughts -- but I see a ton of Gerry Lopez in Moana Jones Wong's surfing. She has a very similar approach, she is extremely quiet in how she sets her line, and she has this elegance in the barrel that reminds me so much of Lopez. This was a wonderful win for her.

[@bbsthegoat]

Good for Moana! $80k for a day's work surfing a wave she already enjoys surfing while beating the world champ too. That's pretty much the dream right there

[@robadair]

First ever women’s Pipe Master on top of her HIC Pipe win. Her place is cemented in surfing history.

[@hanspohaimuller1227]

What an amazing run, and win, for this young woman. I remember sitting on the beach at Ehukai with my camera in 2018, snapping pics of the fun-size surf, when Moana - just a teenager at the time - put on such a show I ran up to her afterwards to see if she wanted the pictures. She’s got a heart of gold, and is now a bonafide Pipe legend. Huge congrats, Moana! Aloha!

[@ChelsyChoy]

Huge CONGRATS to both ladies ❤️ So happy for Moana, such an inspiration 👏🏽👏🏽

[@nextari]

Watching Kelly the Goat close out a perfect 30 year career at Pipe, and Moana sweep in and seize the crown as a North Shore wildcard, what perfection!

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

wow that brought tears to my eyes, what an amazing day for Moana..

[@bryantotten2757]

What a great heat.Great sportsmanship from Carrissa.Enjoyed Kellys input.Well done Moana.

[@kawikadee9670]

Wow Moana only picked one wong wave during that whole heat. Congratulations!

[@NeilJR]

Can’t remember Carissa having such a low score in any heat let alone being combo’d at the end of one. She had an off session that’s for sure. But that doesn’t take away from Moana’s win. She was fearless and virtually cut the Pipe to shreds.

[@maattttt07]

Cut the pipe?😂

[@pwollerman]

What great contest this has been - first Kelly, now smiling Moana: )

[@PAMCADA]

Great heat 👏👏👏 Congratulations WSL for put the Grils in Perfect Pipeline 👍

[@rolandpeltier6794]

Wow! Moana! You are an instant star⭐️

[@hman7236]

Congrats to Moana absolutely amazing surfing big ups to the Pipeline Princess.

[@ElricAzarai]

This is why we LOVE pro surfing! Incredible performance, amazing story!

[@KidCannabisXEnterprise]

I think 2022 is a great year for Surfing. A wildcard go by the name of Moana just change the perspective on Women surfing especially on the wave of consequence like Pipe, no one deserves it but those you put there time, life on the line and respect. Then there's this guy "The Goat" disregarded the thing called Age and proved that he is the descendant of Poseidon. I also appreciate and inspired when Kelly is calling heats, he has the perfect analysis of what's going on. Congratulations to the 2022 Pipe Pro Champions.

[@GriftMediaInk]

Watched this whole contest live and she was just amazing every ride she took. Not on small waves either, some of those were just insane.

[@JOSELUIS-ci2hs]

Moana the Pipe's queen 👑. So comfortable and casual with the tubes

[@patmohrwestnetcom]

My god. That last barrel was perfect. She stalled with her hand on the take-off and backdoored it. Inspirational.

[@shacktime]

That was AWESOME!!! I only wish Riss had gotten in the game a bit more. But MJW is quite the talent, regardless.

[@maattttt07]

She was scared

[@CLANK...]

Such a good style!

[@user-qz2wz3wx7l]

CONGRATS! Moana.

[@tawaitai]

Was CM even in the heat?

[@marrickvillian]

Pure class!

[@justspacegoatfarts]

Moana kill'ed it , EPIC ladies final congrat's to both !!!! womens surfing has really developed into something beautiful

[@daleclarkmusician]

at 9:45 that bottom turn looks like Gerry Lopez. Nice board ... Great surfing !!!

[@scottvanderlinden118]

Here we go The push is on I’m smiling Let’s go Congratulations Oh yeah 🙌

[@justinojustin6756]

Gongrats Moana, awesome

[@hawaiiansouthshore]

Epic moment at the pipe 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@luiseduardobaraldicardarel7064]

Super show.😀😀😀

[@valeriejohnson160]

Congratulations Moana!!!

[@stephenwolfram356]

Moana is a star.

[@no1likeyou]

Ya love to see it.

[@marialeemlb1574]

US Sports needs to pay attention to these athletes the are raised live and work in the US yet compete for other countries. Pay, prestige, door to Olympics - what - such a huge opportunity sliding away

[@charliedesperado8262]

Moana just showed out there to every woman on the planet what they are capable of.. she Charged HARD!! Did it with style, did it with grace, showed up the rest with a smile on her face.

[@genewest8426]

Wild card shines!!!

[@mikeuptegrove]

Since I see another man here commenting the truth, I figured I should opine too, for the sake of a more balanced universe if nothing else: I’m shocked Riss was shutdown first. Damn!! But I’m not super impressed by Moana’s victory frankly. I mean she can obviously time Pipe well and hold a safe line, but there’s not much in the way of style nor technicality in the barrel. Kinda reminds me of skating as a kid, there was always that one kid that could 360 flip, but never learned a kick-flip. Idk. The waves Riss did catch required a far higher level of skill in the barrel to navigate her way out. Maybe Riss should’ve just selected less challenging waves, not gotten deep, and just went straight on a safe, shallow, line. That’s like the new standard it appears (feels like we’re just rewarding girls now for being girly and able). Kinda bums me out truthfully (that this is the new standard for women), despite that I’m genuinely happy for Moana. I think it’s great for Moana personally, I bet it feels amazing, she’s probably truly inspired, and at an all time high, but it’s not so great for the bigger picture that is female surfing in my opinion (The standard for barrel riding for women should reflect something more like what Steph achieved in Indo). Then again Riss just didn’t answer back anyways, so irrespective of how it should be scored, Moana had won. 🤷 So a big congrats to her. She’s young and has a lot of time to work on the rest. Also, side note: lot of talk about Slater’s victory...is there anyone out there that thinks he played it safe and won? He put on a world class act, took risks, and won. I don’t think there was one wave he selected that was just gonna be an easy make. Just saying.

[@malaekahana1]

Moana showed from her first wave that she wanted to Win & she continued to dominated the Woman's Finals with her free style riding Classic Pipeline waves...

[@laurencew5220]

Looks like Moana is surfing by herself

[@andrewmarshall360]

Dang !

[@timlockett9406]

Wow 👏👏👏👏

[@tawaitai]

Can’t go Wong with two Hawaiians in the finals🤙🏽

[@taqn7772]

That Moana Jones is so neat.

[@marcsandman8407]

whaow

[@artflores2812]

She’s feeling it

[@gatkillah2473]

Carrissa going the sketchy ones, nearly made some of them, and moana ripping too!

[@whereareyougt]

Wow! She's definitely set the bar at Pipe for the women.

[@maattttt07]

Bethany Hamilton also with 1 arm!!!!

[@positivethoughtlibrary]

@@maattttt07 What Bethany Hamilton is doing is truly mind blowing.. Surfing pumping Pipeline with one arm.. Imagine trying to paddle into a set, or being caught inside trying to get out of the impact zone 🤯 Credit to all of the ladies, but Bethany and Moana steal the show this contest 🙏🏻

[@maattttt07]

@@positivethoughtlibrary Imo Moana was playing it safe! She wasn't getting that deep in those barrels and still throwing big claims I just saw her out surfing Sunset tonight, she's practicing for next comp

[@charliedesperado8262]

@@maattttt07 Yep agreed, Bethany is an inspiration to all humankind, if I ever have a daughter Imma put a poster of Beth on the wall.

[@thefeds7462]

Are you serious? She didn’t even get barreled the way Tyler did. She only managed bottom hand turns and wall surfing.

[@brodycmeyer2357]

Billabong bing bong, what the dog doing?

[@artflores2812]

Carissa isn’t dropping in ? I wouldn’t those wave are scary

[@ziggybender9125]

How is she so graceful on her board but dismounts so awkwardly? She killed it for sure though.

[@laceybanter5937]

She doesn't care.

[@4xYotax4]

Would be nice without the hands up claim after every barrel... Just sayin!

[@binnny1533]

Carrissa da rippah!!!

[@alixenialopez2047]

Brrrrrrr

[@JussierDuarte]

🏄‍♂️🌴😎🤙

[@jeffg4686]

Moana has out a Jerry style out there. Give the ladies pipe for a year, then have them compete against the guys afterwards. The guys can go on trips that year. Of course, guys don't like having their manliness tested, tho, now do they? ... @8:39 through @8:40 -- what a sequence.

[@WhiteGhost21]

claim much

[@wallaceSCFC]

Que final feia da phorra Moana só onda curta e Clarissa não fez nada... Se essas duas chegaram na final são as melhores o surf feminino tá muito baixo nível

[@bobtruth4050]

Very suspect outcome. I think a little throwing the fight going on.

[@thefeds7462]

Moana wins pipe but doesn’t really get barreled? Tyler Wright gets engulfed by a monster for an 8.8 and Moana rides a wall and a head dip to get a 7.7? Degree of consequence was so in favor of Tyler and her ride was at least 2.5 points better. Carissa’s worst ever finals appearance. Moana rides a wall, ok, a sizable wall, throws the arms in air like she was spat out of a monster and gets 6’s and 7’s? And Carissa couldn’t beat that. Oddest semi and final I have ever seen. But at least Slater deserved his win. Could not fault the judging in his heats

[@wdwoodcock67]

Totally stoked for Moana... she's the smoothest styly chick at Pipe. Charges too. ...but... Let's be honest... Her waves would've been 3's and 4's if she was a guy. Good size but not deep. She still would've beat Carissa.

[@stephenwolfram356]

Since there not guys then it's understandable the limitations that are there, both physical and experiential.

[@charliedesperado8262]

@@stephenwolfram356 Yep we can't take away from the fact that they are charging hard and being just as brave despite having less muscle and less testosterone that usually helps take on risks etc. If we were all given female physiology tomorrow we'd look up to these girls even more. Mad respect to all the chargers at pipe, all the girls that pulled into closeouts and took some heavy drops. Nothing but respect for anyone that dares to take on that reef.

[@gpa54]

Moore threw that final. Never seen her surf that bad

[@gabrielbassi5377]

Carissa did not surf thies battery wtff

[@sjfleishnetworkportal]

:,)))

[@Agentkailua]

Never seen anyone wear a helmet surfing

[@kapenamokiao6384]

What a story! So beautiful chicken skin kine!

[@thefeds7462]

Oddest final ever and Carissa’s worst ever heat. Moana wins with bottom hand turns and a wall climb and no legitimate barrel time at all, not even in the semi? The judging in her semi was weird but at least the final was spot on

[@dennismull147]

Only bummer watching this" Jason Hanson" commercials.The" self- scammed ex" C.I.A." officer.The guy is no Jason Bourne& his first book( stolen from around a " Half- Dozen" authors.Just another" Going to get rich off" Scaring the Crap out a people.

[@eganc1976]

Yewww

[@petecabrina]

You know it has to be said it is pretty ordinary to watch this in such average conditions, funny how the ladies get the sloppy seconds when it comes to conditions. The fact that Carissa doesn't even seem to have been able to get a single decent score doesn't say much.

[@stephenwolfram356]

Thanks for the wet blanket that nobody wanted, it was big enough and dangerous enough that only one chick wanted it bad enough and she charged, Moana is pure joy to watch.

[@petecabrina]

@@stephenwolfram356 thanks for the laugh Stephen, you are basically saying Carissa Moore was scared and didn't want it enough? Hope you realise just how stupid that comment is. The conditions were crap, reality is what it is sometimes and it is just the nature of surfing sometimes, the final deserved better. If the woman can not handle heavy perfect pipe they shouldn't hold the contest there for them neither.

[@garrettgomes9225]

I didnt see a single score over a 4 or 5 tops the entire heat

[@stephenwolfram356]

@@petecabrina Yeah that's what I'm saying. She was scratching for the shoulder like Lakey and Tyler. Riss could have got any Backdoor wave she wanted and got one nice one, same with Tyler, but Moana being goofy had the advantage.

[@adambane1719]

5 x World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist ...beaten by a newbie wild card. Just goes to show, how low women's surfing is. Please just give them their own tour somewhere, instead if piggy backing off the Men's Professional Tour.

[@drvonnostrum2671]

None of the other women surf pipe, or when in the lineup, don't get the waves in that crowd. Moana is the only one who's been putting time in for years. But I'm sure you'd roll out of bed and get shacked in a 12 foot Pipe mutant...

[@adambane1719]

@@drvonnostrum2671 Exactly, so they shouldn't be forced out to surf Pipe. Especially as they can't, nor do they want to.