Ēweleiʻula Wong Is The Future Of Female Surfing In Hawaii + Yago Dora's Surfer Of The Year Choices

[@bubbabubba9103]

Ēwelei’ula Wong shined on the prime show “Surf Girls Hawai’i” definitely one to watch for as a future star in the Women’s Surfing division. She is strong and athletic, with relentless attack Just like any sport, how much dedication and hard work will Ēwe put in to rise to the top Right now though the sky is the limit for her

[@WW-sj7zk]

I truly believe that people are products of their environment. This really shows to me that special people come special places. Magnificent young lady who just shines naturally. ☮️

[@Thurston.Howell.the.3rd]

future of Hawaiian surfing is CROWDED

[@paris2920]

so good! she rips and definitely has a good head on her shoulders! cant wait to see what this year brings her

[@livid_experience]

I know a part of the charm of The Pick Up is it's the North Shore show, but something similar throughout the year would be sick. Kinda how Thrasher throws Gary Rogers in front of a green screen every week to recap the skate world, I think something similar could translate really well for surfing. It is almost impossible to keep up with pro surfing now, so a weekly rundown of the best parts/waves of the week would be hectic. edited to add: this young lady rips, sick style, and it's awesome that she's adamant about speaking the Hawaiian language. First peoples keeping their languages alive is so important for remembering cultures that have been changed beyond recognition.

[@Emblemqueel]

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[@justinjones9258]

Love her. I want to move to Hawaii to get my girls out there living that life

[@jaycee571]

She showed signs of being something special at the comp at haliewa. Attacks the lip and can put in on rail, definitely not scared either.

[@samara.ariel.jpg_]

just watched her documentary on all the girls ēwe stood out to me she's incredible

[@AlexR-wy2mu]

cori and dylan have a great chemistry and are fun to watch

[@korocam9137]

Kia Kaha from Aotearoa 🙏🏾🤙🏽❤️

[@lynnbyrd9819]

A doll and an awesome young lady! Go Ewe!!

[@DustinKeiser]

Saying soty for surfer of the year sounds weird. Use to soty being strictly thrashers skater of the year

[@mikeuptegrove]

Surfing is biting and becoming skating, more and more.

[@DustinKeiser]

@@mikeuptegrove they also ripped off thrashers king of the road too

[@mikeuptegrove]

@@DustinKeiser I saw that and also called them out for it. The guy behind it replied and said that I was just being uptight. 🙄 It’s so funny how biting other’s things (stealing), and lack of creativity is like a virtue now.

[@DustinKeiser]

@@mikeuptegrove yea for sure

[@kat1hurt]

what’s up with all these men saying such rude things on this post? They make themselves seem quite undesirable

[@jimihendrixx11]

Airs by the grom…next level

[@brynnjones8799]

Main she is good and a marketing persons dream for a brand-so cute

[@alohavisuals]

Big fan 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@FishandPoi50]

Beautiful young Wahine!

[@newportboys135]

I’m glad to see this title! Now they can compete at third reef, outer teepee at Naz and 50 foot Waimea. Great news! We won’t need separate categories for men and women. Finally

[@laceybanter5937]

Long live the queen! Of the pipe that is.

[@TheArts19]

Rad. Spread Ohana!

[@ngatiporousls9101]

Ka Mau Te Wehi

[@aaronching959]

Maikai’i

[@svenbugg9406]

They are all talking about Nature and Ocean..., but they still eat with Plastic-Cutlery, wtf...!!!

[@GaiaPrime1643]

she got cake

[@mikeuptegrove]

SOTY?? When did surfing have a SOTY? Why is surfing biting skating more and more? From surfing being all airs now to stealing SOTY from Thrasher?? Surfing doesn’t need to copy skating, skating emerged from surfing. Just let each sport be its own vibe without trying to fully amalgamate the two until they’re just both mainstream lame. Only thing surfing could use is a fracturing of its incestuous, nepotistic, nature! That would be better and more original than copying skating.

[@GuyDudeman]

Well the Surfer Poll Awards have been going since 1963 so it's pre-skating...

[@mikeuptegrove]

@@GuyDudeman SOTY and surfer polls aren’t the same thing, not even close, thus you’re obviously unfamiliar with the acronym altogether, or you wouldn’t have tried to make that comparison. You’re argument is precisely: Fords came before Toyota so it’s okay if Ford names their trucks Tacomas too. That’s your exact argument, precisely, laid out in the Socratic method.

[@GuyDudeman]

@@mikeuptegrove Not really. Been skating for 25 years myself. You know skating was originally influenced from surfing... So who cares if skating is now influencing surfing... Granted I'm over the air-fests, but progression is inevitable. The fact that Surfer Poll awards have been around for 60 years long before SOTY (skate one to be clear) chances are, influenced the skate industry to do something similar, but they tweaked it (coke got tweaked by pepsi, gobots got tweaked by transformers). It's an acronym, relax.. Call it Surfer Of The Year without the abbreviated version then, and that to your argument would satisfy you then? and I see you make other comments on these vids so I can tell you're very bent out of shape over this topic. Both good sports, both rewarding who's subjectively awarded the title. Just relax and keep practicing those cutbacks and ollies there fella

[@mikeuptegrove]

@@GuyDudeman if someone comments on videos, it is now tantamount to, “bent out of shape”? I think you bought into woke culture too hard or something man. You just wrote half a page to respond to my comment on someone else’s video, and thus by your new characterization of the offense of what was traditionally just considered, engaging with an opinion!, you must also be, “bent out of shape”, no? You made those arguments already; surfer’s poll and its date. Irrelevant. SOTY was something created by Jake Phelps. It’s not a poll nor has it ever been. This was just confirmed by Nyjah losing the SOTY bid despite the skate community’s say. So, first, it’s not a poll. So there’s the first part of your argument turned on its head. Second, I doubt Phelps gave two shits about surfing, nor even followed it. Sure call it, “Surfer of the Year”, but don’t call it SOTY (regardless it’s a bite). The acronym belongs to Thrasher and Jake. Period. Yes, I have a problem with skating and surfing becoming like Hollywood, whereby all creativity is gone and they just rip off everything from past creators anywhere they can. Surfing doesn’t need to be skating, it doesn’t need to try to gin up hits online by trying to use acronyms that have algorithmic success. It’s lame. I’m tired of these industries trying to turn the sports into amalgamated, and wholly consumeristic, parts of some woke, lame ass, whimsical pop culture for a generation of entitled kids who get a piece of it for nothing because the generation above me, while making us all wait our turn, sold the sport, the culture, and its rights of passage out to the highest juvenile bidders for a buck. Am I bent out of shape?, not even close! Vocal, absolutely! Just look, the lame ass WSL recently banned Joel Tudor for having an opinion. I’m glad Tudor spoke up. I don’t, for a second, think he’s, “bent out of shape”, he’s just right and said what needed saying to generation of cancel wussies who can’t handle other’s, non-bot, opinions.

[@GuyDudeman]

@@mikeuptegrove if I wrote half a page than you wrote a novel. Burn, I guess? I don't understand why you brought woke culture into any of this. Stay on topic old man, what does WSL have to do with any of this? You're supposed to be mad at Stab for the SOTY thing.. I think you're just jaded at the entire surf industry, and If you admire Tudor, I can see what dbags you both are. Cancel wussies... You're literally trying to "cancel" a frickin acronym

[@haveaday1812]

Ah yes, female competitive surfing. Just like the men’s, only slower and with about 50% less skill.

[@laceybanter5937]

Two words for you. Moana Wong.